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Helena Maria Pires Gaspar Tomás

Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering

Penteada University Campus , Floor 0

https://cqm.uma.pt

lenat@staff.uma.pt

(+351) 291 705 110 / 5110

Biographical Notes

Helena Tomás graduated in Chemical Engineering/Biotechnology (IST, Lisbon, Portugal) and has a PhD degree in Technological Chemistry/Biomaterials (1996, University of Lisbon, Portugal). Currently, she is associate professor at the University of Madeira (Portugal) where she is the Coordinator of the Chemistry Department in the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering and Diretor of the Materials Research Group at CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira. She authored/co-authored 63 papers and 3 book chapters (h index= 27, total citations:3060, average citations per article: 44). Her current research work is mainly devoted to the development of nanogels, clay-based and dendrimer-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications (drug/gene delivery, theranostics and tissue regeneration).

Publications

- Bioinspired hybrid DNA/dendrimer-based films with supramolecular chirality, R. Castro, P.L. Granja, J. Rodrigues, A.P. Pêgo, H. Tomás, J Mater Chem B, 2025, 9

- Dendrimers for Biomedical Applications, H. Tomás, FBPS2025-15th International Symposium on Frontiers in Biomedical Polymers, 2025

- Materials based on Dendritic Systems for Biomedical Applications, H. Tomás, Materiais 2025: Reshaping the Future, 2025

- Nanoparticles based on fucoidan and degradable dendrimers: antiangiogenic activity and drug delivery capability, Olim F., Neves A.R., Rodriguez-Clemente I., Kidgell J.T., Wimmer B.C., Ceña V., Tomás H, Biodendrimers 2025, 2025

- 10th CQM Annual, MAD-Nano24, 2024

- Blood-brain barrier-crossing dendrimers for glioma theranostics, Wang, J., Wang, Z., Zhang, G., Rodrigues, J., Tomás, H., Shi, X., Shen* M.,, Biomater. Sci., 2024, 11

- Chitosan films synthesized via thiol-ene click chemistry: Toward safe and versatile platforms for packaging, cosmetics and biomedical applications, W. El Mejri, A. El Mahdi, F. Mendes, R. Castro, L. Njim, S. Zaied, H. Tomás, T. Baati, R. Medimagh, K. Khwaldia, Sustain Chem Pharm, 2024, 17

- Dendrimers applications in nanomedicine, Tomás H., Rodrigues J, 3rd Annual Nanoseries Conference, #NanoSeries2024, 2024

- Facile synthesis of natural lipid-doxorubicin conjugates for prodrug-based nanosystem, Freitas P, Castro R., Gonçalves M, Maciel D., Olim F., Tomás H., Sheng R, MADNano24, 2024

- Hybrid Materials for Biomedical Applications Based on Dendrimers and Carbon Dots, Martins, I., Tomás H., Rodrigues J., ICBPPB 2024 - 5th International Conference on Biomedical Polymers & Polymeric Biomaterials, 2024

Academic Qualifications

- PhD in Química Tecnológica, 1996, Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciê

- Undergraduate Degree in Engenharia Química, 1989, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa/Instituto Superior Técnico

Current Duties

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