Vera Lúcia de Sousa Freitas (1614-C138-34ED)

Curriculum Vitae

Vera Lúcia de Sousa Freitas

CURRICULUM PATH: Vera L. S. Freitas (VLSF) embarked on her academic journey at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 2005, followed by a Master's degree in Chemistry in 2007 (awarded Best Student Prize), and obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2011, with a grant awarded by FCT, achieving an APPROVED WITH DISTINCTION mark. Presently, she is pursuing a Master's degree in Project Management, expected to be completed in november 2024. SCIENTIFIC PATH AND AFFILIATION: - From 2012 to 2017, VLSF conducted post-doctoral research at CIQUP - R&D Unit, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto (FCUP), supported by a postdoctoral grant from FCT. - In 2018, VLSF continued post-doctoral activities in the R&D Unit, focusing on the Sustained Advanced Materials Project. - Since 2019, VLSF has held a researcher position with the R&D Unit, concurrently teaching courses in Chemistry at both undergraduate and graduate levels. - Since 2017, VLSF has served as an invited assistant professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, instructing students in various BSc programs including Pharmacy, Medicinal Biotechnology, Laboratory Biomedical Sciences, and Environmental Health. MAIN SCIENTIFIC AREAS OF RESEARCH: VLSF's primary research areas include Physical Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Thermochemistry, and Computational Chemistry. DOMAIN EXPERTISE: She specializes in the experimental and computational thermochemical study of heterocyclic and heteropolycyclic organic compounds. Her research focuses on molecular energetics and structure-energetic-reactivity relationships. CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS: - NITROSynT+S: Investigating synergies between thermochemistry and structure of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds. - ECOFRAGRANCE: Studying thermodynamic properties and developing estimation models for chemical fragrances to create benchmark tools for environmental risk assessment. - SMART MATERIALS: Exploring thermodynamic properties of significant maleic anhydride derivatives.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Vera Lúcia de Sousa Freitas
Gender: Female

Citation names

Freitas, Vera L. S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1614-C138-34ED
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3670-2595
Scopus Author Id: 15768924500

Email addresses

vera.freitas@fc.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

220402515 (Professional)

Websites

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3670-2595 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry
Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/09/01 - 2024/11/30 Ongoing	Master's in Project Management (Mestrado) Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal "Project Management Capabilities in University Research Centers: A Bibliometric Analysis from the Last Twenty Years" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008 - 2011/01/01 Concluded	Programa Doutoral em Química (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Molecular Energetics of Substitution of Oxygen by Sulfur in Heteropolyclic Compounds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved with Distinction
2007/11/26 Concluded	Mestrado em Química (Mestrado) Major in Chemistry Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Thermochemical Study of Nitrogen Compounds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Very Good [Sixteen (16) out of twenty (20) for the
2005/10/19 Concluded	Licenciatura em Química (Ramo Científico) (Licenciatura) Major in Chemistry Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Thermochemical Study of Pyridine Derived Compounds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Fourteen (14) out of twenty (20)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/02/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2019/01/31	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal
2012/01/01 - 2017/12/31	Postdoc (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/09/15 - Current	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

2017/09/15 - 2018/09/14	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016/12/28 - 2019	Partner (Major Capital Holder)	Darwing Lda Scientific management, Portugal

2007/07/23 - 2007/07/27	Summer School Monitor	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

2006/09/01 - 2007/06/30	Professional Internship - Pesticides Products	In-Mat, Portugal

2006/07/03 - 2006/07/14	Summer School Monitor	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

2006/03/15 - 2006/06/15	Research Grant	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2018/10/01 - 2022/12/31	Determination and establishment of prediction models of thermodynamic properties of chemical fragrances: tools for environmental risk assessment SFRH/BD/137672/2018 Supervisor Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/30	Summer with Science 2022 - Thermophysical study of 9-phenylacridine by Calvet microcalorimetry Unidade I&D Supervisor Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Concluded
2021/09/01 - 2021/09/30	Summer with Science 2021 - Thermophysical Study of Neocuproine Unidade de I&D 81 Supervisor Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2021/09/01 - 2021/09/30	Summer with Science 2021 - Calorimetric Study of Neocuproine Unidade de I&D 81 Supervisor Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/01/01 - 2019/01/31	Sustained Advanced Materials NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000028 Integration into Research Grant Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2017/12/31	Synergies between thermochemistry and structure of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds SFRH/BPD/78552/2011 Post-doc Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011/12/31	Molecular Energetics of Oxygen Replacement by Sulfur in Heteropolyclic Compounds SFRH/BD/41672/2007 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/02/01 - 2024/01/31	Article 23 of Decree-Law No. 57/2016, of 29 August, amended by Law No. 57/2017, of 19 July - SFRH / BPD / 78552/2011 grant FCT SFRH/BPD/78552/2011 Researcher Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2019/09/30	Thermochemical Study of gamma-lactone and sigma-lactone derivatives 297296 Supervisor Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023/09/18 - 2027/09/17	COST ACTION CA22107 - Bringing Experiment and Simulation Together in Crystal Structure Prediction (BEST-CSP) CA22107 Membership	Ongoing
2022/12/01 - 2022/12/01	Development of methods for the determination of physicochemical properties of chemical fragrances: reference data for environmental risk assessment 2022.08475.PTDC (NON-FUNDED) 2022.08475.PTDC (NON-FUNDED) Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal
2021/03/10 - 2021/03/10	Methods development for physicochemical properties determination of chemical fragrances: Benchmark data for environmental risk assessment PTDC/QUI-QFI/0133/2021 (NON-FUNDED) PTDC/QUI-QFI/0133/2021 (NON-FUNDED) Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Cancelled
2020/04/30 - 2020/04/30	Methods development for physicochemical properties determination of chemical fragrances: Benchmark data for environmental risk assessment PTDC/QUI-QFI/1060/2020 (NON-FUNDED) PTDC/QUI-QFI/1060/2020 (NON-FUNDED) Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Cancelled
2019/03/06 - 2019/06/05	Sustained Advanced Materials NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000028 Supervisor Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte Concluded
2016/06/01 - 2019/05/31	Sustained Advanced Materials NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000028 Post-doc Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2018/01/01 - 2018/09/30	Sustained Advanced Materials NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000028 Supervisor Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte Concluded
2015/01/29 - 2015/01/29	Benchmark Thermochemical Data of Chemical Fragrances: A Tool for Human Health and Environmental Risk Assessment PTDC/QEQQFI/ 3989/2014 (NON-FUNDED ) PTDC/QEQQFI/ 3989/2014 (NON-FUNDED ) Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2006/03/15 - 2006/06/15	Experimental and theoretical study on the energetic of cyclic ureas GRICES/CSIC Integration into Research Grant Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal	Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D.M.C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical insights on small nitrogen heterocyclic compounds". edited by Alexander Greer; Joel F. Liebman. United States: John Wiley & Sons, 2018.
Conference paper	Freitas, Vera L. S.; José R. B. Gomes; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic Studies of Two Oxygen Heterocyclic Compounds: Xanthone and Tetrahydro-gamma-pyran". Paper presented in The XXX National Congress on Calorimetry, Thermal Analysis and Chemical Thermodynamics (AICAT 2008), Pisa, 2008. Published
Conference poster	Vince Bart S. Cardenas; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Almeida, A. R. R. P.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. Corresponding author: Vince Bart S. Cardenas. "Thermodynamic properties of two maleic anhydride derivatives: Experimental and computational approaches". Paper presented in 6th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (CEEC-TAC6) and 15th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (Medicta2021), Split, Croatia (Virtual Conference), 2021. Silva, Carlos A. O.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. Corresponding author: Silva, Carlos A. O.. "Gas-phase standard molar enthalpies of formation of some anthranilate derivatives". Paper presented in XXVI Encontro Nacional da SPQ (Virtual Conference), Braga, Portugal, 2021. Vince Bart S. Cardenas; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Almeida, A. R. R. P.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. Corresponding author: Vince Bart S. Cardenas. "Experimental and Computational Studies on Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of a Maleic Anhydride Derivative: 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride (HPMDA)". Paper presented in 24th Kalorimetrietage (Virtual Conference), Braunschweig, Germany, 2021. Silva, Carlos A. O.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. Corresponding author: Silva, Carlos A. O.. "Thermochemical fingerprint of allyl cinnamate". Paper presented in 24th Kalorimetrietage (Virtual Conference), Braunschweig, Germany, 2021. Vince Bart S. Cardenas; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. Corresponding author: Vince Bart S. Cardenas. "Experimental and Computational Studies on Fundamental Thermodynamic Properties of Maleic Anhydride Derivatives". Paper presented in 14th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP’2021) - Virtual Conference, 2021. Silva, Carlos A. O. 2A1B-93A3-63FB; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. Corresponding author: Silva, Carlos A. O. 2A1B-93A3-63FB. "Thermodynamic characterization of anthranilate derivatives". Paper presented in 14th Meeting of Physical Chemistry and 3rd Symposium of Computational Chemistry - Virtual Conference, 2021. Freitas, Vera L. S.. Corresponding author: Freitas, Vera L. S.. "Energetic and structural properties of organic crosslinker molecules (pyridine 2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride and pyrazine 2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride) from theoretical calculations". Paper presented in XLII National Congress on Calorimetry, Thermal Analysis and Applied Thermodynamics (AICAT2020) - Virtual Conference, 2021. Silva, Carlos A. O. 2A1B-93A3-63FB; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. Corresponding author: Silva, Carlos A. O. 2A1B-93A3-63FB. "Thermochemical study of cinnamate derivatives". Paper presented in XLII National Congress on Calorimetry, Thermal Analysis and Applied Thermodynamics (AICAT2020), Udine, Italy - Virtual Conference, 2021. Freitas, Vera L. S.. Corresponding author: Freitas, Vera L. S.. "Thermodynamic properties of 9-phenylacridine". Paper presented in XXV Galician-Portuguese Meeting of Chemistry, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2019. Silva, Carlos A. O.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical properties of anthranilate derivatives". Paper presented in XXV Galician-Portuguese Meeting of Chemistry, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2019. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Silva, Carlos A. O.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermodynamic properties of chemical fragrances: Benchmark tools for environmental risk assessment". Paper presented in 2nd International Meeting on New Strategies in Bioremediation Processes Porto, Portugal, 2019. Arturo Ximello-Hernández; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical study of gamma-lactone derivatives". Paper presented in 5th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry and 14th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (CEEC-TAC5 & Medicta2019), Rome, Italy, 2019. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermodynamic properties of o-phenanthroline and o-phenanthroline monohydrate". Paper presented in 5th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry and 14th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (CEEC-TAC5 & Medicta2019), Rome, Italy, 2019. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Silva, Carlos A. O.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Contribution for the thermodynamic study of anthranilate derivatives". Paper presented in 5th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry and 14th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (CEEC-TAC5 & Medicta2019), Rome, Italy, 2019. Arturo Ximello-Hernández; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical study of gamma-butyrolactone". Paper presented in XXVI National Meeting of SPQ, Porto, Portugal, 2019. Silva, Carlos A. O.; Ana S. D. Lopes; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical studies of N-phenylmorpholine and N-(4-piperidinyl)morpholine". Paper presented in XXVI National Meeting of SPQ, Porto, Portugal, 2019. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Paulo M. S. Sousa; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Structural and energetic insights on the o-hydroxyacetonaphthone isomers". Paper presented in XXVI National Meeting of SPQ, Porto, Portugal, 2019. Maria D.M.C. Ribeiro da Silva; Carlos A.O. Silva; Freitas, Vera L. S.. "Recent developments on the energetics of morpholine derivatives". Paper presented in XXII International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics (RCCT-2019), Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2019. Silva, Carlos A. O.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical study of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)morpholine". Paper presented in XIV Luso Galician Chemistry Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 2018. Freitas, Vera L. S.. "Influence of hydroxyl functional group on the structure and stability of xanthone: a computational approach". Paper presented in XIV Luso Galician Chemistry Meeting, 2018. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "New insights on the thermochemistry of epsilon-caprolactam and epsilon-caprothiolactam". Paper presented in 12th European Symposium on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ESTAC12), Brasov, Romenia, 2018. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermodynamic studies on iminodibenzyl". Paper presented in XIII National Meeting of Physical-Chemistry; II Symposium on Computational Chemistry, Faro, Portugal, 2018. Silva, Carlos A. O.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical study of N-cyanomorpholine". Paper presented in XIII National Meeting of Physical-Chemistry; II Symposium on Computational Chemistry Faro, Portugal, 2018. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Carlos A. O. Silva; Mónica A. T. Paiva; M. D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic vs structural effects of bulky substituents in the morpholine core". Paper presented in 21st European Conference on Thermophysical Properties (ECTP2017) Graz, Austria, 2017. Carlos A. O. Silva; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic effects of substitution of the hydrogen's amino group on morpholine molecule by alkylamino groups". Paper presented in XXII Luso-Galician Chemistry Meeting (XXIIlgq) Bragança, Portugal, 2016. Carlos A. O. Silva; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "A thermochemical study of 4-R-morpholine derivatives (R = C2H5, C2H4NH2)". Paper presented in XXXVII National Congress on Calorimetry, Thermal Analysis and Applied Thermodynamics (AICAT2016), Ischia, Italy, 2016. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Ana C. M. O. Lima; Erlin Sapei; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic characterization of a lignocellulosic derived component: vanillyl alcohol". Paper presented in 5th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (5PYChem) e European Young Chemists Meeting 1EYChem Guimarães, Portugal, 2016. Carlos A. O. Silva; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical study of 4-(2-ethylamino)morpholine". Paper presented in 9st Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP’16) Porto, Portugal, 2016. Ana C. M. O. Lima; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic study of a lignocellulosic biomass component: vanillyl alcohol". Paper presented in 9st Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP’16) Porto, Portugal, 2016. Freitas, Vera L. S.; José Peres; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetics and structural insights on the o-hydroxyacetonaphthone isomers". Paper presented in 3rd Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (CEEC-TAC3), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2015. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Mónica A. T. Paiva; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical study of 4-methylmorpholine". Paper presented in XXIV National Meeting of the Portuguese Chemical Society (ENQF11), Coimbra, Portugal, 2015. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic and structural effects resulting from changing the ring size of tricyclic anilines". Paper presented in XXIV National Meeting of the Portuguese Chemical Society (ENQF11) Coimbra, Portugal, 2015. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical insights on epislon-lactam derivatives". Paper presented in XXXVI National Congress on Calorimetry, Thermal Analysis and Applied Thermodynamics (AICAT2014), Cagliari, Italy, 2014. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic and structural influence of methoxy and hydroxyl functional groups on naphthaldehyde". Paper presented in 20th European Conference on Thermophysical Properties (ECTP2014) Porto, Portugal, 2014. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic studies on a key molecule: iminostilbene". Paper presented in 69th Calorimetry Conference (CALCON2014), Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 2014. Tânia S. M. Oliveira; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical studies of 10-methylphenothiazine and 2-methylthiophenothiazine". Paper presented in 11th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (MEDICTA2013) Athens. Greece, 2013. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Sara Leirosa; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Molecular energetic of azepan derivatives: an experimental and computational study". Paper presented in 11th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (MEDICTA2013), Athens, Greece, 2013. Freitas, Vera L. S.; José R. B. Gomes; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic study of two key heteropolycyclic compounds: phenoxazine and phenothiazine". Paper presented in 11th National Meeting of Physical-Chemistry (ENQF11), Porto, portugal, 2013. Sara Leirosa; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical study of homopiperidine derivatives". Paper presented in 11th National Meeting of Physical-Chemistry (ENQF11), 2013. Tânia S. M. Oliveira; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetics of phenothiazine derivatives". Paper presented in 11th National Meeting of Physical-Chemistry (ENQF11), Porto,Portugal, 2013. Sara Leirosa; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetics of azepine derivatives: study of homopiperidine". Paper presented in 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP’13) Porto, Portugal, 2013. Tânia S. M. Oliveira; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic study of 10-methylphenothiazine". Paper presented in 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP’13) Porto, Portugal, 2013. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Paulo J. O. Ferreira; José R. B. Gomes; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical studies of 9-acridanone and 10-methyl-9-acridanone". Paper presented in XXXIV National Congress on Calorimetry, Thermal Analysis and Applied Thermodynamics (AICAT2012), Rome, Italy, 2012. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Paulo J. O. Ferreira; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Structural and thermophysical studies of 9-acridanone and 10-methyl-9-acridanone". Paper presented in 3rd Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (3PYCheM) Porto, Portugal, 2012. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D.M. C. Ribeiro da Silva; José R. B. Gomes. "Thermochemistry of xanthene Derivatives". Paper presented in The 13th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (ESOR XIII) Tallin, Estonia, 2011. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D.M. C. Ribeiro da Silva; José R. B. Gomes. "Thermochemistry of alkyl xanthene derivatives". Paper presented in 10th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (MEDICTA2011), Porto, Portugal, 2011. Freitas, Vera L. S.; José R. B. Gomes. "Thermochemical study of energetic effect of the oxygen by sulfur substitution in hetero(poly)cyclic compounds". Paper presented in 10th Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (CCTA10), Zakopane, Poland, 2009. Freitas, Vera L. S.; José R. B. Gomes; Maria D.M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical study of methyldibenzothiophene isomers". Paper presented in 9th National Meeting of Chemistry-Physics (9ENQF), Aveiro, Portugal, 2009. Freitas, Vera L. S.; José R. B. Gomes; Maria D.M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Calorimetric and computational studies of thioxanthene". Paper presented in 9th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (MEDICTA2009), Marseille, France, 2009. Freitas, Vera L. S.; José R. B. Gomes; Maria D.M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Molecular energetics of heteropolycyclic compounds". Paper presented in 20th International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics (20th ICCT 2008), Warsaw, Poland, 2008. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Miguel Viveiros; Paula Gomes; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic properties of quinoxaline N-oxide derivatives". Paper presented in XIX IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (XIX ICPOC 2008), Santiago de Compostela,Spain, 2008. Maria D. D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva; Manuel. A. V. Ribeiro da Silva; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria V. Roux; Pilar Jiménez; Juan Z. Dávalos; Pilar Cabildo; Rosa M. Claramunt; José Elguero. "Structural studies of cyclic ureas: enthalpy of formation of parabanic acid". Paper presented in 5th International and 7th China-Japan Joint Symposium on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis & Exhibition (CATS2008), Dalian, China, 2008. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria V. Roux; José Elguero; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical study of two cyclic ureas: imidazolinone and N,N’-trimethyleneurea". Paper presented in 1st Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto (IJUP’08), Porto, Portugal, 2008. Manuel A.V. Ribeiro da Silva; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria V. Roux; Pilar Jiménez; Manuel Temprado; Juan Z. Dávalos; et al. "Thermochemical studies of two cyclic ureas: imidazolinone and N,N’-trimethyleneurea". Paper presented in 8th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (Medicta 2007), Palermo, Italy, 2007. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermochemical study of three hindered pyridine derivatives". Paper presented in 8th Congress of Physical-Chemistry of Portuguese Chemical Society (8ENQF) Luso, Portugal, 2007. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva; William E. Acree, Jr. "Energetics of the pyridine carboxylic acid methyl ester isomers". Paper presented in 9th European Symposium on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ESTAC9) Kraków, Poland, 2006. Freitas, Vera L. S.; Luís M. N. B. F. Santos; Michal Fulem; Maria J. Sottomayor; Manuel J.S. Monte; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Thermodynamic properties of pyridine carboxylic acid methyl ester isomers". Paper presented in Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis Conference (Calcat’06), Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2006. Dr.a Maria das Dores Melo da Cruz Ribeiro da Silva; Liliana I. P. Oliveira; Freitas, Vera L. S.. "Standard molar enthalpies of formation of the acetylpyridine isomers". Paper presented in 7th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (Medicta2005), Tessaloniki, Greece, 2005.
Edited book	Stefano V. Ciprioti; Andrei Rotaru; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Ignazio Blanco; Marius Criveanu. Program Book of 5th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry and 14th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (CEEC-TAC5 & Medicta2019). Rome, Italy. 2019. Published • Editor
Journal article	Silva, Carlos A. O.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; da Silva, Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro. Corresponding author: Freitas, Vera L. S.. "Determination and Analysis of Thermodynamic Properties of Methyl Methylanthranilate Isomers". Molecules 28 18 (2023): 6686. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28186686. Open access • Published • 10.3390/molecules28186686 Manuel Ledo, J.; Flores, Henoc; Ramos, Fernando; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. Corresponding author: Freitas, Vera L. S.. "Thermochemical study to assess the energetical and structural effects of nitro substituents in methyl benzoate isomers". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 173 (2022): 106837. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2022.106837. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2022.106837 Mentado-Morales, Juan; Ximello-Hernández, Arturo; Salinas-Luna, Javier; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.. "A Promising Thermodynamic Study of Hole Transport Materials to Develop Solar Cells: 1,3-Bis(N-carbazolyl)benzene and 1,4-Bis(diphenylamino)benzene". Molecules 27 2 (2022): 381. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27020381. 10.3390/molecules27020381 Freitas, Vera L.S.; Silva, Carlos A.O.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Thermochemical study of anthranilate derivatives: Effect of the size of the alkyl substituent". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 158 (2021): 106441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2021.106441. 10.1016/j.jct.2021.106441 Mary Anne White; Samer Kahwaji; Vera L. S. Freitas; Riko Siewert; Joseph A. Weatherby; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva; Sergey P. Verevkin; Erin R. Johnson; Josef W. Zwanziger. "The Relative Thermodynamic Stability of Diamond and Graphite". Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202009897. 10.1002/anie.202009897 Vera L. S. Freitas; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. Corresponding author: Vera L. S. Freitas. "Structural and Energetic Insights on Two Dye Compounds: 1-Acetyl-2-Naphthol and 2-Acetyl-1-Naphthol". Molecules 25 17 (2020): 3827-3827. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25173827. 10.3390/molecules25173827 Arturo Ximello-Hernández; Vera L. S. Freitas; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Assessment of Thermochemical Data of ¿-Butyrolactone from Experimental and Computational Studies". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (2020): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jced.9b01135. 10.1021/acs.jced.9b01135 Ledo, J.M.; Flores, H.; Freitas, V.L.S.; Solano-Altamirano, J.M.; Hernández-Pérez, J.M.; Camarillo, E.A.; Ramos, F.; Ribeiro da Silva, M.D.M.C.. "Benzocaine: A comprehensive thermochemical study". Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 147 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85082712476&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.jct.2020.106119 Ledo, J. Manuel; Flores, Henoc; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Solano-Altamirano, J.M.; Hernández-Pérez, Julio M.; Ribeiro da Silva, María D.M.C.; Camarillo, E. Adriana. "Thermal and structural properties of ethyl 2- and 3-aminobenzoates: Experimental and computational approaches". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 133 (2019): 93-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2019.02.001. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2019.02.001 Freitas, Vera L.S.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Thermodynamic properties of e-caprolactam and e-caprothiolactam". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 132 (2019): 451-460. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2019.01.014. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2019.01.014 Almeida, Ana R.R.P.; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Campos, Joana I.S.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.; Monte, Manuel J.S.. "Volatility and thermodynamic stability of vanillin". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 128 (2019): 45-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2018.07.023. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2018.07.023 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Influence of Hydroxyl Functional Group on the Structure and Stability of Xanthone: A Computational Approach". Molecules 23 11 (2018): 2962. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules23112962. Published • 10.3390/molecules23112962 Perdomo, Gastón; Flores, Henoc; Ramos, Fernando; Notario, Rafael; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva; Camarillo, E. Adriana; Dávalos, Juan Z.. "Thermochemistry of R-SH group in gaseous phase: Experimental and theoretical studies of three sulfur imidazole derivatives". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 122 (2018): 65-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2018.03.002. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2018.03.002 Freitas, Vera L.S.; Silva, Carlos A. O.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic vs structural effects of aminoalkyl substituents in the morpholine". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 122 (2018): 95-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2018.03.001. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2018.03.001 Dávalos, Juan Z.; Valderrama-Negrón, Ana C.; Barrios, Julio R.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic and Structural Properties of Two Phenolic Antioxidants: Tyrosol and Hydroxytyrosol". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 122 16 (2018): 4130-4137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00457. Published • 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00457 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Ferreira, Paulo J.O.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Experimental and computational thermochemical studies of acridone and N-methylacridone". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 118 (2018): 115-126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2017.11.002. 10.1016/j.jct.2017.11.002 Freitas, Vera L.S.; Gomes, José R.B.; Liebman, Joel F.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Energetic and reactivity properties of 9,10-dihydroacridine and diphenylamine: A comparative overview". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 115 (2017): 276-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2017.08.001. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2017.08.001 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Silva, Carlos A. O.; Paiva, Mónica A. T.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.. "Energetic effects of alkyl groups (methyl and ethyl) on the nitrogen of the morpholine structure". Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 130 1 (2017): 485-496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10973-017-6194-7. Published • 10.1007/s10973-017-6194-7 Freitas, Vera L.S.; Gomes, José R.B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Thermochemical studies on two alkyl-bulky substituted xanthene derivatives: 9,9-dimethylxanthene and 2,7-di-tert-butyl-9,9-dimethylxanthene". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 106 (2017): 168-177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2016.11.020. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2016.11.020 Freitas, Vera L.S.; Lima, Ana C.M.O.; Sapei, Erlin; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Comprehensive thermophysical and thermochemical studies of vanillyl alcohol". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 102 (2016): 287-292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2016.07.015. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2016.07.015 Oliveira, Juliana A.S.A.; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Notario, Rafael; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.; Monte, Manuel J.S.. "Thermodynamic properties of 2,7-di- tert -butylfluorene – An experimental and computational study". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 101 (2016): 115-122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2016.05.007. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2016.05.007 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva; Liebman, Joel F.. "The enthalpy of formation of the isomeric 2,3- and 2,5-dihydrofuran". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 97 (2016): 135-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2016.01.011. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2016.01.011 Freitas, Vera L.S.; Santos, Cláudia P.F.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva; Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.. "The effect of ketone groups on the energetic properties of phthalan derivatives". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 96 (2016): 74-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2015.12.018. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2015.12.018 Oliveira, Tânia S.M.; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva. "Energetic insights on two dye key molecules: N-methylphenothiazine and N-methylphenoxazine". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 94 (2016): 7-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2015.10.013. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2015.10.013 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.. "Erratum to: Oxygen and sulfur heterocyclic compounds". Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 122 3 (2015): 1525-1526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-5049-3. Published • 10.1007/s10973-015-5049-3 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.. "Oxygen and sulfur heterocyclic compounds". Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 121 3 (2015): 1059-1071. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-4800-0. Published • 10.1007/s10973-015-4800-0 Goldberg, Robert N.; Schliesser, Jacob; Mittal, Ashutosh; Decker, Stephen R.; Santos, Ana Filipa L.O.M.; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Urbas, Aaron; et al. "A thermodynamic investigation of the cellulose allomorphs: Cellulose(am), cellulose Iß(cr), cellulose II(cr), and cellulose III(cr)". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 81 (2015): 184-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2014.09.006. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2014.09.006 Amaral, Luísa M. P. F.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Gonçalves, João F. R.; Barbosa, Mickael; Chickos, James S.; da Silva, Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro. "The influence of the hydroxy and methoxy functional groups on the energetic and structural properties of naphthaldehyde as evaluated by both experimental and computational methods". Structural Chemistry 26 1 (2015): 137-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11224-014-0475-6. Published • 10.1007/s11224-014-0475-6 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Leirosa, Sara; Notario, Rafael; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.. "Thermochemical Insights on the Conformational Energetics of Azepan and Azepan-1-ylacetonitrile". The Journal of Organic Chemistry 79 23 (2014): 11583-11591. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo5022376. Published • 10.1021/jo5022376 Silva, Ana L.R.; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Effects of methoxy and formyl substituents on the energetics and reactivity of a-naphthalenes: A calorimetric and computational study". Chemosphere 107 (2014): 203-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.12.044. Published • 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.12.044 Freitas, Vera L.S.; Gomes, José R.B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Structural, energetic and reactivity properties of phenoxazine and phenothiazine". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 73 (2014): 110-120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2013.11.013. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2013.11.013 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Gomes, José R. B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.. "Energetics and Reactivity of Morpholine and Thiomorpholine: A Joint Experimental and Computational Study". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 59 2 (2014): 312-322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/je4007162. Published • 10.1021/je4007162 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Gomes, José R. B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.. "Dibenzofuran and methyldibenzofuran derivatives: assessment of thermochemical data". Structural Chemistry 24 6 (2013): 1923-1933. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11224-013-0272-7. Published • 10.1007/s11224-013-0272-7 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Silva, Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da; Gomes, José R. B.. "Energetic and structural effects on oxygen or sulfur heteropolycyclic compounds". Química Nova 36 6 (2013): 840-847. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0100-40422013000600018. Published • 10.1590/s0100-40422013000600018 Freitas, Vera L.S.; Gomes, José R.B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Experimental and computational thermochemical studies of 9-R-xanthene derivatives (ROH, COOH, CONH2)". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 54 (2012): 108-117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2012.03.017. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2012.03.017 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Gomes, José R. B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.. "A computational study on the energetics and reactivity of some xanthene and thioxanthene derivatives". Structural Chemistry 24 2 (2012): 661-670. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11224-012-0117-9. Published • 10.1007/s11224-012-0117-9 Ribeiro da Silva, M.D.M.C.; Freitas, V.L.S.; Vieira, M.A.A.; Sottomayor, M.J.; Acree, W.E.. "Energetic and structural properties of 4-nitro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 49 (2012): 146-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2012.01.018. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2012.01.018 Monte, Manuel J.S.; Pinto, Sónia P.; Lobo Ferreira, Ana I.M.C.; Amaral, Luísa M.P.F.; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Fluorene: An extended experimental thermodynamic study". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 45 1 (2012): 53-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2011.09.006. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2011.09.006 Viveiros, Miguel L. F.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Vale, Nuno; Gomes, José R. B.; Gomes, Paula; Silva, Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro. "Synthesis and thermochemical study of quinoxaline-N-oxides: enthalpies of dissociation of the N-O bond". Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 25 5 (2011): 420-426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poc.1932. Published • 10.1002/poc.1932 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Gomes, Jose´ R. B.; Gales, Lui´s; Damas, Ana M.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.. "Experimental and Computational Studies on the Structural and Thermodynamic Properties of Two Sulfur Heterocyclic Keto Compounds". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 55 11 (2010): 5009-5017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/je100603q. Published • 10.1021/je100603q Freitas, Vera L.S.; Gomes, José R.B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Energetic effects of ether and ketone functional groups in 9,10-dihydroanthracene compound". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 42 10 (2010): 1248-1254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2010.04.027. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2010.04.027 Da´valos, Juan Z.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria das Dores M. C.; Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A. V.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Jime´nez, Pilar; Roux, Maria Victoria; Cabildo, Pilar; Claramunt, Rosa M.; Elguero, Jose´. "Computational Thermochemistry of Six Ureas, Imidazolidin-2-one,N,N'-Trimethyleneurea, Benzimidazolinone, Parabanic Acid, Barbital (5,5'-Diethylbarbituric Acid), and 3,4,4'-Trichlorocarbanilide, with an Extension to Related Compounds". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 114 34 (2010): 9237-9245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp103514f. Published • 10.1021/jp103514f Ribeiro da Silva, Maria das Dores M.C.; Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Roux, Maria Victoria; Jiménez, Pilar; Dávalos, Juan Z.; Cabildo, Pilar; et al. "Energetic studies of urea derivatives: Standard molar enthalpy of formation of 3,4,4'-trichlorocarbanilide". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 42 4 (2010): 536-544. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2009.11.012. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2009.11.012 Freitas, Vera L.S.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.; Gomes, José R.B.. "A computational study on the thermochemistry of methylbenzo- and methyldibenzothiophenes". Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM 946 1-3 (2010): 20-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theochem.2009.09.030. Published • 10.1016/j.theochem.2009.09.030 Freitas, Vera L.S.; Gomes, José R.B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Molecular energetics of 4-methyldibenzothiophene: An experimental study". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 42 2 (2010): 251-255. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2009.08.010. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2009.08.010 Ribeiro da Silva, Maria das Dores M.C.; Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Roux, Maria Victoria; Jiménez, Pilar; Temprado, Manuel; Dávalos, Juan Z.; et al. "Structural studies of cyclic ureas: 3. Enthalpy of formation of barbital". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 41 12 (2009): 1400-1407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2009.06.018. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2009.06.018 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Monte, Manuel J. S.; Santos, Lui´s M. N. B. F.; Gomes, Jose´ R. B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.. "Energetic Studies and Phase Diagram of Thioxanthene". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 113 46 (2009): 12988-12994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp906413y. Published • 10.1021/jp906413y Freitas, Vera L.S.; Gomes, José R.B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Revisiting dibenzothiophene thermochemical data: Experimental and computational studies". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 41 11 (2009): 1199-1205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2009.05.019. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2009.05.019 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Gomes, José R. B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.. "Energetic studies of two oxygen heterocyclic compounds Xanthone and tetrahydro-¿-pyrone". Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 97 3 (2009): 827-833. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10973-009-0233-y. Published • 10.1007/s10973-009-0233-y Ribeiro da Silva, Maria das Dores M.C.; Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Roux, Maria Victoria; Jiménez, Pilar; Dávalos, Juan Z.; Cabildo, Pilar; Claramunt, Rosa M.; Elguero, José. "Structural studies of cyclic ureas: 2. Enthalpy of formation of parabanic acid". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 40 9 (2008): 1378-1385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2008.05.006. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2008.05.006 Freitas, Vera L. S.; Acree, William E.; da Silva, Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro. "Thermochemical Study of Three Hindered Pyridine Derivatives". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 53 8 (2008): 1820-1823. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/je800155q. Published • 10.1021/je800155q Ribeiro da Silva, Maria das Dores M.C.; Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Freitas, Vera L.S.; Roux, Maria Victoria; Jiménez, Pilar; Temprado, Manuel; Dávalos, Juan Z.; et al. "Structural studies of cyclic ureas: 1. Enthalpies of formation of imidazolidin-2-one and N,N'-trimethyleneurea". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 40 3 (2008): 386-393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2007.08.004. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2007.08.004 Gomes, José R. B.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A. V.. "Molecular Energetics of Cytosine Revisited: A Joint Computational and Experimental Study". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111 30 (2007): 7237-7242. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0729009. Published • 10.1021/jp0729009 Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D. M. C.; Freitas, Vera L. S.; Santos, Luís M. N. B. F.; Fulem, Michal; Sottomayor, M. J.; Monte, Manuel J. S.; Acree, W. E.. "Thermodynamic Properties of Three Pyridine Carboxylic Acid Methyl Ester Isomers". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 52 2 (2007): 580-585. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/je060472e. Published • 10.1021/je060472e Freitas, Vera L.S.; Oliveira, Liliana I.P.; Ribeiro da Silva, Maria D.M.C.. "Standard molar enthalpies of formation of the acetylpyridine isomers". The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 39 1 (2007): 39-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2006.06.004. Published • 10.1016/j.jct.2006.06.004
Journal issue	Freitas, Vera L. S. (1614-C138-34ED); Stefano Vecchio Ciprioti. "16th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis". Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (2023): In press • Invited editor Maria D. M. C. Ribeiro da Silva; Freitas, Vera L. S.. "Synergies on the Trio Energy-Structure-Reactivity: Nitrogen-Containing Heterocyclic Compounds". Molecules (2022): In press • Invited editor
Thesis / Dissertation	Freitas, Vera L. S.. "Molecular Energetics of Substitution of Oxygen for Sulfur in Heteropolyclic Compounds". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2011. Freitas, Vera L. S.. "Thermochemistry of Nitrogen Compounds". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2007. Freitas, Vera L. S.. "Thermochemical study of pyridine derived compounds". Degree, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2005.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/11/03	Invited Communication: CIQUP-RG2: Molecular & Supramolecular Energetics	Bilateral conference- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto and Graduate School in Chemistry, University Paris Saclay Virtual Conference
2023/10/31	Invited Communication: CIQUP-RG2 - Molecular & Supramolecular Energetics	Conference of the Chemical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering and the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Faculty of Sciences University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2023/10/04	Oral Communication: Thermophysical Characterization of Anthraquinone Derivatives: A Comprehensive Study	Journées d'Etudes des Equilibres entre Phases (JEEP-2023) (Rouen, France)
2023/07/19	Oral Communication (co-author): Thermophysical Analysis of Phenanthroline Derivatives: A Multitechnique Approach	16th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (Medicta2023)
2023/05/10	Oral communication (co-author): Thermodynamic study of 9-phenylacridine by calorimetry	Young Research at U.Porto IJUP2023 University of porto (Porto)
2023/05/10	Oral communication (co-author): Thermophysical Properties of Bathophenanthroline: A Multitechnique Approach	Young Research at U.Porto IJUP2023
2022/09/22	Oral communication: +BioPlastics - We Transform Your Food Waste into Value	Project Management International SUMMIT Lisbon 2022 – Sustainability Symposium (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/09/19	Oral Communication: Energy effects of alkyl substituents on cinnamate derivatives	The 13th European Symposium on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (palermo)
2022/08/22	Oral communication: Thermodynamic properties of an organic single crystal scintillator: 9-phenylcarbazole	XXIII International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics Virtual conference (kazan, Russia)
2022/08/22	Oral communication: An experimental insight on the thermochemistry of naphthalene diols	XXIII International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics Virtual conference (kazan, Russia)
2022/07/27	Invited lecture: Advances on the thermochemistry of heterocyclic compounds	1st Central and Eastern European Conference on Physical Chemistry & Materials Science (CEEC-PCMS1) Split University (Split, Croatia)
2022/05/24	Invited Lecture: The use of calorimetry in Molecular Energetic Studies	International Symposium on Chemical Thermodynamics for Young Researchers AICAT (Laurino, Italy)
2022/05/22	Oral Communication (Co-author): Thermochemical-Structural relationship for anthranilate and cinnamate derivatives	International Symposium on Chemical Thermodynamics for Young Researchers (Laurino)
2022/05/22	Oral Communication (Co-author): Energetic insights of neocuproine	International Symposium on Chemical Thermodynamics for Young Researchers (Laurino, Italy)
2022/05/16	Invited Lecture: Interplay of ¿anatomy¿ and energy of ¿smart¿ molecules	VIII Chemistry Conference, Chemistry Department of the University of Porto. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Faculty of Sciences University of Porto
2022/05/04	Oral communication (co-author): Thermodynamic Study of Neocuproine	Young Research at U.Porto IJUP2022 University of porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/07/24	Invited lecture: Insight on some recent energy-structure-stability studies of organic compounds: a thermochemical approach	6th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (CEEC-TAC6) and 15th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (Medicta2021) University of Split, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, Split, Croatia (Split (Virtual conference), Croatia)
2021/07/20	Invited Lecture: Calorimetry - A Tool for Molecular Thermochemistry	Short Summer School on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (SSS on TAC) 6th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (CEEC-TAC6) and 15th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (Medicta2021) University of Split, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, Split, Croatia (Split (Virtual conference), Croatia)
2021/05/27	Oral communication: Phase transitions study of the o-acetylnaphthol isomers by Calvet microcalorimetry	24th Kalorimetrietage (Virtual Conference) Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Braunschweig (Virtual Conference), Germany)
2021/05/26	Oral Communication: The Relative Thermodynamic Stability of Diamond and Graphite	24th Kalorimetrietage Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Braunschweig (Virtual Conference), Germany)
2021/03/29	Oral Communication: Energetic and Structural Properties of Organic Crosslinker Molecules	14th Meeting of Physical Chemistry and 3rd Symposium of Computational Chemistry Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Coimbra (virtual conference))
2020/11/05	Invited Lecture: (Online Broadcast Seminar) Insight and achievements on the molecular energetics	CINVESTAV - Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (Mexico City, Mexico)
2018/11/28	Invited Lecture: Part II) Insights and achievements on the energetic and structural relationships of oxygen and sulfur heterocyclic compounds	6th Calorimetry Meeting, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico (Puebla, Mexico)
2018/11/28	Invited Lecture: Treatment and Presentation of Data in Thermochemical Studies	6th Calorimetry Meeting, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico (Puebla, Mexico)
2018/03/21	Invited Lecture: Synergies on the Energetic and Molecular Characterization of Relevant Organic Compounds	DQB 2018 March Lecture Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science University of Porto (porto, Portugal)
2017/10/14	Invited Communication: Synergies on energy and molecular structure relevant organic compounds	Workshop Meeting 2017 of the CIQUP (R&D Unit) Universidade do Porto, Centro de Investigação em Química (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2017/08/28	Invited Lecture: Experimental and Computational Tools in Thermochemical Studies	Short Summer School on TA&C - 4th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (CEEC-TAC4) Central and Eastern European Committee for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Chisinau)
2016/09/25	Oral Communication: Energetic insights on dibenzoazepine derivatives	XXXVII National Congress on Calorimetry, Thermal Analysis and Applied Thermodynamics (AICAT2016) Italian Association of Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (Ischia, Italy)
2015/08/25	Invited Lecture: Structural and Thermodynamic Properties of Azepine Derivatives: Combined Experimental and Computational Studies	3rd Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (CEEC-TAC3) Central and Eastern European Committee for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
2015/07/12	Plenary Lecture: An overview on the energetic and structural properties of oxygen and sulfur heterocyclic compounds	70th Calorimetry Conference (CALCON2015) North American Calorimetry Conference (Baltimor Inner Harbor, Maryland, United States)
2015/07/12	Invited Lecture: Experimental and Computational Studies on the Structural and Thermodynamic Properties of dibenzo[b,f]azepine derivatives	70th Calorimetry Conference (CALCON2015) North American Calorimetry Conference (Baltimore Inner Harbor, Maryland, United States)
2015/06/17	Oral Communication: Thermochemical and thermophysical measurements for the establishment of energy/structure correlations of dibenzo[b,f]azepine derivatives	12th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (MEDICTA2015) Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (Girona, Spain)
2014/08/11	Plenary Lecture: Oxygen and sulfur heterocyclic compounds: perspectives on the energetic and structural relationships	XXXVI National Congress on Calorimetry, Thermal Analysis and Applied Thermodynamics (AICAT2014) Associazione Italiana di Calorimetria e Analisi Termica (Cagliari, Italy)
2013/06/12	Oral Communication: Energetic of heteropolycyclic compounds with oxygen or sulfur heteroatoms	11th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (MEDICTA2013) Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (Athens, Greece)
2010/08/22	Oral Communication: Thermochemical Studies of Heteropolycyclic Compounds – Energetic Effect of the Oxygen by Sulfur Compounds	10th European Symposium on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ESTAC10) European Symposium on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
2010/04/21	Oral communication: Assessment of the Energetic Effect of the Oxygen by Sulfur Substitution in Hetero(poly)cyclic compounds	2nd Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (2PYChem) Portuguese Young Chemists (Aveiro, Portugal)
2010/04/09	Invited Communication: Substitution of oxygen by sulfur in heteropolyclic compounds: Aspects of molecular energetics	Mini-Symposium on the Occasion of the Retirement of Professor Maria Luísa Ferrão / Molecular Energetics Research in the Chemistry Department: A Young Researchers Perspective Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/12/01 - 2023/12/31	Scientific Supervisior of the Thesis (Chemistry PhD): Determination and establishment of prediction models for thermodynamic properties of chemical fragrances: tools for environmental risk assessment Supervisor	PhD in Chemistry (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/09/15 - 2023/11/22	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Thesis (Chemistry MSc): Thermodynamic Study of the Effect of Functional Groups on Anthraquinones Supervisor	Chemistry (Master)
2023/02/24 - 2023/10/24	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Thesis (Chemistry MSc): Thermophysical Study of Phenanthroline Derivatives: A Contribution for the Development of New Charge Transport Materials Supervisor
2022/03/01 - 2022/07/31	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Project (Chemistry BSc): Thermochemical evaluation of the antioxidant effect of naphthalene diols Co-supervisor	Degree in Chemistry (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2021/11/30	Scientific co-Supervisior (Chemistry PhD): Determination and establishment of prediction models for thermodynamic properties of chemical fragrances: tools for environmental risk assessment Co-supervisor	PhD in Chemistry (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/02/08 - 2021/08/31	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Project (Chemistry BSc): Energetics and Structural Study of Fragrances Co-supervisor	First Degree in Chemistry (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2021/07/31	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Thesis (Chemistry MSc): Thermodynamic properties of "smart materials": relevant maleic anhydride derivatives Co-supervisor	Master degree in Chemistry (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/02/10 - 2020/07/31	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Project (Chemistry BSc): Energetics and Structural Study of Fragrances Co-supervisor	First Degree in Chemistry (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/09/30	Postdoctoral co-Supervisior: Thermochemical Study of gamma-lactone and sigma-lactone derivatives Co-supervisor	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/02/12 - 2018/07/13	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Project (Chemistry BSc): Energetic-structural study of cyclic organic compounds Co-supervisor	First Degree in Chemistry (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/09/15 - 2017/06/15	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Project (Chemistry PhD): Experimental determination of thermochemical properties of ethyl and methyl benzoate derivatives Co-supervisor	PhD in Chemistry (PhD) Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico
2015/08/10 - 2016/11/30	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Thesis (Chemistry MSc): Energetic-Structural Characterization of Morpholine Derivatives Co-supervisor	Master degree in Chemistry (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/02/15 - 2016/07/22	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Project (Chemistry BSc): Energetic-structural characterization of phenolic compounds: a contribution to sustainable development Co-supervisor	First Degree in Chemistry (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/02/15 - 2016/07/22	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Project (Chemistry BSc): Energetic-structural characterization of phenolic compounds: a contribution to sustainable development Co-supervisor	First Degree in Chemistry (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/02/16 - 2015/07/24	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Project (Chemistry BSc): Energetic-structural study of phenolic derivatives: a contribution to Green Chemistry Co-supervisor	First Degree in Chemistry (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/02/16 - 2015/07/24	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Project (Chemistry BSc): Energetic-structural study of phenolic derivatives: a contribution to Green chemistry Co-supervisor	First Degree in Chemistry (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014/02/10 - 2014/07/25	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Project (Chemistry BSc): Energetic study of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds Co-supervisor	First Degree in Chemistry (Degree) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/08/13 - 2013/10/23	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Thesis (Chemistry MSc): Physico-Chemical Properties of Polycyclic Compounds Co-supervisor	Master's degree in Chemistry (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/08/13 - 2013/10/11	Scientific co-Supervisor of the Thesis (Chemistry MSc): Energetics and Reactivity of Homopiperidine Derivatives Co-supervisor	Master's degree in Chemistry (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2020/02/22 - 2020/02/22	Member of the organizing committee of the Workshop Meeting 2020 of the CIQUP (R&D Unit), Porto, Portugal (2020/02/22 - 2020/02/22) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal
2019/09/07 - 2019/09/15	Member of the local organizing committee of the XXIV Ibero-American Chemistry Olympiad 2019, Porto, Portugal (Competition) (2019/09/07 - 2019/09/15) Other	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/08/27 - 2019/08/30	Member of the organizing committee of the 5th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry and 14th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (CEEC-TAC5 & Medicta2019) Rome, Italy (2019/08/27 - 2019/08/30) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
2017/06/26 - 2017/06/26	Member of the organizing committee of 1st DQB Researchers Meeting (2017/06/26) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/05/09 - 2013/05/10	Member of the organizing committee of the 11th National Meeting of Physical-Chemistry, ENQF11, Porto, Portugal (2013/05/09 - 2013/05/10) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011/07/24 - 2011/07/27	Member of the organizing committee of the 10th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis, MEDICTA2011, Porto, Portugal (2011/07/24 - 2011/07/27) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2011/06/19 - 2011/06/24	Summer School Workshop	Summer School of Calorimetry and Thermal Methods in Catalysis Société Chimique de France, France
2009/09/07 - 2009/09/11	Short Course - Taught by Prof. Robert G. Laughlin (Senior Researcher at Procter & Gamble)) Seminar	The Experimental Phase Science of Small Molecules Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2018/11/30	Diphenyl disulfides and diphenyl sulfides: A study on their thermodynamic properties (Difenil disulfuros y difenil sulfuros: Un estudio sobre sus propiedades termodinámicas) (Thesis) Arguer	M. C. Fernando Ramos Mendoza (PhD) Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico
2017/11/14	Study of the energy of some antioxidants (Estudo da energética de alguns antioxidantes) (Thesis) Main arguer	Sara Machado da Cruz Azevedo (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/11/30	Energetic and Structural Characterization of Morpholine Derivatives (Caracterização Energético-Estrutural de Derivados da Morfolina) Supervisor	Carlos Alexandre Oliveira da Silva (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2022/04/01 - 2026/04/01	Co-Chair of the Thermodynamics & Thermochemistry Committee of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ICTAC) Other
2022/03/10 - 2024/04/01	Member of the Scientific Committee of the Master's in Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto Other
2016/04/08 - 2019/05/22	Member of the Comission of Researchers of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, at Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto Member	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2021/01/01 - 2021/07/24	SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM CHAIR - 6th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (CEEC-TAC6) and 15th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (Medicta2021), Split Croatia	University of Split, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, Split, Croatia
2019/02/13 - 2019/02/15	GUEST JURY - 12th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal	University of Porto
2017/01/01 - 2017/08/31	SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE - 4th Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (CEEC-TAC 4) Chisinau, Moldova	Universitatea de Stat din Moldova, Moldova
2015/08/25 - 2015/08/28	CHAIR - 3rd Central and Eastern European Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (CEEC-TAC3), Ljubljana, Slovenia.	Ljubljana, Slovenia

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2016/10/01 - 2019/10/01	Consulting on project management - scientific projects
2006/09/01 - 2007/06/30	Storage and information to customers on the use and handling of pesticides

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/03/01 - 2022/07/31	Discipline Taught: Molecular Energetics - Nanomaterials Science and Technology MSc	Nanomaterials Science and Technology (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal
2021/09/15 - 2022/03/01	Discipline Taught: Bioinorganic Chemistry - Pharmacy BSc	Bioinorganic Chemistry (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2021/12/14 - 2022/01/04	Discipline Taught: Biological Chemistry I- Medicinal Biotecnology BSc	(Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2021/02/15 - 2021/06/05	Discipline Taught: Molecular Energetics - Nanomaterials Science and Technology MSc	Molecular Energetics (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/10/13 - 2021/03/02	Discipline Taught: Biological Chemistry I - Medicinal Biotecnology BSc	Biological Chemistry I (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2020/11/17 - 2021/03/01	Discipline Taught: Bioinorganic Chemistry - Pharmacy BSc	Bioinorganic Chemistry (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2020/09/14 - 2021/01/23	Discipline Taught: Chemistry Lab I - Chemistry BSc	Chemistry Lab I (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/02/10 - 2020/07/31	Discipline Taight: Molecular Energetics - Chemistry MSc	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/09/09 - 2020/02/09	Discipline Taught: Chemistry Lab I - Chemistry BSc	Chemistry (Licenciatura)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/11/26 - 2020/01/07	Discipline Taught: Biological Chemistry I - Medicinal Biotechnology BSc	Medicinal Biotechnology (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/11/26 - 2020/01/07	Discipline Taught: Biological Chemistry I - Medicinal Biotechnology BSc	(Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/09/27 - 2019/12/20	Discipline Taught: Bioinorganic Chemistry - Pharmacy BSc	Pharmacy (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/09/27 - 2019/12/20	Discipline Taught: Bioinorganic Chemistry - Pharmacy BSc	Bioinorganic Chemistry (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/09/23 - 2019/11/18	Discipline Taught: Chemistry I - Laboratory Biomedical Sciences BSc	Laboratory Biomedical Sciences (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2019/02/10 - 2019/06/01	Co-supervisor in the lab classes of the Molecular Energetics (Q4063), SERP+ master, Erasmus Mundus	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/05/16 - 2019/05/16	Lecture by Invitation: "Synergies on Energy and Molecular Structure for Relevant Organic Compounds" under the scope of the Molecular Energetics, SERP+ Master, Erasmus Mundus	Master's Degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/05/02 - 2019/05/02	Lecture by invitation: "Applications of Computational Chemistry in Thermochemical Studies" under the scope of the Molecular Energetics, SERP+ Master, Erasmus Mundus	Master's Degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/04/09 - 2019/04/09	Lecture by invitation: "Applications of Computational Chemistry in Thermochemical Studies" under the scope of the Thermochemistry and Molecular Energetics, MsC Chemistry	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/10/08 - 2019/01/07	Discipline taught: Bioinorganic Chemistry - Pharmacy BSc	Pharmacy (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018/10/08 - 2019/01/07	Discipline taught: Bioinorganic Chemistry - Pharmacy BSc	Pharmacy (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2018/02/11 - 2018/05/26	Co-supervisor in the lab classes of the Molecular Energetics, SERP+ master, Erasmus Mundus	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/05/17 - 2018/05/17	Lecture by invitation: "Synergies on Energy and Molecular Structure for Relevant Organic Compounds" under the scope of the Molecular Energetics , SERP+ Master, Erasmus Mundus	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/05/10 - 2018/05/10	Lecture by invitation: "Applications of Computational Chemistry in Thermochemical Studies" under the scope of the Molecular Energetics, SERP+ Master, Erasmus Mundus	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/04/09 - 2018/04/09	Lecture by invitation: "Applications of Computational Chemistry in Thermochemical Studies" under the scope of the Thermochemistry and Molecular Energetics, MsC Chemistry	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/03/06 - 2018/03/07	Discipline taught: Environmental and Occupational Surveillance - Environmental Health BSc	Environmental Health (Licenciatura)
2017/09/28 - 2018/01/18	Discipline taught: Biological Chemistry - Medicinal Biotechnology BSc	Medicinal Biotechnology (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2017/11/09 - 2017/12/01	Discipline taught: Chemistry and Biomolecules - Pharmacy BSc	Pharmacy (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2016/05/10 - 2016/05/10	Lecture by invitation: "Applications of Computational Chemistry in Thermochemical Studies" under the scope of the Thermochemistry and Molecular Energetics , SERP-Chem, Erasmus Mundus MSc.	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/05/19 - 2015/05/19	Lecture by invitation: "Applications of Computational Chemistry in Thermochemical Studies" under the scope of the Thermochemistry and Molecular Energetics, SERP-Chem, Erasmus Mundus MSc	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014/05/13 - 2014/05/13	Lecture by invitation: "Applications of Computational Chemistry in Thermochemical Studies" under the scope of the Thermochemistry and Molecular Energetics, SERP-Chem, Erasmus Mundus MSc	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/02/10 - 2013/06/08	Co-supervisor in the lab classes of the Thermochemistry (Q420), Chemistry MSc	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/02/10 - 2013/06/08	Co-supervisor in the lab classes of the Thermochemistry, SERP-Chem, Erasmus Mundus MSc	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/05/28 - 2013/05/28	Lecture by invitation: "Applications of Computational Chemistry in Thermochemical Studies" under the scope of the Thermochemistry and Molecular Energetics, SERP-Chem, Erasmus Mundus MSc	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013/05/23 - 2013/05/23	Lecture by invitation: "Applications of Computational Chemistry in Thermochemical Studies" under the scope of the Thermochemistry, Chemistry MSc	Master's degree in Chemistry (Mestrado)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2019/06/21 - Current	Molecules (Reviewer) (1420-3049)	MDPI AG
2019/01/14 - Current	Results in Chemistry (Reviewer) (2211-7156)	Elsevier
2018/12/10 - Current	Chemical Data Collections (Reviewer) (2405-8300)	Elsevier
2018/11/21 - Current	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry (Reviewer) (2210-271X)	Elsevier
2018/11/09 - Current	Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (Reviewer) (1520-5134)	American Chemical Society
2018/11/02 - Current	Journal of Molecular Liquids (Reviewer) (0167-7322)	Elsevier
2018/10/27 - Current	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Reviewer) (1572-8943)	Springer-Verlag
2017/09/22 - Current	The Journal of Physical Chemistry (Reviewer) (1541-5740)	American Chemical Society
2016/07/09 - Current	Thermochimica Acta (Reviewer) (0040-6031)	Elsevier
2014/01/07 - Current	The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (Reviewer) (1096-3626)	Elsevier
2020/07/15 - 2022/05/31	Molecules (Guest Editor)	MDPI
2019/08/29 - 2019/08/29	Thermodynamics: Principles Characterizing Physical and Chemical Processes, 5th edition (Reviewer) (9780124201101)	Elsevier

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2022/02/21 - 2022/07/29	Scientific Supervisor: FCUP Extra-Curricular Internship Program	José Miguel Silva Ferraz
2022/02/21 - 2022/07/29	Scientific Supervisor: FCUP Extra-Curricular Internship Program	Nelson Mbapolo Cateve Catengue Mbelela
2021/09/01 - 2021/09/30	Scientific Supervisor of a Research Initiation Grant (PROJECT: Summer with Science)	Joana Filipa Ferreira Peixoto
2021/09/01 - 2021/09/01	Scientific Supervisor of a Research Initiation Grant (PROJECT: Summer with Science)	José Miguel Silva Ferraz
2021/02/01 - 2021/08/31	Scientific Supervisor: FCUP Extra-Curricular Internship Program	José Pedro Santos Guedes
2021/02/01 - 2021/08/31	Scientific Supervisor: FCUP Extra-Curricular Internship Program	Sofia Miranda Fernandes
2020/02/01 - 2020/08/31	Scientific Supervisor: FCUP Extra-Curricular Internship Program	José Pedro Santos Guedes
2019/03/06 - 2019/06/06	Scientific co-Supervisor of a Research Grant (Master)	Paulo Miguel Soares Sousa
2018/01/01 - 2018/09/30	Scientific co-Supervisor of a Research Grant (Master)	Carlos Alexandre Oliveira da Silva
2016/02/01 - 2016/07/31	Scientific co-Supervisor: FCUP Extra-Curricular Internship Program	Ana Catarina Magano Oliveira
2016/02/22 - 2016/02/26	International Internship	Gastón Perdomo León
2012/01/01 - 2012/11/30	Scientific co-Supervisor: FCUP Extra-Curricular Internship Program	Tânia Sofia da Mota Oliveira
2012/01/01 - 2012/11/30	Scientific co-Supervisor: FCUP Extra-Curricular Internship Program	Sara Daniela Freitas Leirosa
2007/07/23 - 2007/07/27	Junior University, 3rd edition	Project: Chemistry New Challenges
2006/07/03 - 2006/07/14	Junior University, 2nd edition	Summer in Project: Chemistry and the day-to-day

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2019/02/13 - 2019/02/15	Guest Jury in the Chemistry Session in the 12th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018/11/26 - 2018/11/30	Guest Jury in Poster Communications Sessions in the 6th Calorimetry Meeting, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023/03/29 - 2023/03/31	Mobility for teaching and training, under the Erasmus+ Program at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Distinctions

Award

2022	Best Paper of the Master's Degree in Project Management - 12th ESTG MASTERS 2022 Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2021	Impact Prize awarded by Academia Grace (Institutional Support of General Directorate of Higher Education of Portugal) Academia Grace, Portugal
2007	Professor Alberto Amaral awarded by University of Porto, Portugal Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal