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Artur M. S. Silva is currently full professor at the Chem. Dep. and Vice-rector for research and innovation of the University of Aveiro (UA). He was President of the Portuguese Chemical Society 2016-2023. He obtained both the BSc (1987) and the PhD in Organic Chemistry (1993) degrees at the UA. He joined the Chemistry Department in 1987 as Assistant and was appointed to Auxiliary Professor in 1996, Associate Professor in 1999 and Full Professor in 2001. He published more than 900 SCI papers, 1 e-book, 57 book chapters, delivery more than 68 lectures in scientific meetings and is co-author of 6 patents. His publications have been cited by more than 25100 times and his Hirsch-index is 69. He supervised 19 post-doctoral fellows, 42 PhD students and 43 MSc students; he has also participated in 29 financed Portuguese and European projects and in 8 bilateral financed projects with European Research Groups. His research interests range over the chemistry of polyphenolic and nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, with special emphasis on the development of new sustainable synthetic routes, and also on the organocatalytic and metal-catalysed transformations. The second passion of his research is centred in the isolation and structural characterization of natural products from diverse terrestrial and marine sources. But all these scientific activities it is supported in his strong knowledge on NMR spectroscopy. The third axis of their research are focused on the synthesis of biologically active oxygen and nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, as well as on the evaluation of their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor and antimicrobial activity in collaborations with other Portuguese and International research groups.