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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Francisco Abreu dos Santos

Citation names

  • Santos, Francisco

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2414-C825-7EFE
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4700-0476

Email addresses

  • fra.santos@campus.fct.unl.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Polymer Science
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

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

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02/14 - 2024/09/30 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/02/14 - 2024/09/30 AgriLoop: Pushing the frontier of circular agriculture by converting residues into novel economic, social and environmental opportunities
101081776
Research Fellow
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/03 - 2022/12 CartHeal - Cartilages for hip prosthesis with controlled drug release ability
PTDC/CTM-CTM/29593/2017
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/10/01 - 2025/12/31 Institute for Health and Bioeconomy
LA/P/0140/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0140/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024/10/01 - 2024/12/31 Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit
UIDP/04378/2020
10.54499/UIDP/04378/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas, Portugal

Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Santos, Francisco; Torres, Cristiana Andreia Vieira; Duque, Anouk F.; Freitas, Filomena; Reis, Maria. "Oil extracted from tomato pomace as feedstock for sustainable PHA production". Paper presented in Second Symposium for Young Chemists: Innovation and Sustainability (SYNC 2024), 2024.
  2. Santos, Francisco; Andreia Sofia Gonçalves de Oliveira; Célio Gabriel Figueiredo Pina; Ana Paula Valagão Amadeu do Serro. Corresponding author: Ana Paula Valagão Amadeu do Serro. "Tribomechanical behaviour of gamma-irradiated Nomex® reinforced poly(vinyl alcohol)-based hydrogels for articular cartilage replacement". Paper presented in IBERTRIB 2022 - 11th Iberian Conference on Tribology, 2022.
  3. Maciel, Dina; Santos, Francisco; Muñoz-Fernández, Maria Ángeles; Tomás, Helena; Rodrigues, João. "Anticancer activity of ruthenium-based metallodendrimers: a hopeful metallodrug against cancer". Paper presented in 2nd International Workshop on Advanced Materials for Healthcare Applications, 2019.
  4. Maciel, Dina; Santos, Francisco; Muñoz-Fernández, Maria Ángeles; Tomás, Helena; Rodrigues, João. "Ruthenium-based metallodendrimers: synthesis, cytotoxicity and hematotoxicity studies". Paper presented in IDS11 - 11th International Dendrimer Symposium, 2019.
  5. Santos, Francisco; Maciel, Dina; Rodrigues, João. Corresponding author: Rodrigues, João. "Synthesis and Characterization of Low Generation of Sulfonated and Carboxylated Poly(Alkylidenamine) Dendrimers". Paper presented in IDS11 - 11th International Dendrimer Symposium, 2019.
  6. Santos, Francisco; Maciel, Dina; João Rodrigues. Corresponding author: João Rodrigues. "Copper (II) complexes formed in the presence of low generation poly(alkylidenamine) dendrimers: a UV-Vis study". Paper presented in MAD-Nano18 - Madeira International Conference on Emerging Trends and Future of Nanomaterials for Human Health, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Francisco Santos; Carolina Marto-Costa; Ana Catarina Branco; Andreia Sofia Oliveira; Rui Galhano dos Santos; Madalena Salema-Oom; Roberto Leonardo Diaz; et al. "Tribomechanical Properties of PVA/Nomex® Composite Hydrogels for Articular Cartilage Repair". Gels (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/gels10080514.
    10.3390/gels10080514
  2. Maciel, Dina; Nunes, Nádia ; Santos, Francisco; Yu Fan; Gaoming Li; Mingwu Shen; Tomás, Helena; Xiangyang Shi; João Rodrigues. Corresponding author: João Rodrigues. "New insights on ruthenium(II) metallodendrimers as anticancer drug nanocarriers: from synthesis to preclinic behaviour". Journal of Materials Chemistry B 10 43 (2022): 8945-8959. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2tb01280d.
    Published • 10.1039/d2tb01280d
Distinctions

Other distinction

2021 Award for Academic Excelence
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 Merit Diploma
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal