People

Henrique  Costa

Henrique Costa

Research assistant

Henrique Costa is a PhD student in Biotechnology at FCT-NOVA. His PhD project is focused on the development of novel biomaterials to be used as sustainable alternatives in downstream processing applications. 

He holds a MSc and a BSc in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, both from the FCT-NOVA, and before starting his PhD he was as a research assistant for 1 year under the SCENT ERC Project. As a researcher, he has experience in volatolomics, gas sensors, humidity and sensitivity.

Iana  Lychko

Iana Lychko

PhD student

Current Position

PhD Student in Biotechnology at FCT-NOVA. Project title: Protein Materials for gas sensing"

Research Project

Sea2See

Education

BSc in Biochemistry at FCT-NOVA, MSc in Biotechnology at FCT-NOVA

Lab 523, Chemistry Department, FCT-NOVA

Phone: +351 212 949 624 (ext 10984)

Email: i.lychko@campus.fct.unl.pt

Inês Pimentel Moreira

Inês Pimentel Moreira

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Inês is a postdoctoral researcher working within the SCENT project, more particularly in the study and development of different biopolymer-based gels to be used in an array of different sensors for enhanced gas sensing. She combines experimental techniques with coarse-grained molecular dynamics in order to get a deeper understanding of the systems.Holding an MSc in Bioengineering - Biological Engineering and a PhD in Chemistry, she has experience in biopolymers, enzymes, self-assembled systems and emulsions.

Inês  Padrão

Inês Padrão

MSc Student

UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal Gab 523

  • p: +351 212 949 624 (ext 10984)
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Current Position

MSc. Student in Biotechnology at FCT-UNL

Research Project

"Sea2See"

Education

BSc. in Biochemistry at FCT-UNL

Manuel  Matos

Manuel Matos

PhD. Student

Manuel Matos is a Biochemist with complementary expertise in Biotechnology, namely in bioengineering of affinity ligands. He completed his MSc in Biotechnology in 2015 at FCT-NOVA (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa) and his BSc in Biochemistry in 2013 at FCT-UC (Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra).


Raquel  Santos

Raquel Santos

PhD. Student

UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal Gab 523

  • p: +351 212 949 624 (ext 10984)
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Current Position

PhD. Student from Molecular Biosciences Program (MolBioS) - ITQB

Research Project

Affinity systems for the purification of advanced medicinal therapeutics

Education

BSc in Biology at ISA-UTL
MSc in Biotechnology at IST-UTL

Former Positions

Research Fellow (IBB-BERG) 

Rita  Oliveira

Rita Oliveira

PhD Student

Departamento de Química

REQUIMTE/CQFB

Lab 523

  • p: +351 212 949 624 (ext 10984)
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Current Position

PhD Student from the MIT-Portugal Bioengineering Systems (FCT-NOVA)

Research Project


Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection (SCENT)

Sabrina  Lins

Sabrina Lins

Undergraduate Student

Current Position

Undergraduate student of Pharmacy and Biochemistry at FCF-USP

Personal website:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrina-acioli-9591b1168/

Susana  Palma

Susana Palma

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Current Position

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Research Project

SCENT – Hybrid gels for rapid microbial detection

Education

PhD in Bioegineering Systems (MIT-Portugal Program) at Faculdade de Ciências e
Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (2015)

MSc in Biomedical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa
(2007)

Wiltom  Cardoso

Wiltom Cardoso

Visiting Researcher

Current Position

Professor at the Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo - IFES

Research Project

SCENT Non-Invasive detection of bacterial infections

Education

Food Engineering, DsC Biochemistry