Curriculum Vitae of Professor Maria de Fatima Guedes da Silva

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Curriculum VitaeMaria de Fátima Costa Guedes da Silva 3 / 471. IDENTIFICATIONName : Maria de Fátima Costa Guedes da Silva.Date and Place of Birth: 12 th May, 1958.Nationality: Portuguese.Present positionsi) Associate Professor (Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias -ULHT, since1995).ii) Researcher at the Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av.Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, PortugalOfficial addresses:Teaching: Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Av. Campo Grande 376,1749-024 LisbonResearch: Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico,Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 LisbonContacts:Teleph: +351-210417657 (X-ray lab)/ +351-218 419 225 (lab) or 207 (Office).E-mail: fatima.guedes@ist.utl.ptURL: http://cqe.ist.utl.pt/personal_pages/pages/fatima_guedes.php2. EDUCATIONDegree : Chemistry, University of Lisbon, 1982.Master : "Chemistry of the catalytic processes", IST, TU Lisbon, l989. Supervisor Prof. Dr. Armando J.L.Pombeiro.PhD: Chemical Engeneering, IST, TU Lisbon, 1993. Supervisor Prof. Dr. Armando J.L. Pombeiro.3. SCIENTIFIC CARRERAfter graduation the research began, free of charge, in the Electroplating field, at the Center forElectrochemistry and Kinetics, University of Lisbon, under the guidance of Prof. Isabel Pereira. In 1986she was admitted to the Master in Chemistry of Catalytic Processes (IST) and in 1987 she was awarded aMaster's scholarship by INIC. At this stage, the work was carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr.Armando Pombeiro at the Centro de Química Estrutural (IST). Having completed the Master shecontinued her studies in the same place and with the same supervisor, under a PhD fellowship [initiallygranted by INIC, later transferred to the JNICT (CIENCIA Program) ], jointly in Line I (BioinorganicChemistry under the responsibility of Prof. Fraústo Dr. da Silva) and in Line V (Coordination Chemistryand Molecular Electrochemistry, under the responsibility of Prof. Armando Pombeiro)].During the PhD:i) She prepared the first rhenium(I) complexes containing chelating diphosphines in cis position andsynthesized a series of mono-and di-nitrile compounds with that metal center, as well as, by protonationreactions, some derived metheleneamide species.ii) She devoted to the analysis of complex spectra of nuclear magnetic resonance by using the iterativespin simulation program LAOCOON.iii) In collaboration with Prof. Christian Amatore, École Normale Superieure, in Paris, she developednon-conventional electrochemical techniques, particularly fast cyclic voltammetry and cyclicvoltammetry in steady-state conditions, and she built a potentiostat and her own ultramicroelectrodes ofgold and platinum (diameters up to 5 m).iv) She began the study of mechanisms of fast reactions by techniques of digital simulation in cyclicvoltammetry and stopped flow spectrophotometry, in collaboration with Profs. Christian Amatore andRichard A. Henderson (Univ. of Sussex), respectively.In parallel to the research work leading to the PhD degree, but regardless of this, and given the interest instudying the electrochemical behaviour of complexes with biological significance:v) Collaborated with the group of Prof. Fraústo da Silva in the investigation of the electrochemicalbehaviour of complexes of vanadium (IV), models of Amavadine.
Curriculum VitaeMaria de Fátima Costa Guedes da Silva 4 / 47vi) Collaborated in the study of the electrochemical properties of cobalt (II), nickel (II) and copper (II)complexes with Schiff bases containing indole groups, which were prepared by the group of Prof. P. Gili,University of La Laguna, Tenerife.vii) Collaborated in the study of the electrochemical properties of palladium (II) and platinum (II)complexes with Fischer type carbene ligands, in collaboration with the group of Prof. Rino. A. Michelin,University of Padua.viii) Collaborated in the study, by electrochemical techniques, of the effects of substituents oncyclopentadienyl rings in ferrocene compounds synthesized by Dr. Rudolf Herrmann, University ofMunich, which allowed the determination of p (Hammett) and *(Taft) parameters for 73 of thesesubstituents.After the PhD (1993), the research has been developed in different scientific general areas:a) Molecular electrochemistry:• Developed simulation techniques for digital cyclic voltammetry which has allowed the study ofvarious mechanisms of anodically induced fast reactions, particularly in systems of biologicalsignificance or application in organic synthesis.• Established a new type of mechanism of electrocatalises and demonstrated the occurrence of aMichaelis Menten type electrocatalytic process for the oxidation of thiols mediated by a complexof vanadium, an Amavadin model (collaboration with the group of Prof. Fraústo da Silva andProf. C. Amatore).• Established the mechanism of electron-transfer induced cis/trans isomerization i) in amonocarbonyl diphosphinic Re(I) complex which, follows a rare electrocatalytic electron transferchain process with a null global flow of current; ii) in mono- and di -nitrile Re(I) complexes witha chelating phosphines; iii) in mixed thiol-isonitrile molybdenum (II) complexes.• Established the mechanisms of electron-transfer induced deprotonations of hydride complexes ofiron (II), mono- and di-nuclear with CNH or bridged dinitrile ligands; worked on the mechanimof the electron induced conversion of CNH2/CNH/CN on a diphosphine complex of rhenium (I).• Investigated the electrochemical behaviour of several other types of complexes, sometimes withinestablished collaborations with other groups: ruthenium (II) and osmium (II) withdimethylsulphoxide and hydrazinium ligands; rhodium (I) with diketonates type ligands; platinum(0, II and IV) with cinnamonitrile, ciclofosfazene and carbene ligands; tungsten with alcenilcarbyneligands; etc. ..b) Coordination chemistry and activation of small moleculesIntroduced in the research group (1993) the synthesis of platinum complexes, an area that came to bedeveloped later. She has supervised the synthesis and reactivity, characterization and reactivity tincomplexes, of platinum and other transition metals with cyanamides, oximes, nitriles, cyanide or othernitrogenous substrates, with possible pharmacological significance.c) X-ray diffraction analysesSince 1997 has been dedicated to the structural determination, by X-ray diffraction analyses, of variousmetal complexes and organic compounds.4. POSITIONS· Member of the organizing and scientific commission of the 25 th International Conference onOrganometallic Chemistry (ICOMC) (Lisbon, 2012).· Editor of the Journal of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society, Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta(1996-2002).· Member of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society (since 1987).· Member of the Iberoamerican Electrochemical Society (since its foundation, in 1992).· Member of the Directive Board of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society (1996-2002).
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