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(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

Alexandre Ricardo Vieira Pinto

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Research group
High Performance Computing in Molecular Modelling

Position
PhD student

Researcher IDAAZ-7627-2021
Ciência ID401E-B37D-4D91
Biochemistry Bsc in the University of Porto, with a final project (one semester) of computational methods associated with the simulation of a biological system. Biochemistry MSc in the University of Porto, with a thesis concerning a DFT study on carbon nanotube functionalization. Currently, I'm a PhD student in the High Performance Computing in Molecular Modelling research group, at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, where I'm studying the reaction mechanism of serine hydrolase enzymes using QM/MM MD methods.

Representative Publications

Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Tip-Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as pH-Sensitive Gates
10.1021/acs.jpca.0c03710
The role of acetylated cyclooxygenase-2 in the biosynthesis of resolvin precursors derived from eicosapentaenoic acid
10.1039/d1ob01932e
Reaction Mechanism of MHETase, a PET Degrading Enzyme
10.1021/acscatal.1c02444
Revisiting the reaction pathways for phospholipid hydrolysis catalyzed by phospholipase A2 with QM/MM methods
10.1039/d4sc02315c
Development of Nanoscale Graphene Oxide Models for the Adsorption of Biological Molecules
10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c06037