Tiago Fernandes

Biography

Tiago A. Fernandes is currently a Contracted Researcher (CEEC) at Centro de Química Estrutural, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa. CEEC is a 6-year contract earned through very competitive call for the Stimulus of Scientific Employment supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, a national public agency that supports research in science, technology and innovation in all areas of knowledge). He was Post-Doc for 5 years at Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, and Centro de Química e Bioquímica of Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, after returning from a season abroad in Prague. After completing his PhD, he got a position as Assistant Professor at Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Department of Inorganic Chemistry.
Tiago A. Fernandes has been associated to Universidade Aberta (UAb) since 2016, as e-learning Tutor and Invited Auxiliar Professor at Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia (DCeT), lecturing courses related to Chemistry and Environmental Sciences.
He earned his PhD in Coordination Chemistry at Instituto Superior Técnico in January 2013, his Master Degree and Chemistry Degree at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, in 2008 and 2006, respectively. He is a co-author of over 60 scientific publications, including 44 research articles in international journals, several conference proceedings and 2 book chapters. Tiago A. Fernandes has cooperated with various Portuguese and international institutions and participated as a PI in 1 financed project and co-investigator in 12 projects. All of these R&D projects were approved during the past five years, bringing approximately 1350k€ to different research centers. He has reviewed for a variety of chemistry journals and now participates as a Topic Editor for Materials (MDPI) and Reactions (MDPI).
T.A. Fernandes's research interests includes: (1) Development, improvement and tuning of methodologies for degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products that ensures a clean and healthy environment;
(2) Design of new multifunctional bioactive metal-organic frameworks (bioMOFs) or materials for antimicrobial applications; (3) Development of new reduction/oxidation methods for organic compounds such as alkanes, cycloalkanes, ketones, alcohols, polyols, sulphoxides, epoxides, nitro compounds, etc. catalyzed by transition metals materials. Use of transition metals as carbonyl or nitro group reduction catalysts, especially to convert polyfunctional natural products into useful building blocks and bioactive molecules; (4) Synthesis and characterization of single or multinuclear metal complexes, coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks using aqueous medium self-assembly protocols and Schlenk techniques.
He has developed particular laboratory skills such as: Use of air-free techniques with nitrogen and vacuum glass lines for the handling of air-sensitive compounds (Schlenk and Glove-box). Analytical techniques skills: IR spectroscopy, multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, solution state NMR, ESI-MS and TGA; use of separation techniques of Gas chromatography (GC), High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). Study of redox properties by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and controlled potential electrolysis (CPE). Interpretation of XPS, solid state NMR and nitrogen adsorption isotherms data.