AWARDS 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022: Excellent Professor (Pedagogical Council of IST, University of Lisbon) 2015: Best Young Portuguese Organic Chemist (Honor Mention) (Organic Chemistry Division of the Portuguese Chemical Society) 2012: FCT Investigator - Development grant ("Investigador FCT" 2012 call, Carlos Baleizão was ranked in the first 80 out of 1200 applications from all areas of knowledge) 2011: Winner of the “Scientific Prizes UTL/Santander Totta 2011" in the field of "Environment, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry" (based on scientific productivity, citations and impact factor criteria) 2008: Winner of the “Technical University of Lisbon Young Researchers Prize" in the field of "Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials and Nanotechnology" (based on scientific productivity, citations and impact factor criteria) 2005: Portuguese winner of the International FISOCAT award for Young Researchers (Best PhD thesis in Catalysis) (Catalysis and Porous Materials Division of the Portuguese Chemical Society) OTHER ACTIVITIES - Co-Chair of “Materials 2025”, National Meeting of the Portuguese Materials Society. - Topic Board Member of "Nanomaterials" (since 2019) - Guest Editor of “Polymeric Materials for Optical Apllications” issue to the journal Polymers (Q1, IF=3.364), 2018. - Assistant Editor of the Portuguese Chemical Society Bulletin (2010-2016). - Co-Chair, 10th National Meeting of the Catalysis and Porous Materials Division of the Portuguese Chemical Society, Portugal, May 2016 - co-Chair of "ChemULisboa - Novos desafios da Química na nova ULisboa" (April-July 2014). - co-Chair of "4 Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica (4'JIF)", Lisboa, Portugal, June 29-July 2 of 2014. - co-Founder (2008) and co-President (2008-2010) of the Young Chemists Group of the Portuguese Chemical Society. - Chairman of the 1st Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (1PYCheM), Lisboa, Portugal, 15 to 17 of October 2008.