Rita Pires

PhD Student

http://cqfm.ist.utl.pt/People_G3.html

Researcher ID: O-3154-2015

ORCID: 0000-0003-3678-1462

Scopus Author ID: 56642463200

LAQV–REQUIMTE

Chemistry Department

NOVA School of Science & 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/NOVA FCT

 

Research Project


Synthesis of dendrimer – based solar supercapacitors

 

Education


2015

MSc in Bioorganic Chemistry at NOVA FCT

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 NOVA FCT

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

Supervisor: Prof. Dra. Ana Aguiar–Ricardo

 

Publications


Rita F. Pires, Joana Frutuoso, Ana S. 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 S. 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).