Helena is a junior researcher in UCIBIO at the Faculty of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon (FCT-NOVA), Portugal. She took her BSc degree in Biochemistry (2011) and MSc in Biotechnology (2013) at NOVA University of Lisbon. Later on, she obtained her PhD within the context of Marie Sklodowska-Curie PhD Network (TOLLerant-ETN 604 action) (2015-2019) and of Dual Degree PhD program between NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal (PhD in Biochemistry) and University of the Basque Country, Spain (PhD in Synthetic and Industrial Chemistry), awarded twice as Best Thesis Prize by Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (Carbohydrate group (GE-HIC-RSEQ) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Group (GE-RMN -RSEQ). Her research interest has been focused on the field of Glycosciences and molecular recognition, in particular with NMR techniques. During the past years, she has contributed to a better understanding of the molecular basis in protein-glycan interactions. This has been achieved by the study of the recognition of glyco-antigens by human immune-lectins in cancer/bacterial infections and unravel the molecular mechanism of O-glycosylation process, based on chemoenzymatic synthesis (using Mucin-1 and GalNAc-transferases, monitored by NMR). She has published 21 original research articles, reviews and book chapters, with a total of 368 citations (h-index 11) (according to Scopus - 29/03/2022).