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Research Group of Wendel A. Alves at UFABC

The Alves´s group has the experience in synthesis and characterization of polymer nanocomposites based on peptide and/or inorganic nanomaterials for immobilization of biomolecules, that permit us to investigate physical and chemical issues of pertinence to energy conversion, and their pharmacological, therapeutic and industrial perspectives. In particular research focuses on the understanding of the chemical architecture - thermodynamic - structure - physical property correlations in complex systems to achieve process and product control using state of the art techniques, which include X-ray small angle scattering on large scale facilities. The goal is to obtain different supramolecular organizations with potential applications in energy/environment (e.g., artificial photosynthesis, solar bioprocess, bio-organic batteries) and healthcare (e.g., amyloid self-assembly, photodynamic therapy, biosensors, wearable bioelectronics).


Publications

RESEARCHID (ISI) - (http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-5909-2012)

GOOGLE SCHOLAR CITATIONS - (https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?hl=en&user=3Mqs3vUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate)


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Book Chapters and Patents

Book Chapters

1. A.C.H. Castro, S. Guha, W.A. Alves. Organic Electrochemical Transistors in Bioanalytical Chemistry. In: Lauro Tatsuo Kubota; José Alberto Fracassi da Silva; Marcelo Martins Sena; Wendel Andrade Alves. (Org.). Tools and Trends in Bioanalytical Chemistry. 1ed.Switzerland: Springer, 2022, v. 1, p. 305-312.

2. A.M. Aguilar, B.M. Soares, J.N.B.D. Pelin, B.B. Gerbelli, W.A. Alves. Peptide Self-assembly Applied to Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reactions. In: Mustafa O. Guler. (Org.). Soft Matter Series. 1ed. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020, 126-173.

3. M.A.F. Hayashi, J.D. Campeiro, L.C. Porta, B. Szychowski, W.A. Alves, E.B. Oliveira, I. Kerkis, M.-C. Daniel, R.L. Karpel, Crotamine Cell-Penetrating Nanocarriers: Cancer-Targeting and Potential Biotechnological and/or Medical Applications. In: E. Ferrari; M. Soloviev. (Org.). Methods in Molecular Biology. 2º.ed.New York, NY: Springer US, 2020, 2118, 61-89.

4. S. Kogikoski Jr., R.M.C. Bianchi, M.S. Liberato, C.C. Decandio, W.A. Alves, Auto-Organização Hierárquica de Peptídeos: das Moléculas aos Nanomateriais. In: Wendel Andrade Alves. (Org.). Química Supramolecular e Nanotecnologia. 1ed. São Paulo, Brasil: Atheneu, 2014, 10, 67-87.

5. I.M. Factori, E.R. Silva, T.C. Cipriano, M.I. Souza, W.A. Alves, Nanoestruturas Peptídicas: Estrutura, Propriedades e Aplicações. In: Wendel Andrade Alves. (Org.). Química Supramolecular e Nanotecnologia. 1ed. São Paulo, Brasil: Atheneu, 2014, 10, 91-107.

6. E.R. Silva, M.S. Liberato, M.I. Souza, R. F. Silva, I.O. Matos, S. Kogikoski Jr., R.M.C. Bianchi, W.A. Alves, Microscopy Tools for Investigating Nano-to-Mesoscale Peptide Assemblies. In: Antonio Méndez-Vilas (Org.). Current Microscopy Contributions to Advances in Science and Technology. 5ed. Badajoz, Spain: Formatex Research Center, 2012, 2, 1456-1467.

7. W.A. Alves, W. Alves, C.P. Sousa, S. Kogikoski Jr., H.R. Amaral, R.F. Silva, M.S. Liberato, V.X. Oliveira Jr., T.D. Martins, P.M. Takahashi, Biosensors Based on Biological Nanostructures. In: Pier Andrea Serra (Org.). New Perspectives in Biosensors Technology and Applications. Croatia: Intech Open Access Publisher, 2011, 149-176.


Patents

1. T.C. Cipriano, F. Ely, W.A. Alves. Composição híbrida de peptídeos e semicondutores orgânicos aplicada na manufatura de dispositivos eletrônicos e seu processo de obtenção. 2013, Brasil. Patente: Privilégio de Inovação. Número do registro: BR20130311766; Depósito: 04/12/2013; Concessão: 24/11/2020. Instituição de registro: INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial.

2. W.A. Alves, C.A. Silva, F. Giannini. Composto de silicone mono componente de alta estabilidade, reticulado mediante poliadição catalisada por platina. 2014, Brasil. Patente: Privilégio de Inovação. Número do registro: BR1020140096990; Depósito: 23/04/2014; Licenciamento: 10/09/2018; Concessão: 09/03/2021. Instituição de registro: INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial.  Patente licenciada para empresa STC Silicone Técnico Composto Ltda (UFABC/STC Silicones Ltda, 2018, processo 23006.002137/2014-58, contrato 04/2018, conforme extrato publicado no diário oficial n°174 de 10/09/2018, seção 3, página 35).

3. W.A. Alves, C.A. Silva, F. Giannini, E.R. Silva. Compósitos elastoméricos de polidimetilsiloxano com sistemas termosolvatocrômicos de metais de transição. 2014, Brasil. Patente: Privilégio de Inovação. Número do registro: BR1020140095101; Depósito: 17/04/2014; Licenciamento: 10/09/2018; Concessão: 05/10/2021. Instituição de registro: INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial.  Patente licenciada para empresa STC Silicone Técnico Composto Ltda (UFABC/STC Silicones Ltda, 2018, processo 23006.002138/2014-01, contrato 03/2018, conforme extrato publicado no diário oficial n° 174 de 10/09/2018, seção 3, página 35).


Group Members


Principal Investigator

Prof. Wendel Andrade Alves, Ph.D.
Full Professor 
E-mail: wendel.alves@ufabc.edu.br
Lattes CV - http://lattes.cnpq.br/7275057980870698

Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC
09210-580, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
Building B, room 1045 -- phone: +55 (11) 4996-0193

Bachelor in Chemistry in 1999 at Federal University of Juiz de Fora, MG. Master's and Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2001 and 2005, both from the University of São Paulo, SP. PhD Sandwich Abroad at the Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy, in 2004. Post-Doctorate in Physical Chemistry in Electroactive Materials Laboratory at IQ/USP between 2005 and 2006. Visiting Professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, in 2014. He is currently a Full Professor at the Federal University of ABC and Productivity in Research of CNPq (Level 1-C). His research interests include Polymer Nanocomposites and Materials Science, Colloids, Self-Assembly of Peptides and Proteins, Electronic Devices, and Biosensors.


Post Docs

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Dr. Clóvis Ananias

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Dra. Ana Cristina Honorato de Castro

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José Rojas

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Graduate Students



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Eduardo Nascimento

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Marcos Roberto

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Freddy Esteves

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Amanda Sabaine

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Priscila Sabbag

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Laís Rossetto Barros

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Monica Lavorenti

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Fabíola Couto

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Ana Carola de La Via

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Undergraduate Students


Alumni
Graduate Students

Jose Eduardo Ulloa Rojas PhD 2023 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidade Federal do ABC

Karina Brenes Argüello PhD 2023

Rodrigo Silva Nascimento Mancini PhD 2022 - Sr. Scientist at Sygnature Discovery, United Kingdom

Juliane Nogueira Batista Dias Pelin PhD 2021 - CNPq Felow (Level C) - Oxiteno Company

Rafael Mascarenhas de Almeida PhD 2020 - Analytical Development Analyst at Laboratórios Teuto, Brazil

Sandra Valeria Vassiliades PhD 2020 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidade de Sao Paulo

Wallace Pereira Garcia MS 2019 - High School Teacher

Mayra Fagundes Costa MS 2019 - Quality Control Analyst at Glenmark Farmacêutica, Brazil

Carla Cristina Decandio PhD 2019 - Staff in the Merck Life Science Brazil

Enrique Arias Arciniegas PhD 2018 - Assistant professor, Universidad ECCI

Bruna Miranda Soares PhD 2017 - Staff in the Brainfarma Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry

Irina Marinho Factori PhD 2017 - Researcher at ISI Advanced Materials - SENAI Mário Amato

Juliana dos Santos de Souza PhD 2016 - Assistant professor, Universidade Federal do ABC

Sergio Kogikoski Jr. PhD 2016 - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Potsdam, Germany

Thiago Cipriano PhD 2016 - Professional Training Instructor at SENAI, Santo Andre, Sao Paulo

Márcia Isabel de Souza PhD 2016 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidade Federal do ABC

Roberta Bianchi PhD 2015 - Assistant professor, Universidade São Francisco

Michelle da Silva Liberato PhD 2015 - PhD 2015 - Staff in the Reckitt Benckiser, Brazil

Clovis Ananias da Silva PhD 2015 - Postdoctoral Fellow, STC Silicone Técnico Composto Ltda / UFABC

Wellington Alves PhD 2014 – Research at Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

Camila Pinheiro Sousa PhD 2014 - Assistant professor, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Rondes Ferreira da Silva PhD 2013 - Assistant professor, Faculdade de Tecnologia de Mauá (FATEC)

Iorquirene de Oliveira Matos PhD 2013 - High school teacher

Paulo Vinícius Ferreira da Costa MS 2015 - Staff in the field of atomic microscopy, Analitica LTDA

Heliane Rosa do Amaral MS 2011 - CEO of B-612 Sustainable Solutions


Postdoctoral Research Associates

Aline Rodrigues Florêncio Teixeira 2023 - Researcher at Butantan Institute, Brazil

Barbara Bianca Gerbelli 2023 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Keele University, United Kingdom

Carlos Eduardo de Castro 2022 - CNPq Felow (Level C) - Oxiteno Company

Emerson Rodrigo da Silva 2016 - Assistant professor, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Michelle da Silva Liberato 2016 - Staff in the Reckitt Benckiser, Brazil

Sivoney Ferreira de Souza 2016 - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Potsdam, Germany

Tatiana Duque Martins 2009 - Assistant professor, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Pedro Mitsuo Takahashi 2008 - Assistant professor, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

André Sarto Polo 2008 - Assistant professor, Universidade Federal do ABC


Visitors

Dr. Ana Carolina Domakoski 2017 Visiting researcher from H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 European project

Prof. Suchi Guha 2014-2016 University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.

Prof. Francesca Giuntini 2015-2016 Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.


Visiting Graduate Students

Pietro Pacchin Tomanin 2018 Visiting doctoral student from Dr. F. Cavalieri' group - University of Melbourne, AU.

Grant Knotts 2014 Visiting doctoral student from Prof. S. Guha' group - University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.


Facilities

UFABC is an independent public foundation to foster research and scientific and technological development of the State of Sao Paulo with many opportunities for international collaborations. UFABC gathers a state-of-the-art infrastructure for cutting-edge researches in fields related to nanosciences and advanced materials. Specifically, a huge multi-user platform is accessible for their researchers, postdocs, graduate students and technicians.

The Prof. Alves Lab has approximately 170 square meters, with scientific supplies and access to small infrastructure for preparation, characterization and physico-chemical studies: potentiostats, galvanostats, bipotentiostat with a Pine rotating ring disk electrode, FTIR and UV-Vis spectrophotometers, quartz crystal microbalance, lyophilization device, cold sputter coater, scanning electrochemical microscope, surface tension measurement and others.

In addition to the equipments available at UFABC, the current project can also count on the infrastructure accessible at the Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory in Campinas (~100 Km from Santo André). Over there, we will be able to perform experiments involving synchrotron radiation for X-rays diffraction and scattering, HR transmission electron microscopy and take advantage of several microfabrication facilities.