(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

Sara Isabel Ribeiro de Sousa is a Chemical Engineer. Completed the PhD in Sustainable Chemistry (2023) by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências in association with Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia and Universidade de Aveiro, Master in Chemical Engineering (2015) by Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto and Degree in Chemical Engineering (2013) by Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto. She is an Integrated research member of LAQV@REQUIMTE, and develops research activities in the "Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas" (GRAQ, www.graq.isep.ipp.pt), a subgroup of the Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (LAQV) of the Network of Chemistry and Technology (REQUIMTE) located on the campus of ISEP. A effective member of the Order of Engineers and of Portuguese Chemistry Society. She is a grant holder in Blue Bioeconomy Pact project in Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto and REQUIMTE/LAQV-ISEP. Published 22 articles in journals. She works in the area(s) of Chemical Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, Public and Environmental Health. Her research mainly focuses on developing sample preparation (considering the parameters of green chemistry) and analytical methods to monitoring trace organic compounds in biological, food, and environmental samples, using chromatographic techniques. In 2024, Sara was honored with the "Toxics 2023 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award" by the Toxics MDPI scientific journal and also received 3 awards of "Merit for Scientific Publication on the top ten scientific journals", by P.Porto (2023, 2024).