Dr. Paula Ferreira completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2007 from Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, her Master in Animal Experimentation in 2001 from Universidade de Coimbra - Faculdade de Medicina (with laboratory development at Ghent University, Belgium), and her Degree in Biochemistry in 1996 from Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia. She is a researcher at the Applied Research Institute (i2A) at Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC) and an integrated member of CERNAS, also at IPC. She works in the area of Engineering and Technology, with an emphasis on Chemical Engineering.