Awards and Fellowships

2023 Individual Support to Scientific Employment Stimulus (CEEC, Foundation of Science and Technology of Portugal, 6th edition)
Principal Researcher (4th in the ranking, Chemistry panel, mark 9.08/10)

2021 Best Poster Award, 18th European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (ESOR 2021), online, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, September 21-23

2014 Post-Doctoral Research Grant of the Foundation of Science and Technology of Portugal (BPD/99851/2014), (top ten in the ranking,
Chemistry panel, mark 4.86/5)

2008 Entrepreneurship Award under the Program to Stimulate Job Opportunity - PEOE - ILE (Local Employment Initiatives); Project:
TecnoCiLab - Lab. Reis & Frija, Lda. - Análises Químicas/Bioquímicas, Alimentares e Ambientais; Investigação & Desenvolvimento e
Consultoria em Empresas de Base Tecnológica. (Funding Entity: IEFP, Portugal)

2008 Post-Doctoral Research Grant of the Foundation of Science and Technology of Portugal (BPD/43853/2008), (2nd in the ranking, Chemistry
panel, mark 4.85/5)

2005 Best Poster Award, 7th Congress of Physical Chemistry of the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ), Porto, Portugal, May 5-7

2004 Doctoral Research Grant of the Foundation of Science and Technology of Portugal (BD/17945/2004)

2003 Research Grant (BIC, bolsa de investigação científica) joint project at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology – Universidade do Algarve
and Department of Chemistry – University of Liverpool

2002 Research Grant (BIC, bolsa de investigação científica) at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology – Universidade do Algarve

Other positions & complementary training

 2001 - 2006 Member of Centro de Investigação em Química e Catálise (FCT Research Unit)

 2007 - 2008 Member of CCMAR – Centro de Ciências do Mar (FCT Associate Laboratory)

 Since 2007 Member of Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (SPQ)

 2007 Member of the organizing committee of the 8º Encontro Nacional da Divisão de Química-Física da SPQ

 2007 Member of the organizing committee of the European Symposium on Organic Reactivity (ESOR XI)

 2007            Frequency of the 2nd Iberian Course of Photochemistry – Endorsed by Photochemistry Group (SPQ) & Photochemistry Specialized
Group (RSEQ), July 25-27, University of Algarve, Faro

 Since 2008 Founder and Scientific Consultant at the TecnoCiLab – Laboratório Reis e Frija, Lda. (private company, analytical chemistry &
product development)

 2009 - 2010 Member of IN – Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (FCT Associate Laboratory)

2011 - 2014 Member of iMed-UL – Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences, FFUL (FCT Research Unit)

2013 Member of the organizing committee of the 10º Encontro Nacional de Química Orgânica da SPQ

Since 2015 Member of CQE – Centro de Química Estrutural, IST, University of Lisbon, (FCT Research Unit)

2015 Associate reviewer of the National Science Center of Poland, Research field: Physical Science and Engineering; Evaluation Panel:
Physical and analytical chemical sciences

2017 Secretary in the meetings of Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE) Scientific and Executive committees

2017 Member of the “Colégio de Química da Universidade de Lisboa”, CQ-UL

2018            Member of the organizing committee of the 7th EuCheMS Conference on Nitrogen Ligands, Lisboa, Portugal

2019            Member of the organizing committee of the 1st International Conference on Noncovalent Interactions (ICNI), Lisboa, Portugal

2019            Member of the monitoring committee for the PhD thesis of Bruno Guerreiro (Doctoral program in Chemistry, FCT, University of
Algarve)

2020             Editorial Board Member of Pharmaceuticals journal (MDPI, Open Access Journals)

2020            Guest Editor: Special Issue in Antibiotics (MDPI) journal: “Design and Synthesis of Antibacterial Heterocycle-Based Compounds”

Since 2021 Member of IMS – Institute of Molecular Sciences, IST, University of Lisbon (FCT Associate Laboratory)

2021             Guest Editor: Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals (MDPI) journal: “Selective Chelators for Metal on Cells and Cancer Chemotherapy”

2022            Member of the organizing committee of the XXII International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis (XXII ISHC), Lisboa, Portugal

2022-2024 Guest Editor: Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals (MDPI) journal: “State-of-the-art of Medicinal Chemistry in Portugal”

Since 2025 Guest Editor: Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals (MDPI) journal: “Feature Review Collection in Medicinal Chemistry”