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Francisco Luís Faísca is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the Sustainable Chemistry Programme at the NOVA School of Science and Technology and the University of Porto. His doctoral research focuses on the transdermal delivery of antibiotic drugs using Ionic Liquids and Organic Salts to combat antimicrobial resistance. He earned his Master's Degree in Bioorganic Chemistry from Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia in November 2019 and completed his Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry at NOVA School of Science and Technology in December 2016. Francisco has published two articles in peer-reviewed journals and has been recognized with an award for Best Flash Presentation in Medicinal Chemistry at ENQO14. Additionally, he has contributed as a Master's Student Fellow in two projects. In his Ciência Vitae curriculum, Francisco's research interests are prominently reflected in terms such as antivirals, organic salts & ionic liquids, COVID, SARS-COV-2, pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, and Ionic liquids.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Francisco Luís Faísca

Citation names

  • Faísca, Francisco

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8B17-6554-08C2
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6687-8869
Education
Degree Classification
2021/05/01 - 2025/05/01
Ongoing
 Química Sustentável (Doutoramento)
Major in Química e Química Farmacêutica
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Química, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
2017/09/13 - 2019/11/13
Concluded
 Bioorgânica (Mestrado)
Major in Quimica orgânica
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Síntese de polímeros sustentáveis para a estabilidade proteica de vinhos brancos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2013/09/09 - 2016/12/21
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Major in Bioquimica
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Synthetic studies towards bacterial cell wall fragments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/07/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2021/09/30 Active Pharmaceutical Ionic Liquids as new platform for Effective Treatment of Tuberculosis (TB-ILs)
PTDC/QUI-QOR/32406/2017
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Química, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/07/01 - 2020/09/30 Verão com Ciência” da FCT.IP, no âmbito do projeto “Repurposed antimalarial and anti-Ebola drugs as Organic Salts and Ionic Liquids to prevent and fight COVID-19”
PTDC/QUI-QOR/32406/2017.
Master Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Química, Portugal
Concluded
2020/07/01 - 2020/09/30 “Repurposed antimalarial and anti-Ebola drugs as Organic Salts and Ionic Liquids to prevent and fight COVID-19”
PTDC/QUI-QOR/32406/2017.
Master Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Faísca, Francisco; Correia, Vanessa; Branco, Luis; Rebelo-de-Andrade, Helena; Miguel M. Santos. Corresponding author: Miguel M. Santos. "Pharmaceutical Organic Salts and Ionic Liquids based on Hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir as efficient drugs against SARS-CoV-2". Paper presented in 14th National Organic Chemistry Meeting & 7th National Medicinal Chemistry Meeting, 2022.
  2. Faísca, Francisco; Silva, Dário; Grilo, Inês R.; Correia, Vanessa; Alves, Celso; Silva, Joana; Susano, Patrícia; et al. Corresponding author: Branco, Luis. "TACKLING INFECTIOUS DISEASES USING PHARMACEUTICAL IONIC LIQUIDS". Paper presented in 7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Faísca, Francisco; Correia, Vanessa; Petrovski, Željko; Branco, Luís C.; Rebelo-de-Andrade, Helena; Santos, Miguel M.. "Enhanced In Vitro Antiviral Activity of Hydroxychloroquine Ionic Liquids against SARS-CoV-2". Pharmaceutics 14 4 (2022): 877. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14040877.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics14040877
  2. Faísca, Francisco; Filipe, Luis; Petrovski, Zeljko; Santos, Miguel M.; Gago, Sandra; Branco, Luís C.. "Ionic Systems and Nanomaterials as Antiseptic and Disinfectant Agents for Surface Applications: A Review". Surfaces 4 2 (2021): 169-190. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/surfaces4020016.
    10.3390/surfaces4020016
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Faísca, Francisco. "Síntese de polímeros sustentáveis para a estabilidade proteica de vinhos brancos". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2019.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09/03 Organic Salts and Ionic Liquids based on Streptomycin and Cefuroxime 6th EuChemS Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry
The European Chemical Society (Salerno, Italy)
2023/07/27 Organic Salts and Ionic Liquids based on Streptomycin and Cefuroxime XXVIII Encontro Nacional da SPQ
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/04/20 Pharmaceutical Organic Salts and Ionic Liquids based on Hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir as efficient drugs against SARS-CoV-2 14th National Organic Chemistry Meeting & 7th National Medicinal Chemistry Meeting
(Caparica, Portugal)
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best Flash Poster Communication in Medicinal Chemistry at 14th National Organic Chemistry Meeting & 7th National Medicinal Chemistry Meeting
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal