Curriculum Vitae
Rita Maria Mendes Silveira de Almeida Martins
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Rita Maria Mendes Silveira de Almeida Martins
Citation names
- Martins, Rita
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- C018-24B1-949F
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3154-8127
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| French | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2021/10/19 - 2025/12/31
Ongoing
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Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Major in Biosensores
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2021/01/09 - 2021/07/30
Concluded
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Curso de Formação – Metodologias de Investigação em Ciências da Vida, da Natureza e da Engenharia (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2018/09/17 - 2020/11/25
Concluded
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Bioquímica (Mestrado)
Major in Biotecnologia
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
"Development and characterization of silica nanoparticles to mediate an antitumoral strategy involving drug and recombinant
protein" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
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2018/07/11 - 2018/07/31
Concluded
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Estágio de Verão (Outros)
Major in Biologia da reprodução e células estaminais
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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2015/09/12 - 2018/06/14
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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15 |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | SENSEAb | Self-sustained, autonomous and equipment-free paper-based device to monitor antibodies against SARS-CoV-2
2021.08391.BD
PhD Student Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2021/02/19 - 2021/07/16 | TecniCOV – Desenvolvimento de testes rápidos para monitorização de anticorpos em soro e saliva
TecniCOV, número 69745
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Biomark@UC, Portugal |
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
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| 2020/10/19 - 2021/02/18 | ECO2COVID - Desenvolvimento de plataformas para deteção e monitorização em águas do Coronavírus
ECO2COVID
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Biomark@UC, Portugal |
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2025/06/30 | Oral communication: Sustainable Fabrication of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Regenerated Cellulose Substrates | 6 th Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2025 (DCE25)
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2023/08/31 | Oral communication: Synthesis and application of carbon dots as electrochemical performance enhancers in homemade screen printed electrodes | XXV Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society
(Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2021/10/28 - Current | Coordenadora Pint of Science Coimbra (2022/05/09 - 2022/05/11)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
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| 2018 - 2019 | TedX Universidade de Coimbra (2019/04/13 - 2019/04/13)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/07/07 - 2025/07/10 | Participation in the 17th International Conference on Organic Electronics.
Conference
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17th International Conference on Organic Electronics
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2021/07/26 - 2021/07/29 | Poster presentation: Novel immunosensor for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewaters,
employing disposable screen-printed electrodes
Conference
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Biosensor and bioelectronics conference |
| 2019/12/05 - 2019/12/07 | Micro and Biotechnology congress
Congress
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Microbiotec'19 |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2007/09/23 - Current | Corpo Nacional de Escutas (CNE) | |
| 2017/06/02 - 2018/05/17 | Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia da Associação Académica de Coimbra | Colaborador do pelouro de Comunicação e Imagem |
| 2015/10/05 - 2016/11/05 | Bord of European Students of Technology (BEST) | Colaborador do grupo local de Coimbra |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/04/07 - 2025/11/14 | Participation in the 8th cohort of Conception X, the UK's leading PhD deeptech venture programme. |
Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/11/15 - 2024/12/07 | Short PhD Mobility in the scope of the doctoral project "SENSEAb | Self-powered cellulose-based device to monitor antibodies against SARS-CoV-2". | University of Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Finland |
Distinctions
Award
| 2025 | National Finalist Climate Launchpad, 2nd place
UPTEC Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia da Asprela, Portugal
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| 2025 | Best Venture Scientist - Pitch Award at the 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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