Telma Sofia Martins Costa (AF1C-00BF-ABAF)

Curriculum Vitae

Telma Sofia Martins Costa

Telma Costa got her PhD degree in Chemistry at the University of Coimbra, in 2009. She worked in collaboration with Lund University, CICECO (University of Aveiro), and Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon). In 2009, she joined the Center for Polymers & Organic Solids, at University of California Santa Barbara, for 1 year, and returned to UC in 2010, as a post-doc fellow. She did several, EU funded, short visits to MAX National Research Laboratory for Nuclear Physics and Synchrotron Radiation (Sweden), and to Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom). In 2010/2012 she was Invited Assistant Professor at UC. Currently, she is a Junior Researcher at the University of Coimbra. Her scientific interests cover the following research areas: i) design and characterisation of luminescent ligands capable of stabilising G-quadruplex structures in cells, acting as anticancer agents; ii) development of luminescent probes for cellular imaging; iii) energy and charge transfer processes for the development of luminescent systems for sensing applications (metals, ions, pesticides and explosives); iv) photophysics of organic conjugated polymers and v) development of organic redox active materials for redox flow batteries.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Telma Sofia Martins Costa

Citation names

Costa, Telma
Costa, T

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: AF1C-00BF-ABAF
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5342-3635

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2024/03/06 - 2024/05/02 Concluded	Acelera@UC Programa de Capacitação para Empreendedores (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Concluded	Laserlab-Europe Training Workshop on Data Analysis in Time-Resolved Imaging and Spectroscopy (Outros) Medzinárodné laserové centrum, Slovakia
2005/02/01 - 2009/01/22 Concluded	Química (Doutoramento) Major in Fotoquímica Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Photophysics of Macromolecular Pyrene-containing Systems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Distinção e Louvor
2005/09/12 - 2005/09/23 Concluded	Neutron Laboratory Course (Postgraduate Certificate) Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany
2002/10/01 - 2005/01/21 Concluded	Química (Mestrado) Major in Química~Física Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Fotofísica de Polímeros Hidrofobicamente Modificados. Interacções polímero–surfactante e polímero-polímero." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito Bom
2004/03 - 2004/03 Concluded	Surfactants and Polymer in Aqueous Solutions (Postgraduate Certificate) Major in Química-Física Lunds Universitet Kemicentrum, Sweden
2003/12/10 - 2004/01/04 Concluded	Acreditação de laboratórios e validação de métodos de análise (Outros) Major in Controlo Químico de Qualidade Associação para a Inovação Tecnológica e Qualidade, Portugal	Muito Bom
2003/11 - 2003/12/05 Concluded	Avaliação e gestão de impactes ambientais (Outros) Major in Controlo Químico de Qualidade Associação para a Inovação Tecnológica e Qualidade, Portugal	Muito Bom
1998/07/01 - 2002/07/19 Concluded	Química Industrial (Licenciatura) Major in Controlo Químico de Qualidade Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal "Estudos fotofísicos de polímeros hidrofobicamente modificados " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14
2001/03/19 - 2001/03/20 Concluded	Amostragem e preparação de amostras. Da teoria à prática. (Outros) Major in Química Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Affiliation

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/06/01 - 2018/05/31	Director of the Technical and Production Department	Supernova - Laboratórios Dermocosméticos, Lda, Portugal
	Supernova - Laboratórios Dermocosméticos, Lda, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Instituto de Ciências Moleculares LA/P/0056/2020 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Química, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Centro de Química - Coimbra UID/QUI/00313/2019 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31	Projecto Estratégico - UI 313 - 2011-2012 PEst-C/QUI/UI0313/2011 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2008 - 2010	Polyelectrolyte organization and properties: gels, membranes and particles PTDC/QUI/67962/2006 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal	Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2025/01/01 - 2026/06/30	LNPtrace: Tracing lipid nanoparticle-mediated mRNA delivery in Live Tumor Cells by Raman Confocal Imaging 2023.11762.PEX Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2024/06/01 - 2025/06/30	Innovative Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Efficient Solar Energy Harvesting LUMINESCENCE Researcher	Fundação Santander Portugal Ongoing
2023/06/01 - 2024/12/31	ValorIzar o Desperdício Alimentar (VIDA) VIDA Researcher	Fundação Santander Portugal Ongoing
2023/06/01 - 2024/06/30	Eco-Friendly Redox Organic Energy Storage Materials with Green Solvents GreenECOredox Researcher	Fundação Santander Portugal Concluded
2022/08/01 - 2023/06/30	Environmental Sustainable Functional Redox Organic Materials for Energy Storage (ECORedox) ECORedox Researcher	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Costa, Telma. "Photophysics of fluorescently labeled oligomers and polymers". In Specialist Periodic Reports in Photochemistry, 59-126. Angelo Albini, 2013. 10.1039/9781849737722-00059 Costa, Telma. "Aggregation Properties of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes". 2013. 10.1002/9783527655700.ch4 Pina, J.; Costa, T.; Seixas De Melo, J.S.. "Dynamics and photophysics of oligomers and polymers". In Photochemistry, 67-109. 2009. 10.1039/9781849730860-00067 Costa, T.; Pina, J.; De Sérgio Seixas Melo, J.. "Photophysical processes in polymers and oligomers". In Photochemistry, 44-71. 2009. 10.1039/b908480k
Conference poster	Costa, Telma; Mafalda Sofia Laranjo Cândido; Beatriz Serambeque; M. F. Botelho; Nelson António Melo Pereira; A. J. S. Alves, ; Teresa Margarida Vasconcelos Dias de Pinho e Melo; João Sérgio Seixas de Melo. "Fluorescence/Phosphorescence Imaging Lifetime Microscopy Study on a Ratiometric Pt(II)-chlorin Oxygen Sensor". Paper presented in 16º Encontro Nacional de Química Física + V Simpósio de Química Computacional, 2024. H. Bouznif; Justino, Licínia L. G.; Maria Isabel Lopes Soares; Costa, Telma; Maria Luísa Dias Ramos; Teresa Margarida Vasconcelos Dias de Pinho e Melo; N. Zouari; R. Fausto. "Stable Al(III) Complexes of a Water Soluble Schiff Base: Overcoming Hydrolysis for Improved Water Stability". Paper presented in XVIII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, 2023. Burrows, H.D.; Pragana, J.; Costa, Telma; Valente, A.M.J.. "Interaction between conjugated polyelectrolytes and poly(vinyl alcohol): Relation between photoluminescence properties and nanostructuring". Paper presented in Future Applications of Small-Angle Scattering to Soft Matter, 2016. Costa, Telma; Ramos, M. L.; Burrows, H. D.. "Interaction between conjugated polyelectrolytes and Metal ion complexes of 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonate in micellar solutions". Paper presented in 6th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces, 2015. Ramos, M.L.; Justino, L.L.G.; Costa, Telma; Burrows, H.D.. "A comparative study of complexation of 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonate with In(III), Ga(III) and Al(III) in aqueous solutions". Paper presented in XXIV Encontro Nacional da Sociedade de Portuguesa de Química (XXIV ENSPQ), 2015. Ramos, M.L.; Justino, L.L.G.; Costa, Telma; Stewart, B.; Burrows, H.D.. "Nanostructuring 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonate and trivalent metal ions in the presence of surfactants for optoelectronics and sensing". Paper presented in 41st Conference on Phase Equilibria, JEEP 2015, 2015. Stewart, B.; Costa, Telma; Marques, A.T.; Scherf, U.; Knaapila, M.; Burrows, H.D.. "Molecular Dynamics studies of conjugated zwitterionic polyelectrolyte interactions with surfactants in solution". Paper presented in 41st Conference on Phase Equilibria, JEEP 2015, 2015. Stewart, B.; Pragana, J.; Fonseca, S.M.; Costa, Telma; Marques, A.T.; Scherf, U.; Knaapila, M.; Burrows, H.D.. "Computational studies of conjugated polymer aggregates with surfactants in solvent environments". Paper presented in 20th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS), 2014. Ramos, M.L.; Justino, L.L.G.; Costa, Telma; Burrows, H.D.. "Complexation of 8-Hydroxyquinoline-5-Sulfonate and Metal ions in the Presence of Surfactants for Optoelectronics and Sensing". Paper presented in 20th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS), 2014. Costa, Telma; Azevedo, D. de; Knaapila, M.; Valente, A.M.J.; Kraft, M.; Scherf, U.; Burrows, H.D.. "Interaction between a zwitterionic thiophene based conjugated polyelectrolyte and surfactants in aqueous solution". Paper presented in 5th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces, RICI5, 2013. Costa, Telma; Marques, A.T.; Garner, L.E.; De Melo, J.S.S.; Scherf, U.; Bazan, G.C.; Burrows, Hugh D.. "Photophysical study on the interaction between PBS-PFP copolymers and water soluble conjugated oligoelectrolytes". Paper presented in Dalton Discussion 13: Inorganic Photophysics and Photochemistry – Fundamentals and Applications, 2012. Costa, Telma; Marques, A.T.; Garner, L. E.; Seixas de Melo, J. Sérgio; Scherf, U.; Bazan, G.C.; Burrows, Hugh. "Surfactant modulated interaction between cationic oligophenylenevinylenes and the anionic conjugated polyelectrolytes". Paper presented in XXIVth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, 2012. Justino, Licínia L. G.; Ramos, M. Luísa; Costa, Telma; Garner, L.E.; Bazan, G.C.; Burrows, Hugh. "What AB Initio calculations and NMR tell us about conformational dynamics of conjugated polymers?". Paper presented in XXIVth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, 2012. Costa, Telma; Paolo, R.E. Di; Garner, L.E.; Almeida, J.; Justino, L.L.G.; Maçanita, A.L.; Bazan, G.C.. "Conformational and specific solvent effects on the photophysics of distyrylbenzene and distyrylstylbene oligomers in solution". Paper presented in III Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica, 2011. Burrows, Hugh; Marques, A.T.; Pinto, S.M.A.; Costa, Telma; Fonseca, S.M.; Pereira, M.M.; Calvete, M.J.F.; et al. "Learning how to control transfer of singlet excitation energy from fluorene based conjugated polyelectrolytes to porphyrins". Paper presented in Artificial Photosynthesis: Faraday Discussion, 2011. Costa, Telma; J. Seixas de Melo, H.D. Burrows. "Conformational relaxation study of p-phenylene vinylene oligomers in non-ionic micelles". Paper presented in ElecMol'10 - 5th international meeting on molecular electronics, 2010. Costa, Telma; Garner, L.E.; Bazan, G.C.. "Aggregation behavior of water-soluble distyrylbenzene and distyrylstylbene oligoelectrolytes". Paper presented in 24TH Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society – ECIS 2010, 2010. Costa, Telma; Seixas de Melo, J.S.; Gago, S.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I.S.. "The effect of the degree of labeling on the associative behavior of hydrophobically modified PAA polymers". Paper presented in Polyelectrolytes 2008, 2008. Pillinger, M.; Gago, S.; Costa, Telma; Seixas De Melo, J.S.; Gonçalves, I.S.. "Intercalation and photophysical properties of pyrene chromophores in layered double hydroxides". Paper presented in V Jornadas CICECO, 2008. Costa, Telma; Seixas De Melo, J.S.; Gago, S.; Gonçalves, I.S.; Pillinger, M.. "Photophysical Studies of Zn-Al Layered Double Hydroxides Intercalated with Anionic Pyrene Derivates". Paper presented in 8º Encontro Nacional de Química-Física da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, 2007. Costa, Telma; Seixas De Melo, J.S.; Pinero, M.; Gago, S.; Gonçalves, I.S.. "Fluorescence studies on hydrophobically modified polymers and oligomers based on carboxilic acid chains". Paper presented in XX Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química – Química Sustentável, 2006. Costa, Telma; Francisco, A.; Gago, S.; Gonçalves, I.S.; Seixas de Melo, J.S.. "Flourescence studies of hydrophobically modified polymers with different polymer chain sizes". Paper presented in World Polymer Congress – Macro 2006 – 41º Simpósio Internacional de Macromoléculas, 2006. Seixas de Melo, J.S.; Costa, Telma; Francisco, A.; Maçanita, A.L.; Gago, S.; Gonçalves, I.S.. "Dynamics of Short and Long Poly(acrylic acid) Chains Hydrophobically Modified with Pyrene followed by Fluorescence Techniques". Paper presented in Summer School of Ultrafast Reaction Dynamics and Applications, 2006. Costa, Telma; Schillén, K.; Miguel, M.D.G.; Lindman, B.; Seixas De Melo, J.S.. "Study of the interaction between a polyelectrolyte randomly labeled with pyrene and a PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer using fluorescence and dynamic light scattering". Paper presented in VI Reunión del Grupo Especializado de Coloides e Interfases (GECI), I Reunión Ibérica de Coloides e Interfases, 2005. Costa, Telma; Seixas de Melo, J.S.; Schillén, K.; Miguel, M.D.G.. "Fluorescence and dynamic light scattering studies on the interaction between a polyelectrolyte (PAA) and cationic and neutral surfactants and a block copolymer". Paper presented in International Symposium on Surface and Colloid Chemistry Applied to Nanoscience, 2004. Costa, Telma; Seixas de Melo, J.S.; Miguel, M.D.G.; Schillén, K.; Lindman, B.. "Fluorescence Studies on the Interaction between Pyrene-labeled Polyelectrolyte Poly(acrylic acid) and Cationic Surfactants, a Nonionic Surfactant and a Triblock Copolymer". Paper presented in XIX Encontro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, 2004. Seixas de Melo, J.S.; Costa, Telma; Miguel, M.D.G.; Lindman, B.; Schillén, K.. "Time-resolved and Steady-State Fluorescence Studies Hydrophobically Modified Water-Soluble Polymers". Paper presented in Molecular Basis of Fast and Ultrafast Processes, 2003. Seixas De Melo, J.S.; Costa, Telma; Miguel, M.D.G.; Lindman, B.. "Thermodynamics and Dynamics of Excimer Formation with Naphthalene-Labeled Poly(Acrylic Acid) Polymers from Steady-State and Time-Resolved Fluorescence Data". Paper presented in Polyelectrolytes 2002, 2002.
Journal article	Almeida, Zaida L.; Cruz, Pedro F.; Costa, Telma; Netto-Ferreira, José Carlos; de Lima, Marco Edilson Freire; da Silva, Márcia Barbosa; Serpa, Carlos; Chaves, Otávio A.. "Lapachol, a natural food component, interacts with human serum albumin: Insights of its impact on the pharmacokinetics of clinically used drugs". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 282 (2024): 137520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137520. 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137520 Cunha, Rita S.; Cruz, Pedro F.; Costa, Telma; Almeida, Zaida L.; Lima, Marco Edilson Freire de; Serpa, Carlos; Chaves, Otávio A.. "Revisiting and Updating the Interaction between Human Serum Albumin and the Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Ketoprofen and Ketorolac". Molecules 29 13 (2024): 3001. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules29133001. 10.3390/molecules29133001 Soares, Marilia Amável Gomes; de Aquino, Paloma Anorita; Costa, Telma; Serpa, Carlos; Chaves, Otávio Augusto. "Insights into the effect of glucose on the binding between human serum albumin and the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug nimesulide". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 265 (2024): 131148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131148. 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131148 Saadi, Hajer; Khaldi, Othmen; Pina, João; Costa, Telma; Seixas de Melo, J. Sérgio; Vilarinho, Paula; Benzarti, Zohra. "Effect of Co Doping on the Physical Properties and Organic Pollutant Photodegradation Efficiency of ZnO Nanoparticles for Environmental Applications". Nanomaterials 14 1 (2024): 122. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano14010122. 10.3390/nano14010122 Estefanía Delgado-Pinar; Matilde Medeiros; Telma Costa; J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo. "Highly Selective Fluorescent Sensors: Polyethylenimine Derivatives of Triphenylamine and Coumarin for GTP and ATP Interaction via Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy". ACS Applied Polymer Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c00834. 10.1021/acsapm.3c00834 Telma Costa; Mariana Peixoto; Marta Pineiro; J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo. "Solvent-Driven Self-Organization of Meso-Substituted Porphyrins: Morphological Analysis from Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy". Langmuir (2023): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c03468. 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c03468 Telma Costa; Matti Knaapila; Beverly Stewart; M. Luísa Ramos; Licinia. L. G. Justino; Artur J. M. Valente; Robert Dalgliesh; et al. "Nanostructuring with Surfactants: The Self-Assembly of a New Poly(thiophene-phenylene) Conjugated Polymer Bearing Azacrown Ether Pendant Groups". Langmuir (2022): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01246. 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01246 M. Luísa Ramos; Licínia L. G. Justino; Rui Barata; Telma Costa; Hugh D. Burrows. "Complexes of In(iii) with 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonate in solution: structural studies and the effect of cationic surfactants on the photophysical behaviour". Dalton Transactions (2021): https://doi.org/10.1039/D1DT02858H. 10.1039/D1DT02858H Oliveira, Alexandre C.; Costa, Telma; Justino, Licinia L. G.; Fausto, Rui; Morfin, Jean-François; Tóth, Éva; Geraldes, Carlos F. G. C.; Burrows, Hugh D.. "Photophysical studies on lanthanide(iii) chelates conjugated to Pittsburgh compound B as luminescent probes targeted to Aß amyloid aggregates". Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0pp00214c. 10.1039/d0pp00214c Costa, Telma. "Dibrominated camphoric acid derived salen complexes: Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxic activity". Polyhedron (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2017.08.038. 10.1016/j.poly.2017.08.038 Costa, Telma; M. Luísa Ramos; Licínia L. G. Justino; Rui Barata; Telma Costa; Bernardo A. Nogueira; Rui Fausto; Hugh D. Burrows. "Oxocomplexes of U(vi) with 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonate in solution: structural studies and photophysical behaviour". Dalton Transactions 46 29 (2017): 9358-9368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7dt01324h. 10.1039/c7dt01324h Costa, Telma. "Incorporation of a Cationic Conjugated Polyelectrolyte CPE within an Aqueous Poly(vinyl alcohol) Sol". Macromolecules (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01895. 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01895 Costa, Telma. "Self-assembled systems of water soluble metal 8-hydroxyquinolates with surfactants and conjugated polyelectrolytes". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cp07085f. 10.1039/c5cp07085f Costa, Telma. "What conjugated polyelectrolytes tell us about aggregation in polyelectrolyte/surfactant systems". Journal of Molecular Liquids (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2015.04.012. 10.1016/j.molliq.2015.04.012 Costa, Telma. "Synthesis, characterization and assessment of the cytotoxic activity of Cu(II), Fe(III) and Mn(III) complexes of camphoric acid-derived salen ligands". Applied Organometallic Chemistry (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aoc.3309. 10.1002/aoc.3309 Costa, Telma. "Polyelectrolyte Complexes of a Cationic All Conjugated Fluorene–Thiophene Diblock Copolymer with Aqueous DNA". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp5110032. 10.1021/jp5110032 Costa, Telma. "Interactions of a zwitterionic thiophene-based conjugated polymer with surfactants". Polymer Chemistry (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5py01210d. 10.1039/c5py01210d T. Costa. "Conjugated Polyelectrolyte (CPE) Poly{3-[6-(N-methylimidazolium)hexyl]-2,5-thiophene} Complexed with DNA: Relation between Colloidal Level Solution Structure and Chromic Effects". Macromolecules (2014): http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma500714k. DOI: 10.1021/ma500714k T. Costa. "Self-assembly of poly{1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxy-butylsulfonate)]fluorene-2,7-diyl} with Oppositely Charged Phenylenevinylene Oligoelectrolytes". Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2013): http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp409577y. DOI: 10.1021/jp409577y Costa, T.; Di Paolo, R.E.; Garner, L.E.; Thomas, A.W.; Almeida, J.A.S.; Justino, L.L.G.; Maçanita, A.L.; Bazan, G.C.; Burrows, H.D.. "Separating solvent and conformational effects on the photophysics of a homologous progression of N-terminated phenylenevinylene oligomers". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117 36 (2013): 18353-18366. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884180967&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/jp406048g Costa, T.; Garner, L.E.; Knaapila, M.; Thomas, A.W.; Rogers, S.E.; Bazan, G.C.; Burrows, H.D.. "Aggregation properties of p -phenylene vinylene based conjugated oligoelectrolytes with surfactants". Langmuir 29 32 (2013): 10047-10058. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881587577&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/la401871x Pinto, S.M.A.; Neves, A.C.B.; Calvete, M.J.F.; Abreu, A.R.; Rosado, M.T.S.; Costa, T.; Burrows, H.D.; Pereira, M.M.. "Metalloporphyrin triads: Synthesis and photochemical characterization". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 242 (2012): 59-66. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862741325&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.05.031 Costa, T.; Sérgio Seixas De Melo, J.; Castro, C.S.; Gago, S.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I.S.. "Picosecond dynamics of dimer formation in a pyrene labeled polymer". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 114 39 (2010): 12439-12447. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957319319&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/jp1020214 Costa, T.; Schillén, K.; Da G. Miguel, M.; Lindman, B.; De Melo, J.S.. "Association of a hydrophobically modified polyelectrolyte and a block copolymer followed by fluorescence techniques". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113 18 (2009): 6194-6204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-66349109972&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/jp8093879 Costa, T.; De Melo, J.S.; Da G. Miguel, M.; Lindman, B.; Schillén, K.. "Complex formation between a fluorescently-labeled polyelectrolyte and a triblock copolymer". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113 18 (2009): 6205-6214. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-66349083237&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/jp8093885 Costa, T.; Seixas de Melo, J.. "A resonance Rayleigh scattering study of unlabeled and pyrene-labeled poly(acrylic acid) polymers". Journal of Molecular Structure 920 1-3 (2009): 142-148. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-59749104520&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.molstruc.2008.10.040 Costa, T.; De Melo, J.S.; Burrows, H.D.; Costa, Telma; Seixas De Melo, J.S.. "Fluorescence behavior of a pyrene-end-capped poly(ethylene oxide) in organic solvents and in dioxane-water mixtures". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113 3 (2009): 618-626. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-61949302209&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/jp806555x Schillén, K.; Jansson, J.; Löf, D.; Costa, T.. "Mixed micelles of a PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer (P123) and a nonionic surfactant (C12EO6) in water. A dynamic and static light scattering study". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112 18 (2008): 5551-5562. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-43949145617&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/jp074832w Gago, S.; Costa, T.; De Melo, J.S.; Gonçalves, I.S.; Pillinger, M.. "Preparation and photophysical characterisation of Zn-Al layered double hydroxides intercalated by anionic pyrene derivatives". Journal of Materials Chemistry 18 8 (2008): 894-904. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39049154969&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1039/b715319h Costa, T.; De Melo, J.S.S.. "The effect of ¿-cyclodextrin addition in the self-assembly behavior of pyrene labeled poly(acrylic) acid with different chain sizes". Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 46 4 (2008): 1402-1415. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38849156312&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1002/pola.22480 Seixas de Melo, J.S.; Costa, T.; Oliveira, N.; Schillén, K.. "Fluorescence studies on the interaction between pyrene-labelled poly(acrylic acid) and cyclodextrins". Polymer International 56 7 (2007): 882-899. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34250750219&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1002/pi.2219 Seixas De Melo, J.; Costa, T.; Francisco, A.; Maçanita, A.L.; Gago, S.; Gonçalves, I.S.. "Dynamics of short as compared with long poly(acrylic acid) chains hydrophobically modified with pyrene, as followed by fluorescence techniques". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 9 11 (2007): 1370-1385. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33947199764&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1039/b613382g Costa, T.; Miguel, M.D.G.; Lindman, B.; Schillén, K.; De Melo, J.S.S.. "Dynamics and energetics of the self-assembly of a hydrophobically modified polyelectrolyte: Naphthalene-labeled poly(acrylic acid)". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 23 (2005): 11478-11492. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-21744439438&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/jp050236v Costa, T.; Migu¿l, M.G.; Lindman, B.; Schillén, K.; Lima, J.C.; De Melo, J.S.. "Self-assembly of a hydrophobically modified naphthalene-labeled poly(acrylic acid) polyelectrolyte in water:Organic solvent mixtures followed by steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence". 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Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/06/23	Solvent-Driven Self-Organization of Meso-Substituted Porphyrins: Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy	RICI X - The 10th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/06/22	Optical and structural characterization of zwitterionic thiophene based conjugated polyelectrolyte in aqueous micellar solution	20th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013/06/27	Interaction between a zwitterionic thiophene based conjugated polyelectrolyte and surfactants in aqueous solution	5th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces, RICI5 (San Sebastian, Spain)
2007/07/03	Short and long chain poly(acrylic acid)hydrophobically modified with pyrene studied by fluorescence techniques in dioxane:water mixtures	European Polymer Congress 2007 (Portorose , Slovenia)
2006	Interaction between hydrophobically modified polymers with different polymers chain sizes and cyclodextrins followed by fluorescence	International Symposia in Polyelectrolytes – Polyelectrolytes 2006 (Dresden, Germany)
2005/12/16	Dynamics of short and long chain poly(acrylic acid) polymers hydrophobically modified with pyrene	8º Encontro Nacional de Fotoquímica da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Coimbra, Portugal)
2004/04	Fluorescence and Dynamic Light Scattering Studies	Cross-Fertilization Colloidal Workshop (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/10/01 - Current	Desenvolvimento de sondas fluorescentes para deteção de pesticidas organofosforados”, MSc dissertation in Forensic Chemistry, FCTUC, Coimbra (on going). Supervisor	Forensic Chemistry (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2024/10/01 - Current	Caraterização de diferentes vinhos do Porto (lágrima) com base em técnicas de cromatografia, espectroscópicas, e resolvidas temporalmente. Criação de uma base de dados para posterior deteção de bebidas falsificadas Co-supervisor	Forensic Chemistry Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022 - 2024/02	Desenvolvimento de métodos de deteção seletiva de explosivos através de sondas fluorescentes dispersas em membranas poliméricas Supervisor	Química Forense Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022 - 2023	FLIM study on the interaction between polyethylenimine (PEI) derivatives with 7-hydroxy-4-methyl-coumarin (COU) or alterning COU / triphenylamine TPA moities and DNA-like bases Co-supervisor	Engenharia Biomédica (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022 - 2023	FLIM Characterization of Highly Selective Fluorescent Sensors Based on Polyethylenimine-Triphenylamine Derivatives Co-supervisor	Engenharia Biomédica (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) studies on conjugated oligoeletrolytes in cells Supervisor	Química Medicinal (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Caraterização de diferentes uísques e aguardentes com base em técnicas resolvidas temporalmente Co-supervisor	Química Forense (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022/02/01 - 2022/07	Microscopia de fluorescência temporalmente resolvida (FLIM) aplicada ao estudo da 7-heptadecil-4-hidroxicumarina em ambientes micelares Supervisor	Química Medicinal (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015 - 2017	Interação de polieletrólitos conjugados com tensioactivos em solução Co-supervisor	Química (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2015 - 2016	Interação de polieletrólitos conjugados com complexos metálicos de 8-hidroxiquinolina em solução aquosa Co-supervisor	Química (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2014/07/01	Sondas luminescentes de lantanídeos com derivados de 8-hidroxiquinolina Co-supervisor	Química (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2014/07/01	Estudos de poli(tiofenos) com grupos éter de coroa pendentes com iões metálicos Co-supervisor	Química (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2014/07/01	Interação de polieletrólitos conjugados com complexos metálicos de 8-hidroxiquinolina em solução aquosa Co-supervisor	Química (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2014/07/01	Complexos entre cobre(II) e derivados de 8-hidroxiquinolina Co-supervisor	Química (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2014/07/01	Interação de polielectrólitos conjugados com tensioactivos em solução aquosa Co-supervisor	Química (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012/10/01 - 2013/07/01	Sondas Luminescentes Para Detecção de Lantanídeos Co-supervisor	Química (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012/10/01 - 2013/07/01	A supressão de fluorescência selectiva em copolímeros catiónicos de fluoreno-tiofeno: aplicações na detecção de aniões e a sua importância no desenvolvimento de sensores Co-supervisor	Química Medicinal (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2013/07/01	Filmes e géis de polielectrólitos conjugados para aplicações em sensores e sistemas optoelectrónicos Co-supervisor	Química (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2013/07/01	Caracterização fotofísica do polímero luminescente Poly-3-Diethyl-butylsulfonate-hexyl-thiophene (P3DEBAHT) em solução e sua interação com diferentes surfactantes Co-supervisor	Química (Master) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/10/01 - 2012/07/01	Estudo fotofísico da Interacção do Polímero Conjugado HTMA-PFP na presença de Surfactantes e Álcool Polivinílico Co-supervisor	Química (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2012/07/15 - 2012/07/20	XXIV IUPAC Meeting on Photochemistry (2012/07/15 - 2012/07/20) Meeting (Other)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2005 - 2009	Olimpíadas Química Junior da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (2005-2009) (2005 - 2009) Call (Other)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2008/06/16 - 2008/06/19	Polyelectrolytes 2008 (2008/06/16 - 2008/06/19) Congress (Other)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2007/07/11 - 2007/07/13	II Reunião Ibérica de Colóides e Interfaces – RICI2 (2007/07/11 - 2007/07/13) Congress (Other)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2007/06/21 - 2007/06/22	8º Encontro Nacional de Química-Física da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (2007/06/21 - 2007/06/22) Meeting (Other)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2005/12/16 - 2005/12/17	8º Encontro Nacional de Fotoquímica da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (2005/12/16 - 2005/12/17) Meeting (Other)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2004/04/15 - 2004/04/17	XIX Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (2004/04/15 - 2004/04/17) Meeting (Other)

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/11/20	Unveiling the Excited State Deactivation Mechanisms of Indirubin and Its Role in Metabolic and Oxygen Imaging in Living Cells (Thesis) Arguer	Daniela Nobre Sarmento dos Santos (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024	Sondas luminescentes de lantanídeos com derivados de 8-hidroxiquinolina Supervisor	Telma Cristina Teixeira Rodrigues (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2024	FLIM study on the interaction between polyethylenimine (PEI) derivatives with coumarin moities and DNA-like bases Supervisor	Beatriz Alves (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2024	FLIM study on the interaction between polyethylenimine (PEI) derivatives with triphenylamine TPA moities and DNA-like bases Supervisor	Natacha Santos (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2024	Caraterização de sondas fluorescentes à base de pireno para a deteção seletiva de G-quadruplexes Supervisor	Beatriz Dias (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2024	Photophysical study on the interaction between polyethylenimine (PEI) derivatives with 7-hydroxy-4-methyl-coumarin and triphenylamine TPA moities and DNA-like bases Supervisor	João Cabelo (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2023	Desenvolvimento de métodos de deteção seletiva de explosivos através de sondas fluorescentes dispersas em membranas poliméricas Supervisor	Gabriel Marques (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2023	FLIM study on the interaction between polyethylenimine (PEI) derivatives with 7-hydroxy-4-methyl-coumarin (COU) or alterning COU / triphenylamine TPA moities and DNA-like bases Supervisor	Tiago Ribeiro (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2023	FLIM Characterization of Highly Selective Fluorescent Sensors Based on Polyethylenimine-Triphenylamine Derivatives 2023 – Degree internship supervisor - Beatriz Nunes, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Supervisor	Beatriz Mouta (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022	Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) studies on conjugated oligoeletrolytes in cells. Supervisor	Beatriz Nunes (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022	Microscopia de fluorescência temporalmente resolvida (FLIM) aplicada ao estudo da 7-heptadecil-4-hidroxicumarina em ambientes micelares Supervisor	António Emanuel Marques Costa (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2014	Interação de polieletrólitos conjugados com tensioactivos em solução aquosa Supervisor	Eduardo Simões Temido Pereira Gomes (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2014	Estudos de poli(tiofenos) com grupos éter de coroa pendentes com iões metálicos Supervisor	Alana Alves Rodrigues (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2014	Interação de polieletrólitos conjugados com complexos metálicos de 8-hidroxiquinolina em solução aquosa Supervisor	Aline Ingrid Alves dos Reis Almeida (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2014	Complexos entre cobre(II) e derivados de 8-hidroxiquinolina (Thesis) Arguer	Mercedes Checa Ros (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2013	Sondas Luminescentes Para Detecção de Lantanídeos Supervisor	Leandro Luiz Soares (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2013	A supressão de fluorescência selectiva em copolímeros catiónicos de fluoreno-tiofeno: aplicações na detecção de aniões e a sua importância no desenvolvimento de sensores Supervisor	Mónica Ferreira (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2012	Estudo fotofísico da Interacção do Polímero Conjugado HTMA-PFP na presença de Surfactantes e Álcool Polivinílico	Danilo de Sousa Araújo (Other) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023 - Current	Langmuir	American Chemical Society
2022 - Current	Journal of Molecular Liquids	Elsevier
2012 - 2016	Journal of Molecular Structure (0022-2860)	Elsevier
2012 - 2016	Sensors and Actuators (0250-6874)	Elsevier
2011 - 2016	International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry (1029-0397)	Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2011 - 2016	Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (1521-3935)	Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2005/04 - 2009/04	Membro da Equipa Organizadora das Olimpíadas Química Junior da SPQ - Coimbra Member	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/09/17 - 2024/10/01	Photochemistry	Chemistry (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2024/04/01 - 2024/04/30	Metodologias e Técnicas Experimentais em Química Forense	Mestrado em Química Forense (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Química Geral I	Lic. em Engenharia Biomédica / Engenharia Física / Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Química Geral I	Lic. em Engenharia do Ambiente / Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia do Ambiente (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Química Geral	Lic. em Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Química Geral	Lic. em Geologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022 - 2023	Tutorial em Química	Química (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2022/04/01 - 2022/04/30	Metodologias e Técnicas Experimentais em Química Forense	Mestrado em Química Forense (Mestrado)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/02	Química Geral I	Licenciaturas em Química e Química Medicinal (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/02	Química Geral I	Licenciatura em Geologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2010/09 - 2012/07	Química Geral II	Licenciaturas em Química, Química Medicinal e Física (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal