João Manuel Cunha Rodrigues

Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering

Penteada University Campus , Floor 0, Office 0

http://www.uma.pt/jrodrigues

joaoc@staff.uma.pt

(+351) 291 705 108 / 5108

"One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have." by Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Biographical Notes

João Rodrigues is a Full Professor at the UMa/University of Madeira (Madeira Islands/Portugal), where he is responsible for inorganic/organometallic chemistry, nanochemistry, and nanomaterials. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry/Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Lisbon (Portugal) in 1999, with a thesis project titled "Synthesis of new organometallic materials with non-linear optical properties".

João Rodrigues is the Director of CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira/Madeira Chemistry Research Centre (National Research Laboratory, FCT/UID674), University of Madeira, Madeira Island, Portugal. From 2017 to 2020, he served as a Visiting Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering/Center for Nano Energy Materials, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China. During this period, he was also a member of the Scientific Board of Exact Sciences and Engineering for the Portuguese National Science Foundation (FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia). In June 2018, he integrated the Steering Committee of the Portugal-China Joint Innovation Centre for Advanced Materials (PCJICAM). In the same year, in August, he was invited as a Member of the international board of 111 Project - Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Scientific Innovation for Fiber Materials, from the State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials (SKLFPM), Donghua University, Shanghai, China.

He is the principal investigator or a member of several national and international research projects and scientific networks. He has authored over 125 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals, mainly from Q1 (h-index = 42, i10-index = 93). He has also written 6 book chapters and 19 proceeding papers.

ORCID (Connecting Research and Researchers): http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4552-1953

Publications

12th CQM Annual Meeting, 978-989-9230-06-4, 12th CQM Annual Meeting, 2025

Bioinspired hybrid DNA/dendrimer-based films with supramolecular chirality, Castro, R. M. d., Granja, P. L., Rodrigues, J., Pêgo, A. P., Tomás, H., J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025, 10

Carbon-dot-based stimuli-responsive theranostic nanoplatform for anticancer applications, Rodrigues J.,, Advances in Biomedical Research, ABRE2025, 2025

Conjugation of PDLA onto MgO microspheres: comparison between solution grafting and melt grafting methods, Yu, W., Zhou, D., Liu, F., Li, X., Xiao, L., Rafique, M., Li, Z., Rodrigues, J., Sheng, R., Li, Y.,, J. Mater. Chem. B,, 2025, 8

Fluorodendrimers synthesis and biological studies, dos Orfãos L., Tomás H., Rodrigues J.,, ICAFPM2025 - The 12th International Conference on Advanced Fibers and Polymer Materials, October 31st ? November 3rd, Shanghai, China, 2025., 2025

Insights Into the Kinetics and Chain Extension in the Synthesis of Cholesterol-Terminated Poly(Tert-Butyl Acrylate) via Controlled Radical Polymerization, Tavares, G., Alves, P., Rodrigues, J., Simões*, P. N.,, J. Polym. Sci., 2025, 8

Nanomedicines for the treatment of ischemic stroke: An overview of recent advances, Geng, S., Zhang, C., Rodrigues, J., Shcharbin, D., Mignani, S., Majoral, J., Shen, M., Shi, X., Precision Medicine and Engineering, 2025, 17

Natural alkaloids from Dicranostigma leptopodum (Maxim.) Fedde and their G5. NHAc-PBA dendrimer-alkaloid complexes for targeting chemotherapy in breast cancer MCF-7 cells, Tian, Y., Wang, Z., Xu, X., Guo, Y., Ma, Y., Lu, Y., Shen, M., Geng, Y., Tomás, H., Rodrigues, J., Sheng, R.,, Natural Product Research, 2025, 17

PAMAM dendrimers and MgO nanoparticles towards alpha-amylase enzyme inhibition ability, Rodrigues J., Jeevanandam J., https://dendrimer.bi, Biodendrimer 2025 - 7th International Symposium on the Biological Applications of Dendrimers, 2025

PLLA?PEG/mPEG Copolymer with Improved Hydrophilicity, Crystallinity, and Biocompatibility: An In-Depth Study on the Crystallization Kinetics, Lian, R., Zhou, D., Xiao, L., Rodrigues, J., Sheng, R., Bai, Z., Li, Y., Liu C., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, 14

Academic Qualifications

PhD in Química, 1999, Universidade de Lisboa/Faculdade de Ciências

Current Duties

Director of the Master in - diretor.nn.2c@mail.uma.pt

Membro de Conselho Científico of the Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia

Membro of the Department of Chemistry

Coordenador do Centro de Química da Madeira