About
Biomedical scientist with a master's degree in biological sciences and a doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology. Associate Professor at the Department of Biophysics and Pharmacology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte / Brazil. Scientific productivity scholarship researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq/Brazil) with experience in molecular modeling of biological problems and focus on the following areas: (i) quantum biochemistry of ligand-receptor interaction; (ii) structural and energetic stability of biocomplexes; (iii) electronic transport in biomolecules; (iv) optical, electronic and thermodynamic characterization of chemical molecules; (v) prediction of pharmacokinetic and toxicological properties of bioactive compounds; (v) identification of target epitopes for the development of diagnostic platform and vaccines; (vi) immunoinformatics, homology modeling, docking, QM / MM and molecular dynamics of biological structures. Reviewer for 06 scientific journals and 03 research funding organizations. As of July 2022, he has published a total of 45 scientific articles / patents (330 citations) and supervised 22 students in science initiation, master or PhD projects. For a more detailed description, please visit: SCHOLAR profile - https://bit.ly/3tpwxER UFRN profile - https://sigaa.ufrn.br/sigaa/pu... CNPQ profile - http://lattes.cnpq.br/2461374517882321
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July 2022
