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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rafael Alexandre Farinha Serrano

Citation names

  • Serrano, Rafael

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
641B-D8E4-F7C0
ORCID iD
0009-0000-6219-3053
Researcher Id
JMC-6606-2023

Email addresses

  • rafaelserrano@ua.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences

Languages

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

Contract

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

Other

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

Publications

Journal article
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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

Event participation

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

Scientific expedition

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

Award

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