Concluded PhD theses​

Nonlinear physical modelling and dynamic analysis of cantilever beams in confined axial flow. PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Supervisors:  José Vieira Antunes (C2TN/IST), Vincent Georges Mickael Debut (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Christophe Vergez (Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique, France). Discussion:  25 January 2024

Madureira, Joana
Development of Food Bioactives through the valorization of Olive Oil Production Wastes, PhD in Pharmacy and Health, Faculty of Farmacy, University of Salamanca, Spain. Supervisors: Sandra Cabo Verde (C2TN/IST), Celestino Santos-Buelga (Faculty of Farmacy, University of Salamanca), Lillian Barros (Instituto Politécnico de Bragança). Discussion:  23 June 2023

Malta, José Francisco Rodrigues
Development of Novel Chiral and Topological Magnets, PhD in Chemistry, Universidade de Coimbra. Supervisors: António Gonçalves (C2TN/IST), José António Paixão (UC). Discussion:  13 January 2023

Moço, Duarte Mendonça Costa 
The Effect of Dual Doping in the Thermoelectric Properties of Tetrahedrite, PhD in Chemistry, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. Supervisors: António Gonçalves (C2TN/IST), Elsa Branco Lopes (C2TN/IST), Luís Santos (CQE/IST). Discussion:  21 December 2023

Barkaoui, Salma 
Tracing strawberries functionalization thought non-thermal process. PhD in Food Industries, Ecole Supérieure des Industries Alimentaires de Tunis, Tunísia. Supervisors: Nourhene Boudhrioua Mihoubi (ISBST, Université de Manouba, Tunísia) & Sandra Cabo Verde (C2TN/IST). Discussion: December 2022.

Faria, Tiago Alexandre Ferreira 
Children exposure to inorganic and organic chemical compounds in particulate matter: characterization and source identification. Environmental Engineering PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. Supervisors: Marta Almeida (C2TN/IST), Célia Alves (Universidade de Aveiro) & Christos Housiadas (NCSR “Demokritos”). Discussion: 23 June 2022.

Ferreira, Patrícia da 
New Transition Metal Complexes of Cobalt(II) and Nickel(II) as Single-Ion Magnets and Spin Equilibrium Molecules. Chemistry PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. Supervisors: Pedro Teixeira Gomes (DEQ/CQE), Laura Pereira Waerenborgh (IST/DECN/C2TN) & Manuel Leite de Almeida (C2TN/IST). Discussion: 1 September 2022.

Matos, Joana Catarina Capinha de 
Nanoplatforms Development for Biomedical Applications. Chemistry PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. Supervisors: Maria Clara Henriques Baptista Gonçalves (IST), Laura C.J. Pereira (C2TN/IST) & João C. Waerenborgh (C2TN/IST). Discussion: 4 March 2022.

Velho, Mariana 
Thiophene-based building blocks for functional materials in electronic devices, PhD Chemistry, IST-UL, Supervisors: Dulce Belo (C2TN/IST), Ana Charas (IT) & Manuel Almeida (C2TN/IST) Discussion: 20 October 2022.

Chowdhury, Sanjib 
Nuclear Spallation target: preparation and characterization of nano-grained materials for radioactive ion beam production at CERN-MEDICIS facility, Supervisor: A.P. Gonçalves (C2TN/IST).

Jakob, Christian 
Histidine derived Au(I)-bis-NHC-Complexes for cancer theranostics. Doutoramento em Química. Universidade Técnica de Munique (TUM), Munique, Alemanha. Supervisors: Fritz Elmar Kühn & J.D.G. Correia (C2TN/IST).

Sá, Ana Maria Morais Cravo de 
Out-of-field doses in radiotherapy treatments of paediatric patients. Doutoramento em Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. Supervisors: Pedro Almeida (FCUL/IBEB) e Pedro Vaz (C2TN/IST). Discussion: 29 de March 2021.

Schlagintweit, Jonas 
Transition metal NHC complexes in oxidation catalysis and medicinal chemistry, Doutoramento em Química. Universidade Técnica de Munique (TUM), Munique, Alemanha. Supervisors: Fritz Elmar Kühn, J.D.G. Correia (C2TN/IST), Klaus Köhler.

Vicente, Estela Alexandra Domingos 
Chemical characteristics and toxicity of particles from residential biomass combustion. PhD in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Universidade de Aveiro. Supervisors: C. Alves (UA), S.M. Almeida (C2TN/IST) & T. Pinheiro (DECN/IST). Discussion: 31 March 2021.

Bosne, Eric David

Emission Channeling Lattice Location Studies in Semiconductors using Highly Pixellated Timepix Detect. Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. Supervisors: U. Wahl (C²TN, IST-ULisboa) & J.G. Correia (C²TN, IST-ULisboa). Discussion: 14 de Outubro de 2020.

D’Onofrio, Alice

Clickable Radiocomplexes for Cancer Theranostics. Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. Supervisor: A. Paulo (C²TN, IST-ULisboa).

Dominelli, Bruno

Anticancer Studies of Dinuclear Au(I) Complexes Bearing Bridge-Functionalized  NHC  Ligands. Technische Universität München (TUM). Supervisor: F.E. Kühn, (TUM), Co-supervisor: J.D.G. Correia (C²TN, IST-ULisboa).

Ferreira, Vera

New Molecular Imaging Tools for Cystic Fibrosis. Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. Supervisor: F. Mendes (C²TN, IST-ULisboa), Co-Supervisor: C.M. Farinha (BioFig, FCUL).