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Rui Sousa has a Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry from the University do Minho, following a background in this field, with a BSc in Biochemistry and a MSc in Chemical Characterization and Analysis Techniques. He is currently an Auxiliary Invited Researcher at the Textile Science and Technology Center (2C2T) of University of Minho. His current work includes the development and manipulation of polymeric formulations for electrospinning, wet-spinning, and 3D printing. He is working under the framework of RRP project GIATEX, developing electrospun membranes and natural fibers-based non-wovens for filtration and adsorption applications. His past work includes the synthesis and characterization of new organic molecules, the synthesis and characterization of novel organic-inorganic hybrids by the sol-gel method, antifouling compounds sensing, and optical fiber sensors. His background provided well-balanced knowledge and expertise within the chemistry and materials field.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
RUI PEDRO CARVALHO LIMA DE SOUSA

Citation names

  • Rui P. C. L. Sousa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
551A-FBC9-5627
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3741-3039
Researcher Id
LLK-0693-2024
Scopus Author Id
57220935607

Email addresses

  • rui.sousa@2c2t.uminho.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua dos Talhos, n 27, Tadim, 4705-671, Braga, Braga, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Materials Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Textiles

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/10/01 - 2023/12/18
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Química Aplicada (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Sol-gel based optical sensors for monitoring of biocides and other analytes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good (Maximum Grade)
2016/09 - 2018/12
Concluded
 Técnicas de Caracterização e Análise Química (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Sondas fluorescentes e agentes antifúngicos derivados do Nile Blue" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2013/09 - 2016/07
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Síntese peptídica em fase sólida assistida por micro-ondas (SPFS-MW): síntese de um péptido mimético" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Têxtil, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Têxtil, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/09/30 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/10 - 2023/12 Sol-gel based optical sensors for monitoring of biocides and other analytes
SFRH/BD/145639/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/02 - Current GIATEX - Gestão Inteligente da Água na ITV
C644943052-00000050
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
 Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP
Ongoing
2024/02 - Current Personal Protective Equipment for active filtration of microorganisms based on electrospun nanofibers membranes
DRI/India/0447/2020
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025 - 2028 Skills4Circularity
EUR
Post-doc
Horizon Europe
2018/05/01 - 2021/12/31 Development of Advanced Fibre Optic Sensors to Monitor the Durability of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Structures
PTDC/ECI-EGC/31220/2017
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031220
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rita B. Figueira; Rui Sousa; Carlos J. R. Silva. "Multifunctional and smart organic–inorganic hybrid sol–gel coatings for corrosion protection applications". In Advances in Smart Coatings and Thin Films for Future Industrial and Biomedical Engineering Applications. 2020.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-849870-5.00008-2
  2. Figueira, R.B.; Sousa, R.; Silva, C.J.R.. "Multifunctional and smart organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel coatings for corrosion protection applications". 57-97. 2019.
Conference abstract
  1. Rui P. C. L. Sousa. "Chitosan/PCL electrospun membranes for textile wastewater treatment". Paper presented in ADD-ITC, Aachen, 2025.
  2. Rui P. C. L. Sousa. "A New Approach For Hybrid Bioresorbable Hernia Meshes: Combination Of 3d Printing With Electrospun Nanofibers". Paper presented in Nanocon - 17th International Conference on Nanomaterials, Brno, 2025.
    Published
  3. Joana M. Rocha; Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Joana C. Araújo; Sofia M. Costa; Vasco Pontes; Wilson Antunes; Raul Fangueiro; Diana P. Ferreira. "Electrospun Membranes based on PAN/AC for Air Filtration and Active Degradation of Microorganisms". Paper presented in AuxDefense2024 – 4th World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense, Braga, 2024.
  4. Rui P. C. L. Sousa. "New developments in biocide chemosensors: are quinoline-based hydrazones any good?". Paper presented in 8th PYCheM, Vila Real, 2023.
  5. Rui P. C. L. Sousa. "8-Hydroxyquinoline-2-carbaldehyde as a tributyltin chemosensor". Paper presented in Phot’Online 2023, 2023.
  6. Sousa, Rui P. C. L.; Costa, Susana P. G.; Figueira, Rita B.; Raposo, Maria Manuela M.. "Synthesis and Chemosensory Studies of a Heterocyclic Thiosemicarbazone as a New Tributyltin Optical Chemosensor". 2022.
    10.3390/ecsoc-26-13540
  7. Sousa, Rui P. C. L.; Costa, Susana P. G.; Figueira, Rita B.; Raposo, M. Manuela M.. "Quinoline-Based Hydrazone Derivative as a Biocide Chemosensor: Synthesis and Sensing Studies". 2022.
    10.3390/ecsa-9-13199
  8. Sousa, Rui P. C. L.; Costa, Susana P. G.; Figueira, Rita B.; Raposo, Maria Manuela M.. "Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Sol–Gel Material Loaded with an Heterocyclic Aldehyde with Potential Application for Cu(II) Detection". 2021.
    10.3390/ecsoc-25-11682
  9. Rui P. C. L. Sousa. "Heterocyclic thiosemicarbazone based on a bithienyl pconjugated bridge for heavy metal cations detection". Paper presented in XXVII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Braga, 2021.
  10. Rui P. C. L. Sousa. "Formyl-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene derivative: preliminary chemosensory studies and spectrophotometric titrations". Paper presented in XIV International Workshop on Sensors and Molecular Recognition, Valencia, 2021.
  11. Rui P. C. L. Sousa. "Imidazole-doped organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel materials: synthesis and characterization". Paper presented in 7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, Bragança, 2021.
  12. Sousa, Rui P. C. L.; Gonçalves, Raquel C. R.; Costa, Susana P. G.; Figueira, Rita B.; Raposo, Maria Manuela M.. "Heterocyclic Aldehydes Based on Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene Core: Synthesis and Preliminary Studies as Ion Optical Chemosensors". 2020.
    10.3390/ecsoc-24-08092
  13. Rui P. C. L. Sousa. "Hybrid sol-gel materials for fiber optic sensors application". Paper presented in MATERIAIS 2019, Lisboa, 2019.
  14. Rui P. C. L. Sousa. "Hybrid coating enriched with TMOS for corrosion mitigation of HGDS". Paper presented in MATERIAIS 2019, Lisboa, 2019.
  15. Sousa, Rui P. C. L.; Ferreira, João C. C.; Sousa, Maria João M. F.; Gonçalves, M. Sameiro T.. "New Nile Blue Derivatives as NIR Fluorescent Probes and Antifungal Agents". 2018.
    10.3390/ecsoc-22-05693
Conference paper
  1. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Susana P. G. Costa; Rita B. Figueira; Maria Manuela Marques Raposo. "Synthesis and Chemosensory Studies of a Heterocyclic Thiosemicarbazone as a New Tributyltin Optical Chemosensor". 2022.
    10.3390/ecsoc-26-13540
  2. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Susana P. G. Costa; Rita B. Figueira; M. Manuela M. Raposo. "Quinoline-Based Hydrazone Derivative as a Biocide Chemosensor: Synthesis and Sensing Studies". 2022.
    10.3390/ecsa-9-13199
  3. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Susana P. G. Costa; Rita B. Figueira; Maria Manuela M. Raposo. "Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Sol–Gel Material Loaded with an Heterocyclic Aldehyde with Potential Application for Cu(II) Detection". 2021.
    10.3390/ecsoc-25-11682
  4. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Raquel C. R. Gonçalves; Susana P. G. Costa; Rita B. Figueira; Maria Manuela M. Raposo. "Heterocyclic Aldehydes Based on Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene Core: Synthesis and Preliminary Studies as Ion Optical Chemosensors". 2020.
    10.3390/ecsoc-24-08092
  5. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; João C. C. Ferreira; Maria João M. F. Sousa; M. Sameiro T. Gonçalves. "New Nile Blue Derivatives as NIR Fluorescent Probes and Antifungal Agents". 2018.
    10.3390/ecsoc-22-05693
Conference poster
  1. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Bárbara R. Gomes; Susana P. G. Costa; Rui F. P. Pereira; Rita B. Figueira; M. Manuela M. Raposo. "Imidazole-doped organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel material for pH monitoring in concrete". Paper presented in VI Encontro de Técnicas de Caracter-ização e Análise Química, 2022.
  2. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Raquel C. R. Gonçalves; Susana P. G. Costa; Rita B. Figueira; M. Manuela M. Raposo. "Formyl-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene derivative: preliminary chemosensory studies and spectrophotometric titrations". Paper presented in XIV International Workshop on Sensors and Molecular Recognition, 2021.
  3. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Rita B. Figueira; Susana P. G. Costa; M. Manuela M. Raposo. "Imidazole-doped organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel materials: synthesis and characterization". Paper presented in 7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, 2021.
  4. Sousa, Rui. "Hybrid Coating Enriched with TMOS for corrosion mitigation of HGDS". Paper presented in Materiais 2019, 2019.
  5. Sousa, Rui; Sousa, Maria João; Gonçalves, Maria do Sameiro. "New Nile Blue sulfonamide derivatives: synthesis, characterization and photophysics". Paper presented in V Encontro em Técnicas de Caracterização e Análise Química, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Joana M. Rocha; Rui P.C.L. Sousa; Joana C. Araújo; Sofia M. Costa; Wilson Antunes; Verónica Rocha; Raul Fangueiro; Diana P. Ferreira. "PAN/CA-based electrospun membranes for air filtration and active microorganism degradation". Materials Chemistry and Physics (2026): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2025.131861.
    10.1016/j.matchemphys.2025.131861
  2. Joana M. Rocha; Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Joana C. Araújo; Sofia M. Costa; Wilson Antunes; Verónica Rocha; Raul Fangueiro; Diana P. Ferreira. "PAN/CA-based electrospun membranes for air filtration and active microorganism degradation". Materials Chemistry and Physics (2025):
    Submitted
  3. Joana M. Rocha; Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Diogo Sousa; Shafagh D. Tohidi; Artur Ribeiro; Raul Fangueiro; Diana P. Ferreira. "Polycaprolactone-Based Fibrous Scaffolds Reinforced with Cellulose Nanocrystals for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair". Applied Sciences (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/app15052301.
    10.3390/app15052301
  4. Óscar Martínez-Rico; Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Joana C. Araújo; Sofia M. Costa; Begoña González; Diana P. Ferreira. "Chitosan and polycaprolactone electrospun nanofibrous composites for sustainable decolorization of textile wastewaters". Environamental Science & Technology (2025):
    Submitted
  5. Rui P.C.L. Sousa; Filipe Teixeira; Susana P.G. Costa; Rita B. Figueira; M. Manuela M. Raposo. "Quinoline-based hydrazones for biocide detection: Machine learning-aided design of new TBT chemosensors". Dyes and Pigments (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2024.112053.
    10.1016/j.dyepig.2024.112053
  6. Joana M. Rocha; Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Raul Fangueiro; Diana P. Ferreira. "The Potential of Electrospun Membranes in the Treatment of Textile Wastewater: A Review". Polymers (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16060801.
    10.3390/polym16060801
  7. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Rita B. Figueira; Emanuela Callone; Sandra Dirè; Susana P. G. Costa; Maria Manuela M. Raposo. "Amino-Alcohol Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials Based on an Epoxy Bicyclic Silane: Synthesis and Characterization". Nanomaterials (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13172429.
    10.3390/nano13172429
  8. João C. C. Ferreira; Rui P. C. L. Sousa; A. Preto; Maria João Sousa; M. Sameiro T. Gonçalves. "Novel Benzo[a]phenoxazinium Chlorides Functionalized with Sulfonamide Groups as NIR Fluorescent Probes for Vacuole, Endoplasmic Reticulum, and Plasma Membrane Staining". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24033006.
    10.3390/ijms24033006
  9. Bárbara Ferreira; Sara Sousa; Rui P.C.L. Sousa; Susana P.G. Costa; M. Manuela M. Raposo; Pier Parpot; Artur J.M. Valente; Rui F.P. Pereira; Rita B. Figueira. "Organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel membranes for pH sensing in highly alkaline environment". Construction and Building Materials 360 (2022): 129493-129493. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.129493.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.129493
  10. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Susana P. G. Costa; Rita B. Figueira; M. Manuela M. Raposo. "New Dinitrophenyl Hydrazones as Colorimetric Probes for Anions". Chemosensors (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors10100384.
    10.3390/chemosensors10100384
  11. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Rita B. Figueira; Bárbara R. Gomes; Sara Sousa; R. Cristina M. Ferreira; Susana P. G. Costa; M. Manuela M. Raposo. "Hybrid Sol-Gel Matrices Doped with Colorimetric/Fluorimetric Imidazole Derivatives". Nanomaterials (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11123401.
    10.3390/nano11123401
  12. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; João C. C. Ferreira; Maria João Sousa; M. Sameiro T. Gonçalves. "N-(5-Amino-9H-benzo[a]phenoxazin-9-ylidene)propan-1-aminium chlorides as antifungal agents and NIR fluorescent probes". New Journal of Chemistry (2021): https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ00879J.
    10.1039/D1NJ00879J
  13. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Rita B. Figueira; Bárbara R. Gomes; Susana P. G. Costa; Miguel Azenha; Rui F. P. Pereira; M. Manuela Raposo. "Organic–inorganic hybrid sol–gel materials doped with a fluorescent triarylimidazole derivative". RSC Advances 11 40 (2021): 24613-24623. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA03997K.
    10.1039/D1RA03997K
  14. Rui P. C. L. Sousa. "Optical Fiber Sensors for Biocide Monitoring: Examples, Transduction Materials, and Prospects.". ACS sensors (2020): https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.0c01615.
    10.1021/acssensors.0c01615
  15. Rui P. C. L. Sousa; Bárbara Ferreira; Miguel Azenha; Susana P. G. Costa; Carlos J. R. Silva; Rita B. Figueira. "PDMS Based Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials for Sensing Applications in Alkaline Environments: Synthesis and Characterization". Polymers 12 2 (2020): 371-371. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12020371.
    10.3390/polym12020371
  16. Figueira, R.B.; Sousa, R.; Coelho, L.; Azenha, M.; de Almeida, J.M.; Jorge, P.A.S.; Silva, C.J.R.. "Alkali-silica reaction in concrete: Mechanisms, mitigation and test methods". Construction and Building Materials 222 (2019): 903-931. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.07.230.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.07.230
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Sol-gel based optical sensors for monitoring of biocides and other analytes". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/1822/88427.
  2. Sousa, Rui. "Sondas fluorescentes e agentes antifúngicos derivados do Nile Blue". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/1822/74126.
  3. Sousa, Rui. "Síntese peptídica em fase sólida assistida por micro-ondas (SPFS-MW): síntese de um péptido mimético". Degree, Universidade do Minho, 2016.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/11/28 Chitosan/PCL electrospun membranes for textile wastewater treatment Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference
(Aachen, Germany)
2025/10/16 A New Approach For Hybrid Bioresorbable Hernia Meshes: Combination Of 3d Printing With Electrospun Nanofibers Nanocon - 17th International Conference on Nanomaterials
(Brno, Czech Republic)
2024/06/21 Electrospun Membranes based on PAN/AC for Air Filtration and Active Degradation of Microorganisms AuxDefense2024 – 4th World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense
(Braga, Portugal)
2023/05/18 New developments in biocide chemosensors: are quinoline-based hydrazones any good? 8th PYCheM
Young Chemists Group (Vila Real, Portugal)
2023/02/01 8-Hydroxyquinoline-2-carbaldehyde as a tributyltin chemosensor Phot'Online 2023
French Chemical Society (France)
2021/07/16 Heterocyclic thiosemicarbazone based on a bithienyl pi-conjugated bridge for heavy metal cations detection XXVII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Braga, Portugal)
2019/04/17 Hybrid Sol-gel Materials for Fiber Optic Sensors Application MATERIAIS 2019
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/01 - Current Desenvolvimento de redes de suporte para hérnias por manufatura aditiva, eletrospinning e wetspinning
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Materiais e Tecnologias Avançadas (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2025/09 - 2026/07 Absorbable anti-inflammatory fibrous scaffolds for abdominal hernia repair
Supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/05 - Current PyCheM - Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (2023/05)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2024/06/20 - 2024/06/22 AuxDefense 2024 - 4th World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense (2024/06/20)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2023/05/17 - 2023/05/19 8th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (2023/05/17 - 2023/05/19)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2017/04/07 - 2017/04/10 X Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica (2017/04/07)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2016/01 - 2016/05 Causas que levam ao escurecimento da madeira, no âmbito do processo da produção da folha de madeira
Workshop
 iScience - Interface Ciência

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current Polymers MDPI
2025 - Current Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology Frontiers
2024/11 - Current Chemosensors MDPI
2024/11 - Current Materials MDPI
2024/09 - Current Molecules MDPI

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/05 - 2023/05 Grupo de Químicos Jovens da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química Direção
2016/01 - 2017/01 Associação Académica da Universidade do Minho Diretor do Departamento Cultural e Tradições Académicas

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023/05 - Current PYCA award - Best Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry
2022/10 - Current FlashChem - Photography Contest
2021/09 - 2023/09 ChemRus - Scientific Film Contest

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current Gels MDPI

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2025 - Current PLA electrospun membranes functionalized with activated carbon for water adsorption and filtration Sónia Gonçalves
2024/09/01 - Current Electrospinning membranes for water adsorption and filtration Oscar Martinez-Rico
2024/02/01 - Current Electrospinning membranes for water adsorption and filtration Joana Rocha
2020/09 - 2022/09 Synthesis and characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel materials Bárbara R. Gomes
2019/02 - 2021/12 Synthesis and characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel materials Bárbara Ferreira
2021/02 - 2021/09 Synthesis and characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel materials Sara Sousa