Prof. M. Fernando R. Pereira is Full Professor at FEUP since 2020. He has been the head of the Chemical Engineering Department since 2018, coordinator of the Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LCM), member of LSRE-LCM, since 2020, President of the Carbon Group of SPQ (Portuguese Chemical Society) since 2021, representative of Portugal in the International Association of the Catalysis Communities (IACS) Council since 2018 and he has been in the European Carbon Association since 2019. He has published 402 scientific papers with 25976 citations and has an h-index of 82 (Scopus, 11/2024). Additionally, he has published 13 book chapters, participated in more than 450 presentations in scientific meetings and has six patents pending. Professor M. Fernando R. Pereira was awarded the “Medalha Vicente Seabra” in 2008 by SPQ, and “Prémio de Excelência Científica” in 2013 and 2018 by FEUP. His main research interests are heterogeneous catalysis, carbon materials, biomass conversion, environment, energy conversion and storage and functional materials.