Chair: Bioactive Natural Products Research Meeting

Patrícia Rijo has a degree in Chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), and a Master, Ph.D. and habilitation in Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Chemistry from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon (FFUL).

She is currently an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the School of Health Sciences and Technologies (ECTS) at Universidade Lusófona (ULHT, Lisbon, Portugal) where she is responsible for Organic Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and the international coordinator. The main area of research is medicinal chemistry, phytochemistry, and pharmacognosy, with an emphasis on the Chemistry of Natural Products.

She is the vice-director for Internationalization & Strategic Networks at CBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies at Universidade Lusófona), where she leads the Laboratory of Natural Bioactives (Bio.Natural). She has participated since 2015, in 7 international scientific networks (COST Action and CYTED) and she is currently vice-chair of the COST action CA21145 and has participated in international project evaluation juries (EU, Serbia, Argentina, Poland, Chile and France – Agence National de la recherche) in the area of Medicinal Chemistry, specifically in Chemistry of Natural Products. Patricia has been actively engaged in societal enrichment through various University Extension activities, focusing on science outreach, communication, and dissemination. Spearheading initiatives such as the ‘New European Bauhaus’ and ‘CiênciaVitae – CBIOS,’ she has coordinated 14 science outreach projects and orchestrated 23 national and international scientific events. Noteworthy engagements include participation in the ‘Talent Bootcamp FCT NOVA and FCUL’ and events like the ‘Global Women’s Breakfast’ organized by IUPAC. Since 2019, she has the privilege of presiding over the Bio.Natural-Bioactive Natural Products Research Meeting.

Patricia Rijo is associate editor of Phytomedicine (Elsevier) and Frontiers in Pharmacology, (specialty section of Ethnopharmacology and Drug Discovery) and Editorial board of “Pharmaceuticals”, “Natural Products” section, MDPI. Patrícia has published more than one hundred and forty articles in international peer-review journals, she is in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists list” from Stanford University in 2022 and 2023, and has more than three hundred communications (oral and panel) presented at national and international meetings and conferences, and has three registered patents.

Natural Products in Drug Discovery

Natural Products Chemistry

Bioactivity of Natural Products

Marine Natural Products

Natural Cosmetics

Functional Foods and Food
Supplements

Other Fields Related to Natural Products