Patrícia Rijo

Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

Chair: Bioactive Natural Products Research Meeting

"On virtual II Bio.Natural 2021, we would like to emphasize the high value of natural products, particularly in scientific topics of Natural products in drug discovery; natural products chemistry; bioactivity of natural products; marine natural products; natural cosmetics; functional foods and food supplements, and other fields related to natural products".

Biography: Patrícia Dias de Mendonça Rijo has graduated in Chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon (FCUL), and Master and PhD degrees in Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Chemistry from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Lisbon (FFUL). Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the School of Sciences and Health Technologies (ECTS) at the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal) since June 2020, where she is responsible for the Coordination of several disciplines in related domains of Chemistry, namely, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy. Moreover, she is a member of the Scientific Council of ECTS (ULHT). She has focused her research in the medicinal chemistry, phytochemistry, and pharmacognosy areas with particular emphasis in Natural Products Chemistry. She published more than eighty papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has over two hundred communications (oral and panel) presented at both national and international meetings and conferences. In addition, she has two international registered patents.