Bruno Miguel Soares Guerreiro (F917-709F-E55F)

Curriculum Vitae

Bruno Miguel Soares Guerreiro

Bruno M. Guerreiro is an internationally awarded cryobiologist. He graduated with honors from the NOVA University of Lisbon School of Science and Technology with a Biochemistry B.Sc. in 2016 (summa cum laude), a Biochemistry M.Sc. in 2018 (summa cum laude) and a Biochemistry & Biophysics Ph.D. in 2024 (unanimous decision). Bruno has published several papers on polysaccharide-based cryopreservation, ranging from molecular descriptions of structure-function relationships, formula design, biological cryopreservation, isochoric methods and mechanistic elucidations of the cryoprotective effect of large bio-based molecules. Amongst several awards, he has received the 2022 John K. Critser Award from The Society of Cryobiology, a 2021 Fulbright Research Fellowship to conduct isochoric research at the University of California-Berkeley (USA), a 2021 FLAD Research Grant and a 2021 Company of Biologists Travel Grant for the same effect. His research has been mediatically featured in Expresso (Portugal), Forbes (USA) & podcasts. His research interests are cryobiology and cryopreservation, carbohydrate polymer chemistry, heat transfer thermodynamics, ice nucleation physics, biointerfaces and molecular dynamics.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Bruno Miguel Soares Guerreiro

Citation names

Guerreiro, B.M.
Guerreiro, Bruno M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: F917-709F-E55F
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9091-7143
Google Scholar ID: nbyAZasAAAAJ
Researcher Id: P-8657-2017
Scopus Author Id: 58333530000

Email addresses

bm.guerreiro@campus.fct.unl.pt (Professional)
bruno.guerreiro@fulbrightmail.org (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone

914492831 (Personal)

Addresses

Laboratory 407 & Office 414, Chemistry Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Setúbal, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://ucibio.pt/people/bruno-m-guerreiro (Professional)
https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-9091-7143 (Professional)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmguerreiro/ (Social media)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nbyAZasAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1 (Scholar)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bruno-Guerreiro-3 (Scholar)
https://sciprofiles.com/profile/bmguerreiro (Scholar)
https://peerj.com/guerreiro/ (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Health-Related Biotechnology
Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells, Tissues, Organs or the Whole Organism

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)		Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2024/06/28 Concluded	Bioquímica (Doutoramento) Major in Especialidade: Biofísica Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Cryobiophysics: Structure-function-property-design interplay of polysaccharides in crystal binding" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved by unanimous decision
2018/07 Concluded	Bioquímica (Mestrado) Major in Sem especialização Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Development of cryoprotectant fluids based on a natural polysaccharide" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2013 - 2016 Concluded	Bioquímica (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Physicochemical analysis of antifreeze properties in chemical compounds and proteins for cryopreservation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/11 - 2020/12	Research Assistant (Research)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
	REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
2016/09 - 2018/11	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
	REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/09 - 2019/01	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Química, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/01 - 2024/02	Candidato a Doutoramento	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/01/01 - 2024/02/29	Cryobiophysics: structure-function-property-design interplay of biopolymers in crystal binding SFRH/BD/144258/2019 10.54499/SFRH/BD/144258/2019 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2021/09 - 2022/03	Junior Visiting Researcher Fellowship @ UC-Berkeley Proj. 2021/0070 G-2021-0052	Luso American Development Foundation Concluded
2021/09 - 2022/03	Company of Biologists Travelling Fellowship JCSTF2105556	The Company of Biologists Ltd Concluded
2021/09 - 2022/03	Fulbright Visiting Researcher Grant 21-066	Fulbright Portugal Concluded
2017 - 2018	LAQV National Project - UID/QUI/50006/2013 UID/QUI/50006/2013 Master Student Fellow Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017 - 2018	CENIMAT/I3N National Project - UID/CTM/50025 UID/CTM/50025 Master Student Fellow Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Física e Investigação Tecnológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016 - 2017	INCOVER - Innovative eco-technologies for resource recovery from wastewater H2020-WATER1b-2015- 689242 Master Student Fellow REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal	Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/01 - 2019/12	UCIBIO National Project CC1023 Research Fellow REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Projeto IF/00589/2015 IF/00589/2015 Master Student Fellow REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Física e Investigação Tecnológica, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
2017 - 2018	Projeto IF/00473/2014/CP/1224/CT0006 IF/00473/2014/CP/1224/CT0006 Master Student Fellow REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Materiais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017 - 2018	UCIBIO National Project - UID/Multi/04378/2013 UID/Multi/04378/2013 Master Student Fellow REQUIMTE Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Guerreiro, Bruno M.. Corresponding author: Guerreiro, Bruno M.. "Fucose plays a critical role in enhancing the cryoprotective potential of polysaccharides". Paper presented in 11th European Symposium on Biopolymers (ESBP2023), 2023. Guerreiro, Bruno M.; Freitas, Filomena; Lima, João C.; Silva, Jorge C.; Reis, Maria A.M.. "A novel polysaccharide-based approach for cryopreservation". Paper presented in 6th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, 2018. 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2018.10.034
Journal article	Guerreiro, Bruno M.; Concórdio-Reis, Patrícia; Pericão, Helena; Martins, Filipa; Moppert, Xavier; Guézennec, Jean; Lima, João C.; Silva, Jorge C.; Freitas, Filomena. "Elevated fucose content enhances the cryoprotective performance of anionic polysaccharides". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 261 (2024): 129577. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129577. 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129577 Guerreiro, B.M.; Dionísio, M.M.; Lima, J.C.; Silva, J.C.; Freitas, F.. "Cryoprotective Polysaccharides with Ordered Gel Structures Induce Ice Growth Anticipation and Survival Enhancement during Cell Cryopreservation". Biomacromolecules 25 6 (2024): 3384-3397. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85192788370&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00040 Baptista, Sílvia; Pereira, João R.; Guerreiro, Bruno M.; Baptista, Filipa; Silva, Jorge C.; Freitas, Filomena. "Cosmetic emulsion based on the fucose-rich polysaccharide FucoPol: Bioactive properties and sensorial evaluation". Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 225 (2023): 113252. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113252. 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113252 Guerreiro, Bruno M.; Lou, Leo T.; Rubinsky, Boris; Freitas, Filomena. "Ice modulatory effect of the polysaccharide FucoPol in directional freezing". Soft Matter 19 46 (2023): 8978-8987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3sm01154b. 10.1039/d3sm01154b Bruno M. Guerreiro; Anthony N. Consiglio; Boris Rubinsky; Matthew J. Powell-Palm; Filomena Freitas. "Enhanced Control over Ice Nucleation Stochasticity Using a Carbohydrate Polymer Cryoprotectant". ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2022): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00075. 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00075 Bruno Guerreiro; Jorge Silva; João Lima; Maria Reis; Filomena Freitas. "Antioxidant Potential of the Bio-Based Fucose-Rich Polysaccharide FucoPol Supports Its Use in Oxidative Stress-Inducing Systems". Polymers 13 18 (2021): 3020-3020. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13183020. 10.3390/polym13183020 Bruno M. Guerreiro; Filomena Freitas; João C. Lima; Jorge C. Silva; Maria A.M. Reis. "Photoprotective effect of the fucose-containing polysaccharide FucoPol". Carbohydrate Polymers (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117761. 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117761 Guerreiro, B.M.; Silva, J.C.; Torres, C.A.V.; Alves, V.D.; Lima, J.C.; Reis, M.A.M.; Freitas, F.. "Development of a Cryoprotective Formula Based on the Fucose-Containing Polysaccharide FucoPol". ACS Applied Bio Materials 4 6 (2021): 4800-4808. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85108503412&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1021/acsabm.1c00007 Guerreiro, B.M.; Freitas, F.; Lima, J.C.; Silva, J.C.; Dionísio, M.; Reis, M.A.M.. "Demonstration of the cryoprotective properties of the fucose-containing polysaccharide FucoPol". Carbohydrate Polymers 245 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85085951065&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116500
Preprint	B. M. Guerreiro; P. Concórdio-Reis; H. Pericão; F. Martins; X. Moppert; J. Guézennec; J.C. Lima; J.C. Silva; F. Freitas. "Fucose is an essential feature in cryoprotective polysaccharides". 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.13.562212. 10.1101/2023.10.13.562212
Thesis / Dissertation	Guerreiro, Bruno Miguel Soares. "Cryobiophysics: Structure-Function-Property-Design Interplay of Polysaccharides in Crystal Binding". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/169978. Guerreiro, B.M.; Guerreiro, Bruno Miguel Soares. "Development of cryoprotectant fluids based on a natural polysaccharide". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/52467. Guerreiro, B.M.. "Physicochemical analysis of antifreeze properties in chemical compounds and proteins for cryopreservation". Degree, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2016.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/09/14	Cryoprotective FucoPol: Studies on crystal size reduction, shape modulation, enhanced ice nucleation control & antifreeze protein-like behavior	11th European Symposium on Biopolymers (ESBP2023) Brno University of Technology (Brno, Czech Republic)
2022/07/19	Enhanced control over ice nucleation stochasticity using a carbohydrate polymer cryoprotectant	Joint Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology and the Society for Low Temperature Biology (CRYO2022) Society for Cryobiology (Dublin, Ireland)
2021/09/13	From Bio-Based Cryopreservation Strategies To Structural Modelling: The Case Study of Fucopol and Its Scalability To Greater Structure-Function Understanding	European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (EUROMAT2021) The Austrian Society for Metallurgy and Materials (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/07/20	From bio-based cryopreservation strategies to structural modelling: the case study of FucoPol and its scalability to greater structure-function understanding	58th International Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology (CRYO2021) Society for Cryobiology (online, Portugal)
2020/02/07	How to eat a steak in Mars, and other icebreakers	JORTEC Biochemistry 2020 Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Caparica, Portugal)
2019/09/03	Bio-based polysaccharides as AFP-like cryoprotectants in the cryopreservation of biological material	13th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group (GLUPOR13) Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Porto, Portugal)
2019/04/14	Bacterial polysaccharides exhibit multifunctional properties in the cryopreservation of biological material	X International Symposium on Materials (MATERIAIS2019) Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/07	A novel polysaccharide-based approach for cryopreservation	55th International Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology (CRYO2018) Society for Cryobiology (Madrid, Spain)
2018/02	Development of cryoprotectant fluids based on a natural polysaccharide	JIM2018 (Jornadas Intercalares de Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (Caparica, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023	Elevated fucose content enhances the cryoprotective performance of anionic polysaccharides Supervisor of Helena Pericão	Biologia Celular e Molecular (Scientific initiation) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 - 2023	Elevated fucose content enhances the cryoprotective performance of anionic polysaccharides Supervisor	Biologia Celular e Molecular (Scientific initiation) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 - 2022	Optimization of cell cryopreservation parameters with the biodegradable polysaccharide FucoPol Supervisor of André Candeias	Bioquímica (Degree) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - 2021	Structural characterization of biopolymers and practical applications in biomedicine: the case-study of cryopreservation Supervisor	Engenharia Biomédica (Specialization course) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/03	Sugar-protein content determination by spectroscopic techniques Supervisor of Ana Filipa Veríssimo	Engenharia Biomédica (Specialization course) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Physicochemical analysis of antifreeze properties in chemical compounds and proteins for cryopreservation Supervisor of Rosa Nascimento	Bioquímica (Scientific initiation) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Fluorescence study on BSA interaction with ibuprofen and caffeine Supervisor of Diego Wiechers, Gabriel Valério, João Cruz, Margarida Custódio	Bioquímica (Degree) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/01 - 2016/03	"Physicochemical analysis of antifreeze properties in chemical compounds and proteins for cryopreservation" (Intership) Supervisor of Rosa Nascimento	Bioquímica (Scientific initiation) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2016/12 - Current	Staff assistant at ST2016 (2nd Caparica Christmas Conference on Sample Treatment) (2016/12) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/01 - Current	Staff assistant at ISN2A (International Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications) (2016/01) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2018/07 - Current	Student Chair of the ICYR Student Chair Initiative (CRYO2018) Meeting	CRYO2018 Society for Cryobiology, United States
2017 - Current	Invited Speaker as the Master in Biochemistry ambassador (to convey my Masters' experience to undergraduate students) Seminar	2017 Master's Seminar Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2018/03 - Current	Society for Cryobiology	Member

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2015 - 2015	English-Portuguese translator (youtube.com/ASAPScience)

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/09 - 2022/12	Engenharia de Células e Tecidos	Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/09 - 2018/12	Espetroscopia de Biomoléculas	Bioquímica (Mestrado)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2023/07/07	Órgãos de Vida Longa	Expresso

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2021 - 2021	Unexpected Data Podcast: MyStory – Afterlife AI & Data In The Frozen World With Bruno Guerreiro	MyStory – Afterlife AI & Data In The Frozen World With Bruno Guerreiro

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2021 - Current	Food Hydrocolloids
2019 - Current	Biomacromolecules

Distinctions

Award

2023	ESBP2023 Best Conference Poster 11th European Symposium on Biopolymers, Czech Republic
2022	John K. Critser Travel Award Society for Cryobiology, United States
2022	MDPI Polymers 2021 Best Cover Paper Award MDPI AG, Switzerland
2022	Student Travel Award (CRYO2022) Society for Cryobiology, United States
2021	Company of Biologists Travel Fellowship The Company of Biologists Ltd, United Kingdom
2021	Junior Visiting Research Grant @ UC-Berkeley Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2021	Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher Grant Fulbright Portugal, Portugal
2018	Student Travel Award (CRYO2018) Society for Cryobiology, United States

Title

2025	Certified Peer Reviewer Elsevier BV, Netherlands