Rui Fausto is Professor at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, the Coordinator of the Computational Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Thermodynamics Research Group of the Coimbra Chemistry Centre (CQC), and Head of the Laboratory of Raman Spectroscopy and Materials of CQC. He is also Invited Professor at the Istanbul Culture University (IKU) and the Spectroscopy@IKU ERA Chair Holder. He is a member of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (Paris), and served as the Coordinator of the Directorate for High-Education of the International Observatory of Human Rights (Lisbon). Rui Fausto is the President of the permanent Steering Committee of the EUCMOS (European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy) series of meetings, and sits on the editorial boards of several scientific journals. His main scientific interests focus on molecular spectroscopy, quantum chemistry, solid-state photochemistry, and chemometrics. He is the author/editor of over 30 books and author of over 500 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. During his career, Rui Fausto has occupied many different positions in administration and scientific management in the University of Coimbra. In 2004 and 2005, he was awarded with the Excellence Prize of the Portuguese Science Foundation/Portuguese Ministry of Science.