D. Phil. at the University of Oxford, UK, in 1978. Three years at the University of Alcalá de Henares 1979-1981, Spain. Postdoctoral studies at the University of Groningen, Holland in 1981-1982. She joined the NOVA University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences and Tecnology, Portugal, in 1983. Since 1994 she heads a research group in Organometallic Chemistry , her research aims to the synthesis of complexes of transition metals, and applications . She has authored about 50 publications in journals of high impact factor in the area of Inorganic Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalyses. She participated in several University management actions. ORCID: 0000-0001-6683-5236 Researcher ID: B-1464-2012