Rafael Alexandre Farinha Serrano (641B-D8E4-F7C0)

Curriculum Vitae

Rafael Alexandre Farinha Serrano

Identification

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
French	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/09 - 2025/06 Concluded	Química (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	19
2020/09 - 2023/07 Concluded	Biotecnologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	19

Projects

	Designation	Funders
2024/03/03 - 2024/03/07	Kraft Lignin Solubility in Deep Eutectic Solvents DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB2310313 Team member Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal	Science and Technology Facilities Council Concluded

	Designation	Funders
2023/12/11 - 2024/06/30	Use of “Egyptian Blue” as a luminescent probe for cancer cells CICECO CICECO Young Scientist Program Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal	Universidade de Aveiro CICECO Ongoing

Outputs

Journal article

Mariela M. Nolasco; Pedro D. Vaz; Rafael A. F. Serrano; João T. Martins; Catarina F. Araújo; Paulo Ribeiro-Claro. "Computational spectroscopy for crystalline materials: from structure to properties". CrystEngComm (2025): https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CE00342C.
10.1039/D5CE00342C
Rafael A. F. Serrano; Catarina F. Araújo; Paulo Ribeiro-Claro; Pedro D. Vaz; Svemir Rudic; João A. P. Coutinho; Mariela M. Nolasco. "Decoding disorder: unravelling entropy effects in deep eutectic systems with neutron spectroscopy". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2025): https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CP01144B.
10.1039/D5CP01144B
Araújo, Catarina F.; Ribeiro-Claro, Paulo; Vaz, Pedro D.; Rudic, Svemir; Serrano, Rafael A. F.; Silva, Liliana P.; Coutinho, J. A. P.; Nolasco, Mariela M.. "Exploring asymmetry induced entropy in tetraalkylammonium–urea DES systems: what can be learned from inelastic neutron scattering?". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26 7 (2023): 5969-5977. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D3CP04961b.
Published • 10.1039/d3cp04961b

Activities

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/06/06 - 2025/06/06	Poster communication at the 11th Meeting of Portuguese Synchrotron Radiation Users (ENURS) Meeting	ENURS - National Meeting of Synchrotron Radiation users Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/03/03 - 2024/03/07	Study of the importance of water content on the solubility of kraft lignin in DES. Inelastic neutron scattering was applied to clarify the DES-water-lignin interactions at a molecular level	ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, United Kingdom

Distinctions

2025	DGES- Merit-based award, based on the average grade obtained in the academic year 2022/2023 Governo da República Portuguesa Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal
2024	DGES- Merit-based award, based on the average grade obtained in the academic year 2021/2022. Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal
2024	Academic merit scholarship: maintenance of an average grade higher than 17.5
2024	DELTA award - best graduating student of the Bachelor’s Degree in Biotechnology
2023	Academic merit scholarship: maintenance of an average grade higher than 17.5 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022	Academic merit scholarship: maintenance of an average grade higher than 17.5 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021	Academic merit scholarship: maintenance of an average grade higher than 17.5 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020	Academic merit scholarship: 1st application with an average grade higher than 17.5 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal