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Sandra Figueiredo graduated from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, with a Master's degree in Pharmacy and completed her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a focus on Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the same institution in 2017. In 2016, she served as a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain. Throughout her Ph.D. program, she specialized in medicinal/pharmaceutical chemistry and biological sciences, significantly enhancing her expertise in drug discovery and the understanding of target diseases, particularly cancer. In 2018, Sandra joined the Cyanobacterial Natural Products (CNP) Team at CIIMAR, University of Porto, Portugal, as a postdoctoral researcher funded by an ERC grant. Here, she led a work on the discovery of new chemistry and enzymology of marine natural products, combining cutting edge and traditional methodologies Sandra has also been dedicated to mentoring and supervising undergraduate and master's students in the laboratory, as well as participating in academic degree juries. In 2021, she was appointed Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, and in 2023, at the University of La Rochelle, France. At the end of 2021, Sandra received a FCT-funded exploratory project to investigate the beta-oxidation pathway in cyanobacteria. Additionally, she secured a competitive scientific employment contract from FCT in the same year, focusing on discovering new cyanobacterial natural products with therapeutic potential.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sandra Antónia Cordeiro Figueiredo

Citation names

  • Figueiredo, S.A.C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1C11-FDEE-0FAF
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7949-0513

Email addresses

  • sfigueiredo@ciimar.up.pt (Professional)
  • sandra.figueiredo@ff.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • CIIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto), Terminal De Cruzeiros De Leixões. Av. General Norton De Matos S/N, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Medicinal Chemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Pharmacology and pharmacy
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2012/09 - 2017/12
Concluded
 Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Pentacyclic triterpenoids: Discovery of new drugs with antitumour activity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with praise and distinction
2006/09 - 2011/06
Concluded
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Doença de Alzheimer: potenciais alvos terapêuticos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/06 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2018/02 - 2022/05 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2012/03 - 2017/12 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2012/03 - 2017/12 Researcher (Research) Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2015/11 - 2016/12 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
2010/10 - 2010/12 Research Trainee (Research) Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) La Rochelle Université, France
European University for Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability - EU-CONEXUS, France
2021/09 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/05 - 2012/11 Técnico Farmacêutico Principal (Técnico Farmacêutico) Farmácia Campos, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/06 - 2023/08 Investigation of a new class of beta-propeller enzymes
PTDC/BIA-BQM/5760/2020
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01 - 2023/07 CyanoBox - Beta-oxidation in cyanobacteria
EXPL/BIA-BQM/0649/2021
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2023/03 - 2023/04 CYAmoebae - Chemical-mediated interactions between cyanobacteria and amoebae
2022.04572.PTDC
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/02 - 2020/05 FattyCyanos - Fatty acid incorporation and modification in cyanobacterial natural products
ERC759840
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 European Research Council
Ongoing
2012/09 - 2017/12 Pentacyclic triterpenoids: Discovery of new drugs with antitumour activity
SFRH/BD/86163/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/06 - 2028/06 Unravelling the therapeutic potential of cyanobacterial cyclic depsipeptides
2021.00199.CEECIND
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centre for Marine and Environmental Research
LA/P/0101/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0101/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/01/06 - 2024/04/30 CYanoCYclic – Cyclicdepsipeptides from cyanobacteria
SEED - Young Researchers projects
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
Ongoing
2020/06 - 2022/05 FattyCyanos - Fatty acid incorporation and modification in cyanobacterial natural products
ERC759840
Researcher
European Research Council, Belgium
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Figueiredo, S.A.C.. "Beta oxidation: a well kept secret of cyanobacteria". Paper presented in EMBO | EMBL Symposium: New approaches and concepts in microbiology, 2023.
  2. Pies, Bárbara; Figueiredo, S.A.C.. Corresponding author: Figueiredo, S.A.C.. "Fatty-acid degradation in cyanobacteria". Paper presented in The 16th Nordic Photosynthesis Congress and The 5th Nordic Algae Symposium: From Photosynthesis to Industrial Applications, 2023.
  3. Pires, Bárbara; Figueiredo, S.A.C.. "Looking into beta-oxidation in cyanobacteria". Paper presented in BTC - Blue Think Conference, 2022.
  4. Abt, Kathleen; Figueiredo, S.A.C.. "Fischerazoles A-C, cyanobacterial polychlorinated lipids featuring fatty acyl chain rearrangement". Paper presented in Directing Biosynthesis VI, RSC, Edinburgh, 2022.
  5. Pires, Bárbara; Figueiredo, S.A.C.. "Discovery of new natural products from PCC 6407". Paper presented in IJUP'22, 2022.
  6. Leão, Pedro N.; Figueiredo, S.A.C.. "An intriguing alkyl chain rearrangement shapes the structures of the fischerazoles, plychlorinated cyanobacterial lipopetides". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conferences - Marine Natural Products, 2022.
  7. Amaranta, Kahn; Figueiredo, S.A.C.. "Exploring a new pathway of exogenous fatty acid incorporation in cyanobacteria.". Paper presented in XII ECMNP European Conference on Marine Natural Products, 2021.
  8. Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Martins, Teresa; Abt, Kathleen; Leão, Pedro N.. "Exploring Fatty Acid and Lipid Metabolism in Cyanobacteria". Paper presented in XVI International Symposium on Marine Natural Products; XI European Conference on Marine Natural Products, Peniche, Portugal, 2019.
  9. Reis, João P. A.; Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Leão, Pedro N.. "A novel enzymatic esterification involved in the biosynthesis of branched bartolosides". Paper presented in XVI International Symposium on Marine Natural Products; XI European Conference on Marine Natural Products, Peniche, Portugal, 2019.
  10. Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Abt, K.; Leão, P.N.. "Probing lipid catabolism in cyanobacteria". Paper presented in 30th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, Athens, Greece, 2018.
  11. Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Mendes, Vanessa I.S.; Cortés, Roldán; Cascante, Marta; Salvador, Jorge A.R.. "Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel celastrol derivatives as potent and selective cytotoxic compounds". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Drug Discovery, Designing Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis, Vancouver, Canada, 2018.
  12. Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Gonçalves, Bruno M.F.; Alho, Daniela P.S.; Leal, Ana S.; Mendes, Vanessa I.S.; Valdeira, Ana S.; Wang, Rui; Jing, Yongkui; Salvador, Jorge A.R.. "Synthesis and Biological Studies of Novel Ursane-Type Pentacyclic Triterpenoids as Useful Platforms to Discover Anticancer Drugs". Paper presented in FMC 2015 - Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry 2015, Antwerp, Belgium, 2015.
  13. Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Valdeira, Ana S.; Leal, Ana S.; Mendes, Vanessa I.S.; Alho, Daniela P.S.; Gonçalves, Bruno M.F.; Jing, Yongkui; Wang, Rui; Salvador, Jorge A.R.. "Synthesis of Novel Oleanolic Acid Derivatives with Improved Antiproliferative Activity in Solid Tumor Cells". Paper presented in XXIII International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014.
  14. Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Salvador, Jorge A.R.; Valdeira, Ana S.; Leal, Ana S.; Alho, Daniela P.S.; Mendes, Vanessa I.S.; Gonçalves, Bruno M.F.. "Green Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Drug Discovery". Paper presented in Hovione & MIT Portugal Symposium: Showcasing Portuguese Pharma Science, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014.
  15. Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Salvador, Jorge A.R.; Valdeira, Ana S.; Leal, Ana S.; Alho, Daniela P.S.; Mendes, Vanessa I.S.; Gonçalves, Bruno M.F.; Jing, Yongkui; Wang, Rui. "Synthesis of Novel Heterocyclic Oleanolic Acid Derivatives with Improved Antiproliferative Activity in Solid Tumor Cells". Paper presented in Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology Annual Meeting, Cantanhede, Portugal, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Leão, Pedro N.; Martins, Teresa P.; Abt, Kathleen; Reis, João P. A.; Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Castelo-Branco, Raquel; Freitas, Sara. "Incorporation and modification of fatty acids in cyanobacterial natural products biosynthesis". Chemical Communications (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3cc00136a.
    10.1039/d3cc00136a
  2. Figueiredo, Sandra A. C.; Preto, Marco; Moreira, Gabriela; Martins, Teresa P.; Abt, Kathleen; Melo, André; Vasconcelos, Vitor M.; Leao, Pedro N.. "Discovery of cyanobacterial natural products containing fatty acid residues". Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202015105.
    10.1002/ange.202015105
  3. Reis, João P. A.; Figueiredo, Sandra A. C.; Sousa, Maria Lígia; Leão, Pedro N.. "BrtB is an O-alkylating enzyme that generates fatty acid-bartoloside esters". Nature Communications 11 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15302-z.
    10.1038/s41467-020-15302-z
  4. Salvador, Jorge A.R.; Leal, Ana S.; Valdeira, Ana S.; Gonçalves, Bruno M.F.; Alho, Daniela P.S.; Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Silvestre, Samuel M.; Mendes, Vanessa I.S.. "Oleanane-, ursane-, and quinone methide friedelane-type triterpenoid derivatives: Recent advances in cancer treatment". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 142 (2017): 95-130.
    10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.07.013
  5. Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Salvador, Jorge A.R.; Cortés, Roldán; Cascante, Marta. "Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel C-29 Carbamate Celastrol Derivatives as Potent and Selective Cytotoxic Compounds". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 139 (2017): 836-848.
    10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.08.058
  6. Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Salvador, Jorge A.R.; Cortés, Roldán; Cascante, Marta. "Novel Celastrol Derivatives with Improved Selectivity and Enhanced Antitumour Activity: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 138 (2017): 422-437.
    10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.06.029
  7. Salvador, Jorge; Santos, Rita; Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Jing, Yongkui. "Antitumor Effects of Celastrol and Semi-Synthetic Derivatives". Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry 11 3 (2014): 400-407.
    10.2174/1570193x1103140915113701
  8. Salvador, Jorge AR; Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Pinto, Rui MA; Silvestre, Samuel M. "Bismuth compounds in medicinal chemistry". Future Medicinal Chemistry 4 11 (2012): 1495-1523.
    10.4155/fmc.12.95
Preprint
  1. Figueiredo, S.A.C.; Abt, Kathleen; Leão, Pedro N.. "Fischerazoles A-C, cyanobacterial polychlorinated lipids featuring fatty acyl chain rearrangement". 2022. 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-v8zlp.
    10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-v8zlp
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Figueiredo, S.A.C.. "Pentacyclic triterpenoids: Discovery of new drugs with antitumour activity". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/42984.
  2. Figueiredo, S.A.C.. "Doença de Alzheimer: potenciais alvos terapêuticos". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, 2011.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/10/22 Discovery of cyclic depsipeptides from cyanobacteria. 5th European Conference on Natural Products
(Würzburg, Germany)
2024/09/09 CYanoCYclic - Cyclicdepsipeptides from cyanobacteria CIIMAR Anual Meeting
CIIMAR (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2024/05/08 Revealing the beta-oxidation pathway in cyanobacteria Encontro de Investigação Jovem da U.Porto (IJUP)
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/07/06 Future after PhD Oceanus Seminar Series - Future after PhD
CIIMAR (Portugal)
2022/06/20 Fischerazoles A-C, cyanobacterial polychlorinated lipids featuring fatty acyl chain rearrangement Halversity workshop
CIIMAR (Portugal)
2022/02/11 Exploiting cyanobacterial metabolism to unveil new natural products and inquire about beta-oxidation 2nd EUGLOH Plant Science Meeting
(Portugal)
2021/10/29 Exploiting cyanobacterial metabolism to unveil new natural products 1st EUGLOH Plant Science Meeting
(Portugal)
2021/08/30 A new strategy for the discovery of lipidic natural products in cultured cyanobacteria XII ECMNP European Conference on Marine Natural Products
(Galway (Virtual), Ireland)
2021/08/09 Exploiting cyanobacterial metabolism for the discovery of new natural products 1st International Congress of Biotechnology and Bioengineering / 5th Peruvian Congress Biotechnology and Bioengineering - V COPPEBIOT
UNSA - Arequipa, Peru and CIIMAR, Portugal (Arequipa (Virtual), Peru)
2021/01/27 Cyanobacterial Natural Products Discovery
Assaf Vardi Lab - Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences Weizmann Institute of Science (Via Zoom, Rehovot, Israel)
2019/09 A Novel Enzymatic Esterification Involved in the Biosynthesis of Branched Bartolosides XVI International Symposium on Marine Natural Products; XI European Conference on Marine Natural Products
(Peniche, Portugal)
2019/07 Fatty Acid Incorporation Into Cyanobacterial Seconday Metabolites Natural Products in Drug Discovery and Human Health (NatProdDDH) – PSE Meeting
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/01 Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel celastrol derivatives as potent and selective cytotoxic compounds 12º Encontro Nacional de Química Orgânica e 5º Encontro de Química Terapêutica
Divisões de Química Orgânica e de Química Terapêutica da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (SPQ) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2011/07 Novas Estratégias Terapêuticas para a Doença de Alzheimer Angelini University Award 2010/2011
Angelini Farmacêutica (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/10/01 - 2024/12/03 Unlocking cyanobacterial metabolic potential: ß-oxidation pathway
Supervisor of Inês Oliveira Gonçalves
 Mestrado em Biologia Marinha
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/07/17 Discovery of lipopeptides in Cyanobacteria
Supervisor of João Henrique de Araújo Cardoso
 Biochemistry bachelor's (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/07/17 Fatty Acid Catabolism in Cyanobacteria
Supervisor of Francisco José dos Santos Borges
 Biochemistry bachelor's (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/07/09 Discovery of Cyclic Depsipeptides in Cyanobacteria
Supervisor of Khadijat Oluwapelumi Adefaye
 EU-CONEXUS Joint Master Programme in Marine Biotechnology (Master)
European University for Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability - EU-CONEXUS, France
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/01 Peptides from cyanobacteria
Supervisor of Pedro Silva
 Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/09 Exploiting cyanobacterial metabolism to unveil new natural products and inquire about beta-oxidation
Supervisor of Bárbara Pires
 Mestrado em Biologia Funcional e Biotecnologia de Plantas (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/06 Relatório de estágio - Investigação
Supervisor of André Toscano de Sousa Vicente
 Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas (Master)
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/09 Cyanobacterial Natural Products
Co-supervisor of Iñaki Lacomba Marti-Belda
 Biotecnológica Azul Aplicada (Other)
Universidad Católica de Valencia - San Carlos Borromeo, Spain
2019/09 - 2020/09 Discovery of cyanobacterial natural products with anticancer activity
Supervisor of Gabriela Alves Moreira
 Mestrado em Genética Molecular (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019/01 - 2019/09 Lipid metabolism in cyanobacteria
Supervisor of Dionísio Coelho
 Bioquímica
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/07/14 - Current Final Workshop - CyanoBOX (2023/07/14)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/03/18 - 2019/03/20 Advanced course in Lipidomics
Workshop
 Advanced course in Lipidomics
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Thermo Scientific ( Unicam ), Portugal
2018/05/07 - 2018/05/09 Mass spectrometry and LC-MS training: Orbitrap
Workshop
Thermo Scientific ( Unicam ), Portugal
2014/03/12 - 2014/03/14 Hands-On Course on Microscopy Imaging Analysis
Workshop
Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2013/07/21 - 2013/07/25 Beyond the Microscope, Culturing Life: Cell Culture and Tissue Course
Workshop
Centre of Investigation on Environment, Genetics and Oncobiology, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2013/02/26 - 2013/03/01 NMR Basics: Theory, Processing and Analysis
Workshop
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/07/11 Identification of cyanobacteria and microalgae with bioactivities for metabolic diseases
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Beatriz Barrigas Queiroga (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/11/16 Synthesis and structure elucidation of building blocks for new marine derived cyclodepsipepetides with promising antimicrobial activity
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Lia Pereira da Costa (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2023/09/29 Health improving effects of microalgae for hepatic steatosis
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Matilde Soares Cardoso Pereira (Other)
School of Health Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
2023/09/20 OSMAC Strategies To Discover New Natural Products
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Dora de Fátima Medeiros Ferreira (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2022/07/27 Chemical isolation of novel compounds from Spirulina with anti-obesity activity as future nutraceuticals
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlos Filipe Gomes Henriques (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2011 - Current Ordem dos Farmacêuticos Associate member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021/09/23 - 2021/09/23 Scientific Committee of the Blue Think Conference -Share Science, Spread Knowledge
Member
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/25 - Current Joint Master Programme in Marine Biotechnology Biological Profiling of Marine Natural Products (Master) European University for Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability - EU-CONEXUS, France
2022/12/10 - Current Marine Natural Products Mestrado em Química Farmacêutica Industrial (Mestrado) Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/03 - 2024/09 Pharmaceutical Chemistry II Pharmacy (Licenciatura) Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09 - 2024/09 Pharmaceutical Chemistry I Pharmacy (Licenciatura) Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/02 Bioorganic Chemistry Bioanalytical Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023/09/13 - Current BTC2023 - Blue Think Conference 2023
Evaluator
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2022/09/27 - 2022/09/27 BTC2022 - Blue Think Conference 2022
Evaluator
 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/09/23 - 2021/09/23 BTC2021 - Blue Think Conference 2021 Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2021/08/09 - 2021/08/13 1st International Congress of Biotechnology and Bioengineering and the 5th Peruvian Congress Biotechnology and Bioengineering - COPEBIOT 2021.
Evaluator
 Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Peru

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/07 - 2019/07 Sampling for cyanobacteria along the Atlantic coast of Morocco University of Chouaib Doukkali, Morocco, Morocco
Distinctions

Award

2021 Nautilus awards - best scientific paper
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2005 Rotary Club
Rotary Club Figueira da Foz, Portugal

Other distinction

2022 Scientific Employment Stimulus - 4th Edition
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 Postdoctoral fellowship
European Research Council, Belgium
2012 PhD fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ministério da Educação e Ciência, Portugal