PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, completed at the NOVA University of Lisbon, at the Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology, ITQB NOVA, in 2018.

Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Chemical and Biological Engineering, completed at the Lisbon Higher Institute of Engineering, ISEL, in 2011 and 2008.

Invited Assistant Professor at the Higher School of Technology of Barreiro, of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (ESTB IPS), 2022 to 2026.

Junior Researcher at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, of the NOVA University of Lisbon (NOVA FCT), 2023 to 2025.

Invited Assistant Researcher at the Faculty of Sciences, of the University of Lisbon (FCUL) within the scope of the iPaints project, 2023.

Coordination and participation in scientific projects

Supervision of interns, scholarship recipients, and master's students

Preparation of scientific publications and science outreach materials for the general public

Coordination and participation in scientific and technological dissemination initiatives

Oral and poster presentations at scientific congresses

Valuation and transfer of scientific and technical knowledge

Participation in academic examination boards

Review of articles submitted to scientific publications

Participation in professional development activities

Preparation of applications for research projects and programs

I obtained my BSc in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (ISEL IPL). During that time I visited Université d'Artois, France, for the Erasmus European University Dedicated to Biomolecules and Biopolymers, and started doing research, which resulted in my 1st conference poster. After that, I received my MSc (with honors and got the Caixa Geral de Depósitos Award to the best MSc graduate from Chemical and Biological Engineering) in collaboration with Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB NOVA), under the project PTDC/QUI/67175/2006 - Development of new macrocyclicbifunctional chelators for metalloradiopharmaceuticals. During those years, 6 papers were published on ACS, RSC, Elsevier and Chemistry Europe (3 as 1st author: 2 Inorg Chem, IF 5.436, Q1; 1 Dalton Trans, IF 4.569, Q1; 1 Tetrahedron, IF 2.457, Q1; 2 Eur J Inorg Chem IF 2.551, Q1). I also went to Mikkeli University, Finland, to work on the NEPTUNE Project - Network for Environmental Projects in Technology, UNited in Europe.

Later, I was awarded a FCT PhD Fellowship SFRH/BD/89501/2012. My PhD contributed to project PTDC/QEQ-SUP/2718/2012 - Development of dinuclear Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes as potential inhibitors of oncogenic protein-protein interactions. In 2014, I received the Matteo Bertero Memorial Award to the Best Poster Presentation at ISMEC, held on the Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy. Afterwards, I was an Invited PhD Fellow at Université de Brest, France, and in 2018 I received my PhD in Chemistry (specialty Inorganic Chemistry, with Coordination and Supramolecular Chemistry as core fields, supervised by R. Delgado). My PhD related work resulted in 6 papers, published on ACS and RSC (4 as 1st author: 4 Inorg Chem, IF 5.436, Q1; 1 Dalton Trans, IF 4.569, Q1; 1 New J Chem IF 3.591, Q1). In 2018, I was awarded the MT Brandão | Metrohm Young Chemist Award.

In late 2018 I started as an Assistant Researcher at FCiências.ID, working on the Mol2Cryst project - PTDC/QUIOUT/28401/2017, LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-028401 and I have collaborated with Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE), co-supervised 2 BSc and 1 MSc students from FCUL, and 1 IAESTE MSc trainee from U. of Glasgow. I was invited to argue a BSc project and to give lectures on Anion Binding.

Overall, I published 1 BSc project, 2 theses (MSc & PhD), 16 papers (8 as 1st author), 2 newsletters, 1 dissemination article on the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT2019), enrolled in the curation of an online exposition "Crystals and their skeletons", participated in national and international conferences with 30 Posters (2 Award) and 20 Oral (4 Invited) presentations, organized 1 conference, and enrolled in several other outreach activities (as Science Open Days, the European Researchers' Night, events from InTeraQB, creating videos for YouTube based on scientific work, and by being invited for a Café Virtual by the ACS Tecnológico de Costa Rica Student Chapter - Outstanding 2019/2020 Award from ACS). In 2020 I successfully applied to the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings scientific exchange network, through Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, and to ACS and RSC membership. I am also a member of Ordem dos Engenheiros, SPQ and of the editorial board of MDPI journal Crystals, ad hoc reviewing for several journals. I have published, in 2022, my first manuscript as correspondent author in RSC (New J Chem IF 3.591, Q1).

In early 2023, I joined as an Invited Assistant Researcher, the IPaintS Project, and later worked on the PRR Project InsectERA, at NOVA FCT. From 2022 to 26 I was an Invited Assistant Professor at Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (ESTB IPS). In 2024, I obtained a RSC Sustainable Laboratories Grant.

In 2026 I joined Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), as an Assistant Researcher at the Materials Department, Cementitious Materials Unit, Chemical Testing Area.

Doutoramento em Química Inorgânica, realizado na Universidade Nova de Lisboa, no Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, ITQB NOVA, concluído em 2018.

Mestrado e Licenciatura em Engenharia Química e Biológica, realizados no Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, ISEL, concluídos em 2011 de 2008.

Professora Adjunta Convidada na Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (ESTB IPS), 2022 a 2026.

Investigadora Júnior na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA FCT), 2023 a 2025.

Investigadora Auxiliar Convidada na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL) ao abrigo do projeto iPaints, 2023.

PRINCIPAIS ÁREAS DE INVESTIGAÇÃO/INTERESSE

Investigação, desenvolvimento e inovação

Coordenação e participação em projetos científicos

Orientação de estagiários, bolseiros e mestrandos

Elaboração de publicações científicas e de divulgação científica para o público em geral

Coordenação e participação em iniciativas de divulgação científica e tecnológica

Apresentações orais e em poster em congressos científicos

Valorização e transferência do conhecimento científico e técnico

Participação em júris de provas de académicas

Revisão de artigos submetidos a publicações científicas

Participação em ações de formação profissional

Elaboração de candidaturas a projetos e programas de investigação

Curriculum Vitae

DADOS PESSOAIS

SITUAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL

GRAUS ACADÉMICOS E CIENTÍFICOS

FUNÇÕES E CARGOS PÚBLICOS RELEVANTES

PRINCIPAIS ÁREAS DE INVESTIGAÇÃO/INTERESSE

ATIVIDADE DESENVOLVIDA