member of Metal-assisted synthesis and cyclisation of new biologically active and/or fluorescent aryl and heteroaryl amino acid derivatives
selected publications conference paper Antioxidant properties of diarylamines derivatives of benzo[b]thiophenes and amino acids 2007 document Antioxidant properties of diarylamines derivatives of benzo[b]thiophenes and amino acids 2007 journal article Synthesis of ß-benzo[b]thienyldehydrophenylalanine derivatives by one-pot palladium-catalyzed borylation and suzuki coupling (BSC) and metal-assisted intramolecular cyclization - Studies of fluorescence and antimicrobial activity. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2951-2957. 2005 Synthesis of pure stereoisomers of benzo[b]thienyl dehydrophenylalanines by Suzuki cross-coupling. Preliminary studies of antimicrobial activity. Tetrahedron. 11821-11828. 2004
co-principal investigator on Metal-assisted synthesis and cyclisation of new biologically active and/or fluorescent aryl and heteroaryl amino acid derivatives awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia 2005 - 2008