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Pedro M. R. Paulo graduated in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Superior Tecnico (Lisbon, Portugal) in 2000 with an overall score of 18 out of 20, which earned him a Prize for the Best Graduating Student. He completed his PhD degree in Chemistry from Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa in 2005, under the supervision of Prof. Sílvia Costa. From his PhD studies, he is corresponding author of 5 out of 8 articles, demonstrating that he achieved scientific independence at an earlier stage in his career. PMRP was Post-Doctoral researcher between 2006-2008. He spent one year in the group of Prof. Michel Orrit (Leiden University, The Netherlands), where he received training in single-molecule optics. In 2009, he won a Research Fellow position at Centro de Química Estrutural on Nano- and Supramolecular Chemistry. PMRP has implemented a new research line at the host laboratory on Single-Molecule Fluorescence and related techniques, and is now responsible for the confocal fluorescence lifetime microscope of the Spectroscopy facility at CQE. Since 2023, he is Principal Investigator under the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus - 5th Edition. He has been developing research on nanobiosensors with plasmon-enhanced fluorescence signaling, and he has participated in the development of plasmonic nanoantennas that show impressive emission enhancements of single dyes by 3 up to 6 orders of magnitude. Overall, he has published 40 papers in international peer review journals; he is corresponding author in 19 out of his 40 articles. About 45 % of his articles (18 out of 40) are published in Q1 journals from the fields of Physical Chemistry, or Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, or Materials Science or Chemistry, multidisciplinary. The total number of citations accumulated is 1506 citations (without self-citations), which gives an average number of 37.7 citations per paper. He co-authored several articles published in high impact factor journals, Nature Nanotechnology (IF 38.3), Angewandte Chemie - International Edition (IF 16.6), ACS Nano (IF 17.1), The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (IF 5.6) and Nanoscale (IF 6.7). One article is highly cited paper Web of Knowledge. PMRP has been teaching Physical-Chemistry (lab classes) at Instituto Superior Técnico. In 2016, 2021 and 2022, he was awarded a Diploma for Excellence in Teaching. He has been supervising (or co-supervising) Master students (8 concluded & 3 ongoing), PhD students (4 concluded & 2 ongoing) and Post-doc researchers (5 concluded). He has also supervised students in courses from Doctoral Programs (6 concluded & 4 ongoing). Between 2013 and 2015, he was Principal Investigator of a project funded by FCT on Functionalized Metal Nano-Gaps for Single Protein Biosensing. Overall, he has participated in 6 projects as team member. Currently, he is Principal Investigator of a project funded by FCT on Gold Nanosensors for Single-Molecule Detection of RNA Biomarkers - NanoSensRNA. He is regularly invited to peer review articles in international journals, and to participate in Master and PhD juries. He has been invited for orals at national (4x) and international conferences (4x).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Miguel Neves Ribeiro Paulo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E613-026C-158A
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8001-4810
Researcher Id
H-8157-2012
Scopus Author Id
6603579193
Education
Degree Classification
2005
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Química (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Processos Fotoinduzidos em Sistemas Não-Covalentes Iónicos Porfirina-Dendrímero: Interacções Excitónicas e Transferência Electrónica" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2000
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Produção de Plastificantes Poliméricos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/08/28 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2018/11/01 - 2023/08/27 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2018/10/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2014/07/01 - 2015/12/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2009/06/01 - 2014/05/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2006/01/01 - 2008/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
1999/04/01 - 2000/07/31 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/10 - 2022/03 Dual probe polyelectrolyte micro/nano devices: a contribution to theranostics
PTDC/QUI-COL/29379/2017
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/09 - 2021/12 Biorecognition as a Tool for the Functionalization of Cellulose-based Materials with Biomolecules and Nanostructures
PTDC/CTM-CTM/30790/2017
Co-PI
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2013/04 - 2015/03 Functionalized Metal Nano-Gaps for Plasmon-Enhanced Single Protein Biosensing
Provided by PTCRIS: 128608
128608
Principal investigator
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
2012/01 - 2014/12 Anchoring of metal nanoparticles on graphene hybrid assemblies with photoactive molecules
117498
Provided by PTCRIS: 117498
Researcher
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
2008/04 - 2012/03 Single Molecule Signalling of Peptide Metal Binding
Provided by PTCRIS: 64658
64658
Researcher
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
2008/03 - 2011/12 Photoinduced electron transfer by artificial hemoproteins in carbon nanotubes
64112
Provided by PTCRIS: 64112
Researcher
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
2007/01 - 2009/09 Molecular organization of functionalized porphyrins in giant vesicles and supramolecules
Provided by PTCRIS: 82383
82383
Researcher
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
2005/09 - 2008/06 Molecular organization of functionalized porphyrins in giant vesicles and supramolecules
Provided by PTCRIS: 57387
57387
Post-doc Fellow
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 A Gold Nanosensor for Single-Molecule Detection of RNA Biomarkers in a Miniaturized Microscope
2022.04076.PTDC
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, 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 Estrutural
UID/QUI/00100/2019
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento 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
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 100 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/QUI/UI0100/2011
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/03/17 - 2011/12/31 Transferência electrónica fotoinduzida por proteínas hemicas artificiais em sistemas de nanotubos de carbono.
PTDC/QUI/64112/2006
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/09/15 - 2008/06/30 Organização molecular de porfirinas funcionalizadas em vesículos gigantes e supramoléculas
POCI/QUI/57387/2004
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Zijlstra, P.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Yuan, H.; Khatua, S.; Yorulmaz, M.; Orrit, M.. "A plasmonic biosensor with single-molecule sensitivity". 2013.
Journal article
  1. Rui Oliveira-Silva; Yuyang Wang; Sjoerd W. Nooteboom; Duarte M. F. Prazeres; Pedro M. R. Paulo; Peter Zijlstra. "Single-Particle Plasmon Sensor to Monitor Proteolytic Activity in Real Time". ACS Applied Optical Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaom.3c00226.
    10.1021/acsaom.3c00226
  2. M. Carmen Gonzalez-Garcia; Emilio Garcia-Fernandez; Jose L. Hueso; Pedro M. R. Paulo; Angel Orte. "Optical Binding-Driven Micropatterning and Photosculpting with Silver Nanorods". Small Methods (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202300076.
    10.1002/smtd.202300076
  3. Silva-Santos, A. Rita; Paulo, Pedro M.R.; F. Prazeres, Duarte Miguel. "Scalable purification of single stranded DNA scaffolds for biomanufacturing DNA-origami nanostructures: Exploring anion-exchange and multimodal chromatography". Separation and Purification Technology 298 (2022): 121623. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121623.
    10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121623
  4. Melo, Eduardo Pinho; Konno, Tasuku; Farace, Ilaria; Awadelkareem, Mosab Ali; Skov, Lise R.; Teodoro, Fernando; Sancho, Teresa P.; et al. "Stress-induced protein disaggregation in the endoplasmic reticulum catalysed by BiP". Nature Communications 13 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30238-2.
    10.1038/s41467-022-30238-2
  5. Serra, Vanda Vaz; Serra, Sofia G.; Vallejo, Mariana C. S.; Paulo, Pedro M. R.; Moura, Nuno M. M.; Botequim, David; Neves, Maria Graça P. M. S.; Costa, Sílvia M. B.. "Merging Porphyrins with Gold Nanorods: Self Assembly Construct to High Fluorescent Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules". Nanomaterials 12 5 (2022): 872. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano12050872.
    10.3390/nano12050872
  6. A. Rita Silva-Santos; Rui Oliveira-Silva; Sara Sousa Rosa; Pedro M. R. Paulo; Duarte Miguel F. Prazeres. "Affinity-Based Magnetic Particles for the Purification of Single-Stranded DNA Scaffolds for Biomanufacturing DNA-Origami Nanostructures". ACS Applied Nano Materials (2021): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c03623.
    10.1021/acsanm.1c03623
  7. Teixeira, Raquel; Serra, Vanda Vaz; Botequim, David; Paulo, Pedro M. R.; Andrade, Suzana M.; Costa, Sílvia M. B.. "Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines: Some Insights into Supramolecular Self-Assembly, Microencapsulation, and Imaging Microscopy". Molecules 26 14 (2021): 4264. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26144264.
    10.3390/molecules26144264
  8. Carvalho, A.M.; Soares da Costa, D.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Reis, R.L.; Pashkuleva, I.. "Co-localization and crosstalk between CD44 and RHAMM depend on hyaluronan presentation". Acta Biomaterialia 119 (2021): 114-124. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85094612879&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.actbio.2020.10.024
  9. Oliveira-Silva, Rui; Sousa-Jerónimo, Mariana; Botequim, David; Silva, Nuno J.O.; Paulo, Pedro M.R.; Prazeres, Duarte M.F.. "Monitoring Proteolytic Activity in Real Time: A New World of Opportunities for Biosensors". Trends in Biochemical Sciences 45 7 (2020): 604-618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2020.03.011.
    10.1016/j.tibs.2020.03.011
  10. Botequim, David; Silva, Inês I. R.; Serra, Sofia G.; Melo, Eduardo P.; Prazeres, Duarte M. F.; Costa, Sílvia M. B.; Paulo, Pedro M. R.. "Fluorescent dye nano-assemblies by thiol attachment directed to the tips of gold nanorods for effective emission enhancement". Nanoscale 12 11 (2020): 6334-6345. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0nr00267d.
    10.1039/d0nr00267d
  11. Bento-Oliveira, A.; Santos, F.C.; Marquês, J.T.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Korte, T.; Herrmann, A.; Marinho, H.S.; de Almeida, R.F.M.. "Yeast sphingolipid-enriched domains and membrane compartments in the absence of mannosyldiinositolphosphorylceramide". Biomolecules 10 6 (2020): 1-24. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85086147031&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/biom10060871
  12. Alexandra P. Francisco; David Botequim; Duarte M. F. Prazeres; Vanda V. Serra; Sílvia M. B. Costa; César A. T. Laia; Pedro M. R. Paulo. "Extreme Enhancement of Single-Molecule Fluorescence from Porphyrins Induced by Gold Nanodimer Antennas". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2019): 1542-1549. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00373.
    10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00373
  13. Maria Paula Cabral Campello; Elisa Palma; Isabel Correia; Pedro M. R. Paulo; António Matos; José Rino; Joana Coimbra; et al. "Lanthanide complexes with phenanthroline-based ligands: insights into cell death mechanisms obtained by microscopy techniques". Dalton Transactions (2019): https://doi.org/10.1039/C9DT00640K.
    10.1039/C9DT00640K
  14. Oliveira-Silva, R.; Sousa-Jerónimo, M.; Botequim, D.; Silva, N.J.O.; Prazeres, D.M.F.; Paulo, P.M.R.. "Density gradient selection of colloidal silver nanotriangles for assembling dye-particle plasmophores". Nanomaterials 9 6 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85070207928&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/nano9060893
  15. Paulo, Pedro M. R.; Botequim, David; Jóskowiak, Agnieszka; Martins, Sofia; Prazeres, Duarte M. F.; Zijlstra, Peter; Costa, Sílvia M. B.. "Enhanced Fluorescence of a Dye on DNA-Assembled Gold Nanodimers Discriminated by Lifetime Correlation Spectroscopy". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122 20 (2018): 10971-10980. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b12622.
    10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b12622
  16. Pedro M. R. Paulo; Peter Zijlstra; Michel Orrit; Emilio Garcia-Fernandez; Tamara C. S. Pace; Ana S. Viana; Sílvia M. B. Costa. "Tip-Specific Functionalization of Gold Nanorods for Plasmonic Biosensing: Effect of Linker Chain Length". Langmuir 33 26 (2017): 6503-6510. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00422.
    10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00422
  17. Rosa, A.M.M.; Prazeres, D.M.F.; Paulo, P.M.R.. "Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy study of the complexation of DNA hybrids, IgG antibody, and a chimeric protein of IgG-binding ZZ domains fused with a carbohydrate binding module". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 25 (2017): 16606-16614. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85024132797&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c7cp00662d
  18. Alejo, T.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Merchán, M.D.; Garcia-Fernandez, E.; Costa, S.M.B.; Velázquez, M.M.. "Influence of 3D aggregation on the photoluminescence dynamics of CdSe quantum dot films". Journal of Luminescence 183 (2017): 113-120. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84997514379&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.11.002
  19. Teixeira, R.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Gold Nanoparticles in Core-Polyelectrolyte-Shell Assemblies Promote Large Enhancements of Phthalocyanine Fluorescence". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 37 (2015): 21612-21619. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84941785421&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04667
  20. Teixeira, R.; Serra, V.V.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Andrade, S.M.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Encapsulation of photoactive porphyrinoids in polyelectrolyte hollow microcapsules viewed by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM)". RSC Advances 5 96 (2015): 79050-79060. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84942133433&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c5ra15504e
  21. Garcia-Fernandez, E.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Evaluation of electrostatic binding of PAMAM dendrimers and charged phthalocyanines by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 6 (2015): 4319-4327. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961344862&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c4cp05373g
  22. Tavares, E.; Macedo, J.A.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Tavares, C.; Lopes, C.; Melo, E.P.. "Live-cell FRET imaging reveals clustering of the prion protein at the cell surface induced by infectious prions". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease 1842 7 (2014): 981-991. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897425132&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.02.002
  23. Khatua, S.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Yuan, H.; Gupta, A.; Zijlstra, P.; Orrit, M.. "Resonant plasmonic enhancement of single-molecule fluorescence by individual gold nanorods". ACS Nano 8 5 (2014): 4440-4449. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901660491&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/nn406434y
  24. Garcia-Fernandez, E.; Paulo, P.M.R.. "Deswelling and electrolyte dissipation in free diffusion of charged pamam dendrimers". Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 5 8 (2014): 1472-1478. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84898940000&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jz500531c
  25. Martín-García, B.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.; Velázquez, M.M.. "Photoluminescence dynamics of CdSe QD/Polymer langmuir-blodgett thin films: Morphology effects". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117 28 (2013): 14787-14795. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880528975&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp311492z
  26. Zijlstra, P.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Yu, K.; Xu, Q.-H.; Orrit, M.. "Chemical interface damping in single gold nanorods and its near elimination by tip-specific functionalization". Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 51 33 (2012): 8352-8355. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864886932&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/anie.201202318
  27. Zijlstra, P.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Orrit, M.. "Optical detection of single non-absorbing molecules using the surface plasmon resonance of a gold nanorod". Nature Nanotechnology 7 6 (2012): 379-382. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863684682&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nnano.2012.51
  28. Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Photoinduced electron-transfer in supramolecular complex of zinc porphyrin with poly(amido amine) dendrimer donor". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 234 (2012): 66-74. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84859551143&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.12.021
  29. Teixeira, R.; Andrade, S.M.; Vaz Serra, V.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Sánchez-Coronilla, A.; Neves, M.G.P.M.S.; Cavaleiro, J.A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Reorganization of self-assembled dipeptide porphyrin J-aggregates in water-ethanol mixtures". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 116 8 (2012): 2396-2404. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857729859&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp2115719
  30. Teixeira, R.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Viana, A.S.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Plasmon-enhanced emission of a phthalocyanine in polyelectrolyte films induced by gold nanoparticles". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115 50 (2011): 24674-24680. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857320661&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp209605v
  31. Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Single-molecule fluorescence of a phthalocyanine in pamam dendrimers reveals intensity-lifetime fluctuations from quenching dynamics". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114 44 (2010): 19035-19043. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78149258553&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp107412p
  32. Paulo, P.M.R.. "Temperature echoes revisited to probe the vibrational behavior of dendrimers". Journal of Chemical Physics 132 11 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77949696742&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1063/1.3353952
  33. Paulo, P.M.R.; Gaiduk, A.; Kulzer, F.; Gabby Krens, S.F.; Spaink, H.P.; Schmidt, T.; Orrit, M.. "Photothermal correlation spectroscopy of gold nanoparticles in Solution". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 27 (2009): 11451-11457. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-66649103150&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp806875s
  34. Costa, S.M.B.; Andrade, S.M.; Togashi, D.M.; Paulo, P.M.R.; Laia, C.A.T.; Isabel Viseu, M.; Gonçalves Da Silva, A.M.. "Optical spectroscopy and photochemistry of porphyrins and phthalocyanines". Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 13 4-5 (2009): 509-517. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-68349160597&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  35. Paulo, P.M.R.; Lopes, J.N.C.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Molecular dynamics simulations of porphyrin-dendrimer systems: Toward modeling electron transfer in solution". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112 47 (2008): 14779-14792. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-57449108708&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp806849y
  36. Paulo, P.M.R.; Lopes, J.N.C.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Molecular dynamics simulations of charged dendrimers: Low-to-intermediate half-generation PAMAMs". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111 36 (2007): 10651-10664. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34848888946&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp072211x
  37. Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Interactions in noncovalent PAMAM/TMPyP systems studied by fluorescence spectroscopy". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 29 (2005): 13928-13940. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-23844519570&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp050894f
  38. Paulo, P.M.R.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Non-covalent dendrimer-porphyrin interactions: The intermediacy of H-aggregates?". Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 2 5 (2003): 597-604. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0345009987&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/b300100h
  39. Paulo, P.M.R.; Laia, C.A.T.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Clusters in polymer-surfactant AOT microemulsions probed by excited state quenching kinetics". Journal of Physical Chemistry B 107 4 (2003): 1097-1105. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037473099&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jp026954o
  40. Paulo, P.M.R.; Gronheid, R.; De Schryver, F.C.; Costa, S.M.B.. "Porphyrin-Dendrimer Assemblies Studied by Electronic Absorption Spectra and Time-Resolved Fluorescence". Macromolecules 36 24 (2003): 9135-9144. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0345547747&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/ma034844p
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/03/18 Uma viagem fantástica ao nanocosmo - Nanolentes plasmónicas para espiar moléculas Olímpiadas da Química
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/09/06 Directing Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanorods for Improved Optical Biosensors VII Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica
GRUFO RSEQ (Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
2020/11/10 Fluorescent Dye Nano-Assemblies based on Gold Nanorods for Effective Emission Enhancement Single-Molecule Sensors and NanoSystems International Conference 2020
ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Castelldefels, Spain (Online event)
2020/01/20 Fluorescent Dye-labelled DNA on Gold Nanorods for Effective Plasmon-Enhanced Emission IV International Symposium on Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials and Applications
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Caparica, Portugal)
2019/07/25 Single-Molecule Fluorescence from Porphyrins Enabled by Gold Nanodimer Antennas XXVI Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto (Oporto, Portugal)
2019/06/04 Enhanced fluorescence in hybrid materials composed of a dye and plasmonic nanoparticles IV International Conference on Applications in Optics and Photonics
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/05/30 Enhanced Fluorescence in Gold Nanorods Conjugated with Dye-Labeled DNA’s CQE Days, spring meeting 2019
Centro de Química Estrutural, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/04/04 Gold Nanodimer Antennas for Enhanced Detection of Single-Molecule Fluorescence Single-Molecule Sensors and NanoSystems International Conference – S3IC 2019
(Munich, Germany)
2018/09/12 Anisotropic Gold Nanoantennas for Enhancing Fluorescence Detection: from Single to Dimer Nanoparticles 6th Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Photochemistry
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2016/09/09 Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence using DNA-assembled gold nanoparticle dimers 5th Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Photochemistry
Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha (Toledo, Spain)
2014/06/30 Plasmonic Enhancement of Single-Molecule Fluorescence by Chemically Synthesized Gold Nanoantennas 4th Spanish-Portuguese Conference on Photochemistry
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/02/13 Tip-Specific Functionalization of Gold Nanorods for Plasmonic Biosensing NanoPT International Conference
Phantoms Foundation (Porto, Portugal)
2013/12/06 Large Fluorescence Enhancements of Phthalocyanine in (Lipid Bilayer)-Polyelectrolyte Coated Gold Nanoparticles 1st CLUSTER Workshop in Materials and Nanotechnology
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/07/25 Fluorescent Dendrimers for Single-Molecule Microscopy and Its Application to Study Charged Dendrimer Solutions 26th International Conference on Photochemistry
Leuven University (Leuven, Belgium)
2013/05/09 Charged Dendrimer Interactions in Solution Probed by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy 11th National Meeting on Physical Chemistry
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2012/07/16 Photoluminescence of CdSe Quantum-Dots/Polymer LB Films with Time and Spatial Resolution by Fluorescence Lifetime Microscopy XXIV IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2012/05/02 Gold Nanoparticles Light Up Phthalocyanine Fluorescence ChemForum
Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2011/11/18 Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy: an Insightful Approach for Biophysical Studies Conferences of the Portuguese Biophysical Society
Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2010/12/09 Single-Molecule Fluorescence of a Phthalocyanine in PAMAM Dendrimers 10th National Meeting on Photochemistry
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2007/09/19 Photothermal Heterodyne Detection of Single Gold Nanoparticles Diffusing in Solution 13th International Workshop on "Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Ultra Sensitive Analysis in the Life Sciences"
PicoQuant GmbH (Berlin, Germany)
2005/12/16 Transferência Electrónica Fotoinduzida em sistemas Porfirina-Dendrímero 8º Encontro Nacional de Fotoquímica
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - Current Gold nanoformulations based on glycophotosensitisers for pancreatic cancer treatment
Co-supervisor
 Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/03 - Current An Optical Biosensor based on DNA Origami Assembly of Gold Nanodimers
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
2021 - Current Gold Nanorods decorated with Glycoporphyrins for combined Cancer Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapies
Co-supervisor
 Química
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 - Current Biomanufacturing of DNA-Origami Nanostructures for Bio-Imaging
Co-supervisor of Ana Rita Santos
 Doutoramento em Biotecnologia e Biociências (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 - Current Nanomaterial-based Biosensors – from Proteolytic Sensors to Logic-gates to be used during Cellular Hyperthermia
Co-supervisor of Rui Pedro Oliveira Silva
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Gold Nanorods decorated with Glycoporphyrins for combined Cancer Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapies
Co-supervisor
 Ciência e Engenharia Moleculares (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/03 - 2021/11 Smart Microcapsules from Porphyrin-Nanogold Hybrids towards Light-triggered Release
Co-supervisor of Tiago José De Ceia Charana
 Chemical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/06/30 Post-doc supervision of David Botequim - "Plasmon-assisted functionalization of gold nanorods' tips for biosensing of proteins"
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2012 - 2020/01/29 DNA recognition system on bioactive paper using fusions of carbohydrate-binding modules and IgG-binding Z domains
Co-supervisor of Ana Margarida de Mendonça Rosa
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Molecular switches grafted on (nano)materials for (photo)catalysis
Co-supervisor of Diogo Veloso Gonçalves
 Mestrado em Bioengenharia e Nanossistemas (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 - 2020 Fluorescently-labeled DNA Probes Functionalized onto Gold Nanorods for Signal Enhancement of Nucleic Acids’ Detection
Supervisor of David José Roxo Botequim
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - 2019/11/28 Plasmon Coupled Fluorescence in Gold Nanorods Enhanced Optical Detection of Oligonucleotides
Supervisor of Inês Isabel Resende e Silva
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - 2019/11/27 Smart Nanocapsules from Porphyrinoid-Gold Hybrids towards Fluorescence-based Bio-imaging Applications
Co-supervisor of Sofia Garcez da Silva Serra
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Gold Nanoparticle Functionalized Surfaces for Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence Detection of Nucleic Acids
Supervisor of Tiago Miguel Soares Policarpo
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Intensificação Plasmónica de Fluorescência de Cromóforos Bio-inspirados
Co-supervisor of Alexandra Paulo Francisco
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Gold Nanorods Functionalized with DNA Oligonucleotide Probes for Biosensing and Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence Detection
Co-supervisor of Zohre Eskandari Alughare
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2016 - 2016/05/16 Nano-Dímeros de Partículas de Ouro para Intensificação Plasmónica de Fluorescência: Estudo de aplicação a um Flavílio
Co-supervisor of André Tomás Graça
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020/05/28 - 2020/05/29 CQE Days 2020 - Annual scientific meeting of the host research unit (2020/05/28 - 2020/05/29)
Meeting (Other)
 Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Organization of internships in the scope of “Ocupação Científica de Jovens nas Férias” in the summers of 2015 and 2016. The internship proposed a research experience on the topic of single-molecule fluorescence microscopy, and it attracted many applications from high school students. In the end, the students’ evaluation was very positive and enthusiastic. (2015 - 2016)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Ciência Viva, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/11/22 - 2023/11/24 "Directing Surface Functionalization of Gold Nanorods for Improved Optical Biosensors", poster communication
Conference
 Single-Molecule Sensors and NanoSystems International Conference 2023
2021/10/18 - 2021/10/21 "Photoinduced plasmon-assisted functionalization of gold nanorods for biosensing of proteins", oral communication
Conference
 Iberian Symposium of Young Photochemists
2021/09/16 - 2021/09/17 "A Single Particle LSPR Biosensor for Thrombin Activity Determination in Real-time", oral communication
Conference
 nanoPorTugal 2021 - conference online
2021/09/16 - 2021/09/17 "Photo-induced functionalization of gold nanorods for biosensing of proteins", oral communication
Conference
 nanoPorTugal 2021 - conference online
2021/05/27 - 2021/05/28 CQE Days 2021 - Annual scientific meeting of the host research unit CQE Days 2021
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/06 "Single-Molecule Fluorescence from Porphyrins Enabled by Gold Nanodimer Antennas", poster communication
Conference
 EuroNanoForum 2021
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/06 "Tip-selective functionalization of gold nanorods with dye-labeled DNAs: optimizing antenna effects for improved biosensors", poster communication
Conference
 EuroNanoForum 2021
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2019/06/16 - 2019/06/20 "Tip-Selective Functionalization of Colloidal Gold Nanorods with Fluorescently Labeled DNAs: Optimizing Antenna Effects", oral communication
Conference
 6th Nano Today Conference
Elsevier BV, Netherlands
2019/05/28 - 2019/05/31 "Tip-selective functionalization of gold nanorods with dye-labeled DNA’s for effective fluorescence enhancements", oral communication
Conference
 Nanospain2019
Phantoms Foundation, Spain
2018/06/17 - 2018/06/22 "Gold Nanorods Conjugated with Fluorescently-Labeled DNA’s: Highly Loaded Dye-Nanoparticles", poster communication
Conference
 Gordon Research Conference, From Fundamentals to Applications of Collective Excitations in Nanostructured Materials
Mount Holyoke College, United States
2017/07/03 - 2017/07/07 "Site-selective Functionalization of Hot-spots for Plasmonic Biosensing", poster communication
Conference
 NaNaX 8, Nanoscience with Nanocrystals
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/04/11 - 2016/04/15 "Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence using DNA-assembled gold nanoparticle dimers", poster communication
Conference
 14th IUVSTA School of Nano-Optics
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2016/02/16 - 2016/02/19 Functionalized gold nanoparticles for plasmonic biosensing of nucleic acids", poster communication
Conference
 nanoPT 2016 conference
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2015/09/15 - 2015/09/17 "Photochemical and chemical methods for tip-specific functionalization of gold nanorods as plasmonic biosensors", poster communication
Conference
 Faraday Discussion: Supramolecular Photochemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
2015/09/14 - 2015/09/16 "Fluorescence Enhancement on Tip-Specific Functionalized Gold Nanorods", poster communication
Conference
 Faraday Discussion: Single-Molecule Microscopy and Spectroscopy
Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
2015/07/26 - 2015/07/29 "Assembly of Gold Nanoparticle Dimers for Plasmonic Sensing of Biomolecules", poster communication
Conference
 Gold 2015 World Conference
Cardiff University, United Kingdom
2015/07/08 - 2015/07/10 "Gold Nanoparticle Dimers For Plasmonic Biosensing of Proteins", poster communication
Conference
 6th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces (RICI6)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014/09/02 - 2014/09/05 "Multichromophoric Dendrimer-Streptavidin Supramolecular Assemblies", poster communication
Conference
 20th International Workshop on "Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Ultrasensitive Analysis in Life Sciences"
PicoQuant GmbH, Germany
2014/06/29 - 2014/07/02 "Single-Molecule Fluorescence of Dendrimer-Streptavidin Supramolecular Core-Shell Assemblies", poster communication
Conference
 4th Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2013/07/21 - 2013/07/26 "Dimethylphenyl-perylene diimide solubilization and quenching on micellar aqueous media", poster communication
Conference
 26th International Conference on Photochemistry 2013
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
2013/07/20 - 2013/07/21 "Large Fluorescence Enhancements of Phthalocyanine in (Lipid Bilayer)-Polyelectrolyte Coated Gold Nanoparticles", poster communication
Conference
 Symposium on Plasmon-based Chemistry and Physics
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/02/19 Development of multifunctional supramolecular magnetogels for multimodal cancer therapy
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sérgio Rafael da Silva Veloso (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Física, Portugal
2023/10/27 New optical devices based on organic phase change materials: from fluorochromic inks and sensors to smart windows
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Jaume Ramon Otaegui Rabanal (PhD)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Facultat de Ciències, Spain
2022/09/14 Hierarchical gold nanocluster probes for bioimaging
(Thesis) Arguer
 Bárbara Augusta Pereira Casteleiro (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/07/25 Desarrollo y estudio fotofísico de nuevas sondas fluorescentes y su empleo en la detección de miRNAs como biomarcadores
(Thesis) Main arguer
 María del Carmen González García (PhD)
Universidad de Granada Biblioteca de la Facultad de Farmacia, Spain
2021/11/17 Detection of Extra-Terrestrial Life on the Surface and Subsurface of Titan
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diogo Veloso Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/10/29 Desenvolvimento de sensores luminescentes para deteção de oxigénio em vinho engarrafado
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Marta Coelho Estêvão (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/09/26 Development of paper-based biosensors for DNA recognition and proteolytic activity
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Hélvio Miguel Rodrigues Simões (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/07/23 Multifunctional nanogels containing magnetic/plasmonic nanoparticles for therapeutic applications
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sérgio Rafael da Silva Veloso (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal
2019/04/30 Interação entre os aditivos na formulação de surface sizing do papel
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Manuel Bernardo Isidro Coelho Sousa Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 Magnetoliposomes based on nickel/silica and ferrite nanoparticles as nanocarriers for potential antitumor drugs
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Rita Oliveira Rodrigues (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/07/26 Projecto final da Licenciatura em Química Aplicada
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Verónica Sofia Oliveira Simões (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 Ruthenium Phthalocyanines as Potential Photosensitizers for Singlet Oxygen Generation
(Thesis) Arguer
 Joana Teles Ferreira (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016 MSc in Chemistry and Advanced Chemical Methodologies
(Thesis) Arguer
 Chiara Seghetti (Master)
Università degli Studi di Camerino, Italy
2016 MSc in Biomedical Engineering
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Rita Trindade Antunes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 Mestrado em Bioengenharia e Nanossistemas
(Thesis) Arguer
 João Carlos Teixeira Louro (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2014 MSc in Chemical Engineering
(Thesis) Arguer
 Leticia Alexandra Verbustel (Master)
Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
2012 Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines: Self-Aggregation, Microencapsulation and Plasmon Enhanced Emission
(Thesis) Arguer
 Raquel Alexandra Morais Teixeira (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/09/07 - 2022/09/08 Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy - Training School on Photochemistry Training School on Photochemistry Real Sociedad Espanola de Quimica, Spain
2022 - 2022 Doctoral course on Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy - Técnicas Experimentais Avançadas (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Doctoral course on Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy - Técnicas Experimentais Avançadas (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Physical Chemistry (laboratory) Mestrado em Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Doctoral course on Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy - Técnicas Experimentais Avançadas Doutoramento em Ciências Biológicas (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2013 - 2016 Physical Chemistry (laboratory) Mestrado em Engenharia Química, Mestrado em Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2012 - 2013 Physical Chemistry (exercises and problem solving) Mestrado em Engenharia Química, Mestrado em Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Doctoral course on Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy - Técnicas Experimentais Avançadas Doutoramento em Química (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
1998 - 2000 Numerical Analysis Licenciatura em Engenharia Electrotécnica e dos Computadores, Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil, Licenciatura em Engenharia Química, etc... (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/01/21 - 2022/01/21 90 segundos de ciência - Interview on national broadcast radio Aplicação de Microscopia de Molécula Única na Detecção de RNA (Gold Nanosensors for Single-Molecule Detection of RNA)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/02 - Current Co-editor for special issue in Frontiers in Sensors - "Nanotechnology-based sensors - from bench to business" (2673-5067) Frontiers Media S.A.
Distinctions

Award

2023 Diploma for Excellence in Teaching (Physical Chemistry in the academic year 2021/2022)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 2nd Prize for Best Oral Presentation at CQE Days spring meeting 2019
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2011 Honorable Mention at Young Reseachers Award UTL/Deloitte and UTL/CGD (Menção Honrosa nos Prémios Jovens Investigadores UTL/Deloitte e UTL/CGD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2001 Award for young researchers from Gulbenkian Foundation (Programa Gulbenkian de Estímulo à Investigação)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2000 Award for the best graduating student (Prémio OE/UTL melhor aluno)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
1998 Scholarship for merit during undergraduate studies (Bolsa de Estudo por Mérito)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Other distinction

2022 Diploma for Excellence in Teaching (Physical Chemistry in the academic year 2020/2021)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 Diploma for Excellence in Teaching (Physical Chemistry in the academic year 2014/2015)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2008 Selected for 5-year Researcher Fellow position (seleccionado para posição Ciência 2008)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal