Education:

• PhD in Chemistry, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal (1993)

• Graduated in Applied Chemistry (Organic Chemistry), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (1986)

Academic Career:

• Associate Professor with Aggregation (2008-present)

• Associate Professor (2000-2008)

• Auxiliary Professor(1997-2000)

• Auxiliary Invited Professor (1994-1997)

• Assistant Professor (1993-1994)

• Visiting Scientist at University of Reading, with Professor Michael Drew (1994 and 2001)

Researcher ID

The research field of our modelling group includes both experimental and computational areas of supramolecular chemistry, in the following research lines

Computer modelling of drug-biological target interactions;

Theoretical investigation of halogen bonds in interlocked and/or macrocyclic receptors;

Molecular design of artificial receptors for anion recognition;

Computational studies of the diffusion of delivery-systems in cellular membrane models.

The computational research includes mainly quantum calculations and molecular dynamics simulations. The experimental structural studies are carried out primarily through single crystal X-ray diffraction using a CCD system. Our group is currently hosted at the Department of Health Sciences.

Most of these research topics are part of our extensive international scientific network (more details bellow).

Further information about our group can be found at the Molecular Modeling Group site.

• S. J. Moore, C. J. E. Haynes, J. Gonzalez, J. L. Sutton, S. J. Brooks, M. E. Light, J. Herniman, G. J. Langley, V. Soto-Cerrato, R. Perez-Tomas, I. Marques, P. J. Costa, V. Felix and P. A. Gale, Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 103-117.[link]

• F. Zapata, A. Caballero, N. G. White, T. D. Claridge, P. J. Costa, V. Felix and P. D. Beer, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 11533-11541.[link]

• A. I. Vicente, J. M. Caio, J. Sardinha, C. Moiteiro, R. Delgado and V. Felix, Tetrahedron, 2012, 68, 670-680.[link]

• J. D. Ingram, P. J. Costa, H. Adams, M. D. Ward, V. Felix and J. A. Thomas, Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 10483-10494.[link]

• C. J. E. Haynes, S. J. Moore, J. R. Hiscock, I. Marques, P. J. Costa, V. Felix and P. A. Gale, Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 1436-1444.[link]

• A. Caballero, F. Zapata, N. G. White, P. J. Costa, V. Felix and P. D. Beer, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2012, 51, 1876-1880.[link]

• C. J. Serpell, N. L. Kilah, P. J. Costa, V. Felix and P. D. Beer, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2010, 49, 5322-5326.[link]

• S. M. Santos, P. J. Costa, M. D. Lankshear, P. D. Beer and V. Felix, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 114, 11173-11180.[link]

• N. M. Micaelo, A. L. Macedo, B. J. Goodfellow and V. Felix, J. Mol. Graph. Model., 2010, 29, 396-405.[link]

• C. Cruz, V. Calisto, R. Delgado and V. Felix, Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 3277-3289.[link]

• M. D. Lankshear, I. M. Dudley, K. M. Chan, A. R. Cowley, S. M. Santos, V. Felix and P. D. Beer, Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 2248-2263.[link]

• H. Adams, P. J. Costa, M. Newell, S. J. Vickers, M. D. Ward, V. Felix and J. A. Thomas, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 11633-11643.[link]

• C. Cruz, R. Delgado, M. G. Drew and V. Felix, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 4023-4034.[link]

• V. Felix, M. G. Drew, P. R. Webber and P. D. Beer, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 521-532.[link]

Professor Paul D. Beer [link]

Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry

University of Oxford

Professor Jim A. Thomas [link]

Reader in Coordination Chemistry

University of Sheffield

Professor Phil A Gale [link]

Head of Chemistry, Professor of Supramolecular Chemistry

University of Southampton

Doctor Roberto Quesada [link]

Departamento de Química de la Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad de Burgos

Professor Raj Pal Sharma [link]

Department of Chemistry

University of Panjab

Doutora Cristina Moiteiro [link]

Departamento de Química e Bioquímica

Univeridade de Lisboa -  Faculdade de Ciências

Doutora Paula Brandão [link]

Departamento de Química

Universidade de Aveiro