I got my BSc (2011) and my MSc (2013) Degrees in Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences University of Porto (FCUP). From 2013 to 2016, I was a pre-doctoral research assistant in Paula Gomes Lab (http://www.fc.up.pt/pessoas/pgomes/). In February 2017, I was awarded a PhD grant from the highly competitive Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics International Doctoral Programme and engaged in a doctoral project dedicated to developing new peptide/ionic liquid-based constructs to tackle complicated skin infections. During this period, I was also a team member in project ANTINFECT (PTDC/NAN-MAT/31781/2017), aimed at progressing antimicrobial peptide-grafted biomaterials for bioengineering approaches to tackle infected wounds. I obtained my Doctoral degree in late December 2021 after a short interruption due to maternity leave. To date, I have co-authored 23 papers, 11 of which as first author. I have also participated in international and national scientific conferences, presenting 13 posters and 12 oral communications. I have participated as a supervisor team member of master’s and bachelor’s degrees and have mentored ungraduated students. Currently, I am a contracted post-doctoral researcher at LAQV- REQUIMTE with an awarded Junior Researcher Position by the FCT, through the highly competitive Portuguese Individual Call, in 2022, and I am a PI of an Exploratory project to use peptidomimetics for DFU treatment.