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José Paulo Pinheiro (PhD)

Faculty of Sciences and Technology (building 2)

University of Algarve

Phone: +351 289 800 900 (internal extn. 7683)

 

Academic Degrees

  • 2011, "Agregação" (habilitation) in Chemistry, Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon).

  • 1996 PhD, Chemical Engineering, speciality Electrochemistry, Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon).

  • 1995 Assistente estagiário, UCEH, Universidade do Algarve.

  • 1990 Chemical Engineering Degree, Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon)

 

Positions

  • 2003-date: Associate professor, University of Algarve.

  • 1996-2003: Assistant professor, University of Algarve.

 

Research Interests

A) Electrochemical biosensors
Development of electrochemical DNA sensors for simultaneous DNA hybridization and polymorphism detection.

B) Dynamic trace metal speciation and bioavailability
Development of in-situ probes and modelling methodologies to investigate the dynamic processes involved in metal complexation by
natural organic ligands and particles and the trace metal uptake by organisms.


Project Grants

Project Leader

CRUP Bilateral project Portugal-Spain 2005/06, nº 108/05 "Evaluation of new electrochemical techniques for trace metal speciation".

POCI/QUI/56845/2004 "Development of a novel methodology for dynamic trace metal speciation in natural systems using a multi-technique approach".

 

Team Member

PTDC/AAC-AMB/111998/2009 " Metallic nanoparticles in the environment: dynamic speciation and toxicology ".

PTDC/AAC-AMB/120952/2010 “MetalRisk - Environmental risk assessment of metals: tools for evaluating bioavailability in the aquatic systems”

PTDC/CTM-NAN/115110/2009 "NEMOS – Nanomaterials for Environmental Trace Metal Optical Sensing and Recovery".

PTDC/AAC-AMB/111998/2009 "Environmental risk assessment of metals: tools for evaluating bioavailability in the aquatic systems".

POCI/BIO/61912/2004 "Piezoelectric and Electrochemical DNA sensors for simultaneous DNA hybridization and polymorphism detection".

POCI/AMB/55939/2004 "Modified electrodes: from versatile models to functional devices for studying dynamic speciation in the environment".
 

Patents

Boletim da Propriedade Industrial (nº128/2007): Patente " PROCESSO DE REMEDIAÇÃO DE ÁGUAS ÁCIDAS CONTAMINADAS COM METAIS POLUENTES” (data de despacho de 13-11-07) válida para o território Nacional a partir de 20-04-2007 (data de início de vigência). Titular: Universidade de Évora e a Universidade do Algarve. Inventores: Sofia Capelo e José Paulo Pinheiro.

 

Selected Publications (2008-2012)

Gomes T.; Pinheiro J.P.; Cancio Ibon; et al.; Effects of Copper Nanoparticles Exposure in the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 45(21): 9356-9362.

Rocha L. S.; Pereira E.; Duarte A. C.; Pinheiro, J.P.; “Performance of Ex Situ Bismuth Film Rotating Disk Electrode in Trace Metal Analysis by Stripping Chronopotentiometry: Definition of the Depletion Regime and Optimization of Experimental Parameters” ELECTROANALYSIS. 23 (8):1891-1900.  

Goveia D, Pinheiro JP, Milkova V, et al., Dynamics and Heterogeneity of Pb(II) Binding by SiO2 Nanoparticles in an Aqueous Dispersion. LANGMUIR, 7: 12, 7877-7883.  

J.P. Pinheiro, J. Salvador, E. Companys, J. Galceran, J. Puy, Experimental verification of the metal flux enhancement in a mixture of two metal complexes: the Cd/NTA/glycine and Cd/NTA/citric acid systems, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12(5),   (2010), 1131-1138.

 

L.S. Rocha, E. Companys, J. Galceran, H.M. Carapuça, J.P. Pinheiro, “Evaluation of thin mercury film rotating disk electrode to perform absence of gradients and Nernstian equilibrium stripping (AGNES) measurements”, Talanta 80(5) (2010) 1881-1887.

 

R. Hadju, J.P. Pinheiro, J. Galceran, V. Slaveykova, “Modeling of Cd Uptake and Efflux Kinetics in Metal-Resistant Bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans”, Env. Sci. Technol., 44(12) (2010) 4597-4602.

 

Van Zomeren, A., Costa, A., Pinheiro, J.P., Comans, R.N. J. (2009) "Proton Binding Properties of Humic Substances Originating from Natural and Contaminated Materials", : Env. Sci. Technol., 43  ( 5): 1393-1399 .
 

Silva, C.P., Carapuça, H.M., Rocha, L., Pinheiro, J.P. (2009) " Evaluation of poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) film coating in thin mercury film electrodes for lead determination", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry,  626 (1-2): 192-196.


Vilar, V.J.P., Botelhoa, C.M.S., Pinheiro, J.P., Domingos R.F, Boaventura, R.A.R. (2009) "Copper removal by algal biomass: Biosorbents characterization and equilibrium modelling", Journal of Hazardous Materials, 163: 1113–1122.

 

Duval, J.; Pinheiro, J.P.; Van Leeuwen, H.P., (2008) “Metal speciation dynamics in monodisperse soft colloidal ligand suspensions”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 112(31): 7137-7151.

Davis, T.A.; Kalis, E.J.J.; Pinheiro, J.P.; Town, R.M.; Van Leeuwen, H.P., (2008), “Cd(II) speciation in alginate gels”, Env. Sci. Technol., 42(19): 7242-7247.

Van der Veeken, P.L.R.; Pinheiro, J.P.; Van Leeuwen, H.P., (2008) “Metal Speciation by DGT/DET in Colloidal Complex Systems”, Env. Sci. Technol., 42: 8835-8840.

R. F. Domingos, C. Huidobro, E. Companys, J. Galceran, J. Puy, J. P. Pinheiro (2008) "Comparison of AGNES (absence of gradients and Nerstian equilibrium stripping) and SSCP (scanned stripping chronopotenciometry) for trace metal speciation analysis", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 617: 141–148.  

Domingos, R. F., Lopez, R.  & J. P. Pinheiro (2008). "Trace metal dynamic speciation studied by scanned stripping chronopotentiometry (SSCP)". Environ. Chem. 5, 24–32. doi:10.1071/EN07088.

T. A. Davis, J. P. Pinheiro, H. Grasdalen, O. Smidsrød, H. P. van Leewen (2008) "Stability of Lead(II) Complexes of Alginate Oligomers". Environ. Sci. Technol., 42, 1673–1679.

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