Lídia Cunha holds a MsC in Chemical Engineering (FEUP, 2016). In 2016/ 2017 Lídia co-founded two startups (Toca do granel; Biograma) focused on the food organic area. Meanwhile, she worked as a consultant (since 2018) in an international laboratory (NEOTRON). Since 2021, she has been a researcher at FEUP, where she has been involved in nanotechnology and hydrometallurgy projects. Currently, she is a researcher in the INN4MIN Project: Sustainable Solutions for Gold Ore Processing, working on the development of innovative and sustainable methodologies for the recovery of gold and critical elements from integrated circuit boards.