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Patrícia Bacalhau has a background in supramolecular chemistry and biochemical mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases, holds a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Algarve (Portugal), an MSc degree in Chemistry Teaching and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Évora. Her training in molecular synthesis started in 1999 as a student at ITQB, where Patrícia developed lanthanide coordinated crown azamacrocycles (radiolabelled with 153Sm) for therapeutic use in bone cancer (Portugal). During her Ph.D research under the supervision of Prof. Anthony Burke and Prof. Maria do Rosário Martins (Universidade de Évora, Portugal), Patrícia engaged the study of the biochemical mechanisms involved in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Her main results involved the discovery of a lead compound with therapeutic benefits for AD. Her Ph.D. was successfully completed in 4 years. During this time, Patrícia published several peer reviewed papers, a patent and her investigation also produced numerous presentations in international congresses. Recently, Patrícia published a paper with the results of the toxicological and pharmacological studies on the lead compound, and has another 2 manuscripts in the pipeline. For the past 16 years, Patrícia has been a Physics and Chemistry high school teacher and aims to fully focus on her researcher career.