She has a degree in Environmental Chemistry from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, a degree in Chemistry from the Federal University of Paraná, a master's degree, and a doctorate in Chemistry from the Federal University of Paraná. She completed a post-doctoral internship in Physics at the Federal University of Paraná and in Materials Sciences at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She is currently an adjunct professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria, a Researcher at the INCT on Carbon Nanomaterials and at the INCT NanoVida, and a permanent professor of the Postgraduate Program in Chemistry (PPGQ) at UFSM and a collaborating professor of the Postgraduate Program in Materials Sciences and Engineering - PPCEM (Unipampa). Works mainly in the area of nanomaterials chemistry, involving the development of sustainable nanomaterials from the choice of raw material by a "green" synthesis process until applications, which are mainly focused on environmental remediation, geotechnical and sustainable agriculture. Email: carolina.matos@ufsm.br