Vera L. S. Freitas develops research and teaches in the field of physical chemistry. She earned her PhD in thermochemistry from the University of Porto, Portugal, in 2011, under the supervision of Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. She pursued a seven-year post-doctoral research project on molecular energetics at the Chemistry Research Center of the University of Porto (CIQUP). Currently, she holds a research position at CIQUP & The Institute of Molecular Sciences within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. As an integrated member of the Molecular Thermodynamics for Sustainability research group at CIQUP, her work focuses on experimental and computational studies of organic compounds, particularly with relevance for the pharmaceutical industry and sustainable material development. In addition to her research work, she actively participates in the supervision of Master’s and doctoral students as well as postdoctoral researchers and teaches coursework in molecular energetics. Since September 2021, she has served as Co-Chairperson on the Thermodynamics & Thermochemistry Committee of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ICTAC). She also integrates two working groups of the COST action "Bringing Experiment and Simulation Together in Crystal Structure Prediction.”