Curriculum vitae (Resumé)
José Virgílio Prata
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1. Personal data
Full name: José Virgílio de Sousa Coelho Prata
Birth date: Oct. 7, 1958.
Nationality: Portugal
Work address: Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1;1959-007
Lisboa, Portugal
Work Phone: 351-218317172; Fax: 351-218317267; Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.isel.pt
2. Studies
PhD in Chemistry- Organic Chemistry, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
1997; Lic. Applied Chemistry-Organic Chemistry, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova
de Lisboa, 1986; BSc in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, 1980.
3. Previous activity and current status
1. President of Chemical Engineering Department, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL),
2008-2010.
2. Vice-President of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Research Center, ISEL, since 2010.
3. Member of the Supervision Council at ISEL, since 2014.
4. Member of the Coordinating Council, Chemical Engineering Department, ISEL, since 2010.
5. Section Head, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Department, ISEL, since 2010.
6. Head of Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Department, ISEL, since 2000.
7. Member of the Coordinating Committee of the Master Course in Chemical Engineering; ISEL, 20072008.
8. Course Coordinator of "Licenciatura" in Chemical and Biologic Engineering; Chemical Engineering
Department, ISEL, 2006-2007.
9. Vice-President of the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Research Center, ISEL, 2006-2008.
10. Course Coordinator of “Licenciatura” in Industrial Chemical Engineering; Chemical Engineering
Department, ISEL, 2002-2006.
11. Representative of the Chemical Engineering Scientific Area on the Coordinating Committee of the
Scientific Board of ISEL, 2002-2003.
12. Section Head, Organic Chemistry; Chemical Engineering Department, ISEL, 2000-2007.
13. Coordinator Professor (Professor Coordenador); Chemical Engineering Department, ISEL, since 2000.
14. President of the Center of Chemical Engineering Studies, ISEL, 1999-2003.
15. Adjunct Professor (invited); Chemical Engineering Department, ISEL, 1995-2000.
16. Assistant (invited); Chemical Engineering Department, ISEL, 1991-1995.
17. Vice-Director; Research Department, HOVIONE, S.A. (http://www.hovione.pt/), 1986-1992.
18. Research Assistant; Research Department, HOVIONE, S.A., 1982-1986.
19. Process Engineer; Production Department, HOVIONE, S.A., 1980-1982.
4. Area of scientific activity/ Present research interests
Design and synthesis of new calixarene-based architectures for sensory applications. Supramolecular
systems for detection of neutral molecules and molecular ions. Fluorescence-based sensing systems.
Design and synthesis of functional polymers. Synthesis of calixarene-based polymeric materials. Study of
their properties and applications in the field of optoelectronics, chemical and biochemical sensors, nonlinear
optics and catalysis.
5. Refereeing activities
As a manuscript reviewer for the following scientific journals (since 2005): 1. Chem. Commun.; 2.
Coll. Czech. Chem. Commun; 3. Eur. Polymer Journal; 4. Journal of Molecular Structure; 5. Journal of
Polymer Research; 6. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry; 7. Journal of the American
Chemical Society; 8. Macromolecular Symposia; 9. Macromolecules; 10. Polymer Chemistry; 11. Reactive
& Functional Polymers; 12. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical; 13. Sep. Sci. & Technology; 14.
Supramolecular Chemistry; 15. Synthetic Metals; 16. Tetrahedron Letters.
As a grant reviewer: 1. Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2007 and 2008
Covered fields: Polymer Synthesis, Living Polymerization, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks. 2. Romanian
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Government through the National Council for Scientific Research, 2011 Covered fields: Organic and
Polymer Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Optical Sensors.
6. Scientific advising
PhD theses: 1. Alexandra Isabel Martins Paulo da Costa, "Novos Nanomateriais para Reconhecimento
Molecular (New Nanomaterials for Molecular Recognition)", PhD thesis in Chemistry, Instituto Superior
Técnico/Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 2010 (with Prof. Luís Ferreira).
2. Maria Teresa Loureiro dos Santos, "Contribuição para o Estudo da Digestão Anaeróbica de Resíduos
Orgânicos (Contribuition to the Study of Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Residues)", PhD thesis in Sanitary
Engineering, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2010 (with Prof. Leonor
Amaral).
3. Currently advisor of a PhD thesis (New Calixarene-based Sensors: Synthesis, Properties and
Applications), Patrícia D. Barata, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (with
Prof. Manuela Pereira).
Master theses: 1. Alexandra Isabel Martins Paulo da Costa, "Síntese de Diazenocarbonilos e sua
Conversão em Heterociclos de Azoto", MSc Thesis in Technological Organic Chemistry, Faculdade de
Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2001.
2. Patrícia Alexandra Miranda David Barata, “Polímeros Funcionais contendo Calixarenos - Síntese e
Aplicações”, MSc Thesis in Technological Organic Chemistry, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia,
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2004.
3. Tânia Filipa dos Santos Ferreira, “Estudo de Digestão Anaeróbia de Resíduos Sólidos Agro-Alimentares
em Instalação Piloto”, MSc Thesis in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa,
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 2008 (in co-advising).
4. Magda Daniela Augusto Fernandes, "Desenvolvimento de Materiais Poliméricos Resistentes à Radiação
UV - Determinação Quantitativa de Estabilizadores à Radiação UV", MSc Thesis in Chemical Engineering,
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 2009 (in co-advising).
5. Ana Mafalda de Noronha Lopes, "Desenvolvimento de Matrizes Poliméricas Reticuladas
Biocompatíveis", MSc Thesis in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto
Politécnico de Lisboa, 2010 (in co-advising).
6. Hugo Daniel da Silva Pinto, "Polímeros Conjugados Baseados em Calix[4]arenos - Síntese e Aplicações
em Electrónica Molecular", MSc Thesis in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de
Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 2010.
7. Sónia Alexandra Guerreiro Báia Pessoa Coelho, "Estudo das propriedades dos adjuvantes na
compatibilidade/robustez cimento/adjuvante", MSc Thesis in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior de
Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 2012 (in co-advising).
8. Carlos Manuel Brandão Teixeira, "Novos receptores moleculares baseados em calix[4]arenos:
Aplicações à química sensorial", MSc Thesis in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de
Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 2013 (in co-advising).
9. Currently advisor of the following MSc theses: i. Estudos de indução de quiralidade em novos polímeros
conjugados baseados em calix[4]arenos contendo fontes quirais de origem natural, Mariana Filipa Gaspar
Velho, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (in co-advising); ii. Calixarenos metálicos catalisadores
de reacções orgânicas industriais sustentáveis, Ana Martins, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (in
co-advising).
7. R&D projects
Research group leader (Calixarene group) at Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Research Center
(CIEQB); [CEBI-LVT-Lisboa-702], ISEL. Projects ref.: PEst-OE/EQB/UI0702/2011-2014; FCT/MEC, 20112014.
Project coordinator: 1. "Novel Conjugated Calixarene-based Chiral Polymers: Synthesis, Properties and
Function", Project ref.: PTDC/QUI/66663/2006, FCT/MCTES, 2008-2012.
2. "Polímeros Funcionais Macroporosos Incorporando Calixarenos", Project ref.: IPL/21/2003, IPL, 20042006.
3. "Preparação de Calixarenos ancorados em Suportes Poliméricos para Utilização em Descontaminação
Ambiental", Project ref.: IPL/15/2001, IPL, 2002-2003.
Project co-coordination: "Estudo da Fracção Orgânica dos RSU´s", Project ref.: IPL/12/2003, IPL, 20042007.
Participation in other projects: “Nova metodologia sintética de gama-aminoácidos quirais úteis na
concepção de novos fármacos”, Project POCTI/QUI/37427/2001, FCT/MCTES, 2002-2005.
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8. Published works
8.1. Papers in international refereed journals (last five years):
José V. Prata, Patrícia D. Barata, "Aryleneethynylene Trimers Bearing Calix[4]arenes: Synthesis, Optical
Properties and Self-Assembling Studies", Macromolecular Symposia, 2014 (in press).
José V. Prata, Patrícia D. Barata, Gennaro Pescitelli, "Inherently chiral calix[4]arenes with planar chirality:
two new entries to the family", Pure Appl. Chem., 2014, 86, 1819-1828. DOI 10.1515/pac-2014-0707
José V. Prata, Alexandra I. Costa, Gennaro Pescitelli, Hugo D. Pinto, “Chiroptical and emissive properties
of a calix[4]arene-containing chiral poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) with enantioselective recognition ability”,
Polymer Chemistry, 2014, 5, 5793-5803. DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00729H
José V. Prata, Alexandra I. Costa, Gennaro Pescitelli, Carlos M. Teixeira, "A fluorescent bicyclic
calix[4]arene-oxacyclophane with planar chirality: resolution, chiroptical properties, and absolute
configuration", Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2014, 25, 547-553. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2014.02.012
Patrícia D. Barata, José V. Prata, "Cooperative effects in the detection of a nitroaliphatic liquid explosive
and an explosive taggant in vapor phase by calix[4]arene-based carbazole-containing conjugated
polymers", ChemPlusChem, 2014, 79, 83-89. DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201300280.
Carlos M. Teixeira, Alexandra I. Costa, José V. Prata, "A new fluorescent double-cavity calix[4]arene:
synthesis and complexation studies toward nitroanilines", Tetrahedron Lett., 2013, 54, 6602-6606.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.09.109
Patrícia D. Barata, José V. Prata, "New entities for sensory chemistry based on calix[4]arene-carbazole
conjugates: from synthesis to applications", Supramolecular Chemistry, 2013, 25, 782-797.
DOI:10.1080/10610278.2013.804185
Patrícia D. Barata, Alexandra I. Costa, José V. Prata, "Calix[4]arene–carbazole-containing polymers:
Synthesis and properties", Reactive & Funct. Polym., 2012, 72, 627–634.
DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2012.06.006
Alexandra I. Costa, Hugo D. Pinto, Luís F.V. Ferreira, José V. Prata, "Solid-State Sensory Properties of
CALIX-Poly(phenylene ethynylene)s toward Nitroaromatic Explosives", Sens. Actuators, B, 2012, 161, 702–
713. DOI:10.1016/j.snb.2011.11.017
Alexandra I. Costa, José V. Prata, "Substituted p-phenylene ethynylene trimers as fluorescent sensors for
nitroaromatic explosives", Sens. Actuators, B, 2012, 161, 251-260. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.10.027.
Magda C. Semedo, Amin Karmali, Patrícia D. Barata, José V. Prata, "Adsorption of proteins on calixarenes
and biocatalysis in organic media", J. of Adv. Chem. Engineering, 2011, 1, Article ID A110401.
DOI:10.4303/jace/A110401
Patrícia D. Barata, Alexandra I.Costa, Luís F. V. Ferreira, José V. Prata, "Synthesis, Structure, and Optical
Properties of an Alternating Calix[4]arene-Based Meta-Linked Phenylene Ethynylene Copolymer", J. Polym.
Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., 2010, 48, 5040-5052. DOI: 10.1002/pola.24302
Magda C. Semedo, Amin Karmali, Patrícia D. Barata, José V. Prata, "Extraction of hemoglobin with
calixarenes and biocatalysis in organic media of the complex with pseudoactivity of peroxidase", J. Mol.
Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2010, 62, 97–104. DOI:10.1016/j.molcatb.2009.09.017
8.2. Other Publications and Communications: Over 70 proceedings and communications in scientific
conferences since 2001.
9. Activities as Member of Public and Academic Examination Committees: Over 30
committees, distributed among PhD and MSc theses, and public examinations (eg. Prof. Coord, Prof.
Adjunto, “título Especialista).
10. Current course regencies (lecturing)
Química Orgânica II, Licenciatura em Engenharia Química e Biológica, ISEL; since 2006.
Processos Industriais, Mestrado em Engenharia Química e Biológica, ISEL; since 2006.
Ciência e Tecnologia de Polímeros, Mestrado em Engenharia Química e Biológica, ISEL, since 2006.
11. Professional Afilliations
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (SPQ) (#2502); Member of the SPQ Division of Organic Chemistry and
Division of Industrial Chemistry
American Chemical Society (ACS) (#2287064); Member of the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry and
Division of Polymer Chemistry.
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
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