(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

Cátia Martins obtained her BSc and MSc degrees in 2009 and 2011, respectively, both in Biotechnology at University of Aveiro (UA). During her BSc, she got her first research integration scholarship, and she was awarded as the best finalist master student in food masters at UA. She has Ph.D. in Biochemistry at UA, and received 1 award of best oral communication due to this work. Until now, she supervised 1 Bsc student of Biochemistry, and co-supervised 5 BSc and 1 MSc students of Biochemistry and Biotecnology. She published 9 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journal (h-index of 6, 117 citations, Scopus), where 5 of them were published as first author, and she published more 2 research articles in UA magazines. She also published 6 book chapters, from which 5 as first co-author. She was also author/co-author of 40 communications in international and national congresses (oral and poster communications). Furthermore, she belonged to the organization of 5 workshops, at UA, and helped in the organization of a national chemistry competition at UA. She carried out teaching activities of students of BSc and MSc, during the practical component of different subjects. Currently, Cátia is Invited Assistant Professor at University of Aveiro, hired within the scope of the Specialization Course in Innovation and Sustainability in Food Chains, as part of the effort to qualify and requalify adults that the UA is intensifying, especially within the framework of the Aveiro Education and Social Alliance project, financed through the Impulso Adultos do Portugal Recovery and Resilience Program.