Samuel Silvestre received a Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (June 2002) and a Ph.D. in Pharmacy, with specialization in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (May 2007). After a Community Pharmacy experience, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Health Sciences Research Centre (CICS), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal. Since March 2008, he has been an integrated researcher member at CICS; between July 2009 and November 2020, he was an assistant professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior; and since December 2020, he has been an associate professor at the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences of the same University. Over the years, his main scientific interests have been Medicinal Chemistry, Green Chemistry, and Pharmaco-toxicology, and he has mainly been working on the design, chemical synthesis, and biological evaluation of steroidal and non-steroidal aromatic/heterocyclic compounds. He has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters mainly covering organic, medicinal, and pharmaceutical chemistry subjects. In addition, he participated as a researcher in the registering of five patents, has several communications at scientific meetings, and has participated as a team member in different founded projects. At present, he is supervising/co-supervising several M.Sc. and Ph.D. students.