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Cátia Guarda (CG) graduated in Biochemistry in 2014 from the University of Évora (UE) and completed her PhD in Chemistry in 2023 from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). Her doctoral thesis was developed in a cutting-edge field of research that results from the intersection between various scientific areas such as Chemistry, Nanotechnology, and Mechanics. The work focused on nanoscale computational modeling of surface-modified graphenes and their interactions with metals and polymers, for advanced technological applications. CG has published 10 articles in international peer-reviewed journals (mainly with an impact factor higher than 6), with 166/127 citations (Google Scholar/Scopus), and has an H-index of 7/7 (Google Scholar/Scopus). She has participated in several conferences. CG was awarded the Mares Circulares - Iniciativas Inovadoras, 2nd place in the H2O & Sustainability Innovation HUB Award, in the PhD & Doctorates Category, and was a finalist in the Novo Verde Packaging Enterprise Award. Her research interests include computational studies of carbon nanomaterials, polymers, metals, composites, sustainable polymers, polymer degradation, traceability markers, and microplastic removal systems.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cátia Marques Guarda

Citation names

  • Cátia Guarda
  • Guarda, C.
  • C. Guarda

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F413-93CD-EF3A
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0971-1488
Google Scholar ID
CsIuURsAAAAJ
Researcher Id
KCL-4000-2024
Scopus Author Id
57203780081

Email addresses

  • catia.guarda@dimera.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • R. da Carvalha 570, 2400-441 , Leiria, Leiria, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Composites
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Polymer Science
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/02/01 - 2023/05/29
Concluded
 Química (Doutoramento)
Major in Química Computacional
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Caracterização de grafenos com superfície modificada: mecânica de compósitos metálicos e poliméricos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Pass with Distinction
2023 - 2023
Concluded
 Certificado de Competências Pedagógicas (Diploma de especialização)
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
 19
2022 - 2022
Concluded
 Avaliação do Ciclo de Vida e Certificações Ambientais (Outros)
Centro Tecnológico da Indústria de Moldes Ferramentas Especiais e Plásticos, Portugal
2022 - 2022
Concluded
 Ciências de Dados na Prática (Hands-On Data Science) (Outros)
Centro Tecnológico da Indústria de Moldes Ferramentas Especiais e Plásticos, Portugal
2014 - 2016
Concluded
 Química (Mestrado)
Major in Química Orgânica
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Estudos de vias sintéticas catalíticas para Benzociclo-alcanóis e Análogos - Potenciais Fármacos para a Doença de Alzheimer" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2011 - 2014
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Síntese de 4-hidroxi-tetra-hidroisoquinolinonas e seus derivados e avaliação das suas atividades biológicas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/07/01 - 2024/11/30 Researcher (Research) Centro Tecnológico da Indústria de Moldes Ferramentas Especiais e Plásticos, Portugal
2022/05/01 - 2022/10/31 Researcher (Research) Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/02/01 - 2022/03/31 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2016/11/01 - 2018/01/31 Researcher (Research) Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2015/06/15 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Centro de Química de Évora, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2014/06/30 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Centro de Química de Évora, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/12/01 - Current Co-fundadora Dimera Core, Lda, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/05/01 - 2022/10/31 LAETA - Laboratório Associado em Energia, Transporte e Aeroespacial
UIDB/50022/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018/02/01 - 2022/03/31 Characterization of Surface-Modified Graphene and Nanocomposites by Molecular Dynamics
FRH/BD/129589/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/11/01 - 2018/01/31 LAETA-Laboratório Associado de Energia, Transportes e Aeronáutica
UID/EMS/50022/2013
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/10/01 - 2015/06/15 INMOLFARM - Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery (ALENT-57-2011-20)
ALENT-57-2011-20
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora Centro de Química de Évora, Portugal
 INAlentejo
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024 - 2024 Polymers - 5B: Synthesis of Biobased and Biodegradable polymers using monomers from renewable Biowastes via Biocatalysis and Green Chemistry to contribute to European Circular Bioeconomy
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-R-04
Researcher
Centro Tecnológico da Indústria de Moldes Ferramentas Especiais e Plásticos, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2023 - 2024 European VET Excellence Centre for Leading Sustainable Systems and Business Transformation
101056114 — CATALYST — ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PEX-COVE
Researcher
Centro Tecnológico da Indústria de Moldes Ferramentas Especiais e Plásticos, Portugal
 Erasmus Plus
Ongoing
2023 - 2024 Agenda Mobilizadora Embalagem do Futuro
C644931699-00000042
Researcher
Centro Tecnológico da Indústria de Moldes Ferramentas Especiais e Plásticos, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
2023 - 2024 Missão Interface
03/C05-i02/2022
Researcher
Centro Tecnológico da Indústria de Moldes Ferramentas Especiais e Plásticos, Portugal
Ongoing
2023 - 2023 WATT - What About Twin Transition
OCI-01-0246-FEDER-181309
Researcher
Centro Tecnológico da Indústria de Moldes Ferramentas Especiais e Plásticos, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Cátia Guarda; Bruno Faria; Nuno Silvestre; José N. C. Lopes; Nicola M. Pugno. "Structure and mechanical behavior of aluminum nanocomposites with holey-graphene". Paper presented in 5th Meeting of the Young Researchers of LAETA, 2022.
  2. Anthony J. Burke; Cátia Guarda; Carolina S. Marques. "New Syntheic Route to Chiral Benzocycloalkanol Molecules for Treating Alzheimer's Disease". Paper presented in 5th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (5th PYCheM) - 1st European Young Chemists Meeting (1st EYCheM), 2016.
  3. Cátia Guarda; Anthony J. Burke. "New Synthetic Route to Chiral Tertiary Cycloalkanols for treating Neurodegenerative Disorders". Paper presented in International Symposium for Synthesis and Catalysis (IsySyCat2015), 2015.
  4. Cátia Guarda; Daniela Peixoto; Carolina S. Marques; Paulo J. G.Mendes; Anthony J. Burke. "Catalystic borylation/intramolecular arylation as a novel approach to rasagline derivatives". Paper presented in EFMC-YMCS - 1st Young Medicinal Chemist Symposium, 2014.
  5. Anthony J. Burke; Carolina S. Marques; Cátia Guarda; Hugo Viana; Sílvia Fernandes; Daniela Peixoto; João Mendes. "New Chiral Analogues for Neurodegenerative Diseases: The power of metal catalysis". Paper presented in EFMC-ISMC 2014 XXIII International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, 2014.
  6. Anthony J. Burke; Carolina S. Marques; Daniela Peixoto; Cátia Guarda; Paulo J. Mendes. "Versatile innovative metal couplings - modular approach to Rasagline analogues". Paper presented in 15th Tetrahedron Symposium, Challenges in bioorganic and organic medicinal chemistry, 2014.
Journal article
  1. Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro; Ana Pires. "Machine learning to enhance sustainable plastics: A review". Journal of Cleaner Production (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143602.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143602
  2. Cátia Guarda; Bruno Faria; José N. Canongia Lopes; Nuno Silvestre. "Mechanical characterization of polymer-grafted graphene PEG nanocomposites using molecular dynamics". Composites Science and Technology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2024.110514.
    10.1016/j.compscitech.2024.110514
  3. Guarda, Cátia; Faria, Bruno; Silvestre, Nuno; Canongia Lopes, José N.. "Influence of matrix recrystallization and nanofiller porosity on the interfacial properties of holey graphene-aluminium nanocomposites". Composite Structures 312 (2023): 116856. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.116856.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.116856
  4. Machacaz, Diogo; Eusébio, Tiago M.; Guarda, Cátia; Silva, Gonçalo M. C.; Morgado, Pedro; Martins, Luís F. G.; Canongia Lopes, José N. A.; Filipe, Eduardo J. M.. "Perfluorinated Alcohols at High Pressure: Experimental Liquid Density and Computer Simulations". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 68 1 (2022): 14-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jced.2c00410.
    10.1021/acs.jced.2c00410
  5. Guarda, Cátia; Faria, Bruno; Silvestre, Nuno; Lopes, José N.C.; Pugno, Nicola M.. "Melted and recrystallized holey-graphene-reinforced aluminum composites: Structure, elasticity and strength". Composite Structures 292 (2022): 115679. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.115679.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.115679
  6. Faria, Bruno; Guarda, Cátia; Silvestre, Nuno; Lopes, José N.C.. "Aluminum composites reinforced by y-graphynes: The effect of nanofillers porosity and shape on crystal growth and composite strengthening". Computational Materials Science 176 (2020): 109538. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.109538.
    10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.109538
  7. Faria, Bruno; Guarda, Cátia; Silvestre, Nuno; Lopes, José N. Canongia. "CNT-reinforced iron and titanium nanocomposites: Strength and deformation mechanisms". Composites Part B: Engineering 187 (2020): 107836. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.107836.
    10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.107836
  8. Galhofo, Diogo; Silvestre, Nuno; Faria, Bruno; Guarda, Cátia. "Monotonic and hysteretic in-plane behaviour of graphene through an atomistic FE model". Composites Part B: Engineering 156 (2019): 310-318. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.08.097.
    10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.08.097
  9. Faria, Bruno; Guarda, Cátia; Silvestre, Nuno; Lopes, José N.C.; Galhofo, Diogo. "Strength and failure mechanisms of cnt-reinforced copper nanocomposite". Composites Part B: Engineering 145 (2018): 108-120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.02.033.
    10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.02.033
  10. Bacalhau, Patrícia; San Juan, Amor A.; Marques, Carolina S.; Peixoto, Daniela; Goth, Albertino; Guarda, Cátia; Silva, Mara; et al. "New cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease: Structure Activity Studies (SARs) and molecular docking of isoquinolone and azepanone derivatives". Bioorganic Chemistry 67 (2016): 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2016.05.004.
    10.1016/j.bioorg.2016.05.004
Online resource
  1. Ana Pires; Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro. Guia - Descarbonização e Alterações Climáticas. 2023. https://watt.centimfe.com/docs/guia-descarbonizacao-e-alteracoes-climaticas.pdf.
  2. Ana Pires; Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro. Guia - Economia Circular e Uso Eficiente de Recursos. 2023. https://watt.centimfe.com/docs/guia-economia-circular-e-uso-eficiente-de-recursos.pdf.
  3. Ana Pires; Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro. Guia - Safe and Sustainable by Design. 2023. https://watt.centimfe.com/docs/guia-safe-and-sustainable-by-design.pdf.
  4. Ana Pires; Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro. Checklist Descarbonização e Alterações Climáticas. 2023. https://watt.centimfe.com/docs/checklist-descarbonizacao-e-alteracoes-climaticas.pdf.
  5. Ana Pires; Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro. Checklist Economia Circular e Uso Eficiente de Recursos. 2023. https://watt.centimfe.com/docs/checklist-economia-circular-e-uso-eficiente-de-recursos.pdf.
  6. Ana Pires; Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro. Checklist Produção Limpa - Emissão e Efluentes. 2023. https://watt.centimfe.com/docs/checklist-producao-limpa-emissoes-e-efluentes.pdf.
  7. Ana Pires; Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro. Workbook Descarbonização e Alterações Climáticas. 2023. https://watt.centimfe.com/docs/workbook-descarbonizacao-e-alteracoes-climaticas.pdf.
  8. Ana Pires; Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro. Workbook Economia Circular e Uso Eficiente de Recursos. 2023. https://watt.centimfe.com/docs/workbook-economia-circular-e-uso-eficiente-de-recursos.pdf.
  9. Ana Pires; Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro. Workbook Produção Limpa - Emissões e Efluentes. 2023. https://watt.centimfe.com/docs/workbook-producao-limpa-emissoes-e-efluentes.pdf.
  10. Ana Pires; Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro. Workbook Safe and Sustainable by Design. 2023. https://watt.centimfe.com/docs/workbook-safe-and-sustainable-by-design.pdf.
  11. Ana Pires; Cátia Guarda; João Caseiro. Guia - Produção Limpa - Emissões e Efluentes. 2022. https://watt.centimfe.com/docs/guia-producao-limpa-emissoes-e-efluentes.pdf.
Distinctions

Award

2024 Mares Circulares – Iniciativas Inovadoras
LPN - Liga para a Protecção da Natureza, Portugal

The Coca Cola Company, United States
2023 2nd Place | PhD & Doctorates Category - H2O & Sustainability Innovation HUB
Premivalor - Estudos, Investimentos e Participações, Lda., Portugal
2023 Finalista - Novo Verde Packaging Enterprise Award
Novo Verde, Portugal