Maria Manuel Marques was born in Lisbon, Portugal. She studied chemistry at the New University of Lisbon from where she also received in 2001 her PhD in organic chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sundaresan Prabhakar. From September 2001 to May 2003 she worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institüt für Organische Chemie – University of Vienna with Prof. Dr. J. Mulzer. In 2003, she joined the Faculty of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon (REQUIMTE) as a research fellow. Since 2004 she has also been involved in the organic chemistry teaching at the same Department. In 2016 she obtained the habilitation in Chemistry, Organic Chemistry.

Her research encompasses the development of new synthetic methodologies towards bioactive compounds, in particular heterocyclic molecules and glycans implicated in molecular recognition systems.

2016 - Habilitation in Chemistry, organic chemistry (UNL)

2004 till present - Invited Assistant Professor

2003 till present - Researcher at LAQV-Requimte (FCT-UNL)

2001 - 2003 - Post-doc fellow at Prof Mulzer Group - Institüt für Organische Chemie (Austria)

2001 - PhD in organic chemistry

1995 - Diploma in Applied Chemistry