SHORT CV
Luís Paulo da Silva Nieto Marques Rebelo
14 de Setembro, 1960, Lisboa, Portugal
Two daughters: Cristina Tess and Ana Kathleen
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica,
ITQB , New University of Lisbon,
Apartado 127, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal
Phone: +351-214469 441, FAX: +351-214411 277,
e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.itqb.unl.pt/research/technology/molecular-thermodynamics/
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Full Professor, ITQB - New University of Lisbon (2009 - p)
Vice-Director of Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, ITQB (2008 – p)
Executive Director of Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, IBET (2006 – 2007)
Director of GenIBET- Biopharmaceuticals (2006 – 2007)
Head of the Technology Division of ITQB (2003 - p)
Leader of the Research Group on Molecular Thermodynamics, ITQB/UNL (2000 - p)
Chair of the ITQB PhD Program in Chemical and Biological Sciences (2003 - 2006)
Visiting Scientist, School of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, USA (1985); Research
Associate at Princeton University, USA (1997) and University of Tennessee, USA (1991-92,
1996-97)
Graduated in Chemical Engineering, IST, Technical University of Lisbon (1983) with honors;
PhD, Physical Chemistry, UNL (1989); Agregação, Chemical and Biological Technology, UNL
(2005);
Elected-Member Board of Directors of the Portuguese Chemical Society (1987-89); Director
(Editor-in-Chief) of “Química”, Bulletin of the Portuguese Chemical Society (1995-96).
Portuguese Representative of the Subcommittee of Macromolecular Terminology in the
Macromolecular Division of IUPAC (2002-2003) and member (IUPAC, 2003 - 2005) of the Task
Group for the standardization of Ionic Liquids.
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data (a
publication of the American Chemical Society) from January 2009 to December 2011. Editorial
Advisor of Int. J. Mol. Sci.
Regular referee for Nature Materials, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Chem Rev., Angewandte Chemie, J.
Phys. Chem., Macromolecules, J. Chem. Thermodynamics, J. Polym. Sci.: Polym. Phys.,
Thermochimica Acta, Phys. Chem. Comm., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Int. J. Thermophys, Ind.
Eng. Chem. Res., J. Chem. Eng. Data, Green Chem., J. Chem Educ., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta
J. Electrochem. Soc., Fluid Phase Equil., Pure and Appl. Chem, Chemistry Eur. J.
Appointed Chair for COIL 5 – the 5th International Congress on Ionic Liquids, to be held in
Portugal in 2013.
STATISTICS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
> 2000 citations
h-index = 24
10 papers with more than 50 citations, 3 above 100 and 1 above 250
Published more than 100 papers in international refereed journals and about 200 abstracts of
communications to international conferences, and one book (M. Wolfsberg, W.A. Van Hook, P.
Paneth, L.P.N.Rebelo - ISOTOPE EFFECTS – IN THE CHEMICAL, GEOLOGICAL, AND BIO
SCIENCES, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, - (to be published in Feb. 2010)
Spotted by ESI-Thomson- Web of Knowledge as “ranked scientist”.
Supervisor of 11 PhD grantees.
Supervisor of circa 20 post-doctoral fellows.
PI (Coordinator) and/or Responsible at the ITQB of 16 funded national projects (on-going and
finished; private companies and FC&T) with a total budget of 1,100,000 €
Co-Coordinator of one European Project with a budget of 1,470,000 €
In the topic of Ionic Liquids, (topic: ionic liquid or ionic liquids in ESI), the paper Nature (2006),
439, 831-834, where he is the corresponding author, is top 92 in the almost 23.000 world
publications. He is also the corresponding author of 3 publications out of the top 5 list of
papers from Portuguese institutions in the area of ionic liquids.
The 10th highest ranked journals of his publications (by Impact factor):
Nature (31.4); Chem. Rev. (23.6); Chem. Soc. Rev. (17.4); Acc. Chem. Res. (12.2); J. Am. Chem.
Soc. (8.1); Chem. Commun. (5.3); Green Chem. (4.5); Macromolecules (4.5); J. Phys. Chem. B
(4.2); Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys (4.1)
Plenary lecturer for several international conferences in his fields of research; e.g, Gordon
Research Conference on Isotopes in Biological and Chemical Sciences (50th Anniversary),
Ventura, California, USA, Feb. 15-20, 2004; 1st International Congress on Ionic Liquids (COIL-1),
Salzburg, Austria, June 19-22, 2005; 2nd International Congress on Ionic Liquids (COIL-2),
Yokohama; Japan, August 5-10, 2007.
AWARDS
1983: Best Undergraduate Student – Chemical Engineering – IST - Technical University of
Lisbon.
2005: Christopher J. Worlmald Prize (Joanna Lachwa, post-doctoral grantee).
2005: Royal Society of Chemistry Hot Article with the paper in Green Chem. (2005), 7, 443.
2005: Ionic Liquids Today, Issue 2/05 - Hot Article with the paper in J. Phys. Chem. B (2005),
109, 6040.
2007: Essential Science Indicators - Hot Article with the paper in Nature (2006), 439, 831-834.
2007: Essential Science Indicators – Highly cited papers (last ten years), with Nature (2006),
439, 831-834.
2007: World most cited in Chemistry, (rank #1 in June-July 2007) with his Nature article,
Nature (2006), 439, 831-834.
2007: Essential Science Indicators – Highly cited papers (last ten years), with the paper in J.
Am. Chem. Soc. (2007), 129, 284.
2007: Ranked 3th in the Most-Cited Articles published in 2007 and cited through the period
ending March 31, 2008 with J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2007), 129, 284.
2007: Top-10 most-accessed articles in JPC-A in the third quarter of 2007 with the paper in J.
Phys. Chem. A (2007), 111, 6176-6182.
2008: Essential Science Indicators – Highly cited papers (last ten years), with the paper in
Green Chem. (2004), 6, 369.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Research interests are centered on the areas of Molecular Thermodynamics of Liquids and
Liquid Solutions (theory and experiments), in particular, Isotope Effects, Polymer Solutions,
Metastable liquids, Sound Propagation in Dense Phases, and since 2002, on the newly
emerging area of Ionic Liquids. Regarding the latter, pioneering experimental work has been
performed both in respect to their thermodynamic characterization in a broad range of
pressure and temperature as well as to their solution behaviour. Molecular Simulation began
in 2006.
RECENT, MOST INFLUENTIAL PUBLICATIONS
M. J. Earle, J. M.S.S. Esperança, M. A. Gilea, J. N. Canongia Lopes, L. P.N. Rebelo, J. W. Magee,
K. R. Seddon, J. A. Widegren THE DISTILLATION AND VOLATILITY OF IONIC LIQUIDS, Nature
(2006), 439, 831 - 260 citations.
V. Najdanovic-Visak, J.M.S.S. Esperança, L.P.N. Rebelo, M. Nunes da Ponte, H.J.R. Guedes, K.R.
Seddon, and J. Szydlowski PHASE BEHAVIOUR OF ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUID
SOLUTIONS: AN UNUSUALLY LARGE CO-SOLVENT EFFECT IN (WATER + ETHANOL), Phys. Chem.
Chem. Phys. (2002), 4, 1701 - 112 citations.
L.P.N. Rebelo, V. Najdanovic-Visak, Z.P. Visak, M. Nunes da Ponte, J. Szydlowski, C.A.
Cerdeirina, J. Troncoso, L. Romani, J.M.S.S. Esperança, , H.J.R. Guedes, H.C. de Sousa A
DETAILED THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF [C4mim][BF4] + WATER AS A CASE STUDY TO
MODEL IONIC LIQUID AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, Green Chem. (2004), 6, 369 - 118 citations.
L.M.N.B.F. Santos, J.N.C. Lopes, J.A.P. Coutinho, J.M.S.S. Esperança, L.R. Gomes, I.M. Marrucho
and L.P.N. Rebelo IONIC LIQUIDS: FIRST DIRECT DETERMINATION OF THEIR COHESIVE ENERGY,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2007), 129, 284 - 59 citations.
J. Lachwa, J. Szydlowski, V. Najdanovic-Visak, L.P.N. Rebelo, K.R. Seddon, M. Nunes da Ponte,
J.M.S.S. Esperança, H.J.R. Guedes EVIDENCE FOR LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION BEHAVIOR IN
IONIC LIQUID SOUTIONS, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2005), 127, 6542 - 38 citations.
L.P.N. Rebelo, J.N. Canongia Lopes, J.M.S.S. Esperança, H.J.R. Guedes, J. Łachwa, V. NajdanovicVisak, and Z.P. Visak ACCOUNTING FOR THE UNIQUE, DOUBLY DUAL NATURE OF IONIC
LIQUIDS FROM A MOLECULAR THERMODYNAMIC AND MODELING STANDPOINT, Acc. Chem.
Res. (2007), 40(11), 1114 - 19 citations.
J. P. Leal, J. M. S. S. Esperança, M. E. Minas da Piedade, J. N. Canongia Lopes, L. P. N. Rebelo,
and K. R. Seddon THE NATURE OF IONIC LIQUIDS IN THE GAS PHASE, J. Phys. Chem. A (2007),
111, 6176 - 14 citations.