Pedro Brandão

Collaborating researcher, assistant professor

AAC-9102-2020

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pbrandao@egasmoniz.edu.pt

Expertise: Synthetic organic chemistryBiomaterialsDrug delivery systemsMulticomponent reactionsSustainable chemistry

Short Bio:

With an Integrated Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences (FFUP, 2011) and a Phd in Chemistry (field of Catalysis and Sustainability; University of Coimbra, 2022), Pedro Brandão is an Assistant Professor at Egas Moniz School of Health and Science and collaborates as a researcher at the iBB and the CQC. His research is focused on drug delivery systems, biomaterials, sustainable synthetic organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry. He has received the FISOCAT prize for best PhD Thesis in the field of Catalysis, attributed by the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ) and the Portuguese Young Chemist Award 2023, attributed by the Young Chemists Group of SPQ.

Research Focus:

Advanced drug delivery systems for innovative therapeutics.Sustainable synthetic methodologies of bioactive molecules and biomaterials. Multicomponent reactions for structural diversity.

Brandão, P. and Pineiro, M. (2023). Mechanochemistry for Sustainable Drug Design and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Synthesis. In Sustainable Approaches in Pharmaceutical Sciences (eds K. Shah, D.N. Chauhan and N.S. Chauhan), 255-272. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119889878.ch11

Kumar, M.; Virmani, T.; Kumar, G.; Deshmukh, R.; Sharma, A.; Duarte, S.; Brandão, P.; Fonte, P. (2023). Nanocarriers in Tuberculosis Treatment: Challenges and Delivery Strategies. Pharmaceuticals, 16, 1360. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16101360

Brandão, P.; Marques, C.; Burke, A. J.; Pineiro, M. (2021). The application of isatin-based multicomponent-reactions in the quest for new bioactive and druglike molecules. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 211, 113102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.113102.10.1016/

Brandão, P.; Marques, C.; Pinto, E.; Pineiro, M.; Burke, A. (2021). Petasis adducts of tryptanthrin – synthesis, biological activity evaluation and druglikeness assessment. New Journal of Chemistry, 45, 14633. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ02079J

Brandão, P.; Pineiro, M.; Pinho e Melo, T. M. V. D. (2019). Flow Chemistry: Towards A More Sustainable Heterocyclic Synthesis. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019 (43), 7188. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201901335

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