About us
The Alves´s group has the experience in synthesis and characterization of polymer nanocomposites based on peptide and/or inorganic nanomaterials for immobilization of biomolecules, that permit us to investigate physical and chemical issues of pertinence to energy conversion, and their pharmacological, therapeutic and industrial perspectives.
In particular research focuses on the understanding of the chemical architecture – thermodynamic – structure – physical property correlations in complex systems to achieve process and product control using state of the art techniques, which include X-ray small angle scattering on large scale facilities.
The goal is to obtain different supramolecular organizations with potential applications in energy/environment (e.g., artificial photosynthesis, solar bioprocess, bio-organic batteries) and healthcare (e.g., amyloid self-assembly, photodynamic therapy, biosensors, wearable bioelectronics).
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Group Members
Principal Investigator
Dr. Wendel Andrade Alves, Ph.D.
Full Professor
E-mail: wendel.alves@ufabc.edu.br
Lattes CV – http://lattes.cnpq.br/7275057980870698
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8394-2751
Dr. Wendel holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fundamental Chemistry from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, MG, obtained in 1999, and a Master’s and PhD in Chemistry from the University of São Paulo, SP, in 2001 and 2005, respectively.
In 2004, he conducted a Sandwich PhD abroad at the Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy.
He completed a Postdoctoral fellowship in Physical Chemistry at the Laboratory of Electroactive Materials at IQ/USP between 2005 and 2006, which included a postdoctoral internship at the Jean Rouxel Materials Institute in France.
He was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, in 2014 (FAPESP) and again from 2023 to 2024 (CAPES-PrInt).
Currently, he is a Full Professor at the Federal University of ABC and a CNPq Research Productivity Fellow (Level 1B).
He participates in the Horizon 2020 international scientific cooperation network (“Nanopeptides and Nanosaccharides for Advanced and Sustainable Materials” – PEPSA-MATE).
His research focuses on Peptide Aggregation, Supramolecular Chemistry, Interfaces and Molecular Devices, Biosensors, and Nanocomposites.
He has supervised 15 master’s and 21 doctoral students, has 109 publications indexed in international journals, and has filed 4 patents, 2 of which are licensed to STC Silicone Técnico Composto Ltda.
He also served as the Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Nanosciences and Advanced Materials at UFABC from 2022 to 2024.
Post Docs
Graduate Students
Alexandre Lartelli
Fabíola L. de Castro
Freddy Nuñez
Eduardo Nascimento
Priscila Sabbag Ferreira
Monica T. Santos Lavorenti
Laís Rossetto Ferraz de Barros
Jonas Braga Barreto
Alumni
Graduate Students
Amanda Eliane Sabaine MS 2024 – Staff at AkzoNobel, Brazil
Jose Eduardo Ulloa Rojas PhD 2023 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidade Federal do ABC
Karina Brenes Argüello PhD 2023
Rodrigo Silva Nascimento Mancini PhD 2022 – Sr. Scientist at Sygnature Discovery, United Kingdom
Juliane Nogueira Batista Dias Pelin PhD 2021 – CNPq Felow (Level C) – Oxiteno Company
Rafael Mascarenhas de Almeida PhD 2020 – Analytical Development Analyst at Laboratórios Teuto, Brazil
Sandra Valeria Vassiliades PhD 2020 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidade de Sao Paulo
Wallace Pereira Garcia MS 2019 – High School Teacher
Mayra Fagundes Costa MS 2019 – Quality Control Analyst at Glenmark Farmacêutica, Brazil
Carla Cristina Decandio PhD 2019 – Staff at Merck Life Science Brazil
Enrique Arias Arciniegas PhD 2018 – Assistant professor, Universidad ECCI
Bruna Miranda Soares PhD 2017 – Staff at Brainfarma Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry
Irina Marinho Factori PhD 2017 – Researcher at ISI Advanced Materials – SENAI Mário Amato
Juliana dos Santos de Souza PhD 2016 – Assistant professor, Universidade Federal do ABC
Sergio Kogikoski Jr. PhD 2016 – Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Potsdam, Germany
Thiago Cipriano PhD 2016 – Professional Training Instructor at SENAI, Santo Andre, Sao Paulo
Márcia Isabel de Souza PhD 2016 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidade Federal do ABC
Roberta Bianchi PhD 2015 – Assistant professor, Universidade São Francisco
Michelle da Silva Liberato PhD 2015 – Staff at Reckitt Benckiser, Brazil
Clovis Ananias da Silva PhD 2015 – Postdoctoral Fellow, STC Silicone Técnico Composto Ltda / UFABC
Wellington Alves PhD 2014 – Research at Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares
Camila Pinheiro Sousa PhD 2014 – Assistant professor, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
Rondes Ferreira da Silva PhD 2013 – Assistant professor, Faculdade de Tecnologia de Mauá (FATEC)
Iorquirene de Oliveira Matos PhD 2013 – High school teacher
Paulo Vinícius Ferreira da Costa MS 2015 – Staff in the field of atomic microscopy at Analitica LTDA
Heliane Rosa do Amaral MS 2011 – CEO of B-612 Sustainable Solutions
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Aline Rodrigues Florêncio Teixeira 2023 – Researcher at Butantan Institute, Brazil
Barbara Bianca Gerbelli 2023 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Keele University, United Kingdom
Carlos Eduardo de Castro 2022 – CNPq Felow (Level C) – Oxiteno Company
Emerson Rodrigo da Silva 2016 – Assistant professor, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Michelle da Silva Liberato 2016 – Staff in the Reckitt Benckiser, Brazil
Sivoney Ferreira de Souza 2016 – Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Potsdam, Germany
Tatiana Duque Martins 2009 – Assistant professor, Universidade Federal de Goiás
Pedro Mitsuo Takahashi 2008 – Assistant professor, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
André Sarto Polo 2008 – Assistant professor, Universidade Federal do ABC
Visitors
Dr. Ana Carolina Domakoski 2017 Visiting researcher from H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 European project
Prof. Suchi Guha 2014-2016 University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
Prof. Francesca Giuntini 2015-2016 Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
Visiting Graduate Students
Pietro Pacchin Tomanin 2018 Visiting doctoral student from Dr. F. Cavalieri’ group – University of Melbourne, AU.
Grant Knotts 2014 Visiting doctoral student from Prof. S. Guha’ group – University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
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