Meet our team
Nayane Abreu do Amaral e Silva
Graduated in Pharmacy (Universidade Federal Fluminense UFF/2015). Master of Science degree from the Graduate Program in Chemistry of UFF/2017. She has developed activities in the area of organic synthesis; with interest in mimetic peptides, nanomaterials, catalysis, materials chemistry and health sciences. Currently, she is pursuing his doctorate in the chemistry of boron compounds.
Noemi de Jesus Hiller
Noemi Hiller completed an undergraduate degree in Industrial Chemistry ( cum laude ) (2017) and a Master's Degree in Chemistry (2020) from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF / Brazil. He spent a year at Emory University in an exchange program called Sciences without Borders (CsF) During this period, she did an internship at the University of Houston (UH) in Dr. Jeremy May's laboratory. Her master's degree was obtained under the supervision of Dr. Daniela Martins from UFF (Brazil), synthesizing bioactive boron organometallics (anti- inflammatory and antichagasic).
Rayssa Medrado Araujo
Rayssa Medrado is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Chemistry at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), having started in 2018. She started as a volunteer (January 2020) in the Research Group on Catalysis and Organic Synthesis (CSI) under the supervision of Dr. Daniela de Luna Martins (Department of Organic Chemistry). She is developing her research preparing molecules with potential anti-inflammatory activity targeting the P2X7 purinergic receptor.
Bruno Alves Pereira
Bruno Alves is a graduate student in pharmacy at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF / Brazil). He has been doing his scientific research at the Research Group on Catalysis and Organic Synthesis (CSI) since June 2019. His research is focused on the synthesis of molecules with potential antitubercular activities.
Matheus Italo de Oliveira Brito
Chemistry student at Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil). His research is focused on the preparation of composites containing styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers for the construction of electrodes. He has been a member of the Catalysis and Synthesis Research Group (CSI) since January 2020.