Roberta Mota Panizio (higher technician) has a degree in Environmental Engineering (UTFPR – Medianeira, Brazil), a master's in Technologies for Environmental Valorization and Energy Production (IPPortalegre), and is currently a PhD student in Bioenergy (FCT-NOVA). She worked as a research fellow on several projects with companies in the energy and waste sector. She is currently a Senior Technician at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, assisting in bioenergy laboratory activities, VALORIZA projects, and organization of Bioenergy events. She has already supervised a degree thesis and is currently supervising 1 degree thesis and 1 master's thesis. As a result of her scientific career, she has contributed to 35 publications, including scientific articles, book chapters, conference communications, theses, abstracts, and posters (more details at https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5408-6071).