She is Professor Emeritus of University of Porto, and is among more cited scientists of the University of Porto of the world in 2020, 2021 and 2022 by “World’s Top 2% Scientists list” and also among scientists of the University of Porto with the high impact in the career.
She has been Director of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (FFUP) (1984-1985), having been the first woman to hold this position at the University of Porto.
She has been the Coordinator of the Research Center CEQOFFUP-FCT- R&D 226 (from 1996 to 2007) and of the Research Center “Center of Medicinal Chemistry of the University of Porto” (CEQUIMED- UP) FCT I&D 4040 (2007-2015), President of the Pedagogical Council (FFUP) (2000-2002), Coordinator and organizer of the First Course of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Instituto Superior das Ciências da Saúde-Norte (CESPU), Director of PhD Course in Pharmaceutical Sciences (FFUP) (2009-2010) and Member of the Committee of Therapeutic Chemistry of the Portuguese Society of Chemistry (2012-2015). Was Head of Laboratory of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (FFUP) (1986-2018) and founder and Director of Master Course in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (FFUP) (2013-2019).
Is Team Leader of the Group of Marine Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry at Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) (2014-) and Adjunct Prof. Kasetsart University of Bangkok, Thailand (2008 -) and scientific advisor at Khon Kaen University Faculty of Pharmacy, Thailand (2017 -).
Organizing of Scientific Meetings:
– Member of the Local Organizing Committee and International Scientific Committee of the XXIII EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ISMC), Lisbon, Portugal, September 7-11, 2014.
– As Coordinator of CEQUIMED, XX Porto Cancer Meeting – Drug Resistance in Cancer: from biology to molecular targets and drugs, 28 and 29 April 2011, Porto , Portugal, Co-Host Institution: CEQUIMED-UP.
– Co-Chairperson of the Organizing Committee of the 6th European Conference on Marine Natural Products, Porto, Portugal, 19-23 July, 2009
– Chairperson of the Organising Committee of the 1st National Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry of the Portuguese Society of Chemistry (Faculty of Sport Science, University of Porto, Portugal, 13 – 15 November, 2008
Referee for the following Scientific Journals:
– ARKIVOC
– Current Drug Discovery Technologies
– Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
– Pharmaceutical Research
– European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
– Journal of Brazilian Chemical Society
– Phytochemistry
– Chemistry and Biodiversity
– Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry
– Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
– Scientia Pharmaceutica
– Pharmaceuticals
– Molecules
Member of Editorial Advisory Board of:
– Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (2012 – )
Guest Editor of:
Molecules -Special Issue- “Natural Products with α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Units and Their Synthetic Derivatives: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives”, 2022
Molecules -Special Issue “Compounds from Marine Sources as Hits and Leads for Pharmaceutical, Cosmeceutical and Industrial Applications”, 2020
Molecules – Special Issue “Enantioselective Synthesis, Enatiomeric Separations and Chiral Recognition (Co-Editor), 2018-2019
Molecules -Special Issue “Chirality in Health and Environment: Recent developments”, 2017
Pharmaceuticals – Special Editon: “Grand Celebration: 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of Heparin”, 2015-2016
Phytochemistry Reviews – Fundamentals and Perspectives of Natural Products Research for a Special Issue: Marine Natural Products (6th European Conference on Marine Natural Products, Porto, 19-23 July 2009), 2010, Volume 9, Nº 4 (ISSN 1568-7767)
Current Medicinal Chemistry -Special Issue (“Xanthone (Dibenzo-γ-Pyrone): An Interesting Framework in Medicinal Chemistry”, 2005, vol. 12, nº 21)