SUMMARY

As a chemist, my expertise bridges nanoscience, organic, and inorganic chemistry. I have extensive experience in the synthesis, modification, and characterization of diverse materials for applications in catalysis, toxic metal detection, sensing, biomedicine, and antibacterial technologies. I have also contributed to the development of novel organic and inorganic systems, including their photophysical characterization. In parallel, I have been actively involved in the organization of over thirty international scientific conferences, gaining valuable experience in scientific communication, project coordination, and event management.

ACTUAL POSITION

Postdoctoral Researcher – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Cofund Onisilos Programme (Grant agreement No 101034403) – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (University of Cyprus). 2023-Present

Research Stay under the Secondment – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, in the Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna (03-April-2025 to 19-May-2025) (https://chimica.unibo.it/it/dipartimento/persone/visiting-professor-e-researcher)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Postdoctoral Researcher – Chemistry Department. Bioscope Group (Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal). 2021-2023

Postdoctoral Researcher – Chemistry Department. Bioscope Group (Proteomass Scientific Society, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal). 2020-2021

EDUCATION

PhD in Sustainable Chemistry| Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT-UNL), Lisbon, Portugal
Presented in May 2019.

Thesis Title: Gold, Silver and Platinum Nanoparticles: From New Synthetic Routes to Sensing, Catalysis and Bio-Applications.

Link to download the thesis: https://bit.ly/3dMfths
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. José Luís Capelo Martínez. (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
Co-Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Júlia Lorenzo Rivera. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
Dr Hugo Miguel Baptista Carreira dos Santos. (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)

Chemistry Degree (5 years, Pre-Bologna) | University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Finished in June 2013

Final Project Title. Síntesis y Caracterización de tres nuevos ligandos poliamínicos y su interacción con nanopartículas de Ag y Au para la obtención de estructuras 1D nanosensoras de mercurio. (Synthesis and characterization of three new polyamine ligands and their interaction with Ag and Au nanoparticles to obtain 1D nanosensor structures of mercury)

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Maria Rufina Bastida de la Calle

Link: https://bit.ly/3RqcvVO

Erasmus Year (2011-2012). NOVA University of Lisbon (FCT-UNL).

Final Biotechnology Project: Nanotoxicologia de novas nanoparticulas metálicas (Au e Ag) funcionalizadas com derivados de fluoresceina como novos sistemas de imagem. (Nanotoxicology of new metal nanoparticles functionalized by fluoresceine derivatives as new imaging systems).

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mário E. de Sousa Diniz

Presented in July 2012

Link: http://bit.ly/4jod7aW

ACADEMIC RESULTS

34 publications in International Journals (Indexed in Scopus)
27 posters communications at national and international conferences
4 Oral Communication in International Conferences

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC, RSC)

Member of the organising committee in 53 international scientific conferences organised by the Proteomass Scientific Society. (2011-2023)

Member of the organising committee in 1 national conference organised by Sociedade Portuguesa de Química. (SPQ) (2014)

Guest Editor in the Special Issue “New Toxic Emerging Contaminants”, Journal of Hazardous Materials. (2018) https://bit.ly/2Z7BUte

Guest Editor in the Special Issue “Noble Metal-Based Nanostructures: Optical Properties and Applications”, Nanomaterials (2024)

COURSES/WORKSHOPS

• Practical course to obtain the license for independent access to the SEM (FEI Quanta 650 FEG, 6 hours) and TEM (JEOL JEM-2100-HT 80-200 KV, 12 hours) at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL, Braga, Portugal). 24th-26th January 2023, INL, Braga, Portugal.
• Workshop in “Bionanosystems Characterisation” (Paralab S.A), 2016, October 19th-21st, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal.
• “III Hands-on Course in Sample Preparation Using Nanoparticles for Proteomics” (Proteomass Scientific Society, supported by the European Proteomics Association), 2015, July 20th-22nd, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal.
• “II Hands on Course in Fluorescence and Related Techniques Applied to Chemosensors” (University of Vigo, Spain), 2012, June 19th-22nd, University of Vigo, Spain

PRIZES & AWARDS

• Excellent Poster Presentation Prize, “Gold Nanorods@SimesDrugs: Nanoparticles for Antibacterial Studies”, 3rd International Caparica Conference in Antibiotic Resistance (IC2AR 2019). June 10th-13th 2019, Costa de Caparica, Portugal.
• Excellent Shotgun Presentation Prize, “Colourimetric studies on the interaction with ions using two urea-containing compounds”, 1st International Caparica Conference on Pollutant Toxic Ions and Molecules (PTIM 2015). November 2nd-4th, 2015, Costa da Caparica, Portugal.

LANGUAGES

Spanish: native
Galician: native
Portuguese: highly proficient in understanding, speaking and writing (C1)
English: highly proficient in understanding, speaking and writing (C1)
Italian: basic communication, speaking and writing (B1)

SKILLS