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Pedro Fernandes Cruz concluiu o Mestrado em Química - Controle de Qualidade e Ambiente em 2009 e a Licenciatura em Química - ramo Processos Biológicos em 2007 ambos pela Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra . É Técnico Superior na plataforma UC-NMR da Universidade de Coimbra. Participou como Bolseiro de Investigação em 2 projetos científicos. Atua na área de Ciências Exatas com ênfase em Química, Ciências Naturais, Ciências Biológicas, Bioquímica, Ciências Naturais, Ciências Biológicas e Biofísica.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Cruz

Citation names

  • Cruz, Pedro
  • Pedro F. Cruz

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0A17-222D-D12E
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3578-0134

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/04/01 - 2018/06/30 Science and Technology Management Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/07/01 - Current Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/02/01 - 2016/02/05 Scientific Traineeship in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2008/02/01 - 2009/10/30 Research Grant in Physical Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2009/05/25 - 2009/05/29 Scientific Traineeship in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
2008/01/14 - 2008/01/24 Scientific Traineeship in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013 - 2015/12/31 Do espaço químico à função biológica: uma viagem pela mão da UC-NMR
RECI/QEQ-QFI/0168/2012
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Novas moléculas estruturalmente contortadas e quirais para aplicações optoeletrónicas
2022.01391.PTDC
10.54499/2022.01391.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/08/01 - 2021/07/31 Novos antivirais contra Influenza: validação do alvo NS1 e descoberta de compostos líder
PTDC/QUI-OUT/32572/2017
Technical development
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2008/02/01 - 2009/10/30 Study of bioluminescence processes
PTDC/FIS/73578/2006
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Saman Khalighi; Abel G. M. Ferreira; Jaime B. Santos; Pedro F. Cruz; Rui M. M. Brito. "Correlation and Prediction of Waste Cooking Oil and Biodiesel Viscosities". ACS Omega (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c09412.
    10.1021/acsomega.4c09412
  2. Vânia S. Ribeiro; Pedro F. Cruz; Zaida L. Almeida; Cândida G. Silva; Maria Isabel Silva; Inês S. Silva; Liliana R. Santos; et al. "Retention of minerals, antioxidants, pigments, and glucosinolates by broccoli florets and green bean pods boiled in alkaline, neutral and acidic waters". LWT (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2025.118014.
    10.1016/j.lwt.2025.118014
  3. Carlos D.F. Coelho; Victor S. Paiva; Zaida L. Almeida; João A. Jesus; Madalena Marteleira; Cristiana V. Ramos; Pedro F. Cruz; et al. "Serum-PEG and BSA-PEG hydrogels as advanced platforms for evaluating plasma protein binding". Materials Today Chemistry (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2025.102565.
    10.1016/j.mtchem.2025.102565
  4. Remy Chiaffarelli; Pedro F. Cruz; Jonathan Cotton; Tjark Kelm; Slade Lee; Mohammad Ghaderian; Max Zimmermann; et al. "Metabolic PCTA-Based Shift Reagents for the Detection of Extracellular Lactate Using CEST MRI". JACS Au (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c01020.
    10.1021/jacsau.4c01020
  5. Gaspar, Marisa C.; Cruz, Pedro F.; Brito, Rui M. M.; De Sousa, Hermínio C.; Braga, Mara E. M.. "Abieta-7,13-Diene in Nematode-Infected Pinewood Pinus pinaster Branch Extracts: Isolation and the Elucidation and Characterization of Its Structure". Forests 16 1 (2025): 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16010061.
    10.3390/f16010061
  6. 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137520.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137520
  7. Solange Magalhães; María José Aliaño-González; Pedro F. Cruz; Rose Rosenberg; Dirk Haffke; Magnus Norgren; Luís Alves; Bruno Medronho; Maria da Graça Rasteiro. "Customising Sustainable Bio-Based Polyelectrolytes: Introduction of Charged and Hydrophobic Groups in Cellulose". Polymers (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16223105.
    10.3390/polym16223105
  8. Rita S. Cunha; Pedro F. Cruz; Telma Costa; Zaida L. Almeida; Marco Edilson Freire de Lima; Carlos Serpa; Otávio A. Chaves. "Revisiting and Updating the Interaction between Human Serum Albumin and the Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Ketoprofen and Ketorolac". Molecules (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29133001.
    10.3390/molecules29133001
  9. Amado, Daniela; Chaves, Otávio A.; Cruz, Pedro F.; Loureiro, Rui J. S.; Almeida, Zaida L.; Jesus, Catarina S. H.; Serpa, Carlos; Brito, Rui M. M.. "Folding Kinetics and Volume Variation of the ß-Hairpin Peptide Chignolin upon Ultrafast pH-Jumps". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 128 20 (2024): 4898-4910. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c08271.
    10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c08271
  10. Sebastião, Fernando; Vaz, Daniela C; Pires, Cristiana L; Cruz, Pedro F; Moreno, Maria João; Brito, Rui M M; Cotrim, Luis; et al. "Nutrient-efficient catfish-based aquaponics for producing lamb's lettuce at two light intensities". Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 104 11 (2024): 6541-6552. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13478.
    10.1002/jsfa.13478
  11. Chaves, Otávio A.; Loureiro, Rui J.S.; Serpa, Carlos; Cruz, Pedro F.; Ferreira, Aurélio B.B.; Netto-Ferreira, José Carlos. "Increasing the polarity of ß-lapachone does not affect its binding capacity with bovine plasma protein". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 263 (2024): 130279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130279.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130279
  12. Iris Correia; Madalena Antunes; Carla Tecelão; Marta Neves; Cristiana L. Pires; Pedro F. Cruz; Maria Rodrigues; et al. "Nutritive Value and Bioactivities of a Halophyte Edible Plant: Crithmum maritimum L. (Sea Fennel)". Plants (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13030427.
    10.3390/plants13030427
  13. Khalighi, Saman; Jalkh, Judy; Cruz, Pedro F.; Brito, Rui M. M.; Santos, Jaime B.; Ferreira, Abel G. M.. "Influence of Pressure and Temperature in the Speed of Sound of Isobutanol + Biodiesel Mixtures". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 68 8 (2023): 1921-1939. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jced.3c00217.
    10.1021/acs.jced.3c00217
  14. Ferreira, Abel G. M.; Santos, Jaime B.; Jalkh, Judy; Khalighi, Saman; Cruz, Pedro F.; Brito, Rui M. M.. "Pressure Effect on the Speed of Sound of Waste Cooking Oil Biodiesel". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 67 10 (2022): 3046-3058. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jced.2c00473.
    10.1021/acs.jced.2c00473
  15. Magalhães, Solange; Moreira, Adriana; Almeida, Ricardo; Cruz, Pedro Fernandes; Alves, Luís; Costa, Carolina; Mendes, Cátia; et al. "Acacia Wood Fractionation Using Deep Eutectic Solvents: Extraction, Recovery, and Characterization of the Different Fractions". ACS Omega 7 30 (2022): 26005-26014. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c07380.
    10.1021/acsomega.1c07380
  16. Alexandre P. Felgueiras; Fábio M. S. Rodrigues; Rui M. B. Carrilho; Pedro Cruz; VH Rodrigues; Tamás Kégl; László Kollár; Mariette M. Pereira. "Stereoisomeric Tris-BINOL-Menthol Bulky Monophosphites: Synthesis, Characterisation and Application in Rhodium-Catalysed Hydroformylation". Molecules (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/6/1989.
    10.3390/molecules27061989
  17. Elisabete Ferreira; Zaida L. Almeida; Pedro F. Cruz; Marta Silva e Sousa; Paula Veríssimo; Rui M. M. Brito. "Searching for the Best Transthyretin Aggregation Protocol to Study Amyloid Fibril Disruption". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23010391.
    10.3390/ijms23010391
  18. Brito, Catarina; Bertotti, Taciana; Primitivo, Maria João; Neves, Marta; Pires, Cristiana L.; Cruz, Pedro F.; Martins, Patrícia A.T.; et al. "Corema album spp: Edible wild crowberries with a high content in minerals and organic acids". Food Chemistry 345 (2021): 128732. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128732.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128732
  19. Adão, Regina; Cruz, Pedro F.; Vaz, Daniela C.; Fonseca, Fátima; Pedersen, Jannik Nedergaard; Ferreira-da-Silva, Frederico; Brito, Rui M.M.; et al. "DIBMA nanodiscs keep a-synuclein folded". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 1862 9 (2020): 183314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183314.
    10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183314
  20. Knaapila, Matti; Stewart, Beverly; Garamus, Vasil M.; Ramos, M. Luísa; Cruz, Pedro F.; Brito, Rui M. M.; Justino, Lícinia L. G.; et al. "Poly(9-undecyl-9-methyl-fluorene) and poly(9-pentadecyl-9-methyl-fluorene): Synthesis, solution structure, and effect of side chain asymmetry on aggregation behavior". Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 57 13 (2019): 826-837. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.24838.
    10.1002/polb.24838
  21. Andreia A.S. Alves; Pedro F. Cruz; Rui M.M. Brito; Eloi Feitosa; Filipe E. Antunes. "Development of sugar based biodegradable nanoencapsulators: Understanding the role of the alcohol injection method on the preparation of aqueous dispersions of sorbitan ester vesicles". Journal of Molecular Liquids 277 (2019): 481-489. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.molliq.2018.12.049.
    10.1016/j.molliq.2018.12.049
  22. Catarina S. H. Jesus; Pedro F. Cruz; Luis G. Arnaut; Rui M. M. Brito; Carlos Serpa. "One Peptide Reveals the Two Faces of a-Helix Unfolding–Folding Dynamics". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 122 14 (2018): 3790-3800. https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.jpcb.8b00229.
    10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b00229
  23. Verissimo, L.M.P.; Ramos, M.L.; Justino, L.L.G.; Burrows, H.D.; Cruz, P.F.; Cabral, A.M.T.D.P.V.; Veiga, F.J.B.; Esteso, M.A.; Ribeiro, A.C.F.. "The structure and diffusion behaviour of the 1:1 copper(II) complex of ethambutol in aqueous solution". Journal of Molecular Liquids 262 (2018): 63-70. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85046012651&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.molliq.2018.04.039
  24. Matos, P.; Figueirinha, A.; Paranhos, A.; Nunes, F.; Cruz, P.; Geraldes, C.F.G.C.; Cruz, M.T.; Batista, M.T.. "Bioactivity of Acanthus mollis – Contribution of benzoxazinoids and phenylpropanoids". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 227 (2018): 198-205. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053085116&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jep.2018.09.013
  25. Vilsinski, Bruno H.; Murtinho, Dina M.B.; Serra, Maria E.S.; Soares, Edna F.P.; Cruz, Pedro F.; Braga, Gustavo; Borges, Olga; et al. "Interactions between copper(II) dibrominated salen complex and copolymeric micelles of P-123 and F-127". Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 532 (2017): 583-591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.02.079.
    10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.02.079
  26. Otávio A. Chaves; Catarina S.H. Jesus; Pedro F. Cruz; Carlos M.R. Sant'Anna; Rui M.M. Brito; Carlos Serpa. "Evaluation by fluorescence, STD-NMR, docking and semi-empirical calculations of the o -NBA photo-acid interaction with BSA". Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 169 (2016): 175-181. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.saa.2016.06.028.
    10.1016/j.saa.2016.06.028
  27. Tiago Q. Faria; Zaida L. Almeida; Pedro F. Cruz; Catarina S. H. Jesus; Pedro Castanheira; Rui M. M. Brito. "A look into amyloid formation by transthyretin: aggregation pathway and a novel kinetic model". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 11 (2015): 7255-7263. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CP04549A.
    10.1039/C4CP04549A
  28. Filipa Carvalho; Joao Duarte; Ana Rita Simoes; Pedro F. Cruz; John G. Jones. "Noninvasive Measurement of Murine Hepatic Acetyl-CoA13C-Enrichment Following Overnight Feeding with13C-Enriched Fructose and Glucose". BioMed Research International 2013 (2013): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1155%2F2013%2F638085.
    10.1155/2013/638085
  29. Ana Sofia Fraga; Ana Cristina Esteves; Nuno Micaelo; Pedro F. Cruz; Rui M.M. Brito; Margaret Nutley; Alan Cooper; Marlene M.T. Barros; Euclides M.V. Pires. "Functional and conformational changes in the aspartic protease cardosin A induced by TFE". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 50 2 (2012): 323-330. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ijbiomac.2011.12.018.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2011.12.018
  30. Maria I. L. Soares; Susana M. M. Lopes; Pedro F. Cruz; Rui M. M. Brito; Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo. "ChemInform Abstract: Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis of 2,2-Dioxo-1H,3H-pyrrolo[1,2-c]thiazoles and 2-Vinyl-1H-pyrroles.". ChemInform 40 11 (2009): https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fchin.200911123.
    10.1002/chin.200911123
  31. Maria I.L. Soares; Susana M.M. Lopes; Pedro F. Cruz; Rui M.M. Brito; Teresa M.V.D. Pinho e Melo. "Flash vacuum pyrolysis of 2,2-dioxo-1H,3H-pyrrolo[1,2-c]thiazoles and 2-vinyl-1H-pyrroles". Tetrahedron 64 41 (2008): 9745-9753. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.tet.2008.07.079.
    10.1016/j.tet.2008.07.079