<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong><strong>Maria</strong> <strong>de</strong> Fátima Costa Gue<strong>de</strong>s <strong>da</strong> <strong>Silva</strong> 1 / 47In<strong>de</strong>x2. EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................................... 33. SCIENTIFIC CARRER ................................................................................................................................. 34. POSITIONS ................................................................................................................................................. 45. TEACHING COMMITMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 5AT UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS (ULHT, LISBON) ...................... 5AT INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO (IST, LISBON)................................................................................ 56. MAIN RESEARCH AREAS AND METHODS .................................................................................................. 5GENERAL AREAS ...................................................................................................................................... 5SPECIFIC AREAS ....................................................................................................................................... 5TECHNIQUES ............................................................................................................................................. 67. PROJECTS .................................................................................................................................................. 68. RESERARCH TRAINING SUPERVISION ....................................................................................................... 79. PUBLICATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 9I – CONTRIBUTIONS IN BOOKS OR IN REVIEWS ..................................................................................... 9II – RESEARCH PAPERS .......................................................................................................................... 10III RESEARCH PAPERS IN A NATIONAL (REFEREED) JOURNAL ...................................................... 27IV – PATENTS ......................................................................................................................................... 28INVITED LESSONS ................................................................................................................................... 30COMMUNICATIONS (ORAL AND POSTER) AT CONGRESSES. ................................................................ 31
<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>Vitae</strong><strong>Maria</strong> <strong>de</strong> Fátima Costa Gue<strong>de</strong>s <strong>da</strong> <strong>Silva</strong> 2 / 47Abridge CVName : <strong>Maria</strong> <strong>de</strong> Fátima Costa Gue<strong>de</strong>s <strong>da</strong> <strong>Silva</strong>.Nationality – PortugueseDate and Place <strong>of</strong> Birth - May 12th, 1958, Porto.Education - Chemistry (1982, FCL); Masters in Chemistry (1989, IST); D. Phil. in Chemical Engineering (1993,IST).http://cqe.ist.utl.pt/personal_pages/pages/fatima_gue<strong>de</strong>s.phpPresent positions :i) Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor (Universi<strong>da</strong><strong>de</strong> Lusófona <strong>de</strong> Humani<strong>da</strong><strong>de</strong>s e Tecnologias -ULHT, since 1995).ii) Researcher at the Centro <strong>de</strong> Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais,1049-001 Lisbon, PortugalContacts:E-mail : fatima.gue<strong>de</strong>s@ist.utl.ptTel.: +351.218.419.207 (<strong>of</strong>fice); +351.218.419.235 (lab.); +351.218.417.657 (X-ray lab.)Mobile: +351.936 408 681Teaching commitments:Organic Chemistry (ULHT, since 1996); Analytical Chemistry (ULHT, since 1996); Structural Analysis (ULHT,1996-2006); Chemical Analysis (ULHT, 2005-2006); Inorganic Chemistry I and II (ULHT, 2009); GeneralChemistry (ULHT, 2011).Area <strong>of</strong> scientific activityBioinorganic, Inorganic and Analytical Chemistries; Coordination and Organometallic Chemistries. Molecularelectrochemistry. X-ray Diffraction analysis.Main research interests• Activation, by transition metal centres, <strong>of</strong> small molecules with biological, environmental,pharmacological or industrial significance (alkanes, nitriles, cyanami<strong>de</strong>s, oximes, oxadiazolines,carboxami<strong>de</strong>s, amidines, alkynes, phosphaalkynes, isonitriles, olefins, nitric oxi<strong>de</strong>, dinitrogen, diazocompounds, azi<strong>de</strong>s, cyanates, dihydrogen, etc.);• Mechanistic investigation <strong>of</strong> the mechanisms <strong>of</strong> fast reactions (e.g. protonation or electron transferprocesses), mainly by digital simulation <strong>of</strong> cyclic voltammetry;• conventional and non-conventional electrochemical methods, the latter including fast cyclic voltammetryand digital simulation;• Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.Official appointments, membership <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional bodies, commissions, etc.:Member <strong>of</strong> the Portuguese Electrochemical Society (since 1987). Member <strong>of</strong> the Iberoamerican Society <strong>of</strong>Electrochemistry (since its foun<strong>da</strong>tion, 1992). Editor <strong>of</strong> the Journal Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta (1996-2002).Member <strong>of</strong> the Directive board <strong>of</strong> the Portuguese Electrochemical Society (1996-2002). Member <strong>of</strong> the Organizingor Cientific Committees <strong>of</strong> the following symposia: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "MolecularElectrochemistry <strong>of</strong> Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Compounds" (Sintra, Portugal, 1992) (Director: A.Pombeiro, Co-director: J. McCleverty); 9º, 10º and 11º Meetings <strong>of</strong> the Portuguese Electrochemical Society; XVMeeting <strong>of</strong> the Iberoamerican Society <strong>of</strong> Electrochemistry, SIBAE (Évora, 2002); 12º Meetings <strong>of</strong> the PortugueseElectrochemical Society /Symposium on Molecular Electrochemistry (Aca<strong>de</strong>mia <strong>da</strong>s Ciências <strong>de</strong> Lisbon) (2003);XXV Int. Conf. Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC2012, held in Lisbon in 2012; chairman: A. Pombeiro).Recent collaborations in research projects: “Metal-based Synthons with Pharmacological Significance” (ProjectPOCTI/QUI/43415/2001, sponsored by the POCTI programme, FCT). “Early-Late Multinuclear Metal Systems onDesign and Development <strong>of</strong> New Materials” (NATO Collaborative Linkage Grant PST. CLG. 979289). “TransitionMetal Chemistry and Catalysis in Aqueous Media” [Project MRTN-CT-2003-503864, Human Resources andMobility (HRM) Marie Curie Research Training Network (RTN)]. “Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis” (ProjectCONC-REEQ/543/2001, National Programme for Re-Equipping Science). “Catalytic Carboxylation <strong>of</strong> Alkanes”(Project POCI/QUI/58821/2004, sponsored by the POCI 2010 Programme, FCT).Reserarch training supervision: 3 Ph.D. (two awar<strong>de</strong>d); 3 foreign Post-doc. fellows.Publications: 2 Chapters and 8 other contributions in books; ca. 168 research papers in International Journals; 19research papers in a national Journal; ca. 10 patents; 5 invited lectures in international Meetings; ca. 157 oral orposter communications in international congresses.Citation Report2,337 citations (142 publications found); average citations per publication = 14,46;h-in<strong>de</strong>x = 26 (ISI Web <strong>of</strong> Knowledge, June 5 th , 2012)