Rui Filipe Jesus Pereira (0217-FED5-BB62)

Curriculum Vitae

Rui Filipe Jesus Pereira

Rui Pereira is currently an PhD student in Sustainable Chemistry at the Faculty of Farmacy from University of Porto with collaboration with the University of Aveiro. He finished his BSc and MSc degrees in Chemistry at the Faculty of Science from University of Porto with final grades of 18 and 19 respectively (in 20). He was awarded by SPQ as the first-year student with the best entry classification in Chemistry at 2015/2016. He also received several scholar distinctions, such as the award Teresa Fonseca (2018) given to the student with the higher classification in the Chemistry degree of that year, and the award Prof. Doutor Manuel Ribeiro da Silva (2019) given to the student with the best classifications in the first year of the MSc in Chemistry. He performed 3 volunteered internships in scientific investigation, published 3 scientific articles in international peer reviewed journals and participated in international conferences with 2 communications. He was a research fellow with a graduate research grant between June and October of 2020. He has background in chemistry with specialization in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Rui Filipe Jesus Pereira

Citation names

Pereira, Rui

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 0217-FED5-BB62
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1459-0905

Email addresses

r97pereira@gmail.com (Professional)

Websites

https://gabaiunitfra.wixsite.com/frau (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/04/01 - 2025 Ongoing	Sustainable Chemistry (Doutoramento) Major in Organic Chemistry; Medicinal Chemistry Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal "Synthesis of new chalcone and styrylchromone scaffolds as alternative drugs for inflammatory diseases treatment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018/09/13 - 2020/12/02 Concluded	Chemistry (Mestrado) Major in Organic Chemistry Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Unnatural ß-amino acid derivatives as potential transdermal drug delivery systems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19
2019/02/03 - 2019/07/31 Concluded	Produção de aditivos para gasolinas a partir de resíduos florestais e agrículas (Outros) Major in Heterogeneous Catalysis Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Excelente
2019/07/09 - 2019/07/11 Attended	Fármacos: como se obtêm, como atuam e porquê (uma perspetiva da Química Farmacêutica Medicinal) (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Major in Medicinal Chemistry Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2018/02/03 - 2018/07/31 Concluded	Nanossistemas baseados em tensioativos derivados da serina como sistemas de veiculação de fármacos (Outros) Major in Organic Chemistry Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Excelente
2015/09 - 2018/07/31 Concluded	Chemistry (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Novos tensioativos derivados de serina: Síntese e estudo de interação com membranas lipídicas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2018/06/25 - 2018/06/28 Concluded	Membrane Biophysics Impact of Lipids on Health, Disease and Therapy (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Major in Applied Physical Chemistry Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal	19
2017/02/03 - 2017/07/31 Concluded	Desenvolvimento de uma nova terapia para cancro baseada em bioluminescência marinha (Outros) Major in Physical Chemistry Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 - 2015 Concluded	Química, Ambiente e Qualidade (Ensino secundário) Colégio Internato dos Carvalhos, Portugal	18,8

Affiliation

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/06/01 - 2020/12/01	Research fellow	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/07 - 2018/07	Monitor - Junior University Summer Courses - 2018 edition	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper	Rui Pereira; Vera L. M. Silva; Artur M. S. Silva; Daniela Ribeiro; Eduarda Fernandes. "Synthesis and Chemical Reactivity of Novel Polyhydroxylated Bis-Chalcones". 2022. 10.3390/ECMC2022-13473
Conference poster	Pereira, Rui; Ribeiro, Daniela; Vera L. M. Silva; Eduarda Fernandes. "SYNTHESIS AND EVALUATION OF NOVEL POLYHYDROXYLATED BIS-CHALCONES AS POTENTIAL COX-2 SELECTIVE INHIBITORS". Paper presented in 58th International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, 2024. Pereira, Rui; Vera L. M. Silva; Silva, Artur; Daniela Ribeiro; Eduarda Fernandes. Corresponding author: Eduarda Fernandes. "Synthesis of new bis-chalcone scaffolds as potential inhibitors of cyclooxygenase II". Paper presented in 14th National Organic Chemistry Meeting & 7th National Medicinal Chemistry Meeting, 2022. Pereira, Rui; Silva, Sandra G.; Dias, Ana Rita; Ferraz, Ricardo; Eaton, Peter; Pinheiro, Marina; Reis, Salette; Cardoso do Vale, M.L.. "Serine-based surfactants: potential drug delivery and antimicrobial agents". Paper presented in XXV Encontro Galego--Portugues de Química, 2019.
Journal article	Pereira, Rui; Silva, Artur M.S.; Ribeiro, Daniela; Silva, Vera L.M.; Fernandes, Eduarda. "Bis-chalcones: A review of synthetic methodologies and anti-inflammatory effects". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 252 (2023): 115280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115280. Open access • 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115280 Silva, Sandra G.; Pinheiro, Marina; Pereira, Rui; Dias, Ana Rita; Ferraz, Ricardo; Prudêncio, Cristina; Eaton, Peter J.; et al. "Serine-based surfactants as effective antimicrobial agents against multiresistant bacteria". BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/20583. 10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.183969 Rui Filipe Jesus Pereira; Sandra G. Silva; Marina Pinheiro; Salette Reis; Luísa do Vale. "Current Status of Amino Acid-Based Permeation Enhancers in Transdermal Drug Delivery". Membranes (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/11/5/343. 10.3390/membranes11050343 Pinto da Silva, L.; Pereira, R.F.J.; Esteves da Silva, J.C.G.. "Theoretical Analysis of the Effect Provoked by Bromine-Addition on the Thermolysis and Chemiexcitation of a Model Dioxetanone". Journal of Chemistry 2017 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018882353&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1155/2017/1903981 Pinto Da Silva, L.; Pereira, R.F.J.; Magalhães, C.M.; Esteves Da Silva, J.C.G.. "Mechanistic Insight into Cypridina Bioluminescence with a Combined Experimental and Theoretical Chemiluminescent Approach". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 121 33 (2017): 7862-7871. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028358688&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06295

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/11/23	Bis-chalcones: A new scaffold for novel and potent inhibitors of cyclooxygenase 2	XXVII Encontro Luso Galego de Química Delegação do Porto da SPQ (Porto, Portugal)
2023/10/11	Polyhydroxy bis-chalcones: from synthesis to cyclization into novel flavonoids	Webinar LAQV-REQUIMTE - Molecular Synthesis Research Group LAQV-REQUIMTE
2023/07/25	Synthesis of novel polyhydroxylated bis-chalcones and their cyclodehydrogenation into bisflavones	XXVIII Encontro Nacional da SPQ Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/11/17	Polyhydroxylated bis-chalcones: potential new inhibitors of cyclooxygenase 2	XXVI ENCONTRO GALEGO-PORTUGUÉS DE QUÍMICA. Colegio Oficial de Químicos de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2020/02/13	Serine-based surfactants: potential drug delivery and antimicrobial agents	IJUP´20 - 13 º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores da Universidade do Porto Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/07/13 - 2023/07/17	"Pesquisa de novas moléculas com atividade anti-inflamatória", activity carried out under the program Junior University Summer Courses - 2023 edition (2023/07/13 - 2023/07/17) Other (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2019	School Prize Professor Doutor Manuel Ribeiro da Silva Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018	School Prize Teresa Fonseca Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018	School Prize Doutor Mendonça Monteiro Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017	School Prize Prof. Doutor Fernando Serrão Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015	"Caloiros de Química não pagam propinas" Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal