Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Bruce Forbes Milne
Citation names
- Milne, Bruce F.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 9D15-7262-8516
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5522-4808
Addresses
- Department of Chemistry, Meston Building, Meston Walk, AB24 3UE, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (Professional)
Websites
- https://cfisuc.fis.uc.pt/people.php?oid=124315 (Professional)
- https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/bruce.milne (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Condensed Matter Physics
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Molecular Physics
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
- Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Scottish (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Portuguese | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | |
Gaélico | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2013 - 2013
Concluded
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Yambo hands-on tutorial on electronic and optical excitations (Curso médio)
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
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1998 - 2003
Concluded
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PhD Chemistry (Doutoramento)
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
"Theoretical strudies of cyclic octapeptides from the marine ascidian Liccoclinum patella" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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PhD |
2003
Concluded
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Chemistry (Doutoramento)
University of Aberdeen School of Natural and Computing Sciences, United Kingdom
"Theoretical studies of cyclic octapeptides from the marine ascidian Lissoclinum patella" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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PhD |
1994 - 1998
Concluded
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BSc (Hons) Chemistry (Bacharelato)
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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2.1 |
1998
Concluded
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General Chemistry (Especialização pós-bacharelato)
University of Aberdeen School of Natural and Computing Sciences, United Kingdom
"A Synthetic Route to 1,3-Alkylpyridinium Salts" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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BSc (Hons) 2.1 |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/10/16 - Current | Researcher (Research) | University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom | ||
2018/10/01 - 2021/08/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal | ||
2017/09/01 - 2018/08/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal |
2008/06/01 - 2016/06/01 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal |
2007/09/01 - 2008/06/01 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Aquapharm Biodiscovery Ltd., United Kingdom |
2007 - 2008 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Lytix Biopharma AS, Norway |
2004 - 2007 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal |
2002 - 2004 | Research Assistant (Research) | TauRx Therapeutics Ltd., United Kingdom |
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom | ||
2001 - 2002 | Research Assistant (Research) | University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, United Kingdom |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/09/01 - 2023/10/15 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
University of Aberdeen College of Physical Sciences, United Kingdom | ||
2021/09/01 - 2023/08/31 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Física, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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1991/09/02 - 1993/08/31 | Trainee laboratory technician (pharmacology research) | University of Aberdeen Division of Applied Medicine, United Kingdom |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/02/16 - Current | Cyclic peptides as potential inhibitors of SARS-COV-2 main protease
2021.09804.CPCA
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2020/01/01 - Current | National research center: CFisUC, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
UIDP/04564/2020
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2020/01/01 - Current | National research center: CFisUC, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
UIDB/04564/2020
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2014 - Current | LHC-ABS - The optical absorption spectra of a real Light Harvesting Complex from first-principles: the spinach case
Invited Scientist Fellow
Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
Donostia International Physics Center, Spain |
Partnership for Advanced Computing In Europe |
2018/10/01 - 2021/08/31 | High-throughput ab-initio inverse design of materials
POCI-01-0145-FEDER- 032229
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
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Concluded
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2018 - 2019 | National research center: CFisUC, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
UID/FIS04564/2019
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2016/01/01 - 2018/12/31 | National research center: CFisUC, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
UID/FIS04564/2016
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
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Concluded
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2017/09/01 - 2018/08/31 | Materiais e Tecnologias Industriais Sustentáveis (MATIS)
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000014
Post-doc
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2008 - 2013 | Estudo de Propriedades Ópticas Não Lineares de Materiais Orgânicos
PTDC/FIS/103587/2008/
Post-doc
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2004/10/01 - 2007 | Computational studies of biologically active xanthone derivatives: development of QSAR and mechanistic models of antitumor
activities
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBPD2%F178302%F2004/PT
Post-doc Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2015/05/01 - 2016/08/01 | Employment contract in public functions (public contest: CONT_DOUT/11/UC/611/10153/15/2008)
CONT_DOUT/11/UC/405/10150/18/2008
Research Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Outputs
Publications
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2020/11/18 | Virtual and Experimental Screening of Natural Products as Potential SARS-CoV-2 Inhibitors: Preliminary Results and Future Directions | Invited seminar at the Centre for Smart Materials Research
University of Central Lancashire (Online, United Kingdom)
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2017 | Enhancing organic nonlinear optics with late group 15 substitutions | Methods and Applications in Computational Chemistry
Coimbra Chemistry Centre (Coimbra, Portugal)
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2013 - 2013 | Heavy atom NLO enhancement in group 15 organometallics
Congress
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20th EuCheMS Conference on Organometallic Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
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2013 - 2013 | Yambo hands-on tutorial on electronic and optical excitations: from basic to advanced applications
Workshop
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Yambo hands-on tutorial on electronic and optical excitations: from basic to advanced applications
CECAM-HQ-EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, Switzerland
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2012 - 2012 | Antiferromagnetic exchange interactions in a Cu(II) alternated chain
Congress
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27th European Crystallographic Meeting |
2012 - 2012 | Marine natural products: a new source of novel chromophores for nonlinear optics
Congress
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Gordon Research Conference – Marine Natural Products |
2011 - 2011 | Gas phase spectroscopy of the firefly luciferin anion: comparison of experiment with TDDFT predictions
Congress
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Faraday Discussions 150 "Frontiers in Spectroscopy" |
2011 - 2011 | Investigation of colour tuning in firefly bioluminescence
Congress
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DFT@PT |
2011 - 2011 | Investigation of colour tuning in firefly bioluminescence
Seminar
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Departmental seminar, Department of Physics |
2011 - 2011 | Nonlinear optical properties of polychlorotriphenylmethyl radicals: a computational study
Congress
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March Meeting of the American Physical Society |
2010 - 2010 | Spectroscopic and TD-DFT studies of solvent effects on the firefly luciferin anion. 2. Binary water:methanol solvents
Congress
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First Principles Quantum Chemistry: from Elementary Reactions to Enzymes |
2010 - 2010 | Spectroscopic and TD-DFT studies of solvent effects on the firefly luciferin anion. 1. Gas and aqueous phases
Congress
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First Principles Quantum Chemistry: from Elementary Reactions to Enzymes |
2009 - 2009 | Bio-heteroJunction effect on fluorescence origin and efficiency improvement of firefly chromophores
Congress
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Gordon Research Conference - Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory |
2009 - 2009 | Fragment molecular orbital studies of luciferase from the Japanese firefly Luciola cruciata
Congress
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Gordon Research Conference – Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory |
2009 - 2009 | Time-dependent DFT for elucidation of stereochemistry: dermacozine E, a natural product from the Mariana Trench
Congress
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Natural Products Symposium, 42nd IUPAC Congress |
2009 - 2009 | Fragment molecular orbital studies of luciferase from the Japanese firefly Luciola cruciata
Congress
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Computational Nanoscience (MC9) Symposium, 42nd IUPAC Congress |
2009 - 2009 | Fragment molecular orbital studies of luciferase from the Japanese firefly Luciola cruciata
Workshop
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2009 - 2009 | Time-dependent DFT for elucidation of stereochemistry: dermacozine E, a natural product from the Mariana Trench
Workshop
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14th ETSF Workshop on Electronic Excitations |
2009 - 2009 | Firefly bioluminescence
Seminar
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Departmental seminar, Department of Physics |
2008 - 2008 | New heteroatomatic compounds from the deep
Congress
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7th Joint Meeting of AFERP, ASP, GA, PSE & SIF |
2008 - 2008 | Metal-chelation in ascidians: The direct identification of a eudistomin-iron complex in Eudistoma gilboviride extract using
parallel LC-ICPMS/ESMS
Congress
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Gordon Research Conference – Marine Natural Products |
2008 - 2008 | Theoretical approaches to understanding the properties and behaviour of organo-arsenic compounds
Seminar
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Departmental seminar, Department of Physics |
2007 - 2007 | Determination of mercury binding molecules using HPLC coupled simultaneously to ICP-MS and ES-MS
Congress
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European Winter conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry |
2007 - 2007 | Computational design of xanthone derivatives showing enhanced binding affinity for estrone sulphatase
Congress
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7th Portuguese National Meeting of Organic Chemistry (ORGLIST Symposium: Computers at the Frontiers of Organic Chemistry) |
2007 - 2007 | Two parameter classifier for prediction of PKC-z modulating behaviour of xanthones
Congress
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7th Portuguese National Meeting of Organic Chemistry (ORGLIST Symposium: Computers at the Frontiers of Organic Chemistry) |
2006 - 2006 | Computational investigation of the mechanism of modulation of protein kinase C activity by xanthone derivatives
Congress
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The 3rd Brazilian Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry – BrazMedChem2006 |
2001 - 2001 | Potential ecological roles of Lissoclinum patella metabolites
Congress
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Gordon Research Conference - Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms |
2000 - 2000 | H-Bond mediated folding of natural & model patellamides - modified cyclic octapeptides from Lissoclinum patella
Congress
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Gordon Research Conference - Marine Natural Products |
2000 - 2000 | Redox properties of the patellamides: dicopper complexing modified cyclic octapeptides isolated from the seasquirt Lissoclinum
patella
Congress
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International Conference on Coordination Chemistry |
1999 - 1999 | Conformational studies on free and Cu(II) bound patellamide C
Congress
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Biodiversity: A Source of New Leads for the Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Industries |
1999 - 1999 | Conformational studies on free and Cu(II) bound patellamide C
Congress
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2nd Euroconference on Marine Natural Products |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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Current | Royal Society of Chemistry | |
Current | Sociedade Português de Química | |
Current | Sociedade Português de Física |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2006 - 2006 | Introduction to computational quantum chemistry | Especialização (Curso médio) | Dundee University, United Kingdom |
2005 - 2005 | Introduction to computational quantum chemistry | Especialização (Curso médio) |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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Current | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Current | Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Current | Journal of Physical Chemistry A | ACD Publications |
Current | Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry | |
Current | Green Chemistry | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Current | Journal of Physical Chemistry C | ACS Publications |
Distinctions
Title
2022 | Member of the Institute of Physics (MInstP)
Institute of Physics (IOP), United Kingdom
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2022 | Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
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2021 | Honorary Lecturer (Chemistry)
University of Aberdeen College of Physical Sciences, United Kingdom
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2021 | Invited Professor (Physics)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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