>Baltazar de Castro

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Degree in Chemical Engineering, 1974, 15/20, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1980, Johns Hopkins University

“Professor Agregado”, Chemistry, 1991, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto

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Baltazar de Castro is a researcher and the director of the research institution, LAQV@REQUIMTE. He is an Inorganic Chemist, whose domains of specialization cover a wide range of applications in the fields of Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry. His research interests have always been focused on metal ions’ interactions and their application in a huge variety of research areas. He has been the coordinator of several integrated projects and has a long and vast experience in coordinating teams developing research on the interfaces of chemistry. Particularly, Baltazar de Castro has a strong experience in managing teams, mainly due to his functions as the coordinator of LAQV@REQUIMTE. He has supervised the work of several Post-Doctoral, PhD., MSc, and BSc students. Baltazar de Castro is the author of approximately 200 papers in indexed international journals and the impact of his research has been demonstrated by the h-index = 46 and more than 6000 citations (Scopus, June 2022).

 

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     >selected publications

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Fernandes, S. C., Viana, A. M., de Castro, B., Cunha-Silva, L., Balula, S. S.. Synergistic combination of the nanoporous system of MOF-808 with a polyoxomolybdate to design an effective catalyst: simultaneous oxidative desulfurization and denitrogenation processes. Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2021, 5, 4032-4040. http://doi.org/10.1039/D1SE00522G

 

Rebelo, S.L.H.; Pires, S.M.G.; Simões, M.M.Q.; de Castro, B.; Neves, M.G.P.M.S.; Medforth, C.J.. Biomimetic oxidation of benzofurans with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by mn(III) porphyrins. Catalysts, 2020, 10, 62. http://doi.org/10.3390/catal10010062

 

Leite, A.; Bessa, L.J.; Silva, A.M.G.; Gameiro, P.; de Castro, B.; Rangel, M. Antibacterial activity of naphthyl derived bis-(3-hydroxy-4-pyridinonate) copper(II) complexes against multidrug-resistant bacteria. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2019, 197, 110704. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110704

 

Ferreira, S.; Leite, A.; Moniz, T.; Andrade, M.; Amaral, L.; De Castro, B.; Rangel, M.. EPR and 51V NMR studies of prospective anti-diabetic bis(3-hydroxy-4-pyridinonato)oxidovanadium(iv) complexes in aqueous solution and liposome suspensions. New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42, 8088-8097. http://doi.org/10.1039/c7nj04678b

 

Rangel, M.; Leite, A.; Silva, A.; De Castro, B.; Schlindwein, W.; Murphy, L.. EPR and XANES studies of anaerobic photolysis of iso- propilpyridinecobaloxime: Elucidation of the reactivity of the Co(II) primary product. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2014, 760, 11-18. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2014.01.033