Luiz Gonzaga de França Lopes
Departamento de Química Orgânica e Inorgânica · Universidade Federal do Ceará
Research Interests
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Biography
Graduated in Chemistry Bachelor's degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (1992) and PhD in Physical-Chemistry from the University of São Paulo (1997). He did a postdoc in the United States, 1997-1998 at Boston College and was a visiting researcher between 2010-2011 at the National Cancer Institute / NIH / United States. He was director of the inorganic chemistry division of the Brazilian Chemical Society (2012-2014), adjunct secretary (2018-2020), and current vice president of SBQ. He was coordinator of the Graduate Programs in Inorganic Chemistry (2003-2008) and in Chemistry (2009-2010; 2015-2020). He is currently a full professor at the Federal University of Ceará. Associate Editor of the journal Química Nova. Member of the BASis / INEP evaluator bank.
Education
Ph.D. in Chemistry university of São Paulo, Brazil, March 1997, Thesis “Reactivity trans- Ru(NH3)4P(OEt)3NO](PF6)3“ (with honors) B.Sc. in Chemistry Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 1991.
Recent Scopus Publications
- Photoactivatable diazafluorenone-based ruthenium compounds as a new strategy to combat microbial resistance
- Circular dichroism: A possible route to shed light on signal transduction processes of heme-based gas-sensor proteins
- Lipid nanoformulations as a platform for antihypertensive applications of a ruthenium nitrosyl compound
- Synthesis, characterization and incorporation of two phosphine-based ruthenium(II) complexes into lipid nanocarriers as potential antimicrobial agents
- Enhanced antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of ruthenium complexes with fluorine- and bromine-substituted ligands against staphylococcal strains
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/00000002-36411835
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=u_WIhdoAAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=35496803400
- Personal Weblink http://www.pgquim.ufc.br/corpo-docente/dr-luiz-gonzaga-de-franca-lopes/