Flávio Figueira graduated from the University of Lisbon. During this period under the ERASMUS program, he spent 7 months in Lille (France) working on asymmetric catalysis. Later he did a master's degree at the same University where he worked on radiopharmaceutical compounds at ITN and later a doctorate at the University of Aveiro in organic chemistry where he developed the synthesis of expanded porphyrins and anion recognition systems in the Group of Professor Jonathan Sessler ( University of Texas). He is currently a Junior Researcher at the University of Aveiro (Portugal), where he develops work in the preparation of new hybrid materials based on Metal-Organic Frameworks capable of acting as sensors and biosensors.