简介
Academic background
- June/1999: Habilitation ("Agregação) in chemistry (unanimous)
- July/1993: PhD in Chemistry, specialization in Organic Chemistry, University of Aveiro
- February/1990: Proofs similar to MSc "Provas de Aptidão Pedagógica e Capacidade Científica", University of Aveiro
- July/1987: BSc ("Licenciatura") in Physical-Chemistry for Teaching, University of Aveiro
Professional activities
- Since February/2001: Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro
- July/1999 – January/2001: Associate Professor with Habilitation, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro
- March/1996 – June/1999/: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro
- August/1993 – February/1996: Assistant Professor ("Professor Auxiliar"), Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro
- March/1990 – July/1993: Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro
- November/1987 – February/1990: Trainee Assistant ("Assistente Estagiário", Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro
- 1986/87: Research fellow of I.N.I.C., Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro
-1985/86: "Monitor", Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro. During this period performed a small research project on the synthesis of phenolic compounds
Other activities
- Rector of the University of Aveiro, since May 20/2026
- Vice-Rector for research, innovation and 3rd cycle of the University of Aveiro, since May 8/2018 to May 20/2026
- President of the Portuguese Chemical Society, since 2016-Fev 2023
- Vice-President of the Portuguese Chemical Society, 2013-2016
- President of the Organic Division of the Portuguese Chemical Society - two terms of 2 years
- Vice-President of the Organic Division of the Portuguese Chemical Society - two terms of 2 years
- Member of the Executive Board of the EuCheMs, since January 2017
- Member of the European Academy of Sciences, since January 2017
Research interests
- Synthesis in organic chemistry
- Organocatalysis
- Asymmetric synthesis
- Study of 1,4- and 1,6 conjugate additions of α,β,ɣ,δ-unsaturated systems
- Development of new organocatalysts
- Synthesis, transformation and structural characterization of several oxygen (e.g. flavones, 2-styrylchromones and xanthones) and nitrogen (e.g. pyrazolines, triazoles, pyrazoles, indazoles, quinolones, quinolones and acridones)
- Natural products, including chemical characterization of vegetal species and isolation of polyphenolic compounds
- Synthesis of novel boactive polyphenolic compounds
- Use of 1D and 2D NMR techniques in the structural characterization of various types of compounds, including polyphenols, pyrazoles, pyrimidines, tetrapyrrolic macrocycles, polymeric carbohydrates and organometallics
Research group
- PhD Staff members: Diana Pinto, Vera Silva
- Associate Researchers: Hélio Albuquerque, Susana Braga, Samuel Guieu, Sónia Silva and Susana Cardoso
- Collaborators with PhD: Ana Seca (Azores University), Clementina Santos (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança), Oualid Talhi (CRAPC-Tipaza, Algeria), Raquel Soengas (University of Almeria, Spain)
- Doctoral Students: 15 on going
Editorial duties:
- Member of the International Advisory Board of the European Journal of Organic Chemistry journal, January/2006-December/2013.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Mediterranean Journal of Chemistry, since January/2011.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Green and Sustainable Chemistry, since July/2011.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the E-Journal of Chemistry journal, since March/2012.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Current Organic Chemistry, since January/2016.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Letters in Organic Chemistry, since May/2016.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Molecules, since May2016.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Methods and Protocols, since April/2018.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Sci journal, since May/2018.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal SynOpen, since January/2019.
Supervision or Co-supervision of Post-Graduated Students:
Pos-Doctoral Fellows: 19 finished
PhD thesis - in Chemistry: 38 finished, 10 ongoing
PhD thesis – other areas: 8 finished, 5 ongoing
MSc thesis: 43 finished, 2 ongoing
Co-author of more than 900 SCI papers (h = 76, 30330 citations), 1 e-book, 1 book and 59 book chapters, 6 patents and delivery more than 71 lectures in scientific meetings.
