2014

• Telma Barroso - PhD in Sustainable Chemistry, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently at GEO Soil Stabilization, Portugal)

Thesis Title: "Development of Porous Structures for the Affinity Purification of Antibodies".

• Íris Luz Batalha - PhD in Bioengineering Systems, MIT-Portugal Program, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently Post-Doctoral research fellow at University of Cambridge)

Thesis Title: "Engineered Structures for the Profiling and Enrichement of the Phosphoproteome".

2013

• Ana Sofia Pina - PhD in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently Post-Doctoral research fellow at our lab)

Thesis Title: "Novel Affinity Pairs "Tag-Receptor" for the Purification of Fusion Proteins".

MSc. Students

2019

• Beatriz Santos - MSc. Student in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Optimization of Sensing Materials for Gas Detection".

• Fernando Nunes - MSc. Student in Bioorganic Chemistry at FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Molecular properties of VOC sensing materials".

• Inês Padrão - MSc. Student in Biotechnology at FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Multicomponent Chemically and Physically Cross-linked Hydrogels".

• Beatriz Mariz - MSc. Student in Biotechnology at FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Artificial Fluorescent Phosphatase Enzyme".

2018

• Fábio Leite - Master in Bioorganic Chemistry at FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Engineering molecular recognition and catalysis - examples of designed peptides and stimuli responsive materials".

• Iana Lychko - Master in Biotechnology at FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Design and production of peptide-based scaffolds for bioengineering applications".

• Sara Carvalho - Master in Biochemistry at FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Nature Based Peptide and Protein Scaffolds as Enzyme Mimetics".

• Cláudia Alves - Master in Biomedical Engineering at FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Signal processing and automatic classification tools in the development of a new optp-electronic".

• Henrique Costa - Master in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering at FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Sensing humidity with multicomponent hybrid gel films and characterization of an optimized gas delivery system".

2017

• Gonçalo Abrantes e Figueiró - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Hybrid magnetic systems for the purification of biopharmaceuticals".

• Gonçalo Duarte Gomes Teixeira - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Chemical and biological synthesis of an engineered affinity protein".

• Marta Sofia Banza Gonçalves - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Extraction of plant biopolymers and their use in gas sensitive hybrid materials".

2016

• Ana Traguedo - Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Theoretical and experimental approaches towards the non-invasive and selective detection of microbial pathogens".

• Filipa Trovão - Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Synthetic affinity ligands for human antibodies and its different approaches".

• Carina Figueiredo - Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "Development of biological and synthetic affinity ligands for human serum albumin".

• Luís Silva - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: "A minimal version of a Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase".

2015

• Aline Canani Viecinsky - Master in Biochemistry, FCT-UNL (currently at Santamate Comérico e Indústria SA, Brasil). 

Thesis Title: "Development of Biological and Synthetic Affinity Ligands for Human Serum Albumin".

2014

• Bianca Leopoldo Gonçalves - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Nova School of Business and Economics)

Thesis Title: "Porous Structures for the Purification of Biopharmaceuticals". Project in colaboration with Professor Ana Aguiar-Ricardo (UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).

• Margarida Sousa - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Omnidea, Lda)

Thesis Title: "Smart Macroporous Structures for the Purification of Viral Particles". Project in colaboration with Professor Ana Aguiar-Ricardo (UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).

2013

• Ana Semeano - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently PhD Student at  IQ-USP, São Paulo, Brasil)

Thesis Title: Novel Gas Sensors and Electronic Noses for Optical, Electrical and Hybrid Sensing: Development, Properties and Applications. Project in Colaboration with Professor Jonas Gruber (IQ-USP).

• Cláudia Fernandes - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently MIT-Portugal PhD Student in Bioengineering at our lab)

Thesis Title: "Magnetic Nanoparticles as a Versatile Solid-Support for Fusion Protein Purification and Antimicrobial Assays".

2011

• Sara Santana - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Molecular Partners AG, Zurich, Switzerland)

Thesis title: "Magnetic nanoparticles for Biocatalysis and Bioseparation".

• Ana Raquel Marques - Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently at SOVENA)

Thesis title: "Development of a piezoelectric biosensor based on PVDF films". Project in collaboration with Dr. Pedro Vidinha (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL), Professor Carlos Dias and Professor Paulo Inácio (CENIMAT, FCT-UNL).

2010

• Ana Machado - Master in Biological Engineering, IST-UTL (currently at MIT-Portugal PhD Program)

Thesis title: "Iron oxide nanoparticles - cytotoxicity in Caco2 Cells". Project in collaboration with Dr. Dora Pereira from the MRC Human Nutrition Research (Cambridge, U.K.).

• Tiago Reis - Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently at MIT-Portugal PhD Program)

Thesis title: "Magnetic nanoparticles for selective adsorption of organic compounds". Project in collaboration with Prof. Pedro Simões and Dr. Pedro Vidinha (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).

• Ana Espinosa - Master in Chemical Engineering, ERASMUS student from the University of Almeria, Spain (currently at University of Almeria, Spain)

Thesis title: "Modified gum Arabic as a coating agent for iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles".

• Ana Margarida Dias – Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at MIT-Portugal PhD Program in Bioengineering in our group)

Thesis title: "Development of an affinity pair tag-receptor for recombinant protein expression and purification". Project in collaboration with Dr. Ana Coroadinha (ITQB/IBET). 

• Ana Isabel Cunha – Master in Pharmaceutical Engineering, IST-UTL

Thesis title: "Development of a strategy for the affinity purification of lectin Concavalin Brasiliensis with magnetic nanoparticles". Project in collaboration with Prof. Raquel Aires-Barros (IST-UTL). 

2009

• Íris Cristina da Luz Batalha - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL

Thesis title: "Gum Arabic coated Magnetic Adsorbents for Bioseparations".

2008

• Ana Cardoso - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Banco Best)

Thesis title: "In vitro studies of Gum Arabic-coated Magnetic Nanoparticles with Mammalian Cell Cultures". Project in collaboration with Dr. Ana Bicho (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).

• Vera Bentinho - Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently Chemical Engineering at Vale Mining Company, Mozambique)

Thesis title: "Nanopartículas Magnéticas em processos de bioseparação por afinidade".

• Inês Peça - Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently teacher at "Colégio Moderno", Lisboa)

Thesis title: "Desenvolvimento de Nanopartículas de PLGA-co-PEG para libertação de Docetaxel em células/tecidos alvo". Project in collaboration with Prof. Margarida Cardoso and Dr. Ana Bicho (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL).

• Ana Sofia Pina - Master in Biotechnology, FCT-UNL (currently at Biotechnology PhD Program; PhD student in our group)

Thesis title: "Synthesis and Screening of rationally designed combinatorial libraries for proteomics applications". Project in collaboration with Prof. Chris Lowe (University of Cambridge, UK).

• Telma Godinho Barroso - Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL (currently at Sustainable Chemistry PhD Program; PhD student in our group)

Thesis title: "Preparation of Affinity Membranes using Alternative Solvents". Project in collaboration with Prof. Ana Aguiar-Ricardo (REQUIMTE, FCT-UNL). 

BSc. Students

2020

• Rita Ramos

Project title: "Produção e purificação de um ligando de afinidade descoberto através de bibliotecas de combinação in vitro"

2016

• Iana Lychko

Project title: "Novel Strategies for Antibody Purification Through Crystallization"

2014

• Ana Patrícia Traguedo 

Project title: "Magnetic Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine: synthesis and in vitro cell assays"

• Sara Aguiar

Project title: "Production and Purification of therapeutic recombinant fusion proteins"

2013 

• Mª Rosário Nazaré (currently at Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal)

Project title: "Síntese e avaliação da citotoxicidade de nanopartículas magnéticas de óxido de ferro para aplicações biomédicas"

Research Assistants

• Ana Raquel Porteira

Project title: "SCENT: Hybrid Gels for Rapid Microbial Detection"

• José Almeida

Project title: "Stimuli-Responsive Materials"

2014

• Ana Carina Fernandes   

Project title: "Development of Multimodal Imaging Probes for Intravascular Molecular Imaging of Inflammation (PTDC/QEQ-MED/2656/2012)"

Visiting Scientists

2019

• Gabriela Nabeiro (Currently in BSc in Pharmacy and Biochemistry at FCF at USP, Brazil)

• Sabrina Acioli (Currently in BSc in Pharmacy and Biochemistry at FCF at USP, Brazil)

• Prof. Cícero Cena, PhD (Associated Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Brazil)

• Prof. Wilton Cardoso, PhD (Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo, Brazil)

• Eduardo Simões (Currently in BSc in Chemistry at USP, Brazil)

• Larissa Martins (Currently in BSc in Chemistry at USP, Brazil)

• David Jorge (Currently in Electrical Engineering at FCT-UNL)

2018

• Laura Sato (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)

2017

• João Filho (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)

• Manuel Matos (Currently at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

• Cássia Oliveira (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)

• Joana Pinto (Currently at Universidade da Beira Interior)

• Joana Valente (Currently at Universidade da Beira Interior)

• Thabata Vinha (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)

2016

• Cássia Oliveira (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)

• Paula Akioka (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)

• José Balbuena (Currently at Universidad de Córdoba, Spain)

2015

• Raisa Barreira (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)

• Marina Uema (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)

• Ana Lázaro Herrasti (Currently at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)

2014

• Stella Ottengy (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)

• Letícia Yamamoto (Currently at Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)

• Ravi P. Parmar (Currently at University Colege of London, UK)

2013

• Bruno Ferragut (currently at USP, São Paulo, Brasil)

• Bruno Costa (currently at Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)

2012

• Fabio Mattioli (currently at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy)

• Bárbara Medrado (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)

2011

• Livia Lima  (currently Business Development Strategist at Google, Brasil)

• Amanda Martinez (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)

• Luciana Caraça (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)

• Matheus Aoki (currently at University of S. Paulo, Brazil)

2010

• Renata Daólio (currently Trainee at Oxiteno BR, Brasil)

• Renata Lippi (currently Industrial Trainee at CSIRO, Australia)