Luís Miguel Teodoro Frija was born (14/01/79) in the picturesque village of Alenquer, Portugal Chemistry degree, University of Algarve, FCT-UAlg, 9/1997-12/2001 Erasmus program grantee, Masarykova Univerzita (Brno), Czech Republic and University of Vienna, Austria, 1st Semester 2000 Graduate research fellow, (University of Algarve and University of Liverpool, UK), 4/2002-9/2004 Ph.D., Chemistry - Organic Chemistry, University of Algarve, FCT-UAlg, 10/2004-10/2008 (Doctoral studies @ M.L.S. Cristiano Lab., FCT-UAlg and CCMAR; and University of Coimbra, UC-DQ, R. Fausto Lab.) Founder and Scientific Consultant of TecnoCiLab, Lda. (Private laboratory, analytical chemistry & product development), since 6/2008 Postdoctoral research fellow@ - Instituto Superior Técnico, IN-CQFM, 11/2008-12/2010 (C.A.M Afonso Lab.) - Faculty of Pharmacy - iMedULisboa, University of Lisbon, 1/2011-10/2014 (C.A.M Afonso Lab.) - Instituto Superior Técnico, CQE, University of Lisbon, 1/2015-10/2018 (A. Pombeiro Lab.) Researcher (Initial level, DL57 contract) @ IST-ID, CQE (IMS), Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 11/2018-10/2024 Principal Researcher @ IST-ID, CQE (IMS), Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, since 11/2024)