I graduated in Materials Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa (IST-UL), Lisbon, Portugal, in 2000 and obtained my Ph.D. degree in Materials Sci. & Eng. from the same institution in 2005. I was a post-doc at the International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass of Lehigh University, USA, before joining the chemical company Dow Corning in Belgium, as an R&D Chemist, from 2007 to 2011. At Dow Corning, I was the leader of R&D projects, aiming at new chemical products development (e.g. halogen-free flame retardant additives) for large-scale production.
This was followed by R&D Coordination roles at Ynvisible S.A. and Greenseal Research Ltd., for the development of electrochromic displays and greener components for polyurethane foams, respectively. 8 international patents and numerous papers have resulted from my collaboration with the industry. In 2014, while holding a FCT Post-Doc grant, I started a Technology Platform on Microencapsulation and Immobilization, my main current research interest, aimed at customized solutions for enabling active materials and advanced products. Currently I am Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, at IST and belong to the research unit CERENA.
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Innovative materials-based approaches, processing and characterization techniques.
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Organosilanes and siloxanes, polymers, multiphasic systems (emulsions), sol-gel derived materials.
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Microencapsulation and immobilization of active agents.
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Polymers with self-healing properties.
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Porous Support Materials (MICROSCAFS).
2019-2021
2018-2021
2017-2018
2015-2017
2013-2015
2011-2012
2008-2010
2006-2007
2005-2007
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Greenseal Research, Ltd. (2014-2016): new product development for PU OCF systems.
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ICL IP (2016): Evaluation of new halogen-free flame retardants from ICL IP in PU OCF systems.
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Victor Guedes, S.A. (2016): Study of the creep behaviour of a polymeric component.
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Nestlé S.A. (2017): Chemical and structural analysis of coffee capsule components.