Sónia Patrício obtained her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Porto in 2011. Her PhD work was focused on the fabrication of hybrid organic-inorganic multilayered films, thus developing particular interest in the layer-by-layer technology. From to 2012 until the mild of 2017, she was a post-doctoral researcher at CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, in the Materials and Ceramic Engineering Department. Currently, she joined COMPASS group aiming to expand her skills on Materials Science by complementing the group interests in the development of functional biomedical devices.