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Researcher ID: O-3154-2015

ORCID: 0000-0003-3678-1462

Scopus Author ID: 56642463200

LAQV- REQUIMTE

Chemistry Department

Faculty of Sciences and Technology

NOVA University of Lisbon

Lab. 510

Phone: +351 212 949 624 (Internal extension: 10984)

Email: rf.pires@campus.fct.unl.pt

CQFM-IN and IBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences

Instituto Superior Técnico

University of Lisbon

Lab. 1.16 A

Phone: +351 218 419 684 (Internal extension: 3684)

Email: ritafpires@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Current Position

MIT Portugal PhD Student in Bioengineering – IST/FCT-UNL

Research Project

Synthesis of dendrimer - based solar supercapacitors

Education

2015

MSc in Bioorganic Chemistry at FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: Synthesis of photoactive dendrimers for green photovoltaics

Supervisors: Dr. Vasco Bonifácio and Dra. Teresa Casimiro

2013

BSc in Applied Chemistry - Organic Chemistry profile at FCT-UNL

Thesis Title: PURE-type dendrimers synthesis for controlled drug release

Supervisor: Prof. Dra. Ana Aguiar-Ricardo

Publications

Rita F. Pires, Joana Frutuoso, Ana Sofia Cortes, Ana Aguiar-Ricardo, Vasco D. B. Bonifácio, Synthesis of fluorescent water-soluble oligo(oxazoline-ethylenimine) block copolymers, Advanced Materials Letters, 2018, 9(5), 383-386 (https://doi.org/10.5185/amlett.2018.1822).

Rita B. Restani, Rita F. Pires, Anna Tolmatcheva, Rita Cabral, Pedro V. Baptista, Alexandra R. Fernandes, Teresa Casimiro, Vasco D. B. Bonifácio, Ana Aguiar‐Ricardo, POxylated Dendrimer-Based Nano-in-Micro Dry Powder Formulations for Inhalation Chemotherapy, Chemistry OPEN, 2018, 7, 772-779 (https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201800093).

Rita B. Restani, Rita F. Pires, Anna Tolmatcheva, Rita Cabral, Pedro V. Baptista, Alexandra R. Fernandes, Teresa Casimiro, Vasco D. B. Bonifácio, Ana Aguiar‐Ricardo, Cover Feature: POxylated Dendrimer-Based Nano-in-Micro Dry Powder Formulations for Inhalation Chemotherapy (ChemistryOPEN 10/2018), 2018, 7, 751-751 (https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201800165).

Rita F. Pires, Vasco D. B. Bonifácio, Polyureas, Book chapter of Kirk‐Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1002/0471238961.koe00032).

Rita F. Pires, Artur Moro, Anita Lourenço, João C. Lima, Teresa Casimiro, Vasco D. B. Bonifácio, Molecular Weight Determination by Luminescent Chemo–enzymatics, ChemistrySELECT, 2016, 1, 6818-6822 (https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201601301).

Rita B. Restani, Ana Sofia Silva, Rita F. Pires, Renato Cabral, Ilídio J. Correia, Teresa Casimiro, Vasco D. B. Bonifácio, Ana Aguiar‐Ricardo, Nano-in-Micro POxylated Polyurea Dendrimers and Chitosan Dry Powder Formulations for Pulmonary Delivery, Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 2016, 33, 851-858, (https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201600123).

Rita B. Restani, João Conde, Rita F. Pires, Pedro Martins, Alexandra R. Fernandes, Pedro V. Baptista, Vasco D. B. Bonifácio, Ana Aguiar‐Ricardo, POxylated Polyurea Dendrimers: Smart Core‐Shell Vectors with IC⁵⁰ Lowering Capacity, Macromolecular Bioscience, 2015, 15, 1045-1051 (https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201500131).