Francisca E SilvaFrancisca A. e Silva is currently a Researcher at CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal. She completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering with honor at University of Aveiro in 2018, also being awardedthe "Best PhD thesis in Chemical Engineering" by the Iberoamerican Congress in Chemical Engineering. During the PhD, she spent three months abroad at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, under the scientific guidance of Dr. R. D. Rogers. She is author/coauthor of +20 articles and 1 encyclopedia entry. She has attended several national and international conferences and meetings, contributing with +50 oral and poster communications. Her research is mainly centered on the use of ionic liquids for the development of sustainable purification processes towards environmental and health applications. Read More Read Less