Curriculum Vitae of Professor Maria de Fatima Guedes da Silva

Curriculum VitaeMaria de Fátima Costa Guedes da Silva 5 / 47· Member of the organizing and scientific commissions of the following meetings: NATO AdvancedResearch Workshop on "Molecular Electrochemistry of Inorganic, Bioinorganic and OrganometallicCompounds" (Sintra Portugal, 1992); 9º, 10º and 11º Meetings of the Portuguese ElectrochemicalSociety; XV Meeting of the Iberoamerican Society of Electrochemistry, SIBAE (Évora, 2002); 12ºMeeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society /Symposium on Molecular Electrochemistry(Science Academy of Lisbon) (2003).5. TEACHING COMMITMENTSAT UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS (ULHT, LISBON) “Analytical Chemistry I”, 1996-2006 and “Analytical Chemistry”, since 2006. “Chemical Analysis”, 2005/06 and 2006/07. “Analytical Chemistry II” (Spectroscopic Methods), 1995-2006. “Chemistry III” (Organic Chemistry), since 1996. “Chemistry I” (General Chemistry), 1998/99 and 2007-08. “Microbial Technology”, 1995-96.AT INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO (IST, LISBON) "Coordination Compounds in Pharmacology” [2 years research course within the SpecificProgramme for the Development of the Portuguese Industry (PEDIP programme), I.S.T., 1991-93] . Ultramicroelectrodes in "Electrochemical Methods in Synthesis”, 1991-92 (M. Sc. course onChemical Engineering/Applied Chemistry, I.S.T.).6. MAIN RESEARCH AREAS AND METHODSGENERAL AREAS• Bioinorganic, Inorganic, Analytic, Coordination, Organometallic and Organic Chemistries.• Molecular Electrochemistry.SPECIFIC AREAS Activation of small molecules with biological, industrial or environmental interest or related ones(such as alkanes, alkynes, phosphaalkynes, isocyanides, dinitrogen, nitriles, cyanamides, nitricoxide, oximes, olefins, azides, cyanates, etc.) by transition metal centers.Crystal engineering of coordination compounds, self-assembly of polynuclear and supramolecularstructures, transition metal and organometallic chemistries. Molecular Electrochemistry of coordination and organic compounds, namely towardsapplications in electrosynthesis, electrocatalysis and in mechanistic studies, as well as in theestablishment of potential-structure relationships, and in the induction of chemical reactivity byelectron-transfer. Mechanisms of fast chemical or electrochemical reactions. Conventional molecular electrochemistry (e.g. cyclic voltammetry, controlled potentialelectrolysis). Unconventional molecular electrochemistry (use of ultramicroelectrodes in fast voltammetry, thedevelopment and use of digital simulation methods in cyclic voltammetry and their application tomechanistic studies of electrode processes involving fast reactions induced by electron-transfer,in electrocatalysis, etc.). stopped-flow spectrophotometry. mass spectrometry (including fast atom bombardment, FAB-MS) and its coupling to gaschromatography(GC-MS) .