(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

Fernando Moreira has a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, a Master's degree in Forensic Sciences, a PhD in Forensic Sciences (specialization in Laboratory Sciences), and holds the title of pharmacy specialist. His curriculum stands out for its equal division and combination of applied work, scientific research, and teaching at the higher education level. During his 8-year career in community pharmacy, he was confronted with the importance of the lawful and rational use of medicines, which encouraged the development of both his master’s dissertation and Ph.D. thesis in the field of forensic toxicology, particularly concerning the misuse of natural products as hallucinogenic drugs or the misuse of synthetic drugs to promote sports performance. These works have resulted in the publication of scientific papers in indexed journals in the fields of chemistry, toxicology, and pharmacy. Then, his routine work in the production of chemotherapy for cancer patients in a hospital pharmacy for several years prompted him to apply for the title of specialist in the field of Pharmacy, with the development and public presentation of a work focusing on the relevance of education and training in handling cytotoxic drugs. As supervisor of students at different higher education levels, Fernando Moreira has supervised works mainly related to the safe handling of cytotoxic drugs, some of which resulted in published scientific papers. Fernando Moreira's expertise in terms of research is mainly in the development, optimization, and validation of analytical methodologies for the detection of drugs from a variety of matrices - biological or non-biological - for a multitude of purposes: quality control of pharmaceutical products, occupational exposure to toxic compounds, assessment of professional skills in the production of medicines, detection of drug abuse, pharmacokinetic studies and qualitative and quantitative characterization of products containing natural compounds.