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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/Bioengineering from IST in Lisbon, Portugal, and holds a PhD in Technological Chemistry/Biomaterials from the University of Lisbon, completed in 1996. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Madeira (UMa) and a senior researcher at CQM ? Madeira Chemistry Research Centre. At UMa, she has held several positions, including President of the Pedagogical Council, Coordinator of the Department of Chemistry, and Director of the Master?s Programme in Applied Biochemistry.
Her current research focuses mainly on the development of nanogels and hybrid nanomaterials based on dendrimers for biomedical applications (drug/gene delivery and tissue regeneration). She served as the Portuguese Representative in the COST Actions TD0802: Dendrimers in Biomedical Applications and COST CA17140 NANO2CLINIC ? Nanomedicine for Cancer, both funded by the European Union. She is the author/co-author of more than 86 scientific papers and 4 book chapters (WoS h-index = 39, total citations > 5800).

CIÊNCIA VITAE: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/en/4D14-D31E-A8BE
ResearcherID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/E-5991-2010
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7856-2041
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=gMkTUB8AAAAJ&hl=pt-BR
Scopus Author ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6508104177

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