Biography:
Gil Gonçalves received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Aveiro in 2012. After obtaining a Marie Curie grant in 2016, he started working at the Institute of Material Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC (Spain)) on the development of nanotherapeutic anticancer agents for neutron capture therapy. Currently, he is working at TEMA-UA (Portugal) as a researcher on the development of new carbon-based nanocomposites for environmental and healthcare applications. Gil has (co-)authored numerous scientific papers (h-index 22 and > 2500 citations), communications at national and international conferences, and he is an editorial board member of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group).
Title : Advanced multifunctional carbon dots/porphyrins for cancer diagnosis and photodynamic therapy