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Completed a Master's in Bioorganic Chemistry from the NOVA Faculty of Science and Technology, and a Master's in Chemoinformatics from the University of Strasbourg through the Erasmus Mundus Chemoinformatics+ program, earning a double Master's degree. Holds a Bachelor's in Biochemistry from the University of Madeira. Currently a researcher at the NOVA Faculty of Science and Technology. Has published 1 article in specialized journals. Organized 2 events and participated in 7 events. Received 1 merit award. The context of scientific, technological, and artistic-cultural production is in the areas of: Machine learning; Chemoinformatics; Organic Chemistry; Computational Chemistry.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Johander Inacio Dos Ramos Azuaje

Citation names

  • Azuaje, Johander

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5C14-D383-FFB1
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4851-2414

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 965524609 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/09/16 - 2024/07/15
Concluded
Chémoinformatique (Master)
Université de Strasbourg, France
"Machine Learning-based predictive models for assessing toxicity towards Daphnia magna and Dario renio (Zebrafish) " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15
2022/09/16 - 2024/07/12
Concluded
Química Bioorgânica (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Machine Learning-based predictive models for assessing toxicity towards Daphnia magna and Dario renio (Zebrafish) " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
15
2019/09/15 - 2022/06/09
Concluded
Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
"Estudo in silico do potencial inibitório de compostos orgânicos contra acetilcolinesterase" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/11/25 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/02/07 - 2024/06/28 Research Trainee (Research) Université de Strasbourg, France
Univerza v Ljubljani Fakulteta za Kemijo in Kemijsko tehnologijo, Slovenia
2023/12/03 - 2024/06/13 Research Trainee (Research) Université de Strasbourg, France
Arkema Centre de Recherche Rhône-Alpes, France
2022/03/08 - 2022/05/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2022/01/24 - 2022/02/24 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2021/06/30 - 2021/07/30 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Johander I. Azuaje. "Alprazolam, an Allosteric Modulator for GABAA Receptors". Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química 40 170 (2023): 34-38. https://doi.org/10.52590/m3.p707.a30002709.
    Published • 10.52590/m3.p707.a30002709
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10/07 Computational chemistry 44ta Conferencia cientifica Elena Rivero de Cabrera 2023
Instituto Nacional de Higiene Rafael Rangel (Caracas, Venezuela)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2023/02/27 - 2023/03/01 Midterm Symposium of the Master's Programs of the Departments of Chemistry and Life Sciences 2023 (2023/02/27 - 2023/03/01)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/09/04 - 2021/09/07 Congress "Food Chemistry Meeting XV" (2021/09/04 - 2021/09/07)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/04/14 - 2025/04/17 Attendance at a course taught by multiple professionals in the fields of flow chemistry and electrochemistry in industry, biocatalysis, photoelectrochemistry, scale-up chemistry, high-throughput and new technologies, membrane technology, and artificial intelligence.
Workshop
Enabling Technologies in Pharmaceutical and Chemical Development
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2025/04/09 - 2025/04/09 Attendance at a QSAR modeling tutorial focused on the analysis of the pharmacological profile of compounds, taught by Professor Gilles Marcou from the University of Strasbourg. Learned about machine learning, multi-task learning, and programming in R.
Workshop
WORKSHOP CHEMOINFORMATICS: "Compund profiling using QSAR modelling
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Université de Strasbourg Faculté de Chimie, France
2025/04/07 - 2025/04/08 Attendance at a course taught by Professor Paul Knochel covering the following topics: oxidative addition reactions, metal/halogen exchange reactions, transmetallation reactions, direct metalations, organometallic reactions in flow chemistry (hydro- or carbo-metalations), and cross-coupling and amination reactions with organozinc reagents.
Seminar
Functionalized Main-Group Organometallics (Li, Na, Mg, Zn) in Organic Synthesis 2025
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/05/14 - 2024/05/15 As a member of COST Action 21111, delivered a presentation on the project’s progress based on machine learning for the quantitative (LC50 and EC50) and qualitative prediction of the toxicity of organic compounds in aquatic organisms (Daphnia magna and Danio rerio).
Workshop
WORKSHOP: “Environmentally friendly systems to replace classical animal models in drug testing for VBD”
2023/06/26 - 2023/06/30 Attended presentations on the latest advances in chemoinformatics by experts from both industry and academia; Presented a poster on the project “Validation of SMILES and combinatorial libraries,” developed during the first year of the master’s program in the fields of chemoinformatics and programming; Participated in the Hackathon session using software developed by the company OpenEye and presented the project developed with the tools provided by the software.
Meeting
Chemoinformatics Summer School in Paris 2023
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Université de Strasbourg Faculté de Chimie, France
2021/11/24 - 2021/11/25 Presentation of chemistry laboratory experiments aimed at high school and lower secondary school students, with the goal of promoting interest in science, especially in areas related to chemistry. The activities included hands-on demonstrations, theoretical explanations adapted to the target audience, and interaction with students to stimulate scientific curiosity and critical thinking.
Exhibition
Chemistry is Fun 2021
Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
2019/11/27 - 2019/11/28 Presentation of chemistry laboratory experiments aimed at high school and lower secondary school students, with the goal of promoting interest in science, especially in areas related to chemistry. The activities included hands-on demonstrations, theoretical explanations adapted to the target audience, and interaction with students to stimulate scientific curiosity and critical thinking.
Exhibition
Chemistry is Fun 2019
Universidade da Madeira Centro de Química da Madeira, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 Bolsa Erasmus Mundus (Chemoinformatics+)