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Rita Melo

Dr. Rita Melo

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Rita Melo (RM) has got a degree in Chemical Engineering at New University of Lisbon in 2003 and completed her PhD in Chemistry at University of Lisbon in 2012. RM is currently managing and supervising 3 PhD students and 2 MSc students aiming the development and design of new theranostic nanoplatforms to increase specificity for tumour receptors. RM research line comprises computational and wet lab experiments increasing scientific outputs. The research line is growing rapidly in the last 3 years, with increased visibility at host institute. This research work led to the publication of 63 publications among which 40 peer- reviewed scientific articles: 15 proceedings at national/international conferences and 8 book chapters. RM’s publications obtained over 468 citations (WoS) with an h-index of 13 (WoS).

Research Keywords & Expertise

theranostic nano-platf...
biomedicine,
computational cancer b...

Short Biography

Rita Melo (RM) has got a degree in Chemical Engineering at New University of Lisbon in 2003 and completed her PhD in Chemistry at University of Lisbon in 2012. RM is currently managing and supervising 3 PhD students and 2 MSc students aiming the development and design of new theranostic nanoplatforms to increase specificity for tumour receptors. RM research line comprises computational and wet lab experiments increasing scientific outputs. The research line is growing rapidly in the last 3 years, with increased visibility at host institute. This research work led to the publication of 63 publications among which 40 peer- reviewed scientific articles: 15 proceedings at national/international conferences and 8 book chapters. RM’s publications obtained over 468 citations (WoS) with an h-index of 13 (WoS).