Curriculum vitae - Sara LACERDA

Education

• 2009 – PhD. in Inorganic Chemistry. Final classification: “summa cum laude”.

Title: "Copper Samarium and Holmium complexes with tetraazamacrocyles potentially interesting for Nuclear Medicine", Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa / Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Lisboa, Portugal. Supervisor: Dr. Isabel Rego dos Santos.

•  2000 - Graduate in Chemistry, Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.

Current Position

• From Jan 2016 – Researcher 1st Grade (CR1): Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS, Orléans, France

 Previous Positions

• Jan 2013 – Dec 2015 – Research Associate: “Molecular Imaging of Dysfunctional Matrix Remodelling in Arterial Disease” at Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King’s College London, London, UK

• Jan 2010 – Dec 2012 – Post-Doc fellowship: “Development of new lipoparticles as bimodal MRI/Optics imaging probes”, at Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire/CNRS, Orléans, France

• Apr 2009 – Dec 2009 – Post-Doc fellowship: “Fragment-Based Drug Discovery approach to find antiviral compounds against virus proteases”, at Institute für Biochemie, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

• Oct 2001 – Apr 2002 – Technician for advise and council for Generic Medicines for National Portuguese Authority for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (INFARMED).

Fellowships / Short Scientific Missions and Training

• Nov 2004 – Nov 2008 – FCT/PhD fellowship, at Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, (Portugal) and Institute of Radiopharmacy, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany).

• 2007 – 2008 – Several Short Scientific Missions at the Institute of Radiopharmacy, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.

• 2006 - 2007 – Several Short Scientific Missions at the Group of Coordination and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

• May 2002 – Oct 2004 – FCT fellowship (BIC), Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Sacavem, Portugal.

• Jan 2001 – Set2001 – Research Trainee: “Interaction and Partition of flavonoids with SDS Micelles”, at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.

• Oct 1999 - Dec 2000 – Undergraduate Trainning at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.

Main Scientific Areas of Research

• Molecular Imaging

• Targeted Contrast Agents

• Bimodal Imaging Agents: MR/OI and MR/PET or MR/SPECT

• Theranostic Agents

• Nanoparticles

• Fragment-Based Drug Design

• Medicinal Chemistry

• Radiopharmaceuticals Development

Other Qualifications

• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in UK, since January 2015.

• Chair of Cardiovascular Imaging Session at the 9th European Molecular Imaging Meeting, June 2014; sub-chair “New Probes, MRI & Multimodal” Session at the 13th European Molecular Imaging Meeting, March 2018.

• Qualified for Maître de Conférences in section 85 – Sc. Physicochimie et Ingénierie Appliquée à la Santé, since February 2013.

 Languages

• Portuguese: native language.

• English: fluent.

• French: fluent.

Other Interests

• Travelling, cinema, music

• Member of the Students Association at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisboa (1998-1999) and at the High School (1993-1994)

• Participation on the organization of several National and International conferences - March 2019