Telma Henriques supports the executive committee and is a project manager of CERENA. Telma is graduated (2003-2008), and has a master’s degree (2012-2014), in Technologic Chemistry, for the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. She began her professional career at ISQ (Quality and Welding Institute) (2009-2013) as a laboratory superior technician, where she learned and developed characterization techniques and analysis of metallic and non-metallic materials. After this experience, Telma worked in the electric cables industry (2014-2015), where she developed her master’s degree thesis. Later on, she embraced the challenge to integrate the automotive industry, by assuming the function of laboratory responsible (2015-2018). During her professional experience, she has developed and implemented several methodologies in laboratory analysis and gave support to the production and quality departments of different companies. Since July of 2023, Telma has embraced with a lot of motivation her new function in CERENA.