Paula Ferreira received her Honour Degree from the Universidade de Aveiro in 1996, her M.Phil in Pure and Applied Chemistry from the University of Strathclyde in 1997, and her PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the Universidade de Aveiro in 2000. She is now Coordinator Researcher at CICECO, University of Aveiro. She worked as Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doc Fellow at the Technical University of Munich (2000–2001), Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon (2001–2004), and held various research positions at CICECO since 2004, being promoted to Principal Researcher in 2014 and Coordinator Researcher in 2017. Her research topics mainly include mesoporous organic–inorganic hybrid materials (PMOs), functional nanomaterials (ferroelectrics, multiferroics), catalytic/photocatalytic materials, sustainable food packaging materials, and flexible electronic devices.