Amélia P. Rauter has been affiliated with CiênciasULisboa since 1984, retiring as full Professor in 2020. Her research covers natural products and carbohydrate-based molecules against neurodegeneration and infection. She serves IUPAC Division III as President, the International Carbohydrate Organisation as President, and the European Carbohydrate Organisation as Secretary. She is an editor/advisory/editorial board member of reputed scientific journals, received the Madinaveitia-Lourenzo Prize, the awards Chemistry Europe Fellow and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Mention of Excellence in all evaluations by curricular ponderation since 2007. She has authored more than 150 publications and eight granted patents.