Identification
            Personal identification
- Full name
 - Maria Paula Matos Marques
 
Citation names
- Marques, MPM
 
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
 - 6B14-8AE7-9596
 - ORCID iD
 - 0000-0002-8391-0055
 - Researcher Id
 - M-4130-2013
 - Scopus Author Id
 - 35569227900
 
Email addresses
- pmc@ci.uc.pt (Professional)
 
Telephones
- Telephone
 - 
                           
- 239852093 Ext.: 264423 (Professional)
 
 
Addresses
- University of Coimbra. Dep. Life Sciences, Fac. Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)
 
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry
 
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | 
| French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | 
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Italian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | 
Education
            | Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
| 
                                  2018 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Biociencias (Título de Agregado)
                                  Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal 
                                 "Espectroscopia Vibracional em Biociências" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              approved unanimously | 
| 
                                  1995 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Bioquimica (Doutoramento)
                                  Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal 
                                 "Polyazamacrocyclic Ligands and their Metal Complexes - an NMR Study" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              Very Good (cum laudum) | 
| 
                                  1987 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Quimica-Fisica (Mestrado)
                                  Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal 
                                 "Study of Ln(NOTA) Complexes as Structural Probes in NMR" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              Very Good | 
| 
                                  1983 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Quimica (Licenciatura)
                                  Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal 
                                 "Estudo das Cadeias Leves de Miosina de Músculo Esquelético de Coelho por Espectroscopia de RMN" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              15 (out of 20) | 
Affiliation
            Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/10/15 - Current | Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal | 
| 2009 - 2020/10/15 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal | 
| Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal | ||
| 1995 - 2009 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal | 
| 1992 - 1995 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal | 
| 1987 - 1992 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal | 
| Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, Portugal | 
Projects
            Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 - 2006 | Application of a New Natural Method for Sprouting Hindering in Dietary Phytochemicals
                                  AGRO691 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior | 
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/03/11 - 2027/03/11 | NEPHEWS: NEutrons and PHotons Elevating Worldwide Science
                                  .............. 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2023/01/01 - 2026/01/01 | BetterBone - Metabolic-activated 3D Stem Cell Differentiation into Bone
                                  2022.04286.PTDC  
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2023/01/01 - 2025/01/01 | NeedForSpeed - A Comprehensive Raman Spectrometer for Melanoma Diagnosis
                                  2022.03336.PTDC  
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2020 - 2025 | ISIS@MACH (MAterials Characterisation Hub)
                                  POR FESR 2014-2020 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              |
| 2022/09/01 - 2024/09/01 | FUNUS ASTIGITANORUM - Análisis Bioarqueológico de las Prácticas Funerarias de Época Romana y Tardoantigua en Écija, Sevilla
                                  ProyExcel_00713 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2021/01/01 - 2024/01/01 | PineWall - A Relevância da Composição e Estrutura da Parede Celular para a Resistência à Doença da Murchidão do Pinheiro em
                                 Cenários de Alterações Climáticas
                                  PTDC/ASP-SIL/3142/2020  
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/10/01 - 2023/12/31 | Exploring Multidisciplinary Approaches for the Development of Phytotherapeutic Agents
                                  PROPG 02/2019 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              |
| 2022/01/01 - 2023/01/01 | MICRANT - Microplastics in Estarreja Rivers and their Role in the Spread of Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance
                                  OHMI Estarreja 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2018/06 - 2021/06 | VibsOnCancer - Molecular Cancer Diagnostics by Vibrational Spectroscopy
                                  29956 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Horizon 2020 | 
| 2018 - 2021 | IDEAS4life - Novos Nutracêuticos de Plantas Marítimas: onde o Funcional é Melhor?
                                  POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029305 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              |
| 2018 - 2021 | Growing Out of the Lab: Tamarilho Breeding
                                  POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032265  
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              |
| 2016 - 2020 | ReNATURE - Valorisation of the Natural Endogenous Resources of the Central Region of Portugal
                                  Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000007 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | 
| 2012 - 2020 | HOT - ResearcH PrOject of the CEI/XXI Burned SkeleTons
                                  SFRH/BPD/84268/2012 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              |
| 2016/07 - 2019/07 | BioImpact - Biochemical Impact of Ptatinum and Palladium Anticancer Agents - PI
                                  PTDC/QEQ-MED/1890/2014 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Portuguese Foundation for Science & Technology (FCT) | 
| 2016 - 2019 | IRonBONE - Returning Metrics to Osteometrics in Burned Human Skeletal Remains
                                  PTDC/IVC-ANT/1201/2014 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | 
| 2015 - 2018 | COST Action - Raman-based Applications for Clinical Diagnostics (Raman4Clinics)
                                  COST-BM1401 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              European Science Foundation | 
| 2009 - 2014 | Anticancer Activity of New Pd(II)-Polyamine Complexes - PI
                                  PTDC/QUI/66701/2006 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Portuguese Foundation for Science & Technology (FCT) | 
| 2010 - 2012 | A Abertura da Caixa de Pandora Para uma Terapia Ativa Anticancro da Mama - O Papel do Direcionamento Seletivo da Mitocôndria
                                  PTDC/QUI-QUI/101409/2008  
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 - 2010 | Implanted Scaffolds for Targetted Therapy of Osteosarcoma
                                  PTDC/SAU-BEB/ 66896/2006 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Portuguese Foundation for Science & Technology (FCT) | 
| 2007 - 2010 | New Therapeutic Approaches Against Cancer: Rational Design and Synthesis of New Ligands for A3 Adenosine Receptors
                                  PTDC/QUI/70359/2006 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | 
| 2005 - 2009 | Development of New Anticancer Agents: Phenolic Derivatives of Natural or Synthetic Origin - Structure-Activity Relationships
                                 - PI
                                  PPCDT/ /QUI/55631/2004 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Portuguese Foundation for Science & Technology (FCT) | 
| 2002 - 2009 | EU/IHP Programme for ISIS Neutrons - leader of project nº 3
                                  EU/IHP  
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              |
| 2002 - 2009 | EU/IHP Programme for ISIS Neutrons - leader of project nº 3
                                  EU/IHP 
                               | 
                              N/A | 
| 2005 - 2008 | João de Ruão Sculptures - Classification and Characterisation through Pigment Analysis
                                  POCI/HEC/55536/2004 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | 
| 2005 - 2008 | Biochemical and Behavioural Study of Opiates-Cocaine Interactions
                                  POCI/SAU-FCF/58330/2004 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | 
| 2006 - 2007 | Molecular Hibridization for the Design of New Anticancer Drugs
                                  CAPES/CPLP-4.1.3. 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Universidade de Coimbra | 
| 2004 - 2007 | Pt(II) Complexes with Biogenic Polyamines as Novel Anticancer Agents - Structure-Activity Relationships
                                  POCTI/QUI/47256/2002 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Portuguese Foundation for Science & Technology (FCT) | 
| 2006 - 2006 | Síntese de Metabolitos de Drogas de Abuso (Opiáceos). Avaliação das Interações entre os Metabolitos dos Opiáceos e a Cocaína
                                  ............. 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              |
| 2001 - 2006 | COST Action - Health Implications of Dietary Amines
                                  COST-922 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              European Science Foundation | 
| 2003 - 2005 | Biossensores Eletroquímicos em Genômica e Proteómica
                                  ............. 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              |
| 2002 - 2003 | Study of Platinum Complexes of Biogenic Polyamines as New Anticancer Drugs
                                  ........... 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              |
| 2001 - 2003 | Study of Biogenic Polyamines and their Metal Complexes - PI
                                  POCTI/33199/QUI/00 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Secretaria de Estado de Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior | 
| 2001 - 2003 | Platinum(II) Complexes of Biogenic Polyamines as Anticancer Drugs - A Study by Vibrational Spectroscopy
                                  ............ 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              |
| 2000 - 2003 | CH...O Hydrogen Bonds in Liquids
                                  POCTI/35408/QUI/00 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | 
| 1996 - 1999 | Análise Conformacional de Poliaminas: Estudo por Espectroscopia Vibracional e Cálculos Ab Initio
                                  PBIC/C/QUI/2219/95 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              JNICT | 
| 1992 - 1995 | Metal Chelates as Probes in Biomedical NMR
                                  PBIC/S/SAU/1623/92 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              JNICT | 
| 1992 - 1995 | COST Action - Synthesis and Physicochemical Studies of Lanthanide and Transition Metal Chelates of Relevance to Magnetic Resonance
                                 Imaging
                                  COST-D1/0001/92 
                                 Researcher
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              European Science Foundation | 
Outputs
            Publications
| Book | 
                                 
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| Book chapter | 
                                 
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| Conference paper | 
                                 
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| Journal article | 
                                 
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| Thesis / Dissertation | 
                                 
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Activities
            Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location)  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/01/20 | Fluorinated Platforms for MRI Imaging | 14º Encontro Nacional de Química Orgânica & 7º Encontro Nacional de Química Medicinal | 
| 2021/12/07 | Anticancer Activity of Palladium-spermine Complex Against Triple-negative Breast Cancer | 8th European Congress of Pharmacology (EPHAR 2021) | 
| 2021/11/19 | A Trail of Crumbs: Preliminary Study on Chemical Traces in Sharp Force Trauma on Bone | |
| 2021/11/19 | Estimativa do Sexo a Partir da Análise Espectral FTIR-ATR em Osso: uma Abordagem de Machine Learning | 19º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses | 
| 2021/09/24 | Show Me Your Trauma and I´ll Tell You What Caused It: A Preliminary Study on Traumatic Lesions in Human Bone | 7th Portuguese Conference on Paleopathology | 
| 2021/08/24 | Normal-to-Cancer Transition - Insights from Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering | ICAVS11 Conference | 
| 2021/07/08 | Studies in Biosciences by Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering | ISIS Endeavour Programme – User´s Meeting | 
| 2021/05/18 | Intracellular Water Dynamics as a Mediator of Chemotherapy-induced Cell Death | QENS-WINS 2021 Conference | 
| 2020/09 | Investigation of Edible Olive Oils with Light and Neutron Probes | Nano Innovation 2020 – Neutrons for Science and Technology
                                   (Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2020/05/25 | Biological Systems Probed by Neutron Techniques: from Cells to Human Bones | ISIS@MACH 2020 Roadshows
                                   (Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2020 | Unlocking the Secrets of Human Bone – Probing Burned Bones with Neutron and Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy | International Conference on Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy (8th ICOPVS)
                                   (Bangalore, India) 
                               | 
                           
| 2020 | Shedding Light into the Health-beneficial Properties of Plant Extracts: Vibrational Spectroscopy Studies | International Conference on Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy (8th ICOPVS)
                                   (Bangalore, India) 
                               | 
                           
| 2020 | Neutrons and Human Health – from Anticancer Drugs to Bone Analysis | LENS Colloquium (League of advanced European Neutron Sources ) – How Neutrons Contribute to Mission-based Research
                                   (Brussels, Belgium) 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/11 | “Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Metabolomics to Evaluate the Metabolic Impact of Cisplatin and a Potential New Anti-cancer Drug – Palladium(II)-spermine – in a Mouse Model” | III International Congress in Health Sciences Research: Towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship
                                   (Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/11 | “Para Além da Métrica e da Morfologia: Influência da Idade à Morte na Composição Química do Osso” | 18º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
                                   (Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/11 | “How Old Are You? An Attempt of Estimating Age at Death Through FTIR-ATR Analysis of Human Teeth” | 18º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
                                   (Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/10/10 | “Widening the Frontiers in Forensic Profiling: Probing Burned Human Bones with Neutron and Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy” (invited keynote) | 12th Workshop “FT-IR Spectroscopy in Microbiological and Medical Diagnostics"
                                   (Berlin, Germany) 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/10 | “The Health-Beneficial Properties of White Crowberry – A Vibrational Spectroscopic Study” | 16th Asean Food Conference 2019 “Outlook and Opportunities of Food Technology and Culinary for Tourism Industry”
                                   (Indonesia) 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/09 | “Beyond Metrics and Morphology: Influence of Age at Death and Sex in Chemical Analysis by FTIR-ATR” | Advanced Course in Forensic Anthropology and One-Day Symposium (FASE)
                                   (Belgium) 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/08 | Synchrotron-based FTIR and Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering in the Search for New Chemotherapeutic Targets Against Osteosarcoma” (invited keynote) | XVIII European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM 19)
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/07 | “Shining the Beam on Biosystems: From Cancer Cells to Bones” (invited) | ILL – Synergies with Portugal Workshop | 
| 2019/07 | “Probing Drug Pharmacodynamics by Optical and Neutron-based Vibrational Spectroscopy: Interaction of Cisplatin-like Anticancer Agents with DNA” (invited keynote) | 10th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS10)
                                   (New Zealand) 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/06 | “Synchrotron-based Techniques in Biosciences – from Human Cells to Bones” (invited) | 8º Encontro Nacional de Utilizadores de Radiação de Sincrotrão 2019
                                   (Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | Shining the Beam on Bones – Finding New Clues on Archaeological Skeletal Remains | Molecular Spectroscopy Science Meeting (MSSM) – Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
                                   (London, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | Widening the Frontiers in Forensic Profiling: Probing Burned Human Bones with Neutron Techniques | ISIS Student Meeting – Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
                                   (Abingdon, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | Metalloprophyrin as a Catalyst for the Synthesis of Diatereomeric (-)-isopulegol Epoxide: Antiproliferative Activity Against Human Osteosarcoma | 7th EuCheMS Conference on Nitrogen Ligands
                                   (Lisbon, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | Neutron Vibrational Spectroscopy for Probing Ancient Skeletal Human Remains | Synchrotron Radiation and Neutrons in Art and Archaeology
                                   (Portsmouth, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | Synchrotron Radiation and Neutrons in Art and Archaeology | 7th Annual Niels Bohr International Academy Workshop-School on ESS Science in Copenhagen (NBIA7): Deciphering the Hidden Dynamics
                                 of Soft Matter
                                   (Copenhagen, Denmark) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | Searching for New Drug Targets – The Impact of Anticancer Drugs on Intracellular Water Probed by Neutron Spectroscopy | SPEC Conference (SPEC 2018) – Shedding New Light on Disease
                                   (Glasgow, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | Water – a Potential New Target for Chemotherapeutic Intervention? | UK Neutron and Muon Science and User Meeting (NMSUM) 2018, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
                                   (Warwick, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | Vibrational Spectroscopy as an Indicator of Structural Degradation on Human Burned Remains | Skeletons, Stories and Social Bodies Conference (SSSB)
                                   (Southampton, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | Anticancer Metal-Polyamine Complexes Against Breast Cancer | 11º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto (IJUP18)
                                   (Porto, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 | Anticancer Metal Complexes with Polyamines Against Breast Cancer: Cellular Uptake and Selective Cytotoxicity | XLVIII Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia, XXXVI Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica, e XVII Reunião de Toxicologia
                                   (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 | Interrogando Ossos Queimados: Avaliação das Alterações Térmico-induzidas em Ossos Humanos Usando Espetroscopia Vibracional | 16º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 | Gato por Lebre: A Fauna não é um Proxy Satisfatório dos Humanos em Estudos sobre a Composição Química do Esqueleto | 16º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 | Experimental Burnings and Real Fire Scenarios: Are They Comparable in Terms of Chemical Anthropology? | Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE)
                                   (Milan, Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 | A Vibrational Spectroscopy Study of Burned Human Bones | XVII European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM 17)
                                   (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 | Resizing Human Burned Skeletal Remains by Spectroscopic Methods | 22º Congresso da Associação Antropológica Italiana
                                   (Rome, Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 | Burned Skeletal Human Remains Probed by Neutron and Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy | 9th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS 9)
                                   (Victoria, Canada) 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 | Probing Breast Cancer Cells with Neutrons: The Impact of Anticancer Drugs on Intracellular Water | Faraday Joint Interest Group Conference 
                                   (Coventry, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | Molecular Basis of Decavanadate–actin Interplay and Vanadium Toxicity | 19º Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica
                                   (Guimarães, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | Shining the Beam on Bones – Osteometrics in Burned Human Skeletal Remains | Molecular Spectroscopy Science Meeting (MSSM) – Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
                                   (Abingdon, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | Shining the Beam on Life Sciences | SINE2020 General Assembly 2016
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | Synergetic Effect Induced by Docetaxel and PdSpermine Complex in Human Triple Negative Breast Cancer | FARMADRID-25 
                                   (Madrid, Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | Vibracional Spectroscopy – Applications in Forensic and Medicinal Chemistry | ANALÍTICA – 2016
                                   (Lisbon, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | Novel Chemotherapeutic Strategies Probed by Raman Spectroscopy | Meeting of the COST-BM1401 Working Group – Raman-based Applications for Clinical Diagnostics (Raman4Clinics)
                                   (Jena, Germany) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 | Chemotherapeutic Response to Cisplatin-like Drugs in Human Breast Cancer Cells Probed by Vibrational Microspectroscopy | Faraday Discussion “Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications”
                                   (Cambridge, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Efeito de Compostos Fenólicos Presentes na Dieta: Um Caso de Estudo por Espetroscopia de Raman em Células de Cancro de Mama | Encontro Científico do Núcleo de Estudantes de Química da Universidade de Coimbra (NEQ/AAC)
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | SAL@ß-Cyclodextrin-encapsulation of the Salicornia Macrostachya Moric. Halophyte Plant Extracts: A Food System Valorization | EUROFOODCHEM XVIII
                                   (Madrid, Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Spectral Signature of Drug Action – from the Bench to the Cell | XVI European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM 16)
                                   (Bochum) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | MicroRaman Spectroscopic Signature of Drug Action: Pd-Based Anticancer Agents Against Human Breast Cancer | 8th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS 8)
                                   (Vienna, Austria) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Spectral Signature of Drug Action – Novel Pd-based Anticancer Agents | Meeting of the COST-BM1401 Working Group – Raman-based Applications for Clinical Diagnostics (Raman4Clinics)
                                   (Florence, Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Shining the Beam on Drugs – From Molecule to Cell | Molecular Spectroscopy Science Meeting (MSSM) – Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
                                   (Abingdon, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 | New Pt- and Pd-Based Anticancer Agents | H2020 Health European Brokerage Event
                                   (Lyon, France) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 | Copper(II) Complexes of Cinnamic and Caffeic Acids: A Raman Study | VIII Congresso Ibérico de Espetroscopia/XXIV Reunión Española de Espectroscopía
                                   (Logrono, Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 | A Novel Integration Approach in Glioblastoma Multiforme Drug Discovery | Pharmacy Master Symposium – Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 | The Role of PDK1 Inhibitors on Glioblastoma Multiforme - Perturbation Studies | 2º Encontro Anual da Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra – Farmácia: Impacto do Medicamento na Saúde Pública
                                 - Novas Abordagens
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 | Plantas Medicinais de Angola – Impacto sobre a Saúde Pública. Um Estudo a Nível Molecular | 3ª Conferência Nacional sobre Ciência e Tecnologia (3ª CNCT)
                                   (Luanda, Angola) 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 | Polymorphism in Anticancer Drugs Probed by Simultaneous INS and Raman Scattering | XV European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM 15)
                                   (Oxford, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2012 | Polymorphism in Pt(II) Complexes Probed by Simultaneous INS and Raman Scattering | Advances and Frontiers in Chemical Spectroscopy with Neutrons
                                   (Abingdon, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2012 | Pd(II) and Pt(II) Polyamine Complexes as Potential Anticancer Agents: Cytotoxic Activity Towards Human Breast Cancer | XI International Symposium on Platinum Coordination Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy
                                   (Verona, Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2012 | Platinum and Palladium-Based Anticancer Strategies – a Molecular View | VII Congresso Ibérico de Espetroscopia/XXIII Reunión Española de Espectroscopía
                                   (Cordoba, Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2012 | Cytotoxicity of Pd(II)-DENSpm and Pt(II)-CPENSpm in Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines | Polyamine Istambul – Polyamines: Biological and Clinical Perspetives
                                   (Istambul, Turkey) 
                               | 
                           
| 2012 | Raman Spectroscopy as a Screening Method of Fatty Acid Oxidation | XXIII International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS2012)
                                   (Bangalore, India) 
                               | 
                           
| 2012 | Interaction of Vanadate, Niobate, Molybdate and Tungstate Oxometalates with Calcium Pump from Sarcoplasmic Reticulum: Ca2+-ATPase Conformational Changes | International Symposium on Metal Complexes (ISMEC2012)
                                   (Lisbon, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2011 | Polyamine Analogues and their Pd(II) complexes: Synthesis and Conformational Analysis | Gordon Research Conference on Polyamines (GRS)
                                   (Waterville Valley Resort, United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 2010 | Pd(II) and Pt(II) Polyamine Analogue Complexes as Potential Anticancer Agents | 2nd International Conference on the Role of Polyamines and their Analogues in Cancer and Other Diseases
                                   (Rome, Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2010 | A Conformational Study of 3-Methyl8-carboxylic Acid Flavone by Vibrational Spectroscopy | VI Congresso Ibérico de Espetroscopia/XXII Reunión Española de Espectroscopía
                                   (Porto, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Inhibition of Xanthine Oxidase by Caffeic and Sinapic Acid Derivatives | XL Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia/XXVIII Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica e IX Reunião de Toxicologia
                                   (Porto, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Benzopyran Derivatives – Promising Melanoma Chemopreventive Agents? | XL Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia/XXVIII Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica e IX Reunião de Toxicologia
                                   (Porto, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Biogenic Polyamines – The Structural Variable | 11th International Congress on Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins
                                   (Vienna, Austria) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Pt(II) and Pd(II) Polyamine Complexes as Novel Anticancer Drugs – A Vibrational Spectroscopy Study | 5th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS-5)
                                   (Melbourne, Australia) 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 | Conformational Studies on Modified Polyamines by Vibrational Spectroscopy | Gordon Research Conference on Polyamines (GRS)
                                   (Waterville Valley Resort, United States) 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 | Pharmacological and Toxicological Activities of Derivatives of Phenolic Acids on Breast Cancer | XXXIX Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia/XXV Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica e VIII Reunião de Toxicologia
                                   (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 | The Role of an Antizyme Inhibitor in Human Cancer Cell Lines | XXXIX Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia/XXV Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica e VIII Reunião de Toxicologia
                                   (Lisbon, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 | Biological Activity of Molecules Based on Phenolic Acids on Breast Cancer Cells | XVI Congresso Nacional de Bioquímica
                                   (Angra do Heroismo, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 | Metabolic Toxicology: from Synthesis to (Bio)analysis | Metabolic Toxicology: from Pathway to Organism” – Cursos Internacionais de Toxicologia, Centro de Neurociências e Biologia
                                 Celular da Universidade de Coimbra
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 | Opening the Pandora Box: the SYNTAB Contribution to the Knowledge on the Toxic Effects of Drugs of Abuse and their Metabolites | XXVIII Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia/XXIV Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica e VII Reunião de Toxicologia
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 | Structure-Function Relationships and Activity of Phenolic Acids Derivatives on Tumour Cells Proliferation and Isolated Mitochondria on Mitochondria | XXVIII Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia/XXIV Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica e VII Reunião de Toxicologia
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 | Pt(II) Polyamine Complexes as Anticancer Drugs – New Perspectives | VII Conferência de Química Inorgânica da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
                                   (Fatima, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 | Rational Design of Polyamine-based Anticancer Agents: Changing the Ligand and the Metal Centre | International Conference on Biogenic Amines: Biological and Clinical Perspetives
                                   (Catania, Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 | Biogenic Amines as Versatile Ligands for Pt(II)-based Anticancer Agents: Structural Studies by INS and Raman Spectroscopies Coupled to DFT Calculations | International Conference on Biogenic Amines: Biological and Clinical Perspetives
                                   (Catania, Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 | Molecular PhysicoChemistry – A Tool for the Rational Development of New Antioxidants | New Strides in Biotechnology
                                   (Messina, Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 | Palladium(II) Complexes – Which Targets? | 1st Iberic Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry – Anticancer Agents (1-IMMC)
                                   (Regua, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 | Phenolic Acid Derivatives – Valuable Tools for Skin Cancer Prevention and Therapy | 1st Iberic Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry – Anticancer Agents (1-IMMC)
                                   (Regua, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | The Medicinal Chemistry Artwork on the Development of New Phenolic Antioxidants | XXXVII Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia/XXIV Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica
                                   (Porto, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | Ab Initio Conformational Study of Platinum and Palladium Complexes Towards the Understanding of the Potential Anticancer Activities | International Conference of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (ICCMSE2006)
                                   (Chania, Greece) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | Spectroscopic Studies on Biogenic Polyamines | Meeting of the COST-922 Working Group – Health Implications of Dietary Amines
                                   (Aberdeen, United Kingdom) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | Finding the Toxicophore: a Challenging Target in Medicinal Chemistry | Medicinal Chemistry in the 21st Century (Sociedade Portuguesa de Química)
                                   (Lisboa, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | The Medicinal Chemistry´s Contribution to the Discovery of Anticancer Agents | Medicinal Chemistry in the 21st Century (Sociedade Portuguesa de Química)
                                   (Lisbon, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | Antioxidant and Anticancer Properties of Ferulic Acid Derivatives | 3rd International Conference on Oxidative Stress in Skin Medicine and Biology
                                   (Andros, Greece) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | Design and Synthesis of Novel Hydroxycinnamic Derivatives with Cytotoxic, Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Activities | 3rd International Conference on Oxidative Stress in Skin Medicine and Biology
                                   (Andros, Greece) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | Phenolic Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents | 3rd International Conference on Oxidative Stress in Skin Medicine and Biology
                                   (Andros, Greece) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | Structural Characterization of Agmatine at Physiological Conditions | Meeting of the COST-922 Working Group – Health Implications of Dietary Amines
                                   (Bergen, Norway) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | Phenolic Derivatives: A New Challenge for Anticancer Therapy | “Smart Toxicology: Subcellular Targets of Anticancer Therapy” – Cursos Internacionais de Toxicologia, Centro de Neurociências
                                 e Biologia Celular da Universidade de Coimbra
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | Pt(II) and Pd(II) Complexes with Biogenic Amines: A Structure-Activity Study | “Smart Toxicology: Subcellular Targets of Anticancer Therapy” – Cursos Internacionais de Toxicologia, Centro de Neurociências
                                 e Biologia Celular da Universidade de Coimbra
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2006 | Inclusion of Molybdenocene Dichloride in Cyclodextrins: Structural and Biological Properties | III Jornadas do Centro de Investigação em Materiais Cerâmicos e Compósitos (CICECO)
                                   (Aveiro, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Drug-Drug Interactions. The Chemical Variable | XXXVI Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia/XXIII Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica
                                   (Lisbon, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Cross-talk Between Medicinal Chemistry and Biological Activity: Emphasis on the Correlation Between Metabolism and Physicochemical Properties | XXXVI Reunião Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Farmacologia/XXIII Reunião de Farmacologia Clínica
                                   (Lisbon, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Structure-Activitity Study of Pt(II) and Pd(II) Complexes with Biogenic Amines | Meeting of the COST-922 Working Group – Health Implications of Dietary Amines
                                   (Penacova, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Experimental and Theoretical Studies on alfa,omega-Diamine Dihydrochlorides | Experimental and Theoretical Studies on a,¿-Diamine Dihydrochlorides
                                   (Penacova, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Estudo das Propriedades Eletrocatalíticas da Fluoxetina – Aplicações Analíticas | ANALÍTICA05 – 5º Encontro de Química Analítica da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
                                   (Coimbra, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Performance of Different DFT/ECP Combinations in the Study of Platinum Anticancer Drugs | ICCMSE2005 (International Conference of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering)
                                   (Loutraki, Greece) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Theoretical Studies on Solid alfa,omega-Diamine Salts | ICCMSE2005 (International Conference of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering)
                                   (Loutraki, Greece) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Phenolic Derivatives: A Study on the Relationship Between Structure, Activity and Physicochemical Parameters | Paris Anti-Inflammatory Drugs – Latest Advances on Anti-Inflammatory Molecules: Innovations and Perspetives
                                   (Paris, France) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Drug-Excipient Interactions in Ketoprofen – A Vibrational Spectroscopy Study | XI European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM 11)
                                   (Aschaffenburg, Germany) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | The Structure of Concentrated Aqueous Solutions of Lanthanum Nitrate | 6th Liquids Matter Conference 2005
                                   (Utrecht, Netherlands) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Structure-Activitity Relationships Ruling the Anticancer Activity of Pt(II) and Pd(II) Spermidine Complexes | Meeting of the COST-922 Working Group – Health Implications of Dietary Amines
                                   (Vilnius, Lithuania) 
                               | 
                           
| 2005 | Physiological Role of Agmatine Transport in Liver Mitochondria | Meeting of the COST-922 Working Group – Health Implications of Dietary Amines
                                   (Vilnius, Lithuania) 
                               | 
                           
| 2004 | DNA Binding of Polyamine Pt(II) Chelates: A Theoretical Study | Meeting of the COST-922 Working Group –Health Implications of Dietary Amines – Food Safety, New Perspetives
                                   (Larnaca, Cyprus) 
                               | 
                           
| 2004 | Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies on Solid [H3N(CH2)2NH3]2+.2Cl- | QUITEL 2004 (XXX Congresso Internacional de Químicos Teóricos de Expressão Latina)
                                   (Porto, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2004 | Spectroscopic Characterization of Polynuclear Pt(II) Complexes with Biogenic Amines | XXVII European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy (EUCMOS 2004)
                                   (Krakow, Poland) 
                               | 
                           
| 2004 | Polyamine Pt(II) Complexes as New Anticancer Drugs: A Structure-Activity Study | Meeting of the COST-922 Working Group – Health Implications of Dietary Amines
                                   (Trento, Italy) 
                               | 
                           
| 2003 | Conformational Analysis of Polyamines by Vibrational Spectroscopy Coupled to Ab Initio Methods | Meeting of the COST-922 Working Group – Health Implications of Dietary Amines
                                   (Malaga, Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2001 | Propriedades Estruturais e Espetroscópicas da Ligação de Hidrogénio C-H...O | V Encontro Nacional de Química-Física da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
                                   (Faro, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 2001 | Cytotoxic Effects of Polyamine Pt(II) Complexes in Human Cancer Cell Lines | 5ª Conferência de Química Inorgânica da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
                                   (Monte Real, Portugal) 
                               | 
                           
| 1994 | NMR Conformational Study of Diamagnetic Complexes of Some Polyaza-Macrocycles | Meeting of the COST-D1 Working Group – Synthesis and Physicochemical Studies of Lanthanide and Transition Metal Chelates of
                                 Relevance to Magnetic Resonance Imaging
                                   (Budapest, Hungary) 
                               | 
                           
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role  | 
                              Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 - Current | Burnt Bone Taphonomy: Effect of Heat Exposure and Inhumation on Mass, Metrics, Colour and Chemical Traces Inspected Through
                                 Infrared Spectroscopy and X-Ray Fluorescence
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biologic Anthropology (PhD)
                                  Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2019 - Current | Metabolic Biomarkers of Chemotherapeutic Efficacy in Breast Cancer – a Metabolomics Study
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biochemistry (PhD)
                                  Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2019 - Current | Potencial da Espectroscopia de Raman no Diagnóstico Precoce do Carcinoma do Colo do Útero
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Health Sciences (PhD)
                                  Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 - Current | Diagnostics of the Future: Vibrational Spectroscopy for an Early Detection of Breast Cancer
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biosciences (PhD) | 
| 2016 - Current | Metabolic Biomarkers of Chemotherapeutic Efficacy of Novel and Conventional Drugs for Osteosarcoma: a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
                                 (NMR) Metabolomics Study
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Chemistry (PhD)
                                  Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 - 2019 | Development of Metal Catalysts for Activation of CO and CO2. Synthesis of Small Ring Heterocycles with Potential Biological
                                 Activity
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Chemistry (PhD)
                                  Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2011 - 2017 | Compostos Derivados da Cisplatina como Potenciais Agentes Quimioterapêuticos – do Laboratório à Clínica
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biosciences (PhD)
                                  Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2010 - 2015 | Estudo da Resposta Metabólica de Células de Osteosarcoma a Agentes Anticancerígenos Convencionais e Novos por Metabolómica
                                 de RMN
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Chemistry (PhD)
                                  Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2008 - 2013 | Cyclodextrin Adducts of Metal Complexes for Osteosarcoma Therapy
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Chemistry (PhD)
                                  Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 - 2013 | Polyamine-Based Anticancer Strategies – The Role of Modified Polyamines
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biochemistry (PhD)
                                  Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 - 2012 | Chromone Derivatives as Antioxidant Agents – The Structural Variable
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biochemistry (PhD)
                                  Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2007 - 2011 | Mitocôndria e Cancro - Abrindo a Caixa de Pandora
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Health Sciences (PhD)
                                  Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2004 - 2010 | Complexos Polinucleares de Paládio(II) como Novos Agentes Anticancerígenos: Relações Estrutura-Atividade
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Biochemistry (PhD)
                                  Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role)  | 
                              Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/01/20 - Current | 9º Workshop do Núcleo de Utilizadores Portugueses de Neutrões&Muões (online) (2023/01/20)
                                  Meeting 
                               | 
                              |
| 2022/03/04 - Current | Meeting between ISIS, FCT and Group of Portuguese Neutron and Muon Users (NeMPo), Lisbon  (2022/03/04)
                                  Meeting 
                               | 
                              |
| 2021/01/29 - Current | 7th Workshop of the Neutron&Muon Portuguese Group (online), 29 jan, Coimbra (Portugal)  (2021/01/29)
                                  Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              |
| 2019/03/14 - Current | 5th Workshop of the Neutron&Muon Portuguese Group (2019/03/14)
                                  Meeting (President of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              |
| 2018/10/07 - Current | Meeting of the COST-BM1401 Action - Raman-based Applications for Clinical Diagnostics (Raman4Clinics), 7-9 de Outubro, Coimbra
                                 (Portugal) (2018 - 2018/10/07)
                                  Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              |
| 2017/11/20 - Current | 2nd Workshop of the Neutron&Muon Portuguese Group (2017/11/20)
                                  Meeting (President of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              |
| 2017/05/31 - Current | 1st Workshop of the Neutron&Muon Portuguese Group (2017/05/31)
                                  Meeting (President of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              |
| 2011/08/29 - Current | XIV European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM 14), Coimbra (Portugal)  (2011/08/29)
                                  Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              |
| 2010/09/08 - Current | VI Congresso Ibérico de Espetroscopia/XXII Reunión Española de Espectroscopia, Porto (Portugal) (2010/09/08)
                                  Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              |
| 2007/04/28 - Current | First Iberic Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry (1st IMMC): Anticancer Agents, Régua (Portugal) (2007/04/28)
                                  Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              |
| 2005/11/03 - Current | COST-922 – Health Implications of Dietary Amines – 8th Workshop, Penacova/Coimbra (Portugal) – COST-922-031105-01485 (2005/11/03)
                                  Conference (President of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              |
| 2002/09/16 - Current | II Congresso Ibérico de Espetroscopia/XVIII Reunión Española de Espectroscopia, Coimbra (Portugal) (2002/09/16)
                                  Conference (President of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              |
| 2022/01/19 - 2022/01/20 | 8º Workshop do Núcleo de Utilizadores Portugueses de Neutrões&Muões (online) (2022/01/19) | |
| 2016/01/01 - 2017/12/31 | 9th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS9), Victoria (Canada)  (2017/06/11)
                                  Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/01/01 - 2024/01/01 | Presidente do Grupo Português de Utilizadores de Neutrões e Muões (NeMPo) (https://fisica-materia-condensada.spf.pt/NeMPo) | 
Committee member
| Activity description Role  | 
                              Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/06/01 - Current | Membro da Comissão Científica do Encontro Nacional de Utilizadores de Radiação de Sincrotrão (ENURS, https://sites.google.com/view/enurs2019),
                                 28 de junho, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              |
| 2018/04/01 - Current | Membro proponente da Ação COST-OC-2018-1-22859 (European Science Foundation, ESF) – Linear and Nonlinear Raman Microscopy
                                 as a Pathological Tool for the Assessment of Bacteria, Cells and Tissues (Raman4Pathology)
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              |
| 2022/02/01 - 2025/12/31 | Membro do ISIS User Committee (Reino Unido, https://bit.ly/3sxIqXy) - IUG5 Molecular Spectroscopy
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              |
| 2021/01/01 - 2024/12/31 | Membro da Comissão Científica do ISIS Endeavour Programme (Reino Unido, https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Endeavour.aspx).
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              |
| 2021/01/01 - 2024/01/01 | Membro do National Cancer Hub (Portugal, https://dp.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/) – Stakeholders Group. | |
| 2016/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Membro da Comissão de Aconselhamento da Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA), Humboldt University, Berlim
                                 (Alemanha)
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              |
| 2015/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Membro da Comissão Científica da Ação COST-BM1401 (European Science Foundation, ESF) – Raman-based Applications for Clinical
                                 Diagnostics (Raman4Clinics)
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              |
| 2005/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Membro do Conselho Científico da European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM)
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              |
| 2016/01/01 - 2017/09/30 | Membro da Comissão Organizadora do Programa Científico da 9th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy
                                 (ICAVS9), 11 a 16 de junho, Victoria (Canadá)
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              |
| 2002/01/01 - 2016/09/30 | Membro da Comissão Científica do Congresso Ibérico de Espetroscopia (CIE)
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/01/01 - 2022/03/31 | IX International Conference on Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy - ICOPVS-2022 (https://icopvs2022.in/) | Bangalore - India | 
| 2019/08/01 - 2020/09/01 | IX International Conference on Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy – ICOPVS-2020 | Bangalore - India | 
| 2019/01/01 - 2019/03/01 | Encontro Nacional de Utilizadores de Radiação de Sincrotrão (ENURS, https://sites.google.com/view/enurs2019) | 
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role  | 
                              Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/01/01 - Current | Member of the Evaluation Panel ‘NCN panel ST8’ for scientific projects - Science National Centre of Poland  (Narodowe Centrum
                                 Nauki, NCN, http://www.ncn.gov.pl).
                                  Evaluator 
                               | 
                              ||
| 2023/01/01 - 2023/10/31 | Membro do Painel Avaliador NCN panel SONATA ST4 para candidaturas a Projetos Científicos do Centro Nacional para a Ciência
                                 da Polónia - Narodowe Centrum Nauki
                                  Evaluator 
                               | 
                              ||
| 2012/01/01 - 2022/12/31 | Membro do Painel Avaliador ‘NCN panel ST8’ para candidaturas a Projetos Científicos do Centro Nacional para a Ciência da Polónia
                                 – Narodowe Centrum Nauki
                                  Evaluator 
                               | 
                              ||
| 2021/01/01 - 2022/09/01 | Membro do Painel Avaliador PRELUDIUM ST4 /Chemistry e Chemistry /OPUS22 para candidaturas a Projetos Científicos do Centro Nacional para a Ciência da Polónia ¿ Narodowe Centrum Nauki | ||
| 2017/05/01 - 2017/05/31 | Membro do Júri do 25º Concurso para Jovens Cientistas, organizado pela Ciência Viva – Fundação da Juventude/Agência Nacional
                                 para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica
                                  Evaluator 
                               | 
                              ||
| 2017 - 2017 | Member of the evaluation panel of the 25º Contest for Young Scientists
                                 Ciência Viva/Fundação da Juventude/Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica
                                  Evaluator 
                               | 
                              ||
| 2009/01/01 - 2014/12/31 | Member of the ISIS Facility Access Panels ‘FAP5: Spectroscopy’ – Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation
                                 Campus of the Science&Technology Facilities Council (Oxford, United Kingdom).
                                  Evaluator 
                               | 
                              ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, United Kingdom | |
| 2009/01/01 - 2014/12/31 | Membro do ISIS Facility Access Panel ‘FAP5: Spectroscopy’ – Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation
                                 Campus of the Science&Technology Facilities Council (Oxford, United Kingdom)
                                  Evaluator 
                               | 
                              ||
| 2013/01/01 - 2013/12/31 | External evaluator of the contest Investigador FCT 2013 - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology | ||
| 2013/04/01 - 2013/04/30 | Avaliador externo do concurso Investigador FCT 2013, da Fundação Portuguesa para a Ciência e Tecnologia
                                  Evaluator 
                               | 
                              ||
| 2012/01/01 - 2012/12/31 | Member of the Evaluation Panel for Bilateral Scientific Cooperation - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). | ||
| 2012/01/01 - 2012/01/31 | Membro do Painel Avaliador para as candidaturas a Acordos de Cooperação Científica Bilateral, do Departamento de Relações
                                 Internacionais da Fundação Portuguesa para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)
                                  Evaluator 
                               | 
                              
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/01/01 - Current | Asian Journal of Physics | |
| 2021/01/01 - Current | Journal of Raman Spectroscopy | |
| 2021/01/01 - Current | Frontiers in Plant Science/Plant Development | |
| 2019/01/01 - Current | Molecules | |
| 2019/01/01 - Current | PeerJ | |
| 2019/01/01 - Current | Journal of Molecular Structure | |
| 2018/01/01 - Current | Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging | |
| 2014/01/01 - Current | Letters in Drug Design and Discovery | |
| 2014/01/01 - Current | Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery | |
| 2016/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | RSC Advances | 
Distinctions
            Award
| 2019 | ISIS Neutron & Muon Source Impact Awards 2019 - Public Engagement & Society
                                  ISIS Neutron & Muon Source Facility, United Kingdom 
                               | 
                           
Title
| 2017 | Fellow da Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
                                  Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom 
                               | 
                           
Other distinction
| 2021 | ISIS Highlight - Profiling of Human Burned Bones: Oxidising versus Reducing Conditions | 
| 2021 | ISIS Highlight - Human Tissue Measured for the First Time using QENS | 
| 2021 | ISIS Highlight - Towards Neutron Scattering Identification of Olive Oil’s Antioxidant Properties | 
| 2020 | ISIS Highlight - First Analysis of Ancient Burned Skeletal Human Remains Probed by Neutron and Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy | 
| 2020 | ISIS Highlight - Intracellular water could help us distinguish between healthy and malignant cells | 
| 2019 | ISIS Highlight - Heat-induced Bone Diagenesis Probed by Vibrational Spectroscopy | 
| 2019 | ISIS Highlight - Anticancer Drug Impact on DNA: a Study by Neutron Spectroscopy Coupled with Synchrotron-based FTIR and EXAFS | 
| 2019 | PCCP HOT Articles/Editor choice for themed collection 2019 - Anticancer Drug Impact on DNA: A Study by Neutron Spectroscopy coupled to Synchrotron-based FTIR and EXAFS | 
| 2018 | ISIS Highlight - Neutrons Probe Chemical and Enzymatic Organic Removal Methods | 
| 2017 | ISIS Highlight - Intracellular Water - an Overlooked Cancer Drug Target, (http://bit.ly/2DidsYv) | 
| 2017 | Diamond Highlight - Probing Polynuclear Cisplatin-like Agents Activity on DNA via THz Spectroscopy, M.P.M. Marques, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho, A.L.M. Batista de Carvalho, J. Doherty, M. Frogley e G. Cinque | 
| 2016 | ISIS Highlight - Osteometrics in Burned Human Skeletal Remains: Estimating Heat-Induced Dimensional Changes in Bones by Neutron Spectroscopy, M.P.M. Marques, D. Gonçalves, S.F. Parker, G. Festa, C. Andreani e L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho | 
| 2015 | ISIS Science News - Developing New Forensic Techniques with the Help of Neutrons, M.P.M. Marques, L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho e D. Gonçalves, http://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/science/bioscience/developing-new-forensic-techniques-with-the-help-of-neutron | 
| 2015 | ISIS Highlight - The Mode of Action of Anticancer Drugs: Cisplatin´s Interplay with DNA, M.P.M. Marques, D. Gianolio, G. Cibin, J. Tomkinson, S.F. Parker, R. Valero, R.P. Lopes e L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho | 
| 2014 | ISIS Highlight - A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down, http://bit.ly/1oP1Lux | 
| 2014 | ISIS Highlight - Shining the beam on anti-cancer drugs, http://bit.ly/2EVjO0f | 
| 2013 | Mammary Cell News highlight 21 Feb/2013, http://bit.ly/XdV9NJ | 
| 2013 | NMR Metabolic Profiling of Cells for Assessing the Biological Effects of Chemotherapy Drugs, Biomedical Materials and Applications, p. 55. URL: http://www.ciceco.ua.pt/files/highl10.pdf | 
| 2011 | Spectroscopy Now highlight, http://bit.ly/XPidgf | 
| 2010 | CICECO Highloght - A Door with Multiple Locks. Searching the key to Osteosarcoma Chemotherapy with Novel Ruthenium(II) Amino Acid Complexes, Biomedical Materials and Applications, p. 57. URL: http://www.ciceco.ua.pt/files/highl10.pdf | 
