Group Members
Group Members
Group Leaders
José Luis Capelo Martínez, MSc PhD
Full Professor – Chemistry Department (Biochemistry)
Head of the Group – Responsible for the Laboratory of Bio-Analytics Lab 014-015
Carlos Lodeiro Espiño, MSc PhD
Full Professor – Chemistry Department (Applied Chemistry)
Head of the group – Responsable for the Laboratory of Nanosynthesis, Chemosensors and Spectroscopy Labs 308 – 317
Hugo Miguel Baptista Carreira dos Santos, MSc PhD PhD
Assistant Researcher (FCT | UNL LAQV-REQUIMTE)
Head of the medical proteomics lab and the Laboratory for Biological Mass Spectrometry “Isabel Moura” & Functional Associations of Post-Translational Modifications Lab 011- 013
Elisabete de Jesus Oliveira Marques, MSc PhD PhD
Assistant Professor – Chemistry Department (Applied Chemistry)
Head of AMR-Lab: Laboratory for Antimicrobial Materials, Coatings, and Drug Delivery. Lab 308 – 315
Javier Fernández Lodeiro, MSc PhD
Assistant Researcher (FCT | UNL LAQV-REQUIMTE)
Head of the Laboratory of New Green Methodologies applied to the Design and Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles. Lab 308 – 317
Group Members
Postdocs
Research Visitants
Ms. Alessandra Paikov, BSc
Second cycle Master degree in Chemistry, Department “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna – Erasmus Student
Supervisor: Dr. Hugo M. Santos (FCT-NOVA)
Co-supervisor: Prof. J.L. Capelo (FCT NOVA)
Ms. Maria Pia Zurlo ( PhD visitor 2025-2026- University of Perugia – Italy)
Supervisor: Dr. Hugo M. Santos
Co-supervisor: Dra. Elisabete Oliveira
PhD Candidates (FCT | UNL)
PhD Candidate 2024 -2028 (BioChemistry)
Supervisors: Dr. Hugo Santos, Prof. Jose Luis Capelo and Prof. Rajiv Dhir
Mr. Frederico Duarte, MSc
PhD Candidate 2022 -2025 (Sustainable Chemistry)
Supervisors: Prof. Carlos Lodeiro, Dr. Elisabete Oliveira, Dr. Cristián Cuerva (UCM)
Ms. Joana Galhano, MSc
PhD Candidate 2023-2026 (Chemistry)
Supervisors: Dr. Elisabete Oliveira, Prof. Carlos Lodeiro, Prof. Julia Lorenzo (UAB)
Mr. Filipe Miguel Pinto Morais, MSc
Mr. Moah Mousa, MSc ( University of Sharjah and United Arab Emirates University (UAE)
PhD Candidate 2022-2025 (Biochemistry)
Supervisor: Prof. Hugo M. Santos (FCT) and Prof. Nelson da Cruz Soares Nelson da Cruz Soares, Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Sarjah, United Arab Emirates( UAE)6
Ms. Elisabete Pires, MSc (University of Oxford – UK)
PhD Candidate 2021-2025 (Biochemistry)
Supervisor: Prof. Jose Luis Capelo (FCT)
Ms. Ines Domingos, MSc
PhD Candidate 2025 -2029 (SBioChemistry)
Supervisor: Prof Jose Luis Capelo and Dr Hugo M Santos.
Mr. Gonçalo Pedro, MSc
PhD Candidate 2025 -2029 (PDQ Chemistry – Inorganic Chemistry)
Supervisors: Prof. Carlos Lodeiro (FCT), Prof. Elisabete Oliveira (FCT) and Prof. Atanas Kurutos ( Bulgaria Academy of Science – Bulgaria)
Mr. João Montes, MSc
PhD Candidate 2026-2030 (PDB)
Supervisor: Dr. Hugo M. Santos (LAQV-REQUIMTE – NOVA FCT)
CoSupervisor: Prof. José Luís Capelo(LAQV-REQUIMTE – NOVA FCT)
CoSupervisor: Dr. Helder Mansinho (Garcia da Horta Hospital)
Raquel Inês Oliveira Lourenço da Fonseca , MSc
PhD Candidate 2026-2023 (PDB)
Supervisor: Prof. José Luis Capelo(LAQV-REQUIMTE – NOVA FCT)
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Hugo M. Santos(LAQV-REQUIMTE – NOVA FCT)
MSc Candidates
Mariana Dias, BSc
MSc in Biochemistry – NOVA FCT
Supervisor: Dr. Hugo M. Santos (NOVA FCT)
Ms. Inês Gomes (LQA 2022)
MSc in BioOrganic Chemistry 2025
Supervisors: Prof. Carlos Lodeiro and Dr. Javier Fernández-Lodeiro
Mr. Igor Alexandre Martins da Silva Lourenço
MSc in BioOrganic Chemistry 2025
Supervisors : Prof. Carlos Lodeiro and Prof. Elisabete Oliveira
Supervisors: Dr. Elisabete Oliveira
Co-supervisor: Dr. Hugo M. Santos
Gonçalo Miguel Belardo Vieira, BSc
MSc in Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine
Supervisor: Professor José Luis Capelo
Cosupervisor: Dr. Hélder Mansinho (Garcia da Orta Hospital)
Collaborators - Last Year Project Students
Rodrigo Almeida Morais Pires – LAQ Student
Design and Optical Evaluation of Novel Dansyl Sulfonamide Hybrids Bearing Barbituric,Benzothiazole, and Triazine–Adamantane Units for Dual Metal-Ion and Anion Sensing.
Supervisor: Prof Carlos Lodeiro; Mr. Frederico Duarte
Jessica Nunes Grilo, LQA Student
Naphthalimide–Biopolymer Hybrid Materials for Metal-Ion Sensing and Antimicrobial Evaluation
Supervisors: Prof. Elisabete Oliveira; Prof Carlos Lodeiro
Vânia Constâncio Garcia, LQA Student
Tellurium- and Selenium-Substituted Naphthalimide Derivatives for Dual Metal-Ion and Thiol Detection: Toward Biological and Environmental Sensing Applications.
Supervisors: Prof. Elisabete Oliveira ; Mr. Gonçalo Pedro | Prof Carlos Lodeiro
PROTEOMASS SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY MEMBERS
Mr. Gonçalo Pedro MSc
Scientific Data Manager
Luis Carvalho, PhD
Scientist Developer
Mr. TomÁs Miranda, MSc
NOVA University Lisbon
Solution Developer
PROTEOMASS SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY Hands-On Courses Manager
Ms. Ines Domingos, MSc
PROTEOMASS Hands-on Courses Manager
JIOMICS and Translational Chemistry Journals Manager
Mr. Frederico Duarte, MSc
Journal Manager – Production
Mr. Gonçalo Pedro, MSc
Journal Manager – Production