Luis Pinto da Silva is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), at the Department of Geosciences, Environment and Territorial Planning. He is also an integrated member of the Chemistry Research Unit (CIQUP) and the Institute of Molecular Sciences (IMS), while being a collaborator member of GreenUPorto—Sustainable Agrifood Production Research Centre. He has been a course director, chairman of the scientific committee, and chairman of the program follow-up committee for the Master’s course in Environmental Sciences and Technology since September 2023. He finished his Chemistry PhD, approved with distinction, in 2016 at FCUP, after completing his MSc (2011) and BSc (2009) in Biochemistry. His current research focuses are the development of sustainable nanomaterials for sensing and catalysis applications, chemiluminescence and its application to cancer therapy, brown carbon and its relationship with climate change, and environmental sustainability assessment. He has also been a member of the program follow-up committee for the Bachelor's in Environmental Sciences and Technology since 2022. He has published more than 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has an h-index of 26 (Google Scholar).