João Manuel Cunha Rodrigues
Penteada University Campus , Floor 0, Office 0
joaoc@staff.uma.pt
(+351) 291 705 108 / 5108
"One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have." by Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Biographical Notes
João Rodrigues is the Director of CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira/Madeira Chemistry Research Centre (National Research Laboratory, FCT/UID674), University of Madeira, Madeira Island, Portugal. From 2017 to 2020, he served as a Visiting Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering/Center for Nano Energy Materials, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China. During this period, he was also a member of the Scientific Board of Exact Sciences and Engineering for the Portuguese National Science Foundation (FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia). In June 2018, he integrated the Steering Committee of the Portugal-China Joint Innovation Centre for Advanced Materials (PCJICAM). In the same year, in August, he was invited as a Member of the international board of 111 Project - Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Scientific Innovation for Fiber Materials, from the State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials (SKLFPM), Donghua University, Shanghai, China.
He is the principal investigator or a member of several national and international research projects and scientific networks. He has authored over 125 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals, mainly from Q1 (h-index = 42, i10-index = 93). He has also written 6 book chapters and 19 proceeding papers.
ORCID (Connecting Research and Researchers): http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4552-1953
Publications
- 12th CQM Annual Meeting, 978-989-9230-06-4, 12th CQM Annual Meeting, 2025
- Bioinspired hybrid DNA/dendrimer-based films with supramolecular chirality, Castro, R. M. d., Granja, P. L., Rodrigues, J., Pêgo, A. P., Tomás, H., J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025, 10
- Conjugation of PDLA onto MgO microspheres: comparison between solution grafting and melt grafting methods, Yu, W., Zhou, D., Liu, F., Li, X., Xiao, L., Rafique, M., Li, Z., Rodrigues, J., Sheng, R., Li, Y.,, J. Mater. Chem. B,, 2025, 8
- Insights Into the Kinetics and Chain Extension in the Synthesis of Cholesterol-Terminated Poly(Tert-Butyl Acrylate) via Controlled Radical Polymerization, Tavares, G., Alves, P., Rodrigues, J., Simões*, P. N.,, J. Polym. Sci., 2025, 8
- Nanomedicines for the treatment of ischemic stroke: An overview of recent advances, Geng, S., Zhang, C., Rodrigues, J., Shcharbin, D., Mignani, S., Majoral, J., Shen, M., Shi, X., Precision Medicine and Engineering, 2025, 17
- Natural alkaloids from Dicranostigma leptopodum (Maxim.) Fedde and their G5. NHAc-PBA dendrimer-alkaloid complexes for targeting chemotherapy in breast cancer MCF-7 cells, Tian, Y., Wang, Z., Xu, X., Guo, Y., Ma, Y., Lu, Y., Shen, M., Geng, Y., Tomás, H., Rodrigues, J., Sheng, R.,, Natural Product Research, 2025, 17
- PAMAM dendrimers and MgO nanoparticles towards alpha-amylase enzyme inhibition ability, Rodrigues J., Jeevanandam J., https://dendrimer.bi, Biodendrimer 2025 - 7th International Symposium on the Biological Applications of Dendrimers, 2025
- PLLA?PEG/mPEG Copolymer with Improved Hydrophilicity, Crystallinity, and Biocompatibility: An In-Depth Study on the Crystallization Kinetics, Lian, R., Zhou, D., Xiao, L., Rodrigues, J., Sheng, R., Bai, Z., Li, Y., Liu C., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, 14
- Recent advances in nanomedicines loaded with MicroRNAs for cancer demethylation therapy, Tan, Q., Wang, J., Tian. Y., Rodrigues, J., Li, Z., Shi, X., Shen, M., Precision Medicine and Engineering, 2025, 14
- Stabilization of metal-doped magnesium oxide nanoparticles with PAMAM dendrimers to improve alpha-amylase enzyme inhibition, Jeevanandam, J., Gonçalves, M., Castro, R., Gallo, J., Bañobre-López, M., Rodrigues*, J., Materials Today Bio, 2025, 20
Academic Qualifications
- PhD in Química, 1999, Universidade de Lisboa/Faculdade de Ciências
Current Duties
- Coordenador do Centro de Química da Madeira