Dr. Sonia Patricia Marques Ventura is currently working as Invited Professor at the Chemistry Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, University of Aveiro. She has completed her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from same University. She also participated in many research projects. She has published 2 thesis, 36 research articles in journals, 2 book and 1 book chapter, 20 communications, and more than 74 conference proceedings contributed as author/co-author. She has supervised 14 graduate thesis, and 6 Masters thesis. She is also serving as referee for many international journals.