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Sónia O. Pereira (SOP) is researcher at i3N, Department of Physics at University of Aveiro. She holds a LSc (2009) and MSc (2011) in Biotechnology and completed the PhD in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology in July 2016 at Department of Chemistry&CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials at University of Aveiro, Portugal.
Her research interests focuses on the synthesis, (bio)functionalization and characterization of nanomaterials aiming medical bioapplications. In particular, concerning the development of optical and electrochemical enzymatic- and immuno-sensors, as well as bionanoprobes for medical bioimaging. She has a large experience working with Au NPs, carbon-based nanomaterials, ZnO NPs and doped ternary and quaternary oxide materials, and more recently optical fibers. In her multidisciplinary working group, she is responsible for the biofuncionalization procedures.