Patricia Rijo

Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Farmácia, Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento; CBIOS-Universidade Lusófona´s Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies, Portugal

<p>Patrícia Rijo has a degree in Chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), and a Masters and PhD&nbsp;in Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Chemistry from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon (FFUL). She is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Health Sciences and Technologies (ECTS) at Universidade Lusófona (ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal) where she is responsible for Organic Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and the international coordinator. The main area of her research is medicinal chemistry, photochemistry, and pharmacognosy, with an emphasis on the Chemistry of Natural Products. She is the director of Communication and External Relations at CBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies at Universidade Lusófona), where she leads the Laboratory of Natural Bioactives (Bio.Natural). Patrícia has published more than one hundred articles in international journals, has more than two hundred communications (oral and panel) presented at national and international meetings and conferences, and has three registered patents.</p>

Vera M. S. Isca

Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Farmácia, Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento; CBIOS-Universidade Lusófona´s Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies, Portugal

<p>Vera Isca is currently a PhD student at the PhD Program in Pharmacy, a collaboration of Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon and CBIOS - Universidade Lus&oacute;fona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, financed by FCT. She has completed her BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Beira Interior, in 2010 and her MSc in Organic Chemistry and Natural Products from the University of Aveiro in 2013. She has laboratory skills in Organic Chemistry, Phytochemistry, Spectroscopic and Separation Techniques, and molecular docking. She has participated&nbsp;in three research projects, from July 2017 to December 2018, financed by FCT through three investigation grants. She has also published 11 international journal articles, reviews, and papers with referees, a book chapter in the book: Natural Products: Research Reviews. (2012), 20 oral communications, 45 poster presentations, and has received 4 awards in national and international meetings.</p>

Epole N. Ntungwe

University of Alcalá de Henares, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Biomedical Sciences; CBIOS-Universidade Lusófona´s Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies, Portugal

<p>Epole Ntungwe is a PhD student in the Health Sciences at Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies (CBIOS), Escola de Ci&ecirc;ncias e Tecnologias da Sa&uacute;de - Universidade Lus&oacute;fona in partnership with the University of Alcal&aacute; de Henares. Through her PhD project from 2017 till present, she has developed laboratorial skills in natural product chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopic and Separation Techniques. Epole is the author/Co-author of 20 international journal articles with 16 oral communications and 54 poster presentations in national and international conferences. She has tutorized 4 masters students and 3 1&ordm; cycle students.</p>

Marcia Santos Filipe

University of Alcalá de Henares, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Biomedical Sciences; CBIOS-Universidade Lusófona´s Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies, Portugal

<p>Marcia Filipe&nbsp;is currently a PhD student in Health Sciences from University of Alcal&aacute; in collaboration with Lus&oacute;fona University with a&nbsp;Master&#39;s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences.</p>