ELISABETE C.B.A. ALEGRIA is Adjunct Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department of Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL) from Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon. She obtained her Graduation in Chemical Engineering from ISEL and her Ph.D in Chemistry from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, in 2006. She is has been a Researcher (Core Member) at Centro de Química Estrutural (Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Group) at Instituto Superior Técnico since 2009. Her main research interests include coordination and sustainable chemistry, homogeneous and supported catalysis, green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles, mechanochemistry (synthesis and catalysis) and molecular electrochemistry.