Fernanda Borges is Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of
Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto and senior researcher of CIQUP. She received her
MSc and PhD (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Faculty of
Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal. Her current research is focused on medicinal
chemistry, namely in the design and development of drugs to be used in the prevention/therapy
of neurodegenerative diseases She authored more than 170 publications in publications in peer
review journals, 8 international book chapters, and 3 patents.