Welcome

We are a group of people passionate about organic chemistry, excited to prepare molecules and develop synthetic methodologies.

Located at the University of Aveiro, we are also part of the Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (LAQV) of the Network of Chemistry and Technology (REQUIMTE).

We welcome students and researchers interested in organic chemistry and we are open to new research collaborations.

@UA students: we have several on-going research projects with possibility to hire students at different level of studies. Get in touch for details.

For inquiries, please contact Nuno Candeias (ncandeias@ua.pt)

NEWS

Congratulations to our bachelor students: Carina and Daniela did a great job in the defense of their project works. Congratulations for the engaging presentations and excellent discussions. (19.7.2022)

We are hiring: We are looking for a talented MSc chemist to work on asymmetric homogeneous catalysis. Check out the details to join the team in Aveiro: PT ad EN ad (13.7.2022)

Group is growing: We welcome all the new members of the group (Carlos Silva and Manuel Alves) and congratulate João Pacheco for the FCT-funded PhD fellowship. Congratulations to our undergraduate students (Daniela and Carina) for their nice work on their bachelor projects.

We are hiring: We are looking for an MSc chemist to pursue her/his PhD studies in the modification of quinic acid. Up to 3-year funding is available, check out the details to join the team in Aveiro: PT ad EN ad (24.2.2022)

Welcome João Pacheco We welcome João Pacheco as a project researcher on the challenging Quinic Acid project. (15.11.2021)

Welcome Navnath Sawant We warmly welcome Navnath to Aveiro, to pursue his PhD studies. (1.11.2021)

Looking for a MSc topic? We are looking for a MSc student interested in working in organic chemistry. We are offering a 9-month fellowship Here for more info and application procedure (27.9.2021)

Congrats to Suvi: for defending her PhD on Conversion of biomass-based compounds into added-value chemicals: Synthetic modifications of quinic acid. Here for more info (24.9.2021)

Congrats to Joana: for finalizing her project course working on Quinic Acid. And thank you for staying in the team for some more months. (27.7.2021)

What a productive week this has been: Congrats to Suvi Holmstedt for the Org. Lett. paper on the O,O-silyl migration of quinic acid derivatives. The preparation and biological tests of our new library of antibacterials will be displayed in Eur. J. Med. Chem. (7.4.2021)

We are hiring: If you hold a chemistry M.Sc. degree, and are looking for a research opportunity, we would like to hear from you. Here are details of an opportunity to join the team in Aveiro: eracareers (11.3.2021)

Website is up: Today is the day we go online. (1.3.2021)