Maria Teresa Loureiro dos Santos is an Adjunct Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL). She obtained her PhD (2010) and Master’s (pre-Bologna) (2002) in Sanitary Engineering from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a degree (1994) in Industrial Chemical Engineering from ISEL. She develops research activities in the environmental area (water, wastewater, and waste). She has supervised several internships and final master's works (26) in the field of water and waste treatment. She has been an effective member of the Order of Engineers since 1995 and a member of the Standardization Technical Committee (CT 90 - URBAN WATER SYSTEMS). She is the co-author of 2 books, 2 book chapters, 10 scientific articles in international journals, about 55 proceedings, 46 panel communications, and 30 oral communications at national and international conferences and meetings with scientific refereeing, in addition to several pedagogical texts.