Experience

BioMimetx
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Research & Development and Team Manager

  • Mar 2019 - Present


Instituto Superior Técnico

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Jun 2018 - Feb 2019

• Post-doctoral researcher

  • Jan 2011 - May 2018

  • Participated in national and international R&D projects• Collaborated with national and international teams with different expertise, including medical doctors and life sciences researchers• Involved in experimental work and writing of seventeen papers published in peer-reviewed journals• Several poster and oral presentations in national and international conferences and workshops• Trained and supervised national and international students and master students• Lecturing activities ( Lecturing specific module belonging to Molecular Biotechnology chair of the Genetic engineering course of the 3rd cycle and to students of master's degree program in Microbiology and Biotechnology of university studies was also part of the academic activities in which I was involved)• Wetlab skills:- Molecular characterization of Gram negative bacteria (MLST, PFGE, RAPD, RFLP)- Phenotypic characterization of bacterial cultures- Expertise in molecular biology (DNA and RNA extraction, PCR and qRT-PCR)- Biospectroscopy (FTIR)- lipopolysaccharide (LPS) profile identification (SDS-PAGE)- two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE)-based proteomicsPlanned with a high level of autonomy every experiment in terms of technical, consumables and human resources Show less



Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PhD Student

  • Nov 2006 - Feb 2011

  PhD in Analytical Chemistry, in Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto - Pass with distinction and honour Thesis: "Differentiation of clonal variants of the Burkholderia cepacia complex isolated during chronic respiratory infection in cystic brosis patients with FTIR spectroscopy" PhD in Analytical Chemistry, in Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto - Pass with distinction and honour Thesis: "Differentiation of clonal variants of the Burkholderia cepacia complex isolated during chronic respiratory infection in cystic brosis patients with FTIR spectroscopy"



Escola Supeior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Student

  • 2002 - 2006

  Graduation in Microbiology Graduation in Microbiology