Alumni

Post Doc Researchers

  • Efthymia Ramou, PhD
  • Ana Sofia Pina, PhD – currently Head of Bioinspired Peptide Systems Lab at ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal
  • Inês Moreira, PhD – currently Senior Researcher at Fibrenamics, Guimarães, Portugal
  • Cheila Almeida, PhD
  • Maria João Frias, PhD
  • Ricardo Branco, PhD
  • Abid Hussain, PhD – currently Program Manager at Mologic, Cambridge – UK

PhD. Students

  • Gonçalo Teixeira – MIT-Portugal Program in Bioengineering Systems (Portugal)
    • Thesis Title: “Olfaction inspired sensing using tailor-made proteins”
  • Rita Oliveira – MIT-Portugal Program in Bioengineering Systems (Portugal)
    • Thesis Title: “Enchancing VOC selectivity by designing novel gas sensitive soft materials”
  • Manuel Matos – MIT-Portugal Program in Bioengineering Systems (Portugal). Currently Field Application Specialist at ThermoFisher Scientific
    • Thesis Title: “Artificial scaffolds for affinity-triggered bioseparations”
  • Ana Carolina Pádua – PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences, ITQB-NOVA (Portugal). Currently at CERN, Switzerland
    • Thesis Title: “Design and assembly of an opto-electronic device for artificial olfaction”
  • Raquel dos Santos – PhD Program in Molecular Biosciences, ITQB-NOVA (Portugal). Currently at IBET, Portugal
    • Thesis Title: “Developing non-chromatographic strategies for biopharmaceuticals purification”
  • Claudia Fernandes – MIT-Portugal Program in Bioengineering Systems (Portugal). Currently at Isogenica, Cambridge, UK
    • Thesis Title: “Exploring affinity for the development of novel biomaterials”.
  • Henrique Carvalho – PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT-Portugal Program, FCT-UNL, Portugal, currently at Institut für Technische Biochemie, Sttutgart, DE
    • Thesis Title: “Computational design and experimental characterization of metallopeptides as proteases for bioengineering applications”.
  • Ana Margarida Dias – PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT-Portugal Program, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently Post-Doctoral research fellow at our lab)
    • Thesis Title: “Exploring New Protein-based Scaffolds for Bioengineering Applications”.
  • Vijaykumar Dhadge – PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT-Portugal Program, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently establishing his own business in India)
    • Thesis Title: “Magnetic Purification Of Antibodies”.
  • Susana Palma – PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT-Portugal Program, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently Post-Doctoral research fellow at our lab)
    • Thesis Title: “Engineered MRI Nanoprobes Based on Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles”.
  • Telma Barroso – PhD in Sustainable Chemistry, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently at GEO Soil Stabilization, Portugal)
    • Thesis Title: “Development of Porous Structures for the Affinity Purification of Antibodies”.
  • Íris Luz Batalha – PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT-Portugal Program, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently Post-Doctoral research fellow at University of Cambridge)
    • Thesis Title: “Engineered Structures for the Profiling and Enrichement of the Phosphoproteome”.
  • Ana Sofia Pina – PhD in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently PI at IBet)
    • Thesis Title: “Novel Affinity Pairs “Tag-Receptor” for the Purification of Fusion Proteins”.

MSc. Students

  • Catarina Faustino – Master of Science in Molecular genetics and biomedicine at FCT-NOVA
    • Thesis Title: “Marine bioprospecting for drug discovery: Exploring novel toxin-derived bioactives from venomous annelids”
  • Ana Madalena Garcia – Master of Science in Molecular genetics and biomedicine at FCT-NOVA
    • Thesis Title: “A Bioelectronic Nose for The Non-Invasive Diagnostic Of Urinary”
  • Susana Fernandes – Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering at FCT-NOVA
    • Thesis Title: “NON-INVASIVE UROLOGIC TUMOURS MONITORING: DATA MINING AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR URINE GAS AND LIQUID ANALYSIS”
  • Inês Gonçalves – Master of Science Biomedical Engineering at FCT-NOVA
    • Thesis Title: “Data mining and machine learning to develop a non-invasive differential sensing method for medical diagnostics”
  • Vânia Rocha
    • Short Internship:  “Production of Cell-free extracts for heterologous protein expression”
  • Inês Cebola – Master of Science in Biotechnology at FCT-NOVA
    •  Thesis Title: “Optimising an Electronic Nose for Microbial Detection”
  • José Dinis – Master of Science in Biotechnology at FCT-NOVA
    • Thesis Title: “Sustainable Fibers for Bioseparation: Innovation, Market Transfer, and a Collaborative Model”
  • Rita Alves – MSc. Student Biomedical Engineering at FCT-NOVA
    • Thesis Title: “Time series analysis and machine learning algorithms for a e-nose sensor”.
  • Joana Calvário – MSc. Student in Biotechnology at FCT-NOVA
    • Thesis Title: “Odorant Binding Proteins for artificial olfaction and fast diagnostic”.
  • Arianna Nurrito – MSc. Student in Biotechnology
    • Thesis Title: “Marine protein engineering for the production of novel biomaterials”.
  • Cátia Lopes Soares – MSc. Student in Biotechnology at FCT-NOVA
    • Thesis Title: “Production and Characterization of  stimuli-responsive marine proteins”
  • Beatriz Santos – MSc. Student in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Optimization of Sensing Materials for Gas Detection”.
  • Fernando Nunes – MSc. Student in Bioorganic Chemistry at FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Molecular properties of VOC sensing materials”.
  • Inês Padrão – MSc. Student in Biotechnology at FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Multicomponent Chemically and Physically Cross-linked Hydrogels”.
  • Beatriz Mariz – MSc. Student in Biotechnology at FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Artificial Fluorescent Phosphatase Enzyme”.
  • Fábio Leite – Master in Bioorganic Chemistry at FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Engineering molecular recognition and catalysis – examples of designed peptides and stimuli responsive materials”.
  • Iana Lychko – Master in Biotechnology at FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Design and production of peptide-based scaffolds for bioengineering applications”.
  • Sara Carvalho – Master in Biochemistry at FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Nature Based Peptide and Protein Scaffolds as Enzyme Mimetics”.
  • Cláudia Alves – Master in Biomedical Engineering at FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Signal processing and automatic classification tools in the development of a new optp-electronic”.
  • Henrique Costa – Master in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering at FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Sensing humidity with multicomponent hybrid gel films and characterization of an optimized gas delivery system”.
  • Gonçalo Abrantes e Figueiró – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Hybrid magnetic systems for the purification of biopharmaceuticals”.
  • Gonçalo Duarte Gomes Teixeira – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Chemical and biological synthesis of an engineered affinity protein”.
  • Marta Sofia Banza Gonçalves – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Extraction of plant biopolymers and their use in gas sensitive hybrid materials”.
  • Ana Traguedo – Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Theoretical and experimental approaches towards the non-invasive and selective detection of microbial pathogens”.
  • Filipa Trovão – Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Synthetic affinity ligands for human antibodies and its different approaches”
  • Carina Figueiredo – Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “Development of biological and synthetic affinity ligands for human serum albumin”.
  • Luís Silva – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL
    • Thesis Title: “A minimal version of a Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase”.
  • Aline Canani Viecinsky – Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL (currently at Santamate Comérico e Indústria SA, Brasil).
    • Thesis Title: “Development of Biological and Synthetic Affinity Ligands for Human Serum Albumin”.
  • Bianca Leopoldo Gonçalves – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Nova School of Business and Economics)
    • Thesis Title: “Porous Structures for the Purification of Biopharmaceuticals”. Project in colaboration with Professor Ana Aguiar-Ricardo (UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).
  • Margarida Sousa – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Omnidea, Lda)
    • Thesis Title: “Smart Macroporous Structures for the Purification of Viral Particles”. Project in colaboration with Professor Ana Aguiar-Ricardo (UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).
  • Ana Semeano – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently PhD Student at  IQ-USP, São Paulo, Brasil)
    • Thesis Title: Novel Gas Sensors and Electronic Noses for Optical, Electrical and Hybrid Sensing: Development, Properties and Applications. Project in Colaboration with Professor Jonas Gruber (IQ-USP).
  • Cláudia Fernandes – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently MIT-Portugal PhD Student in Bioengineering at our lab)
    • Thesis Title: “Magnetic Nanoparticles as a Versatile Solid-Support for Fusion Protein Purification and Antimicrobial Assays”.
  • Sara Santana – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Molecular Partners AG, Zurich, Switzerland)
    • Thesis title: “Magnetic nanoparticles for Biocatalysis and Bioseparation”.
  • Ana Raquel Marques – Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently at SOVENA)
    • Thesis title: “Development of a piezoelectric biosensor based on PVDF films”. Project in collaboration with Dr. Pedro Vidinha (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL), Professor Carlos Dias and Professor Paulo Inácio (CENIMAT, FCT-UNL).
  • Ana Machado – Master in Biological Engineering, IST-UTL (currently at MIT-Portugal PhD Program)
    • Thesis title: “Iron oxide nanoparticles – cytotoxicity in Caco2 Cells”. Project in collaboration with Dr. Dora Pereira from the MRC Human Nutrition Research (Cambridge, U.K.).
  • Tiago Reis – Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently at MIT-Portugal PhD Program)
    • Thesis title: “Magnetic nanoparticles for selective adsorption of organic compounds”. Project in collaboration with Prof. Pedro Simões and Dr. Pedro Vidinha (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).
  • Ana Espinosa – Master in Chemical Engineering, ERASMUS student from the University of Almeria, Spain (currently at University of Almeria, Spain)
    • Thesis title: “Modified gum Arabic as a coating agent for iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles”.
  • Ana Margarida Dias – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at MIT-Portugal PhD Program in Bioengineering in our group)
    • Thesis title: “Development of an affinity pair tag-receptor for recombinant protein expression and purification”. Project in collaboration with Dr. Ana Coroadinha (ITQB/IBET).
  • Ana Isabel Cunha – Master in Pharmaceutical Engineering, IST-UTL
    • Thesis title: “Development of a strategy for the affinity purification of lectin Concavalin Brasiliensis with magnetic nanoparticles”. Project in collaboration with Prof. Raquel Aires-Barros (IST-UTL).
  • Íris Cristina da Luz Batalha – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL
    • Thesis title: “Gum Arabic coated Magnetic Adsorbents for Bioseparations”.
  • Ana Cardoso – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Banco Best)
    • Thesis title: “In vitro studies of Gum Arabic-coated Magnetic Nanoparticles with Mammalian Cell Cultures”. Project in collaboration with Dr. Ana Bicho (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).
  • Vera Bentinho – Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently Chemical Engineering at Vale Mining Company, Mozambique)
    • Thesis title: “Nanopartículas Magnéticas em processos de bioseparação por afinidade”.
  • Inês Peça – Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently teacher at “Colégio Moderno”, Lisboa)
    • Thesis title: “Desenvolvimento de Nanopartículas de PLGA-co-PEG para libertação de Docetaxel em células/tecidos alvo”. Project in collaboration with Prof. Margarida Cardoso and Dr. Ana Bicho (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).
  • Ana Sofia Pina – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Biotechnology PhD Program; PhD student in our group)
    • Thesis title: “Synthesis and Screening of rationally designed combinatorial libraries for proteomics applications”. Project in collaboration with Prof. Chris Lowe (University of Cambridge, UK).
  • Telma Godinho Barroso – Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently at Sustainable Chemistry PhD Program; PhD student in our group)
    • Thesis title: “Preparation of Affinity Membranes using Alternative Solvents”. Project in collaboration with Prof. Ana Aguiar-Ricardo (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).

BSc. Students

  •  Pedro Teixeira
    • Project title: “Bacteria discrimination using an electronic nose”
  • Ana Santos
    • Project title: “Computational Biomarker Selection for Bladder Cancer Detection Systems”
  • Rita Ramos
    • Project title: “Produção e purificação de um ligando de afinidade descoberto através de bibliotecas de combinação in vitro”
  • Iana Lychko
    • Project title: “Novel Strategies for Antibody Purification Through Crystallization”
  • Ana Patrícia Traguedo
    • Project title: “Magnetic Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine: synthesis and in vitro cell assays”
  • Sara Aguiar
    • Project title: “Production and Purification of therapeutic recombinant fusion proteins”
  • Mª Rosário Nazaré (currently at Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal)
    • Project title: “Síntese e avaliação da citotoxicidade de nanopartículas magnéticas de óxido de ferro para aplicações biomédicas”

Research Assistants

  • João Carmo
    • Project title: ” SMASUS – Smart and Sustainable Packaging project”
  • Guilherme Rebordão
    • Project title: “SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection”
  • Gonçalo Santos
    • Project title: “Development of a new opto-electronic nose”
  • Claúdia Alves
    • Project title: “Signal processing and automatic classification tools in the development of a new opto-electronic nose”
  • Gaetano Maugeri
    • PhD Student, Project title “SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection”
  • Sara Carvalho – Currently PhD student at Imperial College London, UK
    • Project title: “SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection”
  • Fábio Leite – Currently researcher at ynvisible, Portugal
    • Project title: “SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection”
  • Ana Raquel Porteira
    • Project title: “SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection”
  • José Almeida
    • Project title: “Stimuli-Responsive Materials”
  • Ana Carina Fernandes 
    • Project title: “Development of Multimodal Imaging Probes for Intravascular Molecular Imaging of Inflammation (PTDC/QEQ-MED/2656/2012)”

Visiting Scientists

  • Anna Giulia (Bachelor student at the School of Medical Sciences at USP, Brazil)
  • Luca Țîru ( Bachelor student at the Faculty of Medical Engineering of POLITEHNICA University in Bucharest, Romania)
  • Amelie Lindner (Master student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Bayreuth)
  • Gabriela Nabeiro (Currently in BSc in Pharmacy and Biochemistry at FCF at USP, Brazil)
  • Sabrina Acioli (Currently in BSc in Pharmacy and Biochemistry at FCF at USP, Brazil)
  • Prof. Cícero Cena, PhD (Associated Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Brazil)
  • Prof. Wilton Cardoso, PhD (Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo, Brazil)
  • Eduardo Simões (Currently in BSc in Chemistry at USP, Brazil)
  • Larissa Martins (Currently in BSc in Chemistry at USP, Brazil)
  • David Jorge (Currently in Electrical Engineering at FCT-UNL)
  • Laura Sato (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
  • João Filho (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
  • Manuel Matos (Currently at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
  • Cássia Oliveira (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
  • Joana Pinto (Currently at Universidade da Beira Interior)
  • Joana Valente (Currently at Universidade da Beira Interior)
  • Thabata Vinha (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
  • Cássia Oliveira (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
  • Paula Akioka (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
  • José Balbuena (Currently at Universidad de Córdoba, Spain)
  • Raisa Barreira (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
  • Marina Uema (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
  • Ana Lázaro Herrasti (Currently at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
  • Stella Ottengy (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
  • Letícia Yamamoto (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)
  • Ravi P. Parmar (Currently at University Colege of London, UK)
  • Bruno Ferragut (currently at USP, São Paulo, Brasil)
  • Bruno Costa (currently at Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
  • Fabio Mattioli (currently at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy)
  • Bárbara Medrado (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)
  • Livia Lima  (currently Business Development Strategist at Google, Brasil)
  • Amanda Martinez (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)
  • Luciana Caraça (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)
  • Matheus Aoki (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)
  • Renata Daólio (currently Trainee at Oxiteno BR, Brasil)
  • Renata Lippi (currently Industrial Trainee at CSIRO, Australia)