Ana Maria de Matos Charas (2511-08B1-A99A)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Maria de Matos Charas

Ana Maria de Matos Charas completed the PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2002 by Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior Técnico with a thesis on the synthesis of conjugated polymers and their application in light-emitting diodes. She completed a Master in Chemical Engineering/Applied Chemistry by Universidade de Lisboa- Instituto Superior Técnico and a Master in Engineer of Materials also by Universidade de Lisboa/Instituto Superior Técnico. In 2004 she was post-doc in the Dyson Perrins Laboratory in Oxford University (UK), working in the field of the synthesis of polyrotaxanes for light-emitting diodes, under the supervision of Prof. Harry Anderson. She was Assistant Researcher in Instituto de Telecomunicações, at the Organic Electronics group, from 2002 to 2016 and from 2016 she is Principal Investigator. From 2022 she is also invited professor at University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico. She also lectured the course "Nanotechnology and Biosensors" as invited professor in "Universidade Católica Portuguesa" from 2013 to 2014 and in Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa from 2015 to 2016. She has published 82 articles in ISI indexed peer-reviewed journals in the field of organic electronics, 9 articles in peer-reviewed conferences, and 2 book chapters. Her h-index is 24. She has supervised or co-supervised 7 PhD thesis, 7 Master thesis and 12 young researchers. She has coordinated (as Principal investigator) 5 projects, and participated as a Research Fellow in 12 more projects., including international projects. She is member of the Editorial Board of Polymers (MDPI) and has served as Guest Editor of three special issues in "Materials" and "Polymers" journals. She is member of the executive boards of the "Chemistry and Energy" Division of European Chemical Society (EuCHemS). Her research interests are on Organic electronics; conjugated polymers and small molecules; organic conductors; solar cells; organic electronic devices; organic synthesis; nanotechnology; thin films; charge transport; Materials Science and Engineering - Nanomaterials and Devices.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Maria de Matos Charas

Citation names

Charas, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2511-08B1-A99A
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6717-6826

Email addresses

ana.charas@lx.it.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

218418094 (Professional)

Addresses

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Torre Norte, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.it.pt/Members/Index/386 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2004/02/01 - 2004/09/01 Concluded	Post-doc (Pós-doutoramento) University of Oxford, United Kingdom	N.A.
1999/01 - 2002/06 Concluded	Engenharia Química (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Copolímeros derivados do poli[2,7-(9,9-bis(2'-etil-hexil)fluoreno)]: síntese, propriedades e aplicações em díodos emissores de luz" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1999 Concluded	Engenharia de Materiais (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Synthesis and Characterization of Soluble Conjugated Polymers for Applications in Electronic Devices" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1994 Concluded	Engenharia Química - Química Aplicada (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016 - Current	Principal Investigator (Research)	Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal

2002/01/01 - 2015/11/30	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/11 - 2024/07/31	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

2015 - 2016	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2013 - 2014	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa Campus Sintra, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016 - 2020	Member of the Executive Council	Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/06/01 - Current	On-Demand Bioresorbable OptoElectronic System for In-Vivo and In-Situ Monitoring of Chemotherapeutic Drugs 101046946 Research Fellow Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2024/03/01 - Current	COST 22123: European Materials Acceleration Center for Energy (EU-MACE) CA22123 Science and Technology Management Fellow Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2022/09/12 - Current	Bioelectronic devices to measure astrocyte-neuron communication (AstroneuroCircuit ) 2022.06979.PTDC Instituto de Telecomunicações Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/02/01 - 2024/07/31	Bioelectronic devices to measure astrocyte-neuron communication 2022.06979.PTDC 10.54499/2022.06979.PTDC Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2024/06/30	Impact of the electrical double layer modulation in organic (bio)electronics 2022.06045.PTDC 10.54499/2022.06045.PTDC Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/12/01 - 2023/05/31	BioMaterARISES: Biomaterials for the assemblage of regenerative-inspired scaffolds for the electrical stimulation of spinal cord EXPL/CTM-CTM/0995/2021 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30	Desenvolvimento racional de redes auto-organizadas para aplicações de elétrodos transparentes PTDC/CTM-REF/28108/2017 Universidade do Minho, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/10 - 2021/09	Rational design of Self-Assembling networks for Transparent electrode Applications (SATRAP) POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028108 Researcher Universidade do Minho, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	Concluded
2018/10 - 2021/09	Electrically conductive platforms for neural stem cell culture and differentiation (NEURON) PTDC/CTM-CTM/30237/2017 Research Fellow Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Ongoing
2018/07 - 2021/06	Supramolecular assemblies for efficient, stable, and sustainable organic solar cells (SUPRASOL) PTDC/QUI-QOR/28365/2017 Principal investigator Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2016/12 - 2018/12	Batteryless energy supply system based on flexible organic photovoltaic cells UID/EEA/50008/2013 Research Fellow Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	Concluded
2014/03 - 2018/03	COST Action: Stable Next-Generation Photovoltaics: Unraveling degradation mechanisms of Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells by complementary characterization techniques (StableNextSol) MP1307 Research Fellow	Research Executive Agency Concluded
2016 - 2018	Materials for green processing and their integration in low cost organic photovoltaic cells UID/EEA/50008/2013 Principal investigator Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/05/01 - 2015/04	Towards very efficient organic photovoltaic cells through utilizing liquid crystal phases as electron-acceptors (LIQ-OPVs) info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/126590/PT Principal investigator Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2015	Non volatile polymer memories for flexible electronics (NOVO) info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/116931/PT Research Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2014/12	Micro- and Nanopatterning of cross-linkable electro-active polymers by spin-coating (NANOPEPS) info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/111263/PT Principal investigator Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011	Specially Designed Materials and Architectures for Organic Photovoltaic Cells info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/64127/PT Principal investigator Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2007/07/01 - 2010/06	UNIME - Unimolecular Electronics info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/72831/PT Research Fellow Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2008/06/30	Células Fotovoltaicas baseadas em polímeros condutores e antocianinas. POCI/CTM/58767/2004 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2008	Photovoltaic cells based on conducting polymers and anthocyanins. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/58767/PT Research Fellow Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2003/07/01 - 2006	ENERGY TRANSFER FROM ELECTROLUMINESCENT POLYMERS TO PHOSPHORESCENT DOPANTS info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/40063/PT Researcher Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2000/10/02 - 2003	Field effect transistor array for monitoring electrical activity from single cells in culture. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/34668/PT Researcher Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
1997 - 2000	p-n Junctions in Thin Polymer Films PRAXIS/PCEX/C/QUI/82/96 Researcher Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Charas, Ana. "Plásticos Luminosos e Painéis Solares". In Laboratórios Abertos 2017. Portugal: ISBN: 978-989-99508-4-9, 2017. Published Charas, Ana. "Síntese e caracterização óptica e electroquímica de polifluorenos". In Química de Polímeros. Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2004. Published
Conference abstract	Fábio F. F. Garrudo; Vieira Ferreira, Luís Filipe; Ferraria, Ana Maria; Ana M Botelho do Rego; Charas, Ana; Ana Clara Marques; André, Vânia; et al. Corresponding author: Fábio F. F. Garrudo. "Fine-tuning of polyaniline:camphorsulfonic acid (PANI:CSA) electrical and structural properties through pseudo-doping for soft electronic applications". Paper presented in ACS Fall 2023, San Francisco, 2023. Under revision Fábio F. F. Garrudo; João Carlos Silva; Charas, Ana; Gross, Richard; Morgado, Jorge; Frederico Castelo Ferreira. Corresponding author: Fábio F. F. Garrudo. "Development of biodegradable electrocomposites using PEDOT:PSS for additive manufacturing-based tissue engineering applications". Paper presented in ACS Fall 2023, San Francisco, 2023. Under revision Fábio F. F. Garrudo; Mikael, Paiyz E.; Charas, Ana; Vieira Ferreira, Luís Filipe; Ferraria, Ana Maria; Ana M Botelho do Rego; Joaquim M.S. Cabral; et al. Corresponding author: Fábio F. F. Garrudo. "Harnessing the pseudo-doping Effect of HFP/TFE solvente system ¿ physico-chemical and biological studies". Paper presented in Polymer Connect 2022, Roma, 2022. Accepted Marques da Costa, Pedro M.; Di Paolo, Roberto E.; Silva, P.F.; Dias, Sandra I. G.; Charas, Ana. "Photophysical characterization of new materials for OPVs". Paper presented in 4as Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica, Lisbon, 2014. Published D. Suresh; P. S. Lopes; Cláudia A. Figueira; Clara S. B. Gomes; Pedro T. Gomes; B. Ferreira; R. E. Di Paolo; et al. "Synthesis and characterisation of mononuclear iminopyrrolyl boron complexes with luminescent properties". Paper presented in 10th Inorganic Chemistry Conference da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Caparica, 2014. Published
Conference paper	GARRUDO, F F F; Rodrigues, Carlos A.V.; Silva, Carlos J; Nogueira, Diogo; Marcelino, Pedro; Gomes, M. R.; Barbosa, Frederico; et al. "Electroconductive platforms for the electrical stimulation of stem cells - An approach to the design of artificial human tissue microenvironment". Paper presented in Polymers 2022 - New trends in Polymer Science: Health of the Planet, Health of the People, 2022. Diez Pascual, Ana Maria; Luceño-Sanchez, Jose Antonio; Charas, Ana. "Assessment of the potential of polymer/HDI-GO nanocomposites for use in organic solar-cells". Paper presented in MDPI The International Online-Conference on Nanomaterials (IOCN), 2020. Published • 10.3390/iocn2020-07842 Farinhas, J.; Oliveira, R.; Morgado, J.; Charas, A.. "Improved stability of organic solar cells by cross-linking of the electron-donor polymer". 2016. 10.1109/PRIME.2016.7519464 Farinhas, J.; Ferreira, Q.; Charas, A.; Morgado, J.. "Organic photovoltaic cells with structured interfaces: Columnar-grain active layers made of cross-linked semiconducting polymers". 2011. 10.1109/EUROCON.2011.5929226 Mendonça, A.L.; Charas, A.; Clark, J.; Bazzana, L.; Nocivelli, A.; Lanzani, G.; Morgado, J.. "Plastic optical fibres dopants to obtain gain enlargement and ultrafast optical switching". 2011. 10.1117/12.892207 Morgado, J.; Mendonça, A.L.; Charas, A.; Clark, J.; Lanzani, G.; Bazzana, L.; Nocivelli, A.. "Polyfluorene-PMMA copolymers for plastic optical fibers with gain". 2008. 10.1117/12.781574 Morgado, J.; Charas, A.; Alves, H.; Alcácer, L.; Cacialli, F.. "Optical properties of cross-linkable fluorene copolymers". 2006. 10.1117/12.663123 Morgado, J.; Charas, A.; Barbagallo, N.; Alcácer, L.; Matos, M.; Cacialli, F.. "Effect of a dipolar self-assembly monolayer formation on indium-tin oxide on the performance of single-layer polymer-based light-emitting diodes". 2004. 10.1002/masy.200450846 Morgado, J.; Charas, A.; Barbagallo, N.; Alcácer, L.. "Polymer light-emitting diodes based on a soluble poly(p-phenylene vinylene) with interfaces modified by self-assembly". 2003. 10.1109/ESSDERC.2003.1256839
Conference poster	Fábio F. F. Garrudo; Paiyz E Mikael; Charas, Ana; Vieira Ferreira, Luís Filipe; Ferraria, Ana Maria; Ana M Botelho do Rego; Joaquim M.S. Cabral; et al. Corresponding author: Fábio F. F. Garrudo. "Modulation of the pseudo-doping effect in polyaniline-based electrospun fibers". Paper presented in Termis European Chapter 2023, 2023. Fábio Filipe Ferreira Garrudo; João Carlos Silva; Rodrigues, Carlos A.V.; Nogueira, Diogo E.S.; Marcelino, Pedro; Gomes, Mariana R.; Barbosa, Frederico; et al. "Design of an artificial vertebrae - electroconductive platforms for the electrical stimulation of stem cells". Paper presented in 2nd iBB Workshop, 2022. Velho, Mariana F. G.; Silva, Rafaela; Brotas, Graça; Lopes, EB; Santos, I.C.; Charas, Ana; D. Belo; Almeida, Manuel. "Conducting Neutral Bis(dithiolene) Gold Complex with an Unprecedented Crystal Structure". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência‘21 - Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, 2021. Velho, Mariana F. G.; Silva, Rafaela; Brotas, Graça; Lopes, EB; Santos, I.C.; Charas, Ana; D. Belo; Almeida, Manuel. "[Au(dspdt)2]: a conducting neutral bis(1,2-dithiolene) gold complex with a unique crystal structure". Paper presented in 17th International Conference on Molecule-based Magnets (ICMM 2021), 2021. Costa, Cristiana; Brotas, Graca; Dias, Sandra I. G.; Charas, Ana. "Synthesis and characterization of new crosslinkable organic materials for photovoltaic applications". Paper presented in The Energy & Materials Research Conference EMRC15, 2015. D. Suresh; P. S. Lopes; Cláudia A. Figueira; Gomes, C. S. B.; Pedro T. Gomes; B. Ferreira; R. E. Di Paolo; et al. "Synthesis and Characterization of Mononuclear Iminopyrrolyl Boron Complexes with Luminescent Properties". Paper presented in 10th Inorganic Chemistry Conference of SPQ, 2014. D. Suresh; P. S. Lopes; Cláudia A. Figueira; Gomes, C. S. B.; Pedro T. Gomes; B. Ferreira; R. E. Di Paolo; et al. "Tunable Fluorophores Based on 2-Iminopyrrolyl Chelates of Diphenylboron: Synthesis, Characterization and Their Applications in OLEDS". Paper presented in ICOMC - XXV International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, 2012. Brotas, Graça; Farinhas, Joana; Martins, I L; Ferreira, Quirina; Morgado, Jorge; Charas, Ana. "New Cross-linkable poly (3-hexylthiophene)s: Synthesis and properties". Paper presented in XXII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa da Química, 2011.
Journal article	Cátia Príncipe; Sara M. Jorge; Manuel Matos; Luís Santos; Jorge Morgado; Ana Charas. "3-oxetanylmethanol as additive to PEDOT:PSS for improved conductivity and water-resistance and applications in ink-jet printed electrochemical transistors". Organic Electronics (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106987. 10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106987 Fábio Garrudo; Luís Filipe Vieira Ferrerira; Ana M. Ferraria; Ana M Botelho do Rego; Ana Charas; Vânia André; Maria Teresa Duarte; et al. "Pseudo-doping effect on structural and electrical properties of polyaniline-camphorsulfonic acid". Synthetic Metals 301 117523 (2024): 117523-117523. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/33981. 10.1016/j.synthmet.2023.117523 Sara M. Jorge; António Ablú; Fábio Garrudo; Adelino Galvão; Luís F. Santos; Jorge Morgado; Ana Charas. "Oxetanes as polymerizable additives to PEDOT:PSS for water-resistant and transparent electrodes". Polymer (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2023.126196. 10.1016/j.polymer.2023.126196 Mariana F.G. Velho; Ana Paracana; João Serra; Luís Alcácer; João Avó; Manuel Almeida; Dulce Belo; Helena Alves; Ana Charas. "Acceptor-donor-acceptor p-extended systems based on a-dithiophenetetrathiafulvalene (a-DT-TTF): Facile synthesis and photoconductivity studies". Dyes and Pigments 204 (2022): 110475-110475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110475. 10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110475 P. Mendonça dos Santos; António J. Serralheiro; Beatriz Borges; João Paulo N. Torres; Ana Charas. "An Experimental Study on Step-Up DC–DC Converters for Organic Photovoltaic Cells". Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9268/12/2/20. 10.3390/jlpea12020020 Sara M. Jorge; Luís F. Santos; Adelino Galvão; Jorge Morgado; Ana Charas. "Concurrent Enhancement of Conductivity and Stability in Water of Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene):Poly(Styrenesulfonate) Films Using an Oxetane Additive". Advanced Materials Interfaces (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202100517. 10.1002/admi.202100517 José A. Luceño-Sánchez; Ana Charas; Ana M. Díez-Pascual. "Effect of HDI-Modified GO on the Thermoelectric Performance of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):Poly(Styrenesulfonate) Nanocomposite Films". Polymers 13 9 (2021): 1503-1503. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13091503. 10.3390/polym13091503 Joana Farinhas; Sandra Correia; Lianshe Fu; Alexandre M. P. Botas; PS André; Maria Rute Ferreira André; Ana Charas. "Ultraviolet-Filtering Luminescent Transparent Coatings for High-Performance PTB7-Th:ITIC–Based Organic Solar Cells". frontiers in nanotechnology 3 635929 (2021): 1-10. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/30529. 10.3389/fnano.2021.635929 José Antonio Luceño Sánchez; Ana Charas; Ana Maria Diez Pascual. "Assessment of the Potential of Polymer/HDI-GO Nanocomposites for Use in Organic Solar-Cells". materials proceedings 4 11 (2021): 1-8. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/30527. 10.3390/IOCN2020-07842 Krishnamoorthy Paramasivam; Carina B. Fialho; Tiago F. C. Cruz; Ana I. Rodrigues; Bruno Ferreira; Clara S. B. Gomes; Diogo Vila-Viçosa; et al. "New luminescent tetracoordinate boron complexes: an in-depth experimental and theoretical characterisation and their application in OLEDs". Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (2021): https://doi.org/10.1039/D1QI00403D. 10.1039/D1QI00403D Mariana Filipa Gaspar Velho; Rafaela A.L. Silva; Maria da Graça Laranjo Mendes Brotas; Elsa B. Lopes; Isabel C. Santos; Ana Charas; Dulce Belo; Manuel Almeida. "Conducting neutral gold bisdithiolene complex [Au(dspdt)2]¿". Dalton Transactions 49 39 (2020): 13737-13743. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/30191. 10.1039/D0DT02931A Pedro Miguel Cavaco Carrilho dos Santos Inácio; M.C.R. Medeiros; Tiago Carvalho; Rute C. Félix; Ana Luísa Garcias Mestre; Peter C. Hubbard; Quirina Ferreira; et al. "Ultra-low noise PEDOT:PSS electrodes on bacterial cellulose: A sensor to access bioelectrical signals in non-electrogenic cells". Organic Electronics: physics, materials, applications 85 85 (2020): 105882-105882. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/30130. 10.1016/j.orgel.2020.105882 Rita F. Pires; Ana Charas; Jorge Morgado; Teresa Casimiro; Vasco D. B. Bonifácio. "Photodiode-like behavior of jelly dye-sensitized donor-acceptor dendrimers". Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2020): 48635-48635. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.48635. 10.1002/app.48635 Cristiana Costa; Joana Farinhas; Adelino M. Galvão; Ana Charas. "On the effect of pattern substitution and oligo(ethylene oxide) side-chain modification on thiophene-quinoxaline copolymers and their applications in photovoltaic cells". Organic Electronics 78 (2020): 105612-105612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2019.105612. 10.1016/j.orgel.2019.105612 Cristiana Isabel Violante da Costa; Joana Farinhas; Mariana Velho; João Avó; Manuel José de Matos; Adelino Galvão; Ana Charas; et al. "Band-gap tunable thiadiazolo[3,4-g]quinoxaline derivatives as non-fullerene acceptors in organic photovoltaic cells processed from low toxic ethanol/anisole mixtures". New Journal of Chemistry 43 36 (2019): 14246-14256. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/29466. 10.1039/c9nj02419k Duarte Vivas Batista; Luis Bica Oliveira; Nuno Paulino; Carlos Manuel Ferreira Carvalho; João Pedro Oliveira; Joana Farinhas; Ana Charas; P. Mendonça dos Santos. "Combined Organic Photovoltaic Cells and Ultra Low Power CMOS Circuit for Indoor Light Energy Harvesting". Sensors 19 1803 (2019): 1-20. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/28320. 10.3390/s19081803 Joana Farinhas; Desiré Molina; Ana Olcina; Cristiana Costa; Luís Alcácer; Fernando Fernández-Lázaro; Ángela Sastre-Santos; Ana Charas. "Oligo(ethylene oxide) chains in fluorene bridge units of perylenediimide dimers as an efficient strategy for improving the photovoltaic performance in organic solar cells". Dyes and Pigments 161 (2019): 188-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.09.051. 10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.09.051 Cristiana Costa; Joana Farinhas; João Avó; Jorge Morgado; Adelino M. Galvão; Ana Charas; Cristiana Isabel Violante da Costa; Jorge Manuel Ferreira Morgado; Adelino Galvão. "Structural dependence of the optical properties of narrow band gap thiophene–thiadiazoloquinoxaline derivatives and their application in organic photovoltaic cells". New Journal of Chemistry 43 13 (2019): 5202-5213. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NJ06012F. 10.1039/C8NJ06012F Laura Ciammaruchi; Ricardo Oliveira; Ana Charas; Tulus; Elizabeth von Hauff; Giuseppina Polino; Francesca Brunetti; et al. "Stability of organic solar cells with PCDTBT donor polymer: An interlaboratory study". Journal of Materials Research 33 13 (2018): 1909-1924. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/27892. 10.1557/jmr.2018.163 Liliana Marques Martelo; Tiago F. Pimentel das Neves; João Figueiredo; Lino Forte Marques; Alexander Fedorov; Ana Charas; Mário N. Berberan-Santos; Hugh D Burrows. "Towards the Developmentof a Low-Cost Device for the Detection of Explosives Vapors by Fluorescence Quenching of Conjugated Polymers in Solid Matrices". Sensors 17 11 (2017): 2532-13 pages. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/22631. 10.3390/s17112532 Joana Farinhas; Ricardo Oliveira; Rickard Hansson; Leif K.E. Ericsson; Ellen Moons; Jorge Morgado; Ana Charas. "Efficient ternary organic solar cells based on immiscible blends". Organic Electronics 41 (2017): 130-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2016.12.009. 10.1016/j.orgel.2016.12.009 Joana Farinhas; Ricardo Oliveira; Quirina Ferreira; Jorge Morgado; Ana Charas. "Enhanced Efficiency of PTB7 : PC61BM Organic Solar Cells by Adding a Low Efficient Polymer Donor". International Journal of Photoenergy 2017 (2017): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1155%2F2017%2F4501758. 10.1155/2017/4501758 Krishnamoorthy, P.; Ferreira, B.; Gomes, C.S.B.; Vila-Viçosa, D.; Charas, A.; Morgado, J.; Calhorda, M.J.; Maçanita, A.L.; Gomes, P.T.. "Violet-blue emitting 2-(N-alkylimino)pyrrolyl organoboranes: Synthesis, structure and luminescent properties". Dyes and Pigments 140 (2017): 520-532. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85008185390&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.11.017 Joana Farinhas; Ana M. Ferraria; Ana M. B. do Rego; Jorge Morgado; Ana Charas. 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"Excitation energy transfer and spatial exciton confinement in polyfluorene blends for application in light-emitting diodes". Journal of Materials Chemistry 12 12 (2002): 3523-3527. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036931723&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1039/b206040j Charas, A.; Morgado, J.; Martinho, J.M.G.; Alcácer, L.; Cacialli, F.. "Tuning the optoelectronic properties of polyfluorenes by copolymerisation with thiophene moieties". Synthetic Metals 127 1-3 (2002): 251-254. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037177125&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/S0379-6779(01)00637-3 Ana Charas; Nunzio Barbagalho; Jorge Manuel Ferreira Morgado; Luis Alcacer; Charas, A.; Morgado, J.; Martinho, J.M.G.; et al. "Electrochemical and luminescent properties of poly(fluorene)-based alternating copolymers". 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Journal issue	Charas, Ana. "Conducting Polymers for Advanced Applications". Polymers (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/conducting_polymer_advanced_applications. Under revision • Invited editor Charas, Ana. "From Macromolecules to Materials for Optoelectronic Devices". Materials 12 (2018): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/macromolecules_materials_optoelectronic. Published • Invited editor

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/11/06	Secondary doping of PEDOT:PSS using oxetanes – an effective approach for applications as water-resistant all-organic electrodes	1ST C2TN Meeting on Advanced Materials Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/07/03	Oxetanes as a new class of dopants for PEDOT:PSS and applications as water-resistant transparent electrodes	16th International Conference on Organic Electronics (ICOE) Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2022/03/22	Conductivity enhancement and improved water resistance of PEDOT:PSS films via cross-linking with oxetanes	Conductivity enhancement and improved water resistance of PEDOT:PSS films via cross-linking with oxetanes Innovinc International Conferences (Budapest, Hungary)
2021/07/05	A Eu-doped organic-inorganic hybrid as a luminescent downshifting coat on organic solar cells for improved performance	14th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (ISFOE21) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, (Greece)
2019/07/26	Oligo(ethylene-oxide)-substituted Conjugated Polymers and Small Molecules for Organic Photovoltaic Cells Processed from Green Solvents	Geet19- International Conference on Green Energy and Environmetal Technology SciKnowlede (Paris, France)
2019	Materials for “greener” organic solar cells	12th European School on Molecular Nanoscience Universidad Miguel Hernández (Elche, Spain)
2018/11/29	Strategies and Challenges for Efficient and Truly Sustainable Organic Photovoltaics	Research Summit Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/02/02	Materials and Strategies for Efficient and Sustainable Photovoltaics	Wokshop on "Towards Solar Energy Storage" Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/04/19	Improving organic solar cells through using ternary systems	Conference on New trends in Solar Cells (Bratislave, Slovakia)
2015/05/15	Effect of Phenanthroline Cathode Interlayers on the Performance of Polymer Solar Cells	EMRS-2015 (Lille)
2015/01/12	Highly Efficient BHJ Organic Photovoltaic Cells Through Integrating Cathode Interlayers	EMN- Meeting on Photovoltaics (Orlando, United States)
2014/06/03	Organic Photovoltaic Energy: From Materials Design to Device Fabrication	Seminars of Centro de Química Estrutural Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/06/26	Nanostructured Surfaces of Conducting Polymers and Applications in Organic Photovoltaic Cells	5th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces (San Sebastian, Spain)
2013/05/08	Organic Photovoltaic Cells	9th Conference on Telecomunications (Castelo Branco, Portugal)
2012/07	Photoactive Nanostructured Layers of Cross-linkable Polymers: Applications in Organic Photovoltaic Cells	XXIVth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2011/11	Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Nanostructured Polymer Layers	XXII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química - XXIIENSPQ (Braga, Portugal)
2010/07/08	Control of Cross-linked Conjugated Polymers Patterns Through Tailoring Phase Separation in Spin Cast Blends	International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals – ICSM (Kyoto, Japan)
2009/03/27	Spin cast patterned films of electroluminescent polymers	7th Workshop on Luminescent Conjugated Polymers Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2008/07/06	Functionalised Spirobifluorenes for Photonic Applications	International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals - ICSM (Porto de Galinhas, Brazil)
2008/05/19	New copolymers for plastic optical fibers with gain and switching	6th Workshop on Luminescent Conjugated Polymers (Coimbra, Portugal)
2007/06/21	Development of Crosslinkable Polyfluorenes for Organic Electronics	8º Encontro Nacional de Química Física (Luso, Portugal)
2007/05/23	A New Material for n-type Organic Field-Effect Transistor	ConfTele2007 (Peniche, Portugal)
2005/04/15	New fluorene-based copolymers with regulated solubility	3rd Workshop on Luminescent Conjugated Polymers (Portugal)
2005/04/07	Approaches to Fabricate Micro- and Nanostructure of Electroluminescent Polymers	6th Conference on Telecomunications (Tomar, Portugal)
2004/02/27	Polyfluorene Derivatives for LEDs applications	Workshop on Molecular Materials; 30 Years of Research in Portugal (Bobadela, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - 2025/08/31	Supramolecular Composites for Efficient Organic Solar Cells Supervisor	Química (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2025/02/28	Crystalline Organic Photovoltaics Co-supervisor	Engenharia Física (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2024/07/30	Poly (3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene poly styrenesulfonate ) (PEDOT: based materials for transparent electrodes and flexible electronics Supervisor	Química (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/02 - 2024/01	Materials for environmentally friendly and stable organic photovoltaics Supervisor of Sara Margarida Jorge da Silva	Química (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2022/11/01 - 2023/12/15	Desenvolvimento de elétrodos transparentes com base em condutores orgânicos para aplicações em dispositivos fotovoltaicos orgânicos Supervisor	Engenharia Química (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/01/02 - 2022/12/06	Desenvolvimento de novas formulações de tintas condutoras para aplicações em bioeletrónica Supervisor	Engenharia Química (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/09 - 2021/08	Thiophene-based building blocks for functional materials in electronic devices Co-supervisor of Mariana Filipa Gaspar Velho	Química (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2018 - 2019/12	Estudo das Propriedades Protectoras de Barreiras Microbianas de Pensos Electricamante Activos para Queimados Co-supervisor of Catarina da Costa Marques	Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2015 - 2019	Electron-accepting materials for environmentally friendly solution-processed organic photovoltaic devices Supervisor	Química (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2015 - 2017	Filmes nanoestruturados de grafeno para a libertação controlada de fármacos oculares Co-supervisor of Helena Isabel Costa Morais	Engenharia Biomédica (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Área Departamental de Engenharia Química, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2012 - 2016	High efficiency polymer-based photovoltaics through morphology control Co-supervisor of Joana Tavares Farinhas	Engenharia de Materiais (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2011 - 2015	New materials for organic solar concentrators and photovoltaic cells Co-supervisor of Graça Laranjo Brotas	Engenharia de Materiais (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2012 - 2014/12	Novos Compostos Orgânicos Reticuláveis para Aplicações em Células Fotovoltaicas Supervisor of Cristiana Isabel Violante da Costa	Engenharia Química e Biológica (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2012 - 2013/02	New Cross-linkable Donor Polymers for Nanostructured OPV cells Supervisor of Soraia Cristina Figueiredo Lourenço	Engenharia Química e Biológica (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2009 - 2010	Aplicações de compostos orgânicos como camada activa em células fotovoltaicas Supervisor of Joana Tavares Farinhas	Engenharia Química e Biológica (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2021/09/01	Thesis: Flexible Organic Light-emitting Diodes (Thesis) Main arguer	Thaís Pereira (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/02/19	Lanthanide-doped inorganic materials and organicinorganic hybrids for solid-state lighting (Thesis) Main arguer	Ming Fang (PhD) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais e Cerâmica, Portugal
2020/07	Graphene-Based Textile Sensor for Cardiac Monitoring (Thesis) Main arguer	Daniela Filipa Rodrigues Santos (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/07	Impact of novel fullerene acceptors and chemical additives on the morphology and efficiency of organic solar cells (Thesis) Main arguer	Hugo Gaspar, (PhD) Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal
2019/12	Fabrico de sensores UV em membranas de parileno-C para aplicações de pele eletrónica (Thesis) Main arguer	Frederico Fonseca (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/12	Advanced dendrimers for capture and storage of sustainable energy (Thesis) Main arguer	Rita Pires (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/07	Advanced optical spectroscpy of new materials for luminescent solar concentrators (Thesis) Main arguer	Carlota Pereira de Almeida Carlos (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/07	Sensor Eléctrico e Térmico baseado em Grafeno (Thesis) Main arguer	João Luís Dinis Silva (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2019	New Boron-Dypyrromethane (BODIPY) Molecules as Suitable Electron-Donrs for Organic Photovoltaic Cells (Thesis) Main arguer	António Aguiar (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/10	Green Photonics: photonic intergrated circuits for optical communications and sensisng based on organic-inorganic hybrids (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Rita Bastos (PhD) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2018/07	Desenvolvimento de heterojunções híbridas nanoestruturadas para aplicação em células solares (Thesis) Main arguer	Viatcheslav Molchanov (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/06	Otimização de Concentradores Solares Luminescentes com recurso ao método de Monte-Carlo (Thesis) Main arguer	Luís manuel da Gama Minas (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018	Eletrónica Têxtil baseada em grafeno (Thesis) Main arguer	Joana da Silva Tavares (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/06	Perylenediimidas: reactividad y aplicaciones como sensores de explosivos y en dispositivos láser (Thesis) Main arguer	Nathalie Zink Lorre (PhD) Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Spain
2016/11	Green Emitting Diodes for Solid State Lighting (Thesis) Main arguer	Ricardo Fernandes (Master) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2016/10	Desenvolvimento de heterojunções híbridas nanoestruturadas para aplicação em células solares (Thesis) Main arguer	Pedro Infante Custódio (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/06	Photovoltaic Cells based on lead- and tin-perovskites (Thesis) Main arguer	Ricardo Jorge Torres Marcelino de Oliveira Carvalho (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016	Síntese e caracterização de Novos Compostos Moleculares com Unidades Tiofénicas (Thesis) Main arguer	Rodrigo Pereira Santos (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016	Desenvolvimento de diversos biosensores para determinaçao de acrilamida baseados em células inteiras e Pseudomonas aeruginosa: um estudo comparativo (Thesis) Main arguer	Nelson Alberto Frade da Silva (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/09	Solution processed p-i-n solar cells based on P3HT:PCBM bulk heterojunctions (Thesis) Main arguer	Stefano Virgilio (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
1994 - Current	Sociedade Portuguesa de Química	Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2019 - Current	Member of the Division of Chemistry and Energy of European Chemical Society Member	European Chemical Society, Belgium
2015 - 2020	Member of the Management Committee of the FCT PhD Program Chemistry of Materials (ChemMat) (2015-2020). Member

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2022/07/27 - 2022/07/29	SciKnowledge International Conference on Green Energy and Environmental Technology GEET-22	SciKnowledge, European Education Scientific Conferences
2022/07/25 - 2022/07/27	SciKnowledge International Conference on Materials and Nanomaterials MNs-2022	SciKnowledge, European Education Scientific Conferences
2019/06/26 - 2019/06/28	11th Conference on Telecommunications - ConfTele 2019	Instituto de Telecomunicações
2017/04/06 - 2017/04/07	Industry Day on Printed Electronics and Solar Cells	Instituto de Telecomunicações
2016/09/01 - 2016/09/03	Conference on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics CIBB	Stirling University

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2020/12/16 - Current	Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)	(Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/05 - Current	Conhecer a Luz para uma Cidadania Ativa	Formação (Outros)	Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2019/03 - 2020/02	A Tabela Periódica como Ícone da Centralidade da Química	(Outros)	Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2019/12 - 2019/12	Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)	(Doktor (PhD))	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 - 2019	Organic Materials for OLEDs and Photovoltaic devices	Ciências e Engenharia de Materiais (Mestrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 - 2016	Nanotechnology	Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)	Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2013 - 2015	Nanotechnology and Biosensors	(Mestrado)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2014/10 - 2014/10	Synthetic Routes for Conjugated Polymers - Autumn School	(Doktor (PhD))

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Funding entity
2021/11/01 - 2024/02	External evaluator of Horizon Europe - Research and innovation programme European Union Evaluator	Agence Europe SA
2015 - 2020	Expert participating in the evaluation of H2020 projects.	Research Executive Agency
2018 - 2018	External evaluator for Czech Science Foundation Evaluator	Grantová agentura Ceské republiky
2014 - 2018	Expert participation in Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI)	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2018/11 - Current	Researcher in Project "SUPRASOL"	Bárbara Luís de Oliveira
2020/01/03 - 2020/03/31	Application of graphene-oxide composites in organic photovoltaic devices	José Antonio Luceño Sánchez
2017 - 2018	Post-Doc	Joana Tavares Farinhas
2017/01 - 2017/11	Researcher in Project "SATRAP"	José Francisco Rodrigues Malta
2016/11 - 2017/09	Researcher in Project "GreenSOL"	Mariana Velho
2016/04 - 2016/07	Researcher in Project "GreenSOL"	Filipa Alexandra Geraldes Teixeira
2015/01 - 2015/04	Researcher in Project "LiQ-PVs"	João Martins
2013 - 2015/03	Post-Doc	Sandra Isabel Godinho Dias
2012/01 - 2013/12	Post-Doc	Rui Miguel Martins de Azevedo Meira
2013/03 - 2013/10	Researcher in Project "LiQ-PVs"	João P. Bastos
2011/06 - 2011/12	Researcher in Project "LiQ-PVs"	Inês L. Martins

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2002 - Current	Regular referee in the jornals: - "Solar Energy”, "Polymer", "Synthetic Metals", “Organic Electronics”, “Dyes and Pigments”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells” (Elsevier). - “Macromolecules” , “Journal of Physical Chemistry A”, ACS Applied Energy Interfaces” (American Chemical Society). - “Journal of Materials Chemistry”, “Chemical Communications”, “RSC Advances”, “Polymer Chemistry”, “New Journal of Chemistry” (RSC Publishing). - “Polymers”, “Nanomaterials” (MDPI Pub.).

Distinctions

Award

2004	Post-Doc Fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Other distinction

2019	“Mulheres na Ciência” Ciência Viva, Portugal
1999	PhD Research Fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
1998	Master´s Research Fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal