Tiago A. Fernandes is currently an Auxiliary Professor at Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia (DCeT), Universidade Aberta (UAb), lecturing courses related to Chemistry, Sustainability and Environmental Sciences, as well as a researcher at the Center of Structural Chemistry (CQE), Portugal. Tiago A. Fernandes was a Contracted Researcher (CEEC) at CQE through the FCT competitive call for the Stimulus of Scientific Employment. After graduating in Chemistry (2006) and obtaining his MSc (2008) at Faculty of Science of University of Lisbon (FCUL), he completed a PhD in Chemistry (2013) at the Technical University of Lisbon (TULisboa, IST). After completing his PhD, Tiago was a Assistant Professor at Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic), followed by several postdoctoral positions (2014-2019) at CQE/IST and Centro de Química e Bioquímica (FCUL), working with Profs. Alexander Kirillov, Ana Cristina Fernandes, and Maria José Calhorda. He is a co-founder of the MINDlab: Molecular Design & Innovation Laboratory at CQE-IST.
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60 Scientific Papers (h index 19, GoogleScholar/Scopus), 2 Book Chapters, 70 Conference Abstracts;
12 Invited Talks & Lectures at Conferences/Universities;
20 Students/Researchers supervised/co-supervised (Postdocs, PhD, MSc, BSc);
15 Fellowships & Awards;
3 Projects & Grants as PI (Co-PI) and 10 Projects as Co-Investigator (Co-I);
~80 New Crystal Structures Published (Cambridge Struct. Database, incl. ~40 Coord. Polymers/MOFs).
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Current Research Focuses on Molecular Design, Functional Materials, Catalysis & C-H Functionalization with an emphasis on: (i) Development, improvement and tuning of methodologies for degradation of pollutants that ensures a clean and healthy environment; (ii) Design of new multifunctional bioactive metal-organic frameworks (bioMOFs) or materials for antimicrobial applications; (iii) Use of transition metals as catalysts, to convert natural products into useful building blocks and bioactive molecules; (iv) Use of cutting-edge analytical methods (e.g., LC-ESI-HRMS/MS) to study challenging food chemistry systems; (v) Education, e-learning, Science Art & Design.
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2024: Exploratory Research Project (PEX) 2023 Edition, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal.
2022: Visiting Auxiliar Professor, Departamento de Engenharia Química (DEQ), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal.
2019: Junior Researcher, CEEC, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) National Application Call 2018.
2017: Postdoctoral fellowship, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal.
2017: Visiting Auxiliar Professor, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia (DCeT) Universidade Aberta (UAb), Portugal.
2013: Visiting Assistant Professor contract, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic.
2009: PhD fellowship, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal.
