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Dinis O. Abranches is an Assistant Researcher in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. His research focuses on leveraging artificial intelligence, thermodynamics, and computational simulations to predict physicochemical phenomena, understand non-covalent interactions, and design novel sustainable materials. He has a particular interest in green solvents, including deep eutectic solvents, hydrotropes, and ionic liquids. Dinis earned his MSc (2023, GPA 4.0/4.0) and PhD (2024, GPA 4.0/4.0) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, USA, where he received multiple awards for outstanding academic achievement. Prior to this, he completed his BSc (2018, GPA 19/20) and MSc (2020, GPA 19/20) in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
JOÃO DINIS OLIVEIRA ABRANCHES

Citation names

  • Dinis O. Abranches

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9218-8DF6-24E9
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0097-2072
Google Scholar ID
1YsuuH4AAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id
AAH-6368-2019
Scopus Author Id
57209311204

Email addresses

  • jdinis@ua.pt (Professional)
  • abranches@alumni.nd.edu (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/02/02 - 2024/05/18
Concluded
 Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento)
University of Notre Dame, United States
"Thermodynamics-Informed Machine Learning for the Design of Sustainable Materials: The Dawn of Digital Molecular Discovery" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 4.0/4.0
2021/02/02 - 2023/05/20
Concluded
 Chemical Engineering (Mestrado)
University of Notre Dame, United States
 4.0/4.0
2015/09/16 - 2020/07/13
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Unveiling the mechanism of hydrotropy: towards a sustainable future" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19/20
2015/09/16 - 2018/06/21
Concluded
 Ciências de Engenharia Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 19/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/08/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/02/03 - 2024/03/26 Researcher (Research) University of Notre Dame, United States
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/12/01 - 2026/10/31 REcycling of low Value components using high purity pre-treatment, dIrecT recycling And green hydrometallurgical approaches for recycling of Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion BatteriEs
101137585
Researcher
European Commission
2025/01/22 - 2025/02/03 ECIU Research Mobility Fund - Hamburg University of Technology
NA
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 The European Consortium of Innovative Universities
Concluded
2022/08/01 - 2024/03/26 DOE EFRC on Breakthrough Electrolytes for Energy Storage and Systems (BEES2)
DE-SC0019409
PhD Student Fellow
Case Western Reserve University, United States
 US Department of Energy
Ongoing
2021/02/03 - 2024/03/26 Exploiting the Emergent Behavior in Ionic Liquids for Advanced Rare Earth Separations
630340
PhD Student Fellow
Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States
 US Department of Energy
Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Novel Sustainable Materials Design with Thermodynamics-Informed Machine Learning
NA
Principal investigator
University of Notre Dame, United States
 Patrick and Jana Eilers Graduate Student Fellowship
Concluded
2020/02/08 - 2020/07/07 CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials
UIDB/50011/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/02/01 - 2019/12/31 CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials
UID/CTM/50011/2019
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/10/08 - 2019/01/31 IgY Technology: A Purification Platform using Ionic-Liquid-Based Aqueous Biphasic Systems
337753
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 European Commission

European Research Council
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020/05/03 - 2021/05/03 Prediction of the Solubility of Ionic Liquids in Base Oils
NA
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 TotalEnergies SE
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. E. Cea-Klapp; D. O. Abranches; E. Marin-Rimoldi; E. J. Maginn; N. F. Gajardo-Parra; R. I. Canales; J. M. Garrido. "Molecular Understanding of the Solute-Hydrotrope Aggregation in Aqueous Solutions: A Molecular Dynamics Approach". Paper presented in 33rd Annual MTSM Conference, 2024.
  2. I. W. Cordova; G. Teixeira; Dinis O. Abranches; S. P. Pinho; O. Ferreira; J. A. P. Coutinho. "A COSMO-RS based approach for predicting the solubility of vanillin in aqueous mixtures". Paper presented in 33rd European Symposium on Applied Thermodynamics (ESAT 2024), 2024.
  3. F. H. Sosa; D. O. Abranches; A. M. da Costa Lopes; M. C. da Costa; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Exploring the synergism of hydrotrope-based DESs for improved kraft lignin aqueous dissolution". Paper presented in 33rd European Symposium on Applied Thermodynamics (ESAT 2024), 2024.
  4. Dinis O. Abranches; Edward J. Maginn; Yamil J. Colón. "Surfing the Molecular Sea with Stochastic Machine Learning: Sigma Profiles as a Digital Chemical Space". Paper presented in CICECO Workshop: Artificial Intelligence for Materials Design, 2024.
  5. I. C. M. Vaz; A. I. M. C. Lobo Ferreira; G. M. C. Silva; P. Morgado; D. O. Abranches; M. Bastos; L. M. N. B. F. Santos; E. J. M. Filipe; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Thermodynamic study of a mixture of two tertiary alcohols - A pathway for the design of type V deep eutectic solvents". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Ionic Liquid-based Materials, 2023.
  6. Dinis O. Abranches; E. J. Maginn; Y. J. Colón. "Novel Sustainable Materials Design with Thermodynamics-Informed Machine Learning". Paper presented in 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting, 2023.
  7. Ana M. Ferreira; Ana S. Pinto; Brayan Cruz; Dinis O. Abranches; Helena Passos; Kosuke Kuroda; João A.P. Coutinho. "Enhancing solubility of hydrophobic compounds: exploring zwitterionic compounds as alternative hydrotopes". Paper presented in 7th International Conference on Ionic Liquid-based Materials, 2023.
  8. Dinis O. Abranches; E. J. Maginn; Y. J. Colón. "Novel Sustainable Materials Design with Thermodynamics-Informed Machine Learning". Paper presented in 9th Annual CBE Graduate Research Symposium, 2023.
  9. Dinis O. Abranches; W. Dean; M. Muñoz; W. Wang; Y. Liang; B. Gurkan; E. J. Maginn; Y. J. Colón. "Accelerating the Design of Concentrated Hydrogen Bonded Electrolytes using Active Learning and High Throughput Experimental Screening". Paper presented in 2023 Energy Frontier Research Centers, 2023.
  10. G. Teixeira; D. O. Abranches; O. Ferreira; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Estimating the Melting Temperatures of Type V Deep Eutectic Solvents". Paper presented in 26th International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics, 2023.
  11. Dinis O. Abranches; E. J. Maginn; Y. J. Colón. "Activity Coefficient Acquisition through Thermodynamics-Informed Active Learning: A Case-Study of Phase Diagram Construction". Paper presented in 3rd International Meeting on Deep Eutectic Systems, 2023.
  12. Dinis O. Abranches; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Type V Deep Eutectic Solvents: Design and Applications". Paper presented in 3rd International Meeting on Deep Eutectic Systems, 2023.
  13. Dinis O. Abranches; E. J. Maginn; Y. J. Colón. "Exploring the Activity Coefficient Landscape of Mixtures Using Gaussian Processes and Active Learning". Paper presented in 16th International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design (PPEPPD2023), 2023.
  14. José Pedro Wojeicchowski; Dinis O. Abranches; Ana M. Ferreira; Marcos R. Mafra; João A.P. Coutinho. "Solvatochromic Parameters Prediction Based On Cosmo-Rs Descriptors". Paper presented in COIL 9 – 9th International Congress on Ionic Liquids, 2023.
  15. Ana M. Ferreira; Ana S. Pinto; Brayan Cruz; José G.P. Santos; Dinis O. Abranches; Helena Passos; Kosuke Kuroda; João A.P. Coutinho. "Are zwitterionic compounds analogous to ionic liquids a pathway as alternative hydrotropes?". Paper presented in COIL 9 ¿ 9th International Congress on Ionic Liquids, 2023.
  16. J. Benfica; D. O. Abranches; N. Schaeffer; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Solubility Enhancement of Poorly Water Soluble Compounds: Eutectic Solvents versus Ionic Liquids". Paper presented in XII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design (Equifase 2022) and XI Brazilian Conference on Applied Thermodynamics (CBTermo 2022), 2022.
  17. G. Teixeira; D. O. Abranches; O. Ferreira; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Computational modelling of type V deep eutectic solventes". Paper presented in - XII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design (Equifase 2022) and XI Brazilian Conference on Applied Thermodynamics (CBTermo 2022), 2022.
  18. G. Teixeira; D. O. Abranches; L. P. Silva; S. M. Vilas-Boas; S. P. Pinho; A. I. M. C. L. Ferreira; L. M. N. B. F. Santos; O. Ferreira; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Liquefying flavonoids with terpenoids through deep eutectic solvent formation". Paper presented in XII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design (Equifase 2022) and XI Brazilian Conference on Applied Thermodynamics (CBTermo 2022), 2022.
  19. G. Teixeira; D. O. Abranches; A. I. M. C. Lobo Ferreira; L. M. N. B. F. Santos; O. Ferreira; J. A.P. Coutinho. "Eutectic solvent formulation with active pharmaceutical ingredientes". Paper presented in XII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design (Equifase 2022) and XI Brazilian Conference on Applied Thermodynamics (CBTermo 2022), 2022.
  20. J. Benfica; D. O. Abranches; N. Schaeffer; S. Shimizu; J. A. P. Coutinho. "The Perspective of Cooperative Hydrotropy on the Solubility in Aqueous Solutions of Cyrene". Paper presented in - XII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design (Equifase 2022) and XI Brazilian Conference on Applied Thermodynamics (CBTermo 2022), 2022.
  21. J. Benfica; D. O. Abranches; N. Schaeffer; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Solubility Enhancement of Poorly Water-Soluble Compounds: Ionic Liquids versus Eutectic Solvents". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2022, 2022.
  22. D. O. Abranches; Y. Zhang; E. J. Maginn; Y. J. Colón. "Sigma Profiles in Deep Learning: Towards a Universal Molecular Descriptor". Paper presented in Fundamentals of Separation Science and Engineering (Gordon Research Conference), 2022.
  23. D. O. Abranches; Y. Zhang; E. J. Maginn; Y. J. Colón. "Sigma Profiles in Deep Learning: Towards a Universal Molecular Descriptor". Paper presented in Fundamentals of Separation Science and Engineering (Gordon Research Seminar), 2022.
  24. D. O. Abranches; Y. Zhang; E. J. Maginn; Y. J. Colón. "Sigma Profiles in Deep Learning: Towards a Universal Molecular Descriptor". Paper presented in 8th Annual CBE Graduate Research Symposium, 2022.
  25. D. O. Abranches; J. Benfica; S. Shimizu; J. A. P. Coutinho. "The perspective of cooperative hydrotropy on the solubility in aqueous solutions of cyrene". Paper presented in 20th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes, 2022.
  26. G. Teixeira; D. O. Abranches; O. Ferreira; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Computational modelling of type v deep eutectic solvents". Paper presented in 20th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes, 2022.
  27. M. A. R. Martins; D. O. Abranches; L. P. Silva; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Insights into the formation of (deep) eutectic solvents". Paper presented in 20th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes, 2022.
  28. G. Teixeira; D. O. Abranches; L. P. Silva; S. M. Vilas-Boas; S. P. Pinho; A. I. M. C. L. Ferreira; L. M. N. B. F. Santos; O. Ferreira; J A. P. Coutinho. "Liquefying flavonoids with terpenoids through deep eutectic solvent formation". Paper presented in 20th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes, 2022.
  29. Bruna P. Soares; Dinis O. Abranches; Ana M. Ferreira; Pinho, Simão P.; João A. P. Coutinho. "Kamlet-taft and py polarity scales as tools to understand the hydrotropy effect of alkanediols". Paper presented in 20th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes (ISSP-20), 2022.
  30. Brayan Cruz; Ana S. Pinto; Tatiana D. Ferreira; Dinis O. Abranches; Ana M. Ferreira; Helena Passos; João A.P. Coutinho. "Zwitterionic ionic liquids as hydrotropes: the influence of cationic alkyl chains and spacer size on bioactive compounds solubility". Paper presented in 20th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes (ISSP-20), 2022.
  31. D. O. Abranches; Y. Zhang; E. J. Maginn; Y. J. Colón. "Sigma Profiles in Deep Learning: Towards a Universal Molecular Descriptor". Paper presented in FOMMS 2022: Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation, 2022.
  32. B. P. Soares; D. O. Abranches; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Alkanediols as Efficient Hydrotropes to Enhance the Aqueous Solubility of Syringic Acid". Paper presented in 19th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes, 2022.
  33. D. O. Abranches; J. Benfica; S. Shimizu; J. A. P. Coutinho. "The Perspective of Cooperative Hydrotropy on the Solubility in Aqueous Solutions of Cyrene". Paper presented in 5th International Symposium on Green Chemistry (ISGC 2022), 2022.
  34. J. Benfica; D. O. Abranches; H. Almeida; S. P. Pinho; O. Ferreira; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Solubility Enhancement of Poorly Water Soluble Compounds: Eutectic Solvents versus Ionic Liquids". Paper presented in 6th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference, 2021.
  35. D. O. Abranches; L. P. Silva; M. A. R. Martins; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Understanding the Formation of Deep Eutectic Solvents: Betaine as a Universal Hydrogen Bond Acceptor". Paper presented in 31st European Symposium on Applied Thermodynamics, 2021.
  36. J. P. Wojeicchowski; D. O. Abranches; A. M. Ferreira; M. R. Mafra; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Using COSMO-RS to predict the solvatochromic parameters of deep eutectic solvents". Paper presented in 25th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, 2021.
  37. B. P. Soares; D. O. Abranches; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Alkanediols as efficient hydrotropes to enhance the aqueous solubility of syringic acid". Paper presented in 25th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, 2021.
  38. J. Benfica; D. O. Abranches; S. P. Pinho; O. Ferreira; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Solubility Enhancement of Poorly Water Soluble Compounds: Eutectic Solvents versus Ionic Liquids". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2020, 2020.
  39. José Pedro Wojeicchowski; Dinis O. Abranches; Ana M. Ferreira; Marcos R. Mafra; João A. P. Coutinho. "COSMO-RS to design Deep Eutectic Solvents for Antioxidant Extraction". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2020 - ONLINE, 2020.
  40. D. O. Abranches; M. Larriba; L. P. Silva; M. Melle-Franco; J. F. Palomar; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Using COSMO-RS to Design Choline Chloride-Based Eutectic Solvents". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Ionic Liquids in Separation and Purification Technology Conference (ILSEPT), 2019.
  41. D. O. Abranches; L. P. Silva; M. A. R. Martins; L. Fernandez; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Can Cholinium Chloride form Eutectic Solvents with Organic Chloride-based Salts?". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Ionic Liquids in Separation and Purification Technology Conference (ILSEPT), 2019.
  42. D. O. Abranches; L. P. Silva; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Aromatic deep eutectic solvents from phenolic compounds". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Ionic Liquids in Separation and Purification Technology Conference (ILSEPT), 2019.
  43. M. A. R. Martins; L. P. Silva; E. A. Crespo; D. O. Abranches; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Terpene-based hydrophobic eutectic mixtures: approaches and perspectives". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Ionic Liquids in Separation and Purification Technology Conference (ILSEPT), 2019.
  44. D. O. Abranches; M. Larriba; L. P. Silva; M. Melle-Franco; J. F. Palomar; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Using COSMO-RS to Design Choline Chloride-Based Eutectic Solvents". Paper presented in 26th Thermodynamics Conference (Thermodynamics 2019), 2019.
  45. D. O. Abranches; L. P. Silva; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Aromatic Deep Eutectic Solvents from Phenolic Compounds". Paper presented in 26th Thermodynamics Conference (Thermodynamics 2019), 2019.
  46. D. O. Abranches; M. Larriba; L. P. Silva; M. Melle-Franco; J. F. Palomar; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Using COSMO-RS to Design Choline Chloride-Based Eutectic Solvents". Paper presented in 1st International Meeting on Deep Eutectic Solvents, 2019.
  47. D. O. Abranches; L. P. Silva; M. A. R. Martins; L. Fernandez; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Can Cholinium Chloride form Eutectic Solvents with Organic Chloride-based Salts?". Paper presented in 1st International Meeting on Deep Eutectic Solvents, 2019.
  48. D. O. Abranches; L. P. Silva; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Aromatic Deep Eutectic Solvents from Phenolic Compounds". Paper presented in 1st International Meeting on Deep Eutectic Solvents, 2019.
  49. M. A. R. Martins; L. P. Silva; D. O. Abranches; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Sustainable Hydrophobic Terpene-Terpene Eutectic Mixtures". Paper presented in 1st International Meeting on Deep Eutectic Solvents, 2019.
  50. L. P. Silva; M. A. R. Martins; D. O. Abranches; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Sustainable Hydrophobic Terpene-Terpene Eutectic Mixtures". Paper presented in 1st Ibero-American Congress of Chemical Engineering (CIBIQ), 2019.
  51. D. O. Abranches; L. P. Silva; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Aromatic Deep Eutectic Solvents from Phenolic Compounds". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2019, 2019.
  52. M. A. R. Martins; L. P. Silva; E. A. Crespo; D. O. Abranches; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Terpene-based hydrophobic eutectic mixtures: approaches and perspectives". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2019, 2019.
  53. D. O. Abranches; M. Larriba; L. P. Silva; M. Melle-Franco; J. F. Palomar; S. P. Pinho; J. A. P. Coutinho. "Using COSMO-RS to Design Choline Chloride-Based Eutectic Solvents". Paper presented in 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (CHEMPOR 2018), 2018.
Journal article
  1. Barnabas P. Agbodekhe; Montana N. Carlozo; Dinis O. Abranches; Kyla D. Jones; Alexander W. Dowling; Edward J. Maginn. "Enhanced thermophysical property prediction with uncertainty quantification using group contribution-Gaussian process regression". Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (2026): https://doi.org/10.1039/D5ME00126A.
    10.1039/D5ME00126A
  2. Nouman Rafique; Mihkel Koel; Dinis O. Abranches; Oliver Järvik. "Deep Eutectic Solvents: Physicochemical Properties and Challenges in Applications as Phase Change Materials in Thermal Energy Storage". ACS Applied Energy Materials (2025): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.5c02743.
    10.1021/acsaem.5c02743
  3. Lília M S Dias; Dinis O Abranches; Ana R Bastos; Lianshe Fu; Albano N Carneiro Neto; Rui F P Pereira; Verónica de Zea Bermudez; et al. "Photonic-digital hybrid artificial intelligence hardware architectures: at the interface of the real and virtual worlds". Journal of Physics: Photonics (2025): https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/ae0104.
    10.1088/2515-7647/ae0104
  4. Mohsen Farshad; Fathya Y. M. Salih; Dinis O. Abranches; Yamil J. Colón. "Accelerating phase diagram construction through activity coefficient prediction". The Journal of Chemical Physics (2025): https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0286520.
    10.1063/5.0286520
  5. Santos, João P.; Sosa, Filipe H. B.; Abranches, Dinis O.; Coutinho, João A. P.. "Artificial Intelligence in the Discovery of Deep Eutectic Solvents with Lubricant Applications". ACS Omega 10 37 (2025): 43024-43033. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c05944.
    10.1021/acsomega.5c05944
  6. Alcantara, Murilo L.; Abranches, Dinis O.; Neves, Catarina M.S.S.; Rubio-Presa, Rubén; Ventosa, Edgar; Coutinho, João A.P.. "Thermodynamic strategies to increase solubility for higher energy density in organic redox flow batteries". Journal of Energy Storage 127 (2025): 117053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.117053.
    10.1016/j.est.2025.117053
  7. Abranches, Dinis O.; Soares, Bruna P.; Cordova, Isabella W.; Benfica, Jordana; Ferreira, Olga; Pinho, Simão P.; Coutinho, João A.P.. "Exploring the role of temperature on hydrotropy". Chemical Engineering Science 313 (2025): 121759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2025.121759.
    10.1016/j.ces.2025.121759
  8. Cea-Klapp, Esteban; Abranches, Dinis O.; Marin-Rimoldi, Eliseo; Gajardo-Parra, Nicolás F.; Canales, Roberto I.; Garrido, José Matías; Maginn, Edward J.. "Understanding Solute-Hydrotrope Aggregation in Aqueous Solutions: A Molecular Dynamics Approach". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 129 20 (2025): 5016-5025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c01542.
    10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c01542
  9. Kholany, Mariam; Reynaga-Navarro, Wimar; Abranches, Dinis O.; Wijffels, René; Coutinho, João A.P.; Ventura, Sónia P.M.; Kazbar, Antoinette. "Extraction and separation of pigments from Saccharina latissima using eutectic solvents". Separation and Purification Technology 357 (2025): 130053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2024.130053.
    10.1016/j.seppur.2024.130053
  10. Sinclair, Nicholas S.; Abranches, Dinis O.; Savinell, Robert F.; Maginn, Edward J.; Wainright, Jesse S.. "Understanding Redox Organic Behavior in Deep Eutectic Solvents: Considerations for Molecular Design". Journal of The Electrochemical Society 172 2 (2025): 020525. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/adb186.
    10.1149/1945-7111/adb186
  11. Derrick Poe; Dinis O. Abranches; Xiaoyu Wang; Jeffrey Klein; William Dean; Benworth B. Hansen; Brian Doherty; et al. "Structural and Dynamic Heterogeneity of Deep Eutectic Solvents Composed of Choline Chloride and Ortho-Phenol Derivatives". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2025): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c06787.
    10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c06787
  12. Fathya Y. M. Salih; Dinis O. Abranches; Edward J. Maginn; Yamil J. Colón. "Open-source generation of sigma profiles: impact of quantum chemistry and solvation treatment on machine learning performance". Digital Discovery (2025): https://doi.org/10.1039/D5DD00087D.
    10.1039/D5DD00087D
  13. Gabriela B. Correa; Dinis O. Abranches; Eliseo Marin-Rimoldi; Yong Zhang; Edward J. Maginn; Frederico W. Tavares. "Assessing Melting and Solid–Solid Transition Properties of Choline Chloride via Molecular Dynamics Simulations". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2024): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c03051.
    10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c03051
  14. Teixeira, Gabriel; Brandão, Paula; Lobo Ferreira, Ana I.M.C.; Abranches, Dinis O.; Santos, Luís M.N.B.F.; Ferreira, Olga; Coutinho, João A.P.. "Designing type V deep eutectic solvents with antimalarial pharmaceutical ingredients". European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 203 (2024): 114463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114463.
    10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114463
  15. Abranches, Dinis O.; Dean, William; Muñoz, Miguel; Wang, Wei; Liang, Yangang; Gurkan, Burcu; Maginn, Edward J.; et al. "Combining High-Throughput Experiments and Active Learning to Characterize Deep Eutectic Solvents". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 12 38 (2024): 14218-14229. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c04507.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c04507
  16. A. C. Araujo; Dinis O. Abranches; Coutinho, J.A.P.; Pedro M. D. Vaz; Ribeiro-Claro, Paulo; Mariela M. Nolasco. Corresponding author: Ribeiro-Claro, Paulo. "Good vibrations: understanding deep eutectic solvents through the lens of vibrational spectroscopy". Applied Spectroscopy Reviews 59 (2024): 1-56. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/05704928.2024.2390962.
    Published • 10.1080/05704928.2024.2390962
  17. Dinis O. Abranches; Edward J. Maginn; Yamil J. Colón. "Stochastic machine learning via sigma profiles to build a digital chemical space". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2404676121.
    10.1073/pnas.2404676121
  18. Filipe H. B. Sosa; Dinis O. Abranches; André M. da Costa Lopes; Mariana C. da Costa; João A. P. Coutinho. "Role of Deep Eutectic Solvent Precursors as Hydrotropes: Unveiling Synergism/Antagonism for Enhanced Kraft Lignin Dissolution". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2024): https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c02529.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c02529
  19. Cordova, Isabella W.; Teixeira, Gabriel; Ribeiro-Claro, Paulo J. A.; Dinis O. Abranches; Pinho, Simão P.; Ferreira, Olga; Coutinho, João A. P.. "Using Molecular Conformers in COSMO-RS to Predict Drug Solubility in Mixed Solvents". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 63 21 (2024): 9565-9575. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c00652.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.iecr.4c00652
  20. Olga Ferreira; Liliana P. Silva; Heloísa H. S. Almeida; Jordana Benfica; Dinis O. Abranches; Simão P. Pinho; João A. P. Coutinho. "What is better to enhance the solubility of hydrophobic compounds in aqueous solutions: eutectic solvents or ionic liquids?". RSC Sustainability (2024): https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SU00379A.
    10.1039/D4SU00379A
  21. Dinis O. Abranches; Edward J. Maginn; Yamil J. Colón. "Boosting Graph Neural Networks with Molecular Mechanics: A Case Study of Sigma Profile Prediction". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2023): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.3c01003.
    10.1021/acs.jctc.3c01003
  22. Gabriel Teixeira; Dinis O. Abranches; Maria Olga Amorim Sá Ferreira; João A.P. Coutinho. "Estimating the Melting Temperatures of Type V Deep Eutectic Solvents". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c01063.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.3c01063
  23. Sandra S. Silva; Dinis O. Abranches; Ana S. Pinto; Bruna de Paula Soares; Helena Passos; Ana M. Ferreira; João A.P. Coutinho. "Solubility Enhancement of Hydrophobic Compounds in Aqueous Solutions Using Biobased Solvents as Hydrotropes". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 62 30 (2023): 12021-12028. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c01469.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.3c01469
  24. Dinis O. Abranches; Edward J. Maginn; Yamil J. Colón. "Activity coefficient acquisition with thermodynamics-informed active learning for phase diagram construction". AIChE Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.18141.
    10.1002/aic.18141
  25. Dinis O. Abranches; João A.P. Coutinho. "Everything You Wanted to Know about Deep Eutectic Solvents but Were Afraid to Be Told". Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 14 1 (2023): 141-163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-101121-085323.
    10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-101121-085323
  26. Mónia A. R. Martins; Dinis O. Abranches; Liliana P. Silva; Simão P. Pinho; João A. P. Coutinho. "Tetraalkylammonium Chlorides as Melting Point Depressants of Ionic Liquids". Journal of Solution Chemistry (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10953-023-01285-0.
    10.1007/s10953-023-01285-0
  27. Sérgio M. Vilas-Boas; Isabella W. Cordova; Dinis O. Abranches; João A.P. Coutinho; Maria Olga Amorim Sá Ferreira; Simão P. Pinho. "Modeling the Solubility of Monoterpenoids with Hybrid and Predictive Thermodynamic Tools". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 62 12 (2023): 5326-5335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03991.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03991
  28. Anna P.S. Crema; Nicolas Schaeffer; Henrique Bastos; Liliana P. Silva; Dinis O. Abranches; Helena Passos; Maria C. Hespanhol; João A.P. Coutinho. "New family of Type V eutectic solvents based on 1,10-phenanthroline and their application in metal extraction". Hydrometallurgy 215 (2023): 105971-105971. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2022.105971.
    10.1016/j.hydromet.2022.105971
  29. Inês C. M. Vaz; Ana I. M. C. Lobo Ferreira; Gonçalo M. C. Silva; Pedro Morgado; Dinis O. Abranches; Margarida Bastos; Luís M. N. B. F. Santos; Eduardo J. M. Filipe; João A. P. Coutinho. "The path towards type V deep eutectic solvents: inductive effects and steric hindrance in the system tert-butanol + perfluoro tert-butanol". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP00701D.
    10.1039/D3CP00701D
  30. Isabela Sales; Dinis O. Abranches; Tânia E. Sintra; Silvana Mattedi; Mara G. Freire; João A.P. Coutinho; Simão P. Pinho. "Selection of hydrotropes for enhancing the solubility of artemisinin in aqueous solutions". Fluid Phase Equilibria 562 (2022): 113556-113556. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2022.113556.
    10.1016/j.fluid.2022.113556
  31. Mónia A. R. Martins; Dinis O. Abranches; Liliana P. Silva; Simão P. Pinho; João A. P. Coutinho. "Insights into the Chloride versus Bromide Effect on the Formation of Urea-Quaternary Ammonium Eutectic Solvents". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2022): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01274.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01274
  32. Abranches, Dinis O.; Coutinho, João A.P.. "Type V deep eutectic solvents: Design and applications". Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 35 (2022): 100612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2022.100612.
    10.1016/j.cogsc.2022.100612
  33. Gabriel Teixeira; Dinis O. Abranches; Liliana P. Silva; Sérgio M. Vilas-Boas; Simão P. Pinho; Ana I. M. C. L. Ferreira; Luís M. N. B. F. Santos; Olga Ferreira; João A. P. Coutinho. "Liquefying Flavonoids with Terpenoids through Deep Eutectic Solvent Formation". Molecules 27 9 (2022): 2649-2649. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27092649.
    10.3390/molecules27092649
  34. Dinis O. Abranches; Zhang, Yong; Maginn, Edward J.; Colón, Yamil J.. "Sigma profiles in deep learning: towards a universal molecular descriptor". Chemical Communications 58 37 (2022): 5630-5633. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cc01549h.
    10.1039/d2cc01549h
  35. Ana I. M. C. Lobo Ferreira; Sérgio M. Vilas-Boas; Rodrigo M. A. Silva; Mónia A. R. Martins; Dinis. O. Abranches; Paula C. R. Soares-Santos; Filipe A. Almeida Paz; et al. "Extensive characterization of choline chloride and its solid–liquid equilibrium with water". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2022): https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP00377E.
    10.1039/D2CP00377E
  36. Dinis O. Abranches; Bruna P. Soares; Ana M. Ferreira; Seishi Shimizu; Simão P. Pinho; João A. P. Coutinho. "The impact of size and shape in the performance of hydrotropes: a case-study of alkanediols". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24 13 (2022): 7624-7634. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP00496H.
    10.1039/D2CP00496H
  37. Silva, Liliana P.; Martins, Mónia A.R.; Abranches, Dinis O.; Pinho, Simão P.; Coutinho, João A.P.. "Solid-liquid phase behavior of eutectic solvents containing sugar alcohols". Journal of Molecular Liquids 337 (2021): 116392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116392.
    10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116392
  38. José Pedro Wojeicchowski; Dinis O. Abranches; Ana M. Ferreira; Marcos R. Mafra; João A.P. Coutinho. "Using COSMO-RS to Predict Solvatochromic Parameters for Deep Eutectic Solvents". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2021): https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c02621.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c02621
  39. Jean-Baptiste Chagnoleau; Nicolas Papaiconomou; Mona Jamali; Dinis O. Abranches; João A. P. Coutinho; Xavier Fernandez; Thomas Michel. "Toward a Critical Evaluation of DES-Based Organic Biphasic Systems: Are Deep Eutectic Solvents so Critical?". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9 29 (2021): 9707-9716. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c01628.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c01628
  40. Dinis O. Abranches; Liliana P. Silva; Mónia A. R. Martins; João A. P. Coutinho. "Differences on the impact of water on the deep eutectic solvents betaine/urea and choline/urea". The Journal of Chemical Physics (2021): https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0052303.
    10.1063/5.0052303
  41. Tânia E. Sintra; Dinis O. Abranches; Jordana Benfica; Bruna P. Soares; Sónia P.M. Ventura; João A.P. Coutinho. "Cholinium-based ionic liquids as bioinspired hydrotropes to tackle solubility challenges in drug formulation". European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 164 (2021): 86-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2021.04.013.
    10.1016/j.ejpb.2021.04.013
  42. Isabela Sales; Dinis O. Abranches; Pedro Costa; Tânia E. Sintra; Sónia P.M. Ventura; Silvana Mattedi; João A.P. Coutinho; Mara G. Freire; Simão P. Pinho. "Enhancing Artemisinin Solubility in Aqueous Solutions: Searching for Hydrotropes based on Ionic Liquids". Fluid Phase Equilibria (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2021.112961.
    10.1016/j.fluid.2021.112961
  43. Nicolas Schaeffer; Dinis O. Abranches; Liliana P. Silva; Mónia A.R. Martins; Pedro J. Carvalho; Olga Russina; Alessandro Triolo; et al. "Non-Ideality in Thymol + Menthol Type V Deep Eutectic Solvents". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9 5 (2021): 2203-2211. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c07874.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c07874
  44. Martins, Mónia A.R.; Silva, Liliana P.; Jorge, Patrícia S.; Abranches, Dinis O.; Pinho, Simão P.; Coutinho, João A.P.. "The role of ionic vs. non-ionic excipients in APIs-based eutectic systems". European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 156 (2021): 105583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2020.105583.
    10.1016/j.ejps.2020.105583
  45. Dinis O. Abranches; Jordana Benfica; Bruna P. Soares; Ana M. Ferreira; Tânia E. Sintra; Seishi Shimizu; João A. P. Coutinho. "The impact of the counterion in the performance of ionic hydrotropes". Chemical Communications (2021): https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC08092F.
    10.1039/D0CC08092F
  46. Filipe H. B. Sosa; Dinis O. Abranches; André M. da Costa Lopes; João A. P. Coutinho; Mariana C. da Costa. "Kraft Lignin Solubility and Its Chemical Modification in Deep Eutectic Solvents". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 8 50 (2020): 18577-18589. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c06655.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c06655
  47. Dinis O. Abranches; Jordana Benfica; Seishi Shimizu; João A. P. Coutinho. "The Perspective of Cooperative Hydrotropy on the Solubility in Aqueous Solutions of Cyrene". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59 41 (2020): 18649-18658. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02346.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02346
  48. Dinis O. Abranches; Jordana Benfica; Seishi Shimizu; João A. P. Coutinho. "Solubility Enhancement of Hydrophobic Substances in Water/Cyrene Mixtures: A Computational Study". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59 40 (2020): 18247-18253. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03155.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03155
  49. Abranches, Dinis O.; Silva, Liliana P.; Martins, Mónia A. R.; Pinho, Simão P.; Coutinho, João A. P.. "Understanding the Formation of Deep Eutectic Solvents: Betaine as a Universal Hydrogen Bond Acceptor". ChemSusChem 13 18 (2020): 4916-4921. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202001331.
    10.1002/cssc.202001331
  50. Wojeicchowski, José Pedro; Ferreira, Ana M.; Abranches, Dinis O.; Mafra, Marcos R.; Coutinho, João A. P.. "Using COSMO-RS in the Design of Deep Eutectic Solvents for the Extraction of Antioxidants from Rosemary". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 8 32 (2020): 12132-12141. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03553.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03553
  51. Dinis O. Abranches; Renato O. Martins; Liliana P. Silva; Mónia A. R. Martins; Simão P. Pinho; João A. P. Coutinho. "Liquefying Compounds by Forming Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Case Study for Organic Acids and Alcohols". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 124 20 (2020): 4174-4184. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c02386.
    10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c02386
  52. Soares, Bruna P.; Abranches, Dinis O.; Sintra, Tânia E.; Leal-Duaso, Alejandro; García, José Ignacio; Pires, Elísabet; Shimizu, Seishi; Pinho, Simão P.; Coutinho, João A. P.. "Glycerol Ethers as Hydrotropes and Their Use to Enhance the Solubility of Phenolic Acids in Water". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 8 14 (2020): 5742-5749. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01032.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01032
  53. Vilas-Boas, Sérgio M.; Abranches, Dinis O.; Crespo, Emanuel A.; Ferreira, Olga; Coutinho, João A.P.; Pinho, Simão P.. "Experimental solubility and density studies on aqueous solutions of quaternary ammonium halides, and thermodynamic modelling for melting enthalpy estimations". Journal of Molecular Liquids 300 (2020): 112281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2019.112281.
    10.1016/j.molliq.2019.112281
  54. Dinis O. Abranches; Jordana Benfica; Bruna P. Soares; Alejandro Leal-Duaso; Tânia E. Sintra; Elísabet Pires; Simão P. Pinho; Seishi Shimizu; João A. P. Coutinho. "Unveiling the mechanism of hydrotropy: evidence for water-mediated aggregation of hydrotropes around the solute". Chemical Communications (2020): https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC03217D.
    10.1039/D0CC03217D
  55. Dinis O. Abranches; Nicolas Schaeffer; Liliana P. Silva; Mónia A. R. Martins; Simão P. Pinho; João A. P. Coutinho. "The Role of Charge Transfer in the Formation of Type I Deep Eutectic Solvent-Analogous Ionic Liquid Mixtures". Molecules 24 20 (2019): 3687-3687. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24203687.
    10.3390/molecules24203687
  56. Dinis O. Abranches; Marcos Larriba; Liliana P. Silva; Manuel Melle-Franco; José F. Palomar; Simão P. Pinho; João A.P. Coutinho. "Using COSMO-RS to design choline chloride pharmaceutical eutectic solvents". Fluid Phase Equilibria 497 (2019): 71-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2019.06.005.
    10.1016/j.fluid.2019.06.005
  57. Martins, Mónia A. R.; Silva, Liliana P.; Schaeffer, Nicolas; Abranches, Dinis O.; Maximo, Guilherme J.; Pinho, Simão P.; Coutinho, João A. P.. "Greener Terpene–Terpene Eutectic Mixtures as Hydrophobic Solvents". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7 20 (2019): 17414-17423. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04614.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04614
  58. Abranches, Dinis O.; Silva, Liliana P.; Martins, Mónia A.R.; Fernandez, Luis; Pinho, Simão P.; Coutinho, João A.P.. "Can cholinium chloride form eutectic solvents with organic chloride-based salts?". Fluid Phase Equilibria 493 (2019): 120-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2019.04.019.
    10.1016/j.fluid.2019.04.019
  59. Dinis O. Abranches; Mónia A. R. Martins; Liliana P. Silva; Nicolas Schaeffer; Simão P. Pinho; João A. P. Coutinho. "Phenolic hydrogen bond donors in the formation of non-ionic deep eutectic solvents: the quest for type V DES". Chemical Communications (2019): https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC04846D.
    10.1039/C9CC04846D
  60. Liliana P. Silva; Catarina F. Araújo; Dinis O. Abranches; Manuel Melle-Franco; Mónia A. R. Martins; Mariela M. Nolasco; Paulo J. A. Ribeiro-Claro; Simão P. Pinho; João A. P. Coutinho. "What a difference a methyl group makes – probing choline–urea molecular interactions through urea structure modification". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2019): https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CP03552D.
    10.1039/C9CP03552D
Magazine article
  1. Dinis O. Abranches; João A. P. Coutinho. "Everything You Wanted to Know about Deep Eutectic Solvents but Were Afraid to Be Told", research@ua, 2024, https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/researchua/issue/view/1246.
Preprint
  1. Sinclair, Nicholas; Abranches, Dinis O.; Savinell, Robert F.; Maginn, Edward J.; Wainright, Jesse S.. "Predicting Redox Organic Behavior in Deep Eutectic Solvents- Considerations for Molecular Design". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4724297.
    10.2139/ssrn.4724297
  2. Coutinho, João A.P.; Rubio-Presa, Ruben; Alcantara, Murilo Leite; Abranches, Dinis; Neves, Catarina; Ventosa, Edgar. "Thermodynamic Strategies to Increase Solubility for Higher Energy Density in Organic Redox Flow Batteries". 2024. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4934663.
    10.2139/ssrn.4934663
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Thermodynamics-Informed Machine Learning for the Design of Sustainable Materials: The Dawn of Digital Molecular Discovery". PhD, University of Notre Dame, 2024. https://doi.org/10.7274/25545994.
  2. "Unveiling the Mechanism of Hydrotropy: Towards a Sustainable Future". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2020. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/28936.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/11/17 Molecular Simulation and Machine Learning Applied to Characterize Deep Eutectic Liquid Solvents 10th Congress on Ionic Liquids (COIL-10)
(Perth, Australia)
2025/11/11 AI as a Laboratory Companion: Accelerating Materials Discovery and Design University of Lisbon DQB Talks
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2025/10/17 Machine learning-driven selection of green solvents for recycling 3D printing waste 14th Asian Thermophysical Properties Conference (ATPC2025)
(Shanghai, China)
2025/10/13 Stochastic Machine Learning: Your Ultimate Laboratory Companion for Materials Design 2025 Conference of the ECUST–UAveiro Joint Research Center for Sustainable Chemistry and Materials
(Shanghai, China)
2025/09/09 Accelerating Sustainable Materials Discovery with Artificial Intelligence Lecture Series by Projects DECADES (EU-funded) and DESMOL2PRO (DFG-funded)
2025/09/04 Accelerating Sustainable Materials Discovery with Artificial Intelligence Workshop “(Bio)materials and Processes for Circular Economy”
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2025/07/20 Aqueous solubility enhancement with AI designed hydrotropes 27th IUPAC International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics (ICCT2025)
(Porto, Portugal)
2025/07/20 AI-enabled discovery of deep eutectic solvents based lubricants 27th IUPAC International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics (ICCT2025)
(Porto, Portugal)
2025/07/20 Fast and furious: Accelerating OpenCOSMO-RS with graph convolutional networks 27th IUPAC International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics (ICCT2025)
(Porto, Portugal)
2025/07/16 When Algorithms Dream of Molecules: AI by Material Scientists, for Material Scientists 2025 Research Summit
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2025/07/16 Workshop: Tutorials on Python, Machine Learning, Scikit-Learn EuMINe COST Action Second General Meeting
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2025/07/03 From Noise to Knowledge: Stochastic Machine Learning for Materials Design 2025 ATOMS Seminar Series
https://youtu.be/ED7eR6_XGYQ
2025/06/23 Fast and Furious: Accelerating openCOSMO-RS with Graph Convolutional Networks 4th International Meeting on Deep Eutectic Systems (IMDES 2025)
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2025/06/03 Fast and Furious: Accelerating openCOSMO-RS with Graph Convolutional Networks 1st International Symposium on Deep Eutectic Solvents (ISYDES 2025)
(Bari, Italy)
2025/05/26 Stochastic Machine Learning: Applications For Materials Design (Mini-Symposia: Thermodynamics of Learning) Joint European Thermodynamics Conference (JETC 2025)
(Belgrade, Serbia)
2025/05/12 Aqueous Solubility Enhancement with AI Designed Hydrotropes 2025 International Symposium on Green Chemistry (ISGC 2025)
(La Rochelle, France)
2025/04/10 Revolutionizing Materials Design: AI as the Ultimate Laboratory Companion
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2025/03/27 Stochastic machine learning: The ultimate laboratory companion for the development of green solvents ACS Spring 2025
(San Diego, United States)
2025/02/06 Thermodynamics-Informed Machine Learning in the Design of Sustainable Materials
University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (Benguerir, Morocco)
2024/11/20 Surfing the Molecular Sea with Stochastic Machine Learning: Sigma Profiles as a Digital Chemical Space 7th Edition of the Iberoamerican Meeting on Ionic Liquids (IMIL 2024)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/11/20 Deep eutectic solvents designs incorporating antimalarial active pharmaceutical ingredients 7th Edition of the Iberoamerican Meeting on Ionic Liquids (IMIL 2024)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/11/18 ILs and DESs as Designer Solvents: Thermodynamics, Interactions, and Modeling Winter School on Ionic Liquids, 7th Edition of the Iberoamerican Meeting on Ionic Liquids (IMIL 2024)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/11/07 Thermodynamics-Informed Machine Learning in the Design of Sustainable Materials Computational Chemistry Seminar
Procter & Gamble (Online, Portugal)
2024/09/09 Combining High Throughput Experiments and Active Learning to Characterize Deep Eutectic Solvents XIII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design (EQUIFASE)
(Évora, Portugal)
2024/05/13 Thermodynamics-Informed Machine Learning for the design of sustainable materials: the dawn of digital molecular discovery 1st Annual Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Laboratory Symposium
(Notre Dame, United States)
2023/11/21 Solubility enhancement of hydrophobic compounds in aqueous solutions using eutectic solvents or ionic liquids 7th International Conference on Ionic Liquid-Based Materials
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/11/05 Activity Coefficient Acquisition with Thermodynamics-Informed Active Learning for Phase Diagram Construction 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Orlando, FL, United States)
2023/11/05 Informing Graph Convolutional Networks with Molecular Mechanics: A Case Study of Sigma Profile Prediction 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Orlando, FL, United States)
2023/07/30 Exploring the Potential of Zwitterionic Compounds and Ionic Liquids as Effective Hydrotropes for Hydrophobic Compounds 26th IUPAC International Conference of Chemical Thermodynamics
(Osaka, Japan)
2023/06/28 Materials Design with Thermodynamics-Informed Machine Learning Department of Chemistry Lecture
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/06/28 Sigma profiles in deep learning: towards a universal molecular descriptor Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar Series (Best Paper Award)
(Notre Dame, United States)
2022/11/13 Sigma Profiles in Deep Learning: Towards a Universal Molecular Descriptor 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Phoenix, AZ, United States)
2022/10/24 Hydrotropes: unveiling the solubility phenomena XII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design (Equifase 2022) and XI Brazilian Conference on Applied Thermodynamics (CBTermo 2022)
(Campinas, Brazil)
2022/10/01 Open-Source Sigma Profile Generation for Machine Learning Applications Fundamentals of Separation Science and Engineering
Gordon Research Seminar (Ventura, CA, United States)
2022/09/26 Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents based on 1,10-phenanthroline and their application in metal extraction International solvent extraction conference (ISEC 2022)
(Gothenburg, Sweden)
2022/09/26 Type V deep eutectic solvents: designing towards non-ideality International solvent extraction conference (ISEC 2022)
(Gothenburg, Sweden)
2022/09/26 The impact of size and shape in the performance of hydrotropes: a case-study of alkanediols International solvent extraction conference (ISEC 2022)
(Gothenburg, Sweden)
2022/09/06 Modelling Deep Eutectic Solvents with Sigma Profiles: from COSMO-RS to Deep Learning NaDES for biomass valorization: new insight of a green technology
(Online)
2022/05/16 Influence of DES on the formation of organic biphasic systems for separation of natural compounds 5th International Symposium on Green Chemistry (ISGC 2022)
(La Rochelle, France)
2022/05/16 Exploring 1,2 and 1,n-alkanediols as hydrotropes: the impact of size and shape in the performance of hydrotropes 5th International Symposium on Green Chemistry (ISGC 2022)
(La Rochelle, France)
2021/12/13 Sigma Profiles in Deep Learning: Towards a Universal Molecular Descriptor PAThlestra Series
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/10/24 COSMO-RS to Design Deep Eutectic Solvents for Antioxidant Extraction 23º Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia Química
(Gramado, Brazil)
2021/09/30 Alkanediols as efficient hydrotropes to enhance the aqueous solubility of syringic acid and their application for ultrasound-assisted extraction of phenolic compounds from juçara fruit 6th PATh Spring Workshop
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/09/30 A molecular perspective-guided solvent screening using COSMO-RS 6th PATh Spring Workshop
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/07/05 The Impact of the Counterion in the Performance of Ionic Hydrotropes 31st European Symposium on Applied Thermodynamics
(Online)
2021/06/15 A critical study on the influence of DES on the formation of organic biphasic systems 2nd International Meeting on Deep Eutectic Systems
(Online)
2019/11/20 Investigation on the solubility and other thermophysical properties of quaternary ammonium salts aqueous solutions XXV Encontro Galego-Portugués de Química
(Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2019/09/08 Terpene-based hydrophobic eutectic mixtures: approaches and perspectives 4th International Conference on Ionic Liquids in Separation and Purification Technology Conference (ILSEPT)
(Stiges, Spain)
2019/07/07 Sustainable Hydrophobic Terpene-Terpene Eutectic Mixtures 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress (IUPAC 2019)
(Paris, France)
2019/06/26 Can Cholinium Chloride form Eutectic Solvents with Organic Chloride-based Salts? 26th Thermodynamics Conference (Thermodynamics 2019)
(Huelva, Spain)
2019/06/19 Can Cholinium Chloride form Eutectic Solvents with Organic Chloride-based Salts? 1st Ibero-American Congress of Chemical Engineering (CIBIQ)
(Santander, Spain)
2019/05/13 Sustainable Hydrophobic Terpene-Terpene Eutectic Mixtures 4th International Symposium on Green Chemistry (ISGC 2019)
(La Rochelle, France)
2019/04/11 Modelling of Phase Equilibria of Eutectic Solvents and Ionic Liquids 4th Edition of Path Spring Workshop
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/11/18 - Current AI-Guided Design of Complex Partitioning Systems to Extract and Purify Proteins and Biopharmaceuticals
Supervisor of Margarida D. Pinhão
 Gulbenkian New Talents Scholarship (Bolsas Gulbenkian Novos Talentos) (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/11/18 - Current Designing Novel Porphyrin Systems with Enhanced Solubility via AI-boosted Thermodynamics
Co-supervisor of Ricardo Rocha
 Gulbenkian New Talents Scholarship (Bolsas Gulbenkian Novos Talentos) (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/10/01 - Current Development of Chemical Digital Spaces with Artificial Intelligence for Materials Design and Understanding
Supervisor of Rafael A. F. Serrano
 Chemical Engineering (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/10/01 - Current Computational Prediction of Organic Compounds Solubility in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions Using COSMO-RS Model
Supervisor of Martim Cabeleira
 CICECO’s Young Scientist Program (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/10/01 - Current Designing Novel Peptides with Artificial Intelligence: Towards Aggregation Propensity and Self-Assembly
Supervisor of João P. Santos
 CICECO’s Young Scientist Program (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/09/15 - Current Rational Formulation through Artificial Intelligence
Supervisor of Juliana Coutinho
 Chemical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/09/15 - Current Machine learning-guided selective dissolution for PLA recycling and additive separation
Co-supervisor of Yasmin
 Chemical Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2025/09/15 - Current AI-Assisted Study of Peptide Assembly for Application in Energy Conversion and Storage
Co-supervisor of Diogo Pomar Luís Salgueiro
 Physical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/09/15 - Current Gaussian Processes in the Description of Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions
Co-supervisor of Matheus Josefovicz
 Chemical Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2025/08/01 - Current Connecting the dots: an analysis of solubility curves in hydrotropic systems with statistical thermodynamics and machine learning
Supervisor of Ricardo Rocha
 CICECO’s Young Scientist Program (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/07/16 - Current Artificial Intelligence to Predict Activity Coefficients and Phase Equilibria: A Critical Evaluation of Current Capabilities and Future Perspectives
Supervisor of Pedro Queirós
 CICECO’s Young Scientist Program (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/07/14 - Current Enhancing the energy density by controlling the solubility of redox species to develop more efficient redox flow batteries
Co-supervisor of Gabriel L. Camilo
 Chemical Engineering (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/07/10 - Current Interactive Artificial Intelligence: Bringing the Power of Gaussian processes to Chemical Engineering
Supervisor of Eduardo Neves
 CICECO’s Young Scientist Program (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/06/18 - Current Molecular Artificial Intelligence in the Design of Concentrated Electrolyte Fluids for Energy Storage
Co-supervisor of Pawan Chhipa
 Engineering Sciences (PhD)
Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, Estonia
2025/02/01 - Current The Application of Active Learning Methodologies in the Description of the Salt Effect on the Solubility of Amino Acids
Co-supervisor of Christopher A. Piske
 MSc Chemical Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/11/12 - 2025/10/31 Aqueous Solubility Enhancement with AI Designed Hydrotropes
Supervisor of Margarida D. Pinhão
 Gulbenkian New Talents Scholarship (Bolsas Gulbenkian Novos Talentos) (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/10/04 - 2025/09/25 Green solvents and AI-driven models for recycling 3D printing waste
Co-supervisor of Samuel Costa
 MSc Chemical Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/09/20 - 2025/09/20 Designing Novel Solvents with Thermodynamics and Artificial Intelligence
Supervisor of Kiki Adi Kurnia
 Postdoctorate Traineeship Programme - Chemistry (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/09/25 - 2025/09/01 Exploring Artificial Intelligence to Design Novel Solvents
Supervisor of João P. Santos
 CICECO’s Young Scientist Program (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/01/29 - 2025/07/15 Solubility Parameters of Polymers from Sigma Profiles and Machine Learning
Supervisor of Tomás Alves Matias
 Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/01/29 - 2025/07/15 Solubility Enhancement with AI-Designed Hydrotropes
Supervisor of Margarida D. Pinhão
 Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/01/29 - 2025/07/15 Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Polymer Solution Viscosity Using Sigma Profiles and Gaussian Processes
Supervisor of Clara Facão Descalço
 Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/01/29 - 2025/07/15 Modelling Viscosity in Plastic Recycling Processes with Stochastic Machine Learning
Supervisor of Salomé Simões Tavares
 Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/07/20 - 2025/07/24 27th IUPAC International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics, Porto, Portugal, 2025-07-20/24 Chair of Session: Ionic Fluids and Deep Eutectic Solvents (2025/07/20 - 2025/07/24)
Conference (Other)
2025/07/16 - 2025/07/18 EuMINe COST Action Second General Meeting Co-Organizer (2025/07/16 - 2025/07/18)
Conference (Co-organisor)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/09/26 - 2025/09/26 Participated in the public outreach event “European Researchers Night”, held in Aveiro, Portugal, with an exhibition entitled “Artificial Intelligence for Molecular Design”.
Exhibition
2025/07/10 - 2025/07/10 Attended the Symposium on Hydrometallurgical Innovations and Technologies – 2025 (HIMET 2025), held at the University of Aveiro (UA), Aveiro, Portugal
Conference
2025/06/12 - 2025/06/12 Attended the Workshop on Materials Processing and Nanofabrication, held in Aveiro, Portugal.
Conference
2024/12/17 - 2024/12/19 Participated in the Pedagogical Formation “Programa de Acolhimento Pedagógico para Novos Docentes (5.ª ed.)”, with a duration of 15h, organized by Sofia Sá, Susana Caixinha, Vânia Carlos, Margarida Fardilha, and Luís Sancho, held at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.
2024/12/13 - 2024/12/13 Attended the European Forum on New Technologies (EFNT) meeting on Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Engineering, held in Paris, France.
2024/12/06 - 2024/12/06 Attended the workshop “Plástico 360º” organized at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.
2024/11/05 - 2024/11/06 Attended the 4º Encontro de Computação Avançada, held in Covilhã, Portugal.
2024/10/25 - 2024/10/26 Attended the 3rd Annual PANACEA (Pan-European solid-state NMR Infrastructure for Chemistry-Enabling Access) Meeting, held at University of Aveiro, Portugal.
2024/07/03 - 2024/08/22 Successfully concluded the course “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Fundamentals and Applications”, part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) xPro unit, worth 3.50 Continuing Education Units (CEUs), held Online.
2023/02/03 - 2023/02/03 2023 online iRASPA/RASPA workshop organized by David Dubbeldam, Sofia Calero, Randy Snurr, Juan José Gutierrez Sevillano, and Thijs J.H. Vlugt.
Workshop
 iRASPA/RASPA workshop
Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands
2020/11/19 - 2020/11/20 Attended the event Jornadas CICECO 2020 – The Future of Science and CICECO, held online.
Symposium
 Jornadas CICECO 2020 – The Future of Science and CICECO
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/09/21 - 2020/09/21 Attended
Workshop
 PATh/IonCytDevice Workshop - A Technological Perspective on Cancer from Diagnosis and Treatment to Environmental Fate and Remediation
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/08/12 - 2019/08/23 PhD Summer Course
Workshop
 Advanced Course on Thermodynamic Models: Fundamentals & Computational Aspects
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
2018/10/11 - 2018/10/13 Participated in the outreach event “Techdays 2018” as an exhibitor for the CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials project Multibiorefinery.
Exhibition
 Techdays 2018
Câmara Municipal de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/06/08 - 2018/06/08 Attended
Workshop
 3rd Edition of PATh Spring Workshop
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/12/06 - 2017/12/06 Short course/lecture.
Seminar
 Análise de Riscos e Segurança Industrial
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2017/09/04 - 2017/09/08 Summer Course
Workshop
 Integración del Diseño Molecular y la Simulación de Procesos en el Desarrollo de Nuevos Procesos y Productos Industriales
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
2017/06/08 - 2017/06/08 Attended
Workshop
 2nd Edition of PATh Spring Workshop
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current Nature Communications Nature Portfolio
2025 - Current Biomacromolecules American Chemical Society
2025 - Current Chemical Engineering Research and Design Elsevier
2024 - Current Molecules MDPI
2024 - Current Liquids MDPI
2024 - Current Journal of Molecular Liquids Elsevier
2024 - Current Chemical Engineering Journal Elsevier
2024 - Current European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics Elsevier
2024 - Current Fluid Phase Equilibria Elsevier
2024 - Current Heliyon Elsevier
2024 - Current Separation and Purification Technology Elsevier
2024 - Current Scientific Reports Nature Portfolio
2024 - Current Chemical Communications Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
2024 - Current Green Chemistry Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
2024 - Current ChemPhysChem Wiley-VCH
2023 - Current Separations MDPI
2023 - Current ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering American Chemical Society
2023 - Current Life MDPI
2023 - Current International Journal of Molecular Sciences MDPI
2023 - Current ChemEngineering MDPI
2022 - Current The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics Elsevier
2022 - Current RSC Advances Royal Society of Chemistry
2022 - Current Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research American Chemical Society
2022 - Current Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling Elsevier
2022 - Current Crystal Growth & Design American Chemical Society
2022 - Current New Journal of Chemistry Royal Society of Chemistry
2022 - Current BMC Chemistry BioMed Central
2022 - Current Journal of Solution Chemistry Springer
2022 - Current Chemical Engineering Science Elsevier
2022 - Current Journal of Computational Biophysics and Chemistry World Scientific
2021 - Current European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Elsevier
2021 - Current The Journal of Physical Chemistry American Chemical Society
2021 - Current AICHE Journal American Institute of Chemical Engineers
2021 - Current Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Royal Society of Chemistry
2021 - Current The Journal of Chemical Physics American Institute of Physics

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2025/05/15 - Current Team member of the COST Action European Materials Informatics Network (EuMINe), CA22143, with active roles in Working Groups 1-5.
2019 - 2020 5th year students of the Integrated Master’s in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aveiro Representative
2018 - 2019 4th year students of the Integrated Master’s in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aveiro. Representative
2017 - 2018 3rd year students of the Integrated Master’s in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aveiro. Representative

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/09 - 2026/02 Fluid Flow And Multiphasic Systems Chemical Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/02/10 - 2025/08 Heat Transfer Engenharia Química Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/08 - 2022/12 Machine Learning for Chemical Engineers (Teaching Assistant) Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento) University of Notre Dame, United States
2022/01 - 2022/05 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Teaching Assistant) Chemical Engineering (Licenciatura) University of Notre Dame, United States
2021/08 - 2021/12 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Teaching Assistant) Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento) University of Notre Dame, United States
2021/02 - 2021/05 Chemical Engineering Lab I (Teaching Assistant) Chemical Engineering (Licenciatura) University of Notre Dame, United States

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2025/05/01 - 2025/07/27 Expert Evaluator for the HORIZON-JU-CLEANH2-2025 call funded by the Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021/2027).
Evaluator
 Horizon Europe, Belgium European Commission
2024/10/10 - 2024/10/10 Part of the evaluation panel for communication awards at the event Jornadas CICECO 2024 - Connecting minds, creating progress, held in Aveiro, Portugal.
Evaluator

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023/01/24 14 Students Receive Fellowships to Advance Clean Energy Research and Sustainable Solutions to Climate Change ND Energy (https://energy.nd.edu/news-events/news/14-students-receive-fellowships-to-advance-clean-energy-research-and-sustainable-solutions-to-climate-change/)
2020/06/19 Hydrotropy mechanism breakthrough highlighted on Nature Reviews Chemistry CICECO News (https://www.ciceco.ua.pt/?menu=255&tabela=geral_article&id_article=804&language=en)
2019/11/28 "Aveiro e Liverpool são os grandes vencedores do Datathon" (Jornal Expresso) e "Team wins Galp Datathon competition" (CICECO News) Jornal Expresso (https://expresso.pt/iniciativaseprodutos/pub/2013-11-26-Aveiro-e-Liverpool-sao-os-grandes-vencedores-do-Datathon) e CICECO News (https://www.ciceco.ua.pt/?menu=255&language=eng&tabela=geral_article&id_article=727)
2018/01/03 Dinis Abranches e a Engenharia Química: uma paixão com nota 20 Notícias UA (https://www.ua.pt/pt/noticias/0/53161)
2016/12/22 Estudantes de excelência do Departamento de Química veem o mérito premiado Notícias UA (https://www.ua.pt/pt/noticias/0/48923)

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2016/07/18 - 2016/07/29 Team member (volunteer, 42 hours) of the 2nd archaeological work campaign in the Castro of Salreu, Portugal, held by Arouca Archaeological Center.
Distinctions

Award

2023 CBE Outstanding Paper Award
University of Notre Dame, United States
2023 Best Poster Communication – COIL 2023
2023 Best Poster Communication – ILMAT 2023
2022 Chemical Separations GRC Partial Registration Award
Gordon Research Conferences, United States
2022 Best Poster Communication – FOMMS 2022
CACHE Corporation, United States
2022 FOMMS 2022 Early Career Researcher Award
CACHE Corporation, United States
2021 Delta Prize
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019 Merit Scholarship (Portuguese Government)
Governo da República Portuguesa, Portugal
2019 Merit Scholarship (Portuguese Government)
Governo da República Portuguesa, Portugal
2019 Best Poster Communication – CIBIQ 2019
2017 Merit Scholarship (University of Aveiro)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016 Merit Scholarship (University of Aveiro)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015 Merit Scholarship (University of Aveiro)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Title

2023 Patrick and Jana Eilers Fellow
University of Notre Dame, United States

Other distinction

2024 Trusted Reviewer - IJMS
MDPI AG, Switzerland
2023 2023 PCCP HOT Articles (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP00701D)
Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
2022 2022 PCCP HOT Articles (https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP00496H)
Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
2020 Issue Cover (https://pubs.acs.org/toc/iecred/59/41)
American Chemical Society, United States
2019 Galp Datathon
Galp Energia SGPS SA, Portugal
2019 Feature Paper (https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24203687)
MDPI AG, Switzerland