ResearcherID          H-8625-2012

ORCID                     http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6307-327X

SCOPUS                   7003887561

Date of birth             27 January, 1970                     

Nationality                Portuguese

Academic degree      PhD (Chemistry)

Graduation               Chemical Engineering (Biotechnology)

Current position       Investigador Principal 

                                    Centro de Química Estrutural,           

                                    Instituto Superior Técnico, 

                                    Universidade Lisboa 


 

1.     Graduation (1987-1993)

 I graduated with the so-called Red Diploma as a highest-ranking student (i.e. 5 in the 0-5 scale or 18-20 in the 0-20 scale) in Chemical Engineering with specialization in Biotechnology from Byelorussian State Technological University (Minsk, Republic of Belarus) in 1993. Being a student, I participated in student Olympiads and was a prize-winner (second place) of the USSR Student Chemistry Olympiad (1990), the last Olympiad of such type until the dissipation of the Soviet Union. During my studies at the University I found myself interested in experimental scientific work and participated in student research projects on elaboration of enzymatic sensor for ethanol determination [1.1] and fermentation of pentoses by immobilized yeasts [1.2]. During these studies gradually I realized that I want to continue my research activities, thus, after graduation I approached Prof. Alexey Baev, then Head of the Chair of Analytical Chemistry, and asked him to accept me as his post-graduate student. He agreed, and after some formal procedures, application process and examinations, I finally became a post-graduate student at the Byelorussian State Technological University.

1.1. Kopylovich, M.N.; Kosko, Y.F.; Leontiev; V.N. Approaches to creation of enzyme sensor for ethanol determination. 42nd Student Annual Scienific Conference of the Byelorussian State Technological University. April 21-25, 1991, Minsk, Republic of Belarus. Book of Abstracts, p. 38;

1.2. Kopylovich, M.N.; Ruchai; N.S. Fermentation of pentoses from the wood hidrolisate by immobilized yeasts. 44th Student Annual Scienific Conference of the Byelorussian State Technological University. April 20-23, 1993, Minsk, Republic of Belarus. Book of Abstracts, p. 12.

 

2.     Post-graduation (1994-1998)

The theme of my dissertation was related to the behavior of ions of different metals, mainly 3d- and 4f-, at their common presence in solutions. This theme was interesting to me since knowledge on behavior of metal ions in water solutions allows to predict their distribution in different natural sources and is important for understanding of sediment formation, preparation of new materials by sol-gel technology, chemical analysis and decontamination of waste solutions. Shortly, this knowledge is of significance in virtually all the areas of research were metal ions are involved.

I started my research by studying the interaction of ions of 3d- and 4f-metals with formation of (hetero)polynuclear species [2.1,2.2]. To determine the percentage of polynuclear hydroxocomplexes in solution, several methods were used and in particular the dialysis technique; in this case, concentrations of the metal ions on the both sides of semi-penetrable membrane can be related to the content of polynuclear hydroxocomplexes, which are retained by the membrane from diffusion [2.1,2.2]. Concerning mechanism, it was demonstrated that the formation of poly- and heteronuclear hydroxocomplexes goes through intermediate with hydrogen bonding [2.3]. Hence, the hydrogen bonding, although being much less in energy then the formed coordination bonds, drives the overall pattern of the reaction. The significance of the performed studies was recognized at Republican (Diploma and award from the Cabinet of Ministers of Republic of Belarus, 1996) and International (Diploma and award from the Soros Foundation, 1996, along with respective publications [2.4]) levels. Finally, the PhD thesis was successfully defended with excellent mark in 1998.

In the PhD thesis [2.5], I developed new methodological approaches to study the hydrolytic polymerization and distributions of various forms of hydrolyzed metal ions, established the schemes of formation and existence of heteronuclear hydroxo complexes and substantiated the mechanisms of homo- and heteronuclear hydroxo complexation of aluminium(III) and some 3d- and 4f- metal ions. The elaborated methods and techniques were used by the next generation of graduate and post-graduate students of the Byelorussian State Technological University who continued the studies on the behavior and interaction of different metal ions in complex solutions [2.6,2.7]. Also I received a financial support as a team leader (principal investigator) for the project ?New materials based on heteronuclear hydroxo complexes? from the Byelorussian Science Foundation (1998).

Shortly after defence of my thesis, Prof. Vadim Kukushkin from the Sankt-Petersburg University, who was a reviewer of my thesis and who worked at that time with Prof. Armando Pombeiro from Instituto Supérior Técnico, approached me with proposal to collaborate as a post-doctoral fellow. I agreed, submitted the application, which was successful, and thus, starting from late 1999, I became a post-doc at Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico (CQE-IST). 

2.1. Kopylovich, M.N.; Radion, E.V.; Baev, A.K. Distribution of different forms of aluminum(III) and copper(II) in solutions and scheme of the process of heteropolynuclear hydroxo complexation. Rus. J. Coord. Chem. (Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya) 1995, 21, 66-71;

2.2. Kopylovich, M.N.; Radion, E.V.; Baev, A.K. Diagram of heteronuclear hydroxo complexation in Fe(III)?Cr(III)?NO3--H2O and Fe(III)?Al(III)?NO3--H2O systems. Rus. J. Inorg. Chem. (Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii) 1995, 40, 1037-1041;

2.3. Kopylovich, M.N.; Radion, E.V.; Baev, A.K. Mechanism of heteropolynuclear hydroxocomplexing reaction in the Al3+-Cr3+-NO3--H2O system. Rus. J. Coord. Chem. (Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya) 1995, 21, 458-460; 

2.4. Kopylovich, M.N.; Baev, A.K.; Chernik, A.A. Heteronuclear hydroxo complexes of Al(III), REM and some 3d-metals. Catal. Today. 1998, 43, 339-345;

2.5. Kopylovich, M.N. Ph. D. Thesis "Kinetics of homopoly- and heteronuclear hydroxo complex formation of aluminium(III) with three and two-charged ions of 3d-metals" under supervision of Prof. Dr. Alexey Baev (Byelorussian State Technological University, Minsk, Byelorussia), 1998;

2.6. Kopylovich, M.N.; Kirillov, A.M.; Baev, A.K. Kinetics of Al3+ and M2+ (M2+ = Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+) cohydrolysis. Rus. J. Inorg. Chem. 2000, 45, 815-817;

2.7. Kopylovich, M.N.; Iponova, N.A.; Baev, A.K.; Kirillov, A.M. The physicochemical parameters of simultaneous hydrolysis of Fe3+ and M2+ ions (M2+ = Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+). Rus. J. Phys. Chem., 2000, 74, 1268-1270.


3.     Post-doctoral years (2000-2008)

Being a post-doc at the Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry and Molecular Electrochemistry, Synthesis and Catalysis of CQE-IST, I continued to study the behavior of metal ions in solution and in solid state [3.1,3.2], however, my scientific interests shifted toward the main topics of the Host Laboratory, namely the synthesis of new coordination compounds, their characterization and application as catalysts. In this respect, I studied the catalytic behavior of iron(III)?chromium(III) hydroxo complexes and hydroxides in peroxidative oxidation of alkanes [3.3] and elaborated new methods of nitrile activation on metal matrixes (so-named metal-mediated or template synthesis). As result, new effective methods of synthesis of amidines [3.4], carboxamides [3.5,3.6], iminoisoindolinones [3.6], triazapentadienes [3.7], acetylamides [3.7], phthalocyanines [3.8] and their analogs [3.9] were elaborated.

In parallel with the studies on the metal-mediated syntheses, we started investigation on self-assembly syntheses of coordination compounds [3.10-3.12]. This research line did not evolve from previous studies of the group, and was performed in collaboration with my former students from the Byelorussian State Technological University, whom I introduced into our Group at CQE-IST and officially and unofficially supervised. In those studies, simple and cheap starting materials (e.g. simple metal salts, aminoalcohols, amines and carboxylic acids) were used to prepare rather complicated coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks, which were applied as effective catalysts, molecular magnets or effective sorbents [3.10-3.12]. The approach had shown to be rather effective, and a number of Master and PhD dissertations were successfully defended, exploiting and developing these ideas. The results of my post-doctoral studies were recognized, and I received a contract within the Ciencia 2008 program to develop the mentioned ideas and to propose new ones. 

3.1. Kirillov, A.M.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Pupkevich, V.R.; Teluschenko, E.A.; Baev, A.K. Physical chemistry of the polynuclear hydrolysis of aluminum and two-charged ions of 3d-metals. J. Mol. Liq. 2003, 103-104, 275-289;

3.2. Telushchenko, E.A.; Kirillov, A.M.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Baev, A.K. Thermolysis of coprecipitated chromium-zinc hydroxides. Rus. J. Inorg. Chem. 2003, 48, 250-256;

3.3. Kopylovich, M.N.; Kirillov, A.M.; Baev, A.K.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Heteronuclear iron(III)?chromium(III) hydroxo complexes and hydroxides, and their catalytic activity towards peroxidative oxidation of alkanes. J. Mol. Cat. A. Chem. 2003, 206, 163-178;

3.4. Kopylovich, M.N.; Kukushkin, V.Yu.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.G.; Haukka, M.; Frausto da Silva, J.J.R.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Conversion of alkanenitriles to amidines and carboxylic acids mediated by a cobalt(II)-ketoxime system. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. I, 2001, 13, 1569-1573;

3.5. Kopylovich, M.N.; Kukushkin, V.Yu.; Haukka, M.; Frausto da Silva, J.J.R.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Zinc(II)/ketoxime system as a simple and efficient catalyst for hydrolysis of organonitriles. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 4798-4804;

3.6. Lasri J.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Charmier M.A.J.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Metal-free and PdII-promoted [2+3] cycloadditions of cyclic nitrone to phthalonitriles: syntheses of oxadiazolines, phthalamides and dihydropyrrolyl-iminoisoindolinone PdII complexes. High catalytic activity of the PdII complexes for the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling. Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 9312-9322;

3.7. Kopylovich, M.N.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.; Fischer, A.; Kloo, L.; Kukushkin, V.Yu. Facile Ni(II)/ketoxime-mediated conversion of organonitriles into imidoylamidine ligands. Synthesis of imidoylamidines and acetylamides. Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 7239-7248;

3.8. Kopylovich, M.N.; Kukushkin, V.Yu.; Haukka, M.; Luzyanin, K.V.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Efficient synthesis of phthalocyanines based on an unprecedented double-addition of oximes to phthalonitriles. J. Am. Chem Soc. 2004, 46, 15040-15041;

3.9. Kopylovich, M.N.; Haukka, M.; Kirillov, A.M.; Kukushkin, V.Yu.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Unsymmetrical NiII-imidoylamidine complexes derived from a novel oxime-mediated single-pot reaction of nitriles. Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 786-791;

3.10. Kirillov, A.M.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Kirillova, M.V.; Haukka, M.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Multinuclear copper triethanolamine complexes as selective catalysts for the peroxidative oxidation of alkanes under mild conditions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 4345-4349;

3.11. Karabach, Ya.Yu.; Kirillov, A.M.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. An aqua-soluble copper(II)-sodium two-dimensional coordination polymer with intercalated infinite chains of decameric water clusters. Cryst. Growth Des., 2006, 6, 2200-2203;

3.12. Kirillov, A.M.; Karabach, Ya.Yu.; Haukka, M.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Sanchiz, J.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Self-assembly of novel copper(II) coordination polymers derived from aminopolyalcohols and benzenepolycarboxylates. Structural and magnetic properties. Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 162-175;

  

4.     Studies within the Ciencia 2008 Program (2009-2013)

I started to work as an Investigador Auxiliar at CQE-IST in 2009 and continued to develop the earlier proposed ideas on the metal-mediated [4.1-4.5] and self-assembly [4.6] syntheses of new coordination compounds. However, apart from the different nitriles [4.1,4.3], triazapentadienes [4.7], amines, aminoalcohols and carboxylic acids [4.6], which have been mainly used as starting materials or obtained in course of reactions during my post-doc studies, dicyanamides [4.2], oxadiazolines [4.3], tetrazolates [4.4], 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantanes (PTA) [4.4], arylhydrazones [4.8,4.9], pentane-2,4-diones [4.10,4.11], triazoles [4.12] etc. were introduced as ligands or synthesized in situ upon the template synthesis. At the same time, more attention has been paid to applications of the synthesized compounds, e.g. as catalysts [4.1-4.3,4.5,4.6], molecular switchers [4.8-4.10] and magnets [4.6], ionofors [4.13], non-linear optic [4.14] and solvatochromic [4.15] materials and hosts for molecular sensing and storage [4.11].

During this period of time I successfully collaborated with a post-doc researcher Kamran Mahmudov who was introduced to our Group at CQE-IST and advised by me. It should be also mentioned that at this time I coordinated, as a principal investigator, the project ?Synthesis and characterization of new mixed sulfates of transition metals and amines? within the Tuniso-Portuguese Scientific and Technical Cooperation Program (2010). Finally, I acquired an Honorary Mention within the UTL/Santander Totta 2012 Scientific Prize, as one of the highest cited chemists of Universidade Técnico de Lisboa.

Apart from the ?old? interests, new ideas and results started to gain space in research curricular, in particular related to application of non-covalent interactions towards the synthesis of new compounds [4.16]. In view of this scientific agenda, I proposed a project for the Investigador 2013 program on ?Metal-mediated and H(Hal)-bond assisted syntheses of new compounds?, which was approved and thus from January, 2014 I started to work as an Investigador Principal at the same Research Center (CQE-IST). 

4.1. Kopylovich, M.N.; Lasri J.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Single-pot template transformations of cyanopyridines on a PdII centre: syntheses of ketoimine and 2,4-dipyridyl-1,3,5-triazapentadiene palladium(II) complexes and their catalytic activity for microwave-assisted Suzuki-Miyaura and Heck cross-coupling reactions in solid phase. Dalton Trans. 2009, 3074-3084;

4.2. Kopylovich, M.N.; Karabach, Ya.Yu.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Figiel, P.J.; Lasri J.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Alkoxy-1,3,5-triazapentadien(e/ato) copper(II) complexes: template formation and applications for the preparation of pyrimidines and as catalysts for oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl products. Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 899-914;

4.3. Lasri J.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Charmier M.A.J.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. PdII-promoted [2+3] cycloaddition of pyrrolin N-oxide to organonitriles. Application of fused bicyclic (?4-1,2,4-oxadiazoline)-PdII complexes in the microwave-assisted Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling in aqueous medium. Dalton Trans., 2009, 2210-2216;

4.4.  Lasri, J.; Rodriguez, M.J.F.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Smole?ski, P.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Frausto da Silva, J.J.R.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.; Microwave synthesis of bis(tetrazolato)-PdII complexes with PPh3 and water-soluble 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane (PTA). The first example of C-CN bond cleavage of propionitrile by a PdII centre. J. Organomet. Chem., 2011, 696; 3513-3520;

4.5. Figiel, P.J.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Lasri J.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Frausto da Silva, J.J.R.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Solvent-free microwave-assisted peroxidative oxidation of secondary alcohols to the corresponding ketones catalyzed by copper(II) 2,4-alkoxy-1,3,5-triazapentadienato complexes. Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 2766-2768;

4.6. Karabach, Ya.Yu.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Gil-Hernandez, B.; Sanchiz, J.; Kirillov, A.M.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Self-assembled 3D heterometallic CuII/FeII coordination polymers with octahedral net skeletons: structural features, molecular magnetism, thermal and oxidation catalytic properties. Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 11096-11105;

4.7.  Kopylovich, M.N.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Coordination chemistry of 1,3,5-triazapentadienes. Coord. Chem. Rev., 2011, 255, 339-355;

4.8.  Kopylovich, M.N.; Mizar, A.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Mac Leod, T.C.O.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Template syntheses of copper(II) complexes from arylhydrazones of malononitrile and their catalytic activity towards alcohol oxidations and nitroaldol reaction. Hydrogen bond assisted ligand liberation and E/Z isomerisation. Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 588-600;

4.9. Mahmudov, K.T.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Coordination chemistry of arylhydrazones of methylene active compounds. Coord. Chem. Rev., 2013, 257, 1244-1281;

4.10.  Kopylovich, M.N.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Figiel, P.J.; Karabach, Ya.Yu.; Kuznetsov M.L.; Luzyanin, K.V.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Ortho-hydroxyphenylhydrazo-?-diketones: tautomery, coordination ability, and catalytic activity of their copper(II) complexes toward oxidation of cyclohexane and benzylic alcohols. Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 918-931;

4.11. Kopylovich, M.N.; Karabach, Y.Y.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Haukka, M.; Kirillov, A.M.; Figiel, P.J.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Heterometallic copper(II)-potassium 3D coordination polymers driven by multi-functionalized azoderivatives of ?-diketones. Cryst. Growth Des., 2011, 11, 4247-4252;

4.12. Lopes, L.M.F.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Pombeiro, A.J.L.; Ilharco, L.M. Reactivity of the antitumor complex (H2trz)[trans-RuCl4(N2-Htrz)2] in the presence of DNA purines within a fluorinated silica matrix. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116, 1189-1199;

4.13. Kopylovich, M.N.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Poly(vinyl) chloride membrane copper-selective electrode based on 1-phenyl-2-(2-hydroxyphenylhydrazo)butane-1,3-dione. J. Hazard. Mater., 2011, 186, 1154-1162;

4.14. Kuznik, W.; Kityk, I.V.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Ozga, K.; Lakshminarayana, G.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Quantum chemical simulations of solvent influence on UV?vis spectra and orbital shapes of azoderivatives of diphenylpropane. Spectrochim. Acta Part A, 2011, 78, 1287-1294;

4.15. Mahmudov, K.T.; Maharramov, A.M.; Aliyeva, R.A.; Aliyev, I.A.; Askerov, R.K.; Batmaz, R.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. 3-(para-Substituted phenylhydrazo)pentane-2,4-diones: physicochemical and solvatochromic properties. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A, 2011, 219, 159-165;

4.16. Kopylovich, M.N.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Mizar, A.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Hydrogen bond assisted activation of a dinitrile towards nucleophilic attack. Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 7248-7250;

  

5.     Research under the Investigador 2013 Program (2014-Now)

As was mentioned above, experimental work related to the metal-mediated (template) [5.1] and hydrogen(halogen)-bond assisted [5.2-5.4] syntheses was continued. In the studied cases, the metal ions and/or hydrogen(halogen) bonds serve as active participants of the reaction, providing a reaction environment and driving an energetic pattern of the process. As known, the metal mediated syntheses and catalysis have a lot in common, hence the obtained results also contributed to the area of catalysis. Apart from experimental research, the time for some generalization and knowledge transfer has come, and thus more attention has been paid to writing some reviews and book chapters [5.5-5.9] and editing books [5.10]. 

5.1. Mahmudov, K.T.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Sabbatini, A.; Drew, M.G.B.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Pettinari, C.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Cooperative metal-ligand assisted E/Z isomerisation and cyano activation at CuII and CoII complexes of arylhydrazones of active methylene nitriles, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 9946-9958;

5.2. Kopylovich, M.N.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Haukka, M.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Metal-free regioselective C?C bond cleavage in 1,3,5-triazine derivatives of ?-diketones, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 495-498.

5.3.  Shixaliyev, N.Q.; Gurbanov, A.V.; Maharramov, A.M.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Muzalevskiy, V.M.; Nenajdenko, V.G.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Halogen-bonded (2,4-bis(trichloromethyl)-1,3,5-triazapentadienato)-M(III) (M = Mn, Fe, Co) complexes and their catalytic activity in the peroxidative oxidation of 1-phenylethanol to acetophenone, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 4807-4815;

5.4.  Mahmudov, K.T.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Guedes da Silva, M.F.C.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Interplay between resonance assisted hydrogen bonding and coordination in sulfo-functionalized arylhydrazones of active methylene compounds, ChemPlusChem, 2014, 79, 1523-1531;

5.5.  Mahmudov, K.T.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Maharramov, A.M.; Kurbanova, M.M.; Gurbanov, A.V.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Barbituric acids as a useful tool for the construction of coordination and supramolecular compounds, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2014, 265, 1-37;

5.6.  Karabach, Ya.Yu.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Microwave-assisted catalytic oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds (Chapter 18), in Advances in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis' (The Silver/Gold Jubilee ICOMC Celebratory Book), Pombeiro A.J.L. (ed.), Wiley, 2014, pp. 233-246;

5.7.  Kopylovich, M.N.; Ribeiro, A.P.C.; Alegria, E.C.B.A.; Martins, N.M.R.; Martins, L.M.D.R.S.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Catalytic oxidation of alcohols: recent advances, in "Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, ADOMC Volume 63". Elsevier, 2015, pp. 91-174;

5.8.  Mahmudov, K.T.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. Arylhydrazones of methylene active nitriles as promising ligands and starting materials for organic synthesis (Chapter 6), in Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization and Role in Biotechnology. Gawryszewska P., Smole?ski P. (eds.), Nova, 2014, pp. 177-198;

5.9.  Karabach, Ya.Yu.; Kopylovich, M.N. Synthesis, applications and coordination chemistry of formazans (Chapter 8), in Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization and Role in Biotechnology. Gawryszewska P., Smole?ski P. (eds.), Nova, 2014, pp. 249-274;

5.10. Non-Covalent Interactions in the Synthesis and Design of New Compounds. Maharramov, A.M.; Mahmudov, K.T.; Kopylovich, M.N.; Pombeiro, A.J.L. (eds.) Wiley, 2016, 480 p.; ISBN: 978-1-119-10989-1

  

6.     Final remarks

As can be seen from the Curriculum vitae presented above, my main fields of expertise are related to the preparation and analysis of new coordination, organic compounds and materials on their basis, catalysis and solution chemistry. I have significant experience in managing research projects (I was/is a team leader of 3 projects and team member of other 7 Projects) and supervising younger researchers (4 master, 3 post-graduate students and 4 post-docs were/are (co-)supervised by me). Also I assisted laboratory courses (Analytical Chemistry laboratory at the Byelorussian State Technological University and Química I and Química II laboratory at Instituto Supérior Técnico), guided ?Specialization Laboratories? for MSc students and supervised laboratory activities of a number of ERASMUS/SOCRATES or Marie Curie research training students. Concerning lecturing activities, I performed many oral presentations on scientific conferences, including invited ones, lectured courses on ?Chemical Methods of Analysis? at the Byelorussian State Technological University and ?Advanced Strategies of Synthesis? and ?Homogeneous Catalysis? at IST.

  

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8.     Outline of professional career 

  • Senior Researcher (Investigador Principal) at the Centro de Química Estrutural within the Investigador 2013 Program, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Lisboa, Portugal (January 2014 ? Now)
  • Auxiliary Researcher (Investigador Auxiliar) at the Centro de Química Estrutural under a contract from Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon, Portugal (May 2013 ? December 2013)
  • Auxiliary Researcher (Investigador Auxiliar) within the Ciencia 2007 Program, Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon, Portugal (May 2008 ? April 2013)
  • Post-doctoral fellow at the Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon, Portugal (November 1999 ? April 2008)
  • Assistant professor at the Byelorussian State Technological University, Minsk, Belarus (September 1997 ? October 1999)
  • Research collaborator at the Byelorussian State Technological University, Minsk, Belarus (November 1996 ? August 1997)
  • Post-graduate student at the Byelorussian State Technological University, Minsk, Belarus (November 1993 ? October 1996)
  •  Graduate student at the Byelorussian State Technological University, Minsk, Belarus (September 1987 ? June 1993)

 

9.     Research interests and professional skills

  • Catalytic transformations of alcohols
  • Synthesis of coordination compounds
  • Metal-mediated and hydrogen (halogen) bond assisted syntheses
  • Activation of small molecules
  • Preparation and exploration of catalysts
  • Preparation of nano sized materials by sol-gel technology   
  • Knowledge of chemical synthesis; NMR, X-ray, atom-absorption and IR spectroscopies; spectrophotometry; potentiometry; conductometry; titrimetric, elemental, gravimetric and differential thermal analyses.

 

10.  Participation in projects

  • FCT Project IF/01270/2013/CP1163/CT0007 ?Metal-mediated and H(Hal)-bond assisted syntheses? (2014 ? 2019), team leader (PI)
  • FCT Program ?Catalysis and Sustainability? (CATSUS) (2014 ? Now), team member
  • Marie Curie IRSES project ?SISET? (2012 ? 2013), team member
  • Project ?Synthesis and characterization of new mixed sulfates of transition metals and amines? within the Tuniso-Portuguese Scientific and Technical Cooperation Program (2010 - 2012), team leader (Principal Investigator)
  • FCT Project PTDC/QUI-QUI/102150/2008 ?Single-Pot Carboxylation of Alkanes under Mild Conditions? (2010 ? 2013), team member
  • Project MRTN-CT-2003-503864 ?Transition Metal Chemistry and Catalysis in Aqueous Media? within the HRM Marie Curie Research Training Network (2004 ? 2006), team member
  • Project POCTI/QUI/43415/2001 ?Metal-based Synthons with Pharmacological Significance? (2002 ? 2005), team member
  • Project PRAXIS/POCTI/2/2.1/QUI/193/94 "Oxidation of Saturated Hydrocarbons" (2002 ? 2003), team member
  • Project ?New materials based on heteronuclear hydroxo complexes? from the Byelorussian Science Foundation (1998 ? 1999), team leader (Principal Investigator)

(FCT ? Foundation for Science and Technology; HRM ? Human Resources and Mobility Marie Curie Research Training; IRSES ? International Research Staff Exchange Scheme; POCI ? Science and Innovation Operational Program; POCTI -  Science, Technology and Innovation Operational Program)

  

11.  Teaching and supervision activities

Teaching activities

·    Co-lecturer of the course on homogeneous catalysis (?Catálise Homogenea?) for CATSUS PhD students, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Lisboa, Portugal (2014 ? 2017)

·   Co-lecturer of the course on advanced synthesis (?Estratégias avançadas de síntese?) for PhD students, Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon, Portugal (2010 ? 2017)

·  Guidance of ?Specialization (Advanced) Laboratories? for MSc students, Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon, Portugal (2008 ? 2013)

·   Assistance of laboratory courses (Quimica I and Quimica II) at Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon, Portugal (2011 ? 2013)

·  Co-lecturer of the course on chemical methods of analysis at the Byelorussian State Technological University, Minsk, Belarus (1999)

·  Assistance of laboratory courses on Analytical Chemistry at Department of Technology of Organic Substances at the Byelorussian State Technological University, Minsk, Belarus (September 1997 ? November 1999)

·   Organization of Advanced Chemistry course for students of the Byelorussian State Technological University, Minsk, Belarus (September 1997 ? June 1999). Such attendants of this course as Alexander Kirillov, Marina Kirillova and Yauhen Karabach successfully continued their education at IST, TU Lisbon, defended their PhD theses there and now pursue their scientific careers at IST, ULisboa.

 

Research training supervision

Post-Doctoral Fellows

1. Supervision of post-doc researcher Luís Frija (January 2015 ? Now) Ca. 10 shared research papers were produced as result (for details see list of publications).

2. Supervision of post-doc researcher Dmytro S. Nesterov (January 2015 ? Now) Ca. 10 shared research papers were produced as result (for details see list of publications).

3. Supervision of post-doc researcher Atash Gurbanov (November 2015 ? October 2016) Ca. 10 shared research papers were produced as result (for details see list of publications).

4. Co-supervision (with Prof. Armando Pombeiro) of post-doc researcher Kamran Mahmudov (December 2008 ? December 2014) Ca. 60 shared research papers, 5 book chapters and 15 conference presentations were produced as result (for details see list of publications).

5.  Co-supervision (with Prof. Armando Pombeiro) of post-doc researcher Yauhen Karabach (January 2010 ? December 2014) Ca. 10 shared research papers, 2 book chapters and 3 conference presentations were produced as result (for details see list of publications).

Ph.D. Students

1.   Co-supervision (with Prof. Houcine Naili from University of Sfax, Tunisia) of the post-graduate student Raja Jlassi (February 2012 ? December 2014) 2 papers has been published (for details see list of publications).

2.   Co-supervision (with Prof. Armando Pombeiro) of the post-graduate student Yauhen Karabach (January 2005 ? December 2009) 5 shared research papers and 7 conference presentations were produced as result (for details see list of publications), the dissertation was successfully defended.

3.   Co-supervision (with Prof. Armando Pombeiro) of the post-graduate student Alexander Kirillov (January 2002 ? December 2005) 7 shared research papers and 6 conference presentations were produced as result (for details see list of publications), the dissertation was successfully defended.

M.Sc. Students

1.   Co-supervision (with Prof. Tatiana Buslaeva from Lomonosov Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies, Russia) of the master student Anna Voronina (January 2013 ? May 2013) 1 paper has been published (for details see list of publications), the thesis was successfully defended.

2.   Co-supervision (with Prof. Claudio Pettinari) of the master student Marco Glucini, University of Camerino, Italy (October 2011 ? May 2012) 1 paper has been published (for details see list of publications), the thesis was successfully defended.

3.  Co-supervision (with Prof. Armando Pombeiro) of the master student Andreia Nunes at the Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon, Portugal (February 2010 ? May 2010) 1 research paper and 1 conference presentation were produced as result (for details see list of publications), the thesis was successfully defended.

4.   Co-supervision (with Prof. Vadim Kukushkin) of the master student Pavel Gushchin (September 2007 ? March 2008) 1 research paper and 1 conference presentation were produced as result (for details see list of publications), the thesis was successfully defended.

Foreign students within ERASMUS/SOCRATES or Marie Curie research training and mobility programs

1.  Co-supervision (with Prof. Claudio Pettinari from Università degli Studi, Camerino, Italy) of ERASMUS student Alessandra Sabbatini (December 2012 ? May 2013) 2 papers has been published (for details see list of publications), the scientific program was successfully fulfilled.

2.  Co-supervision (with Prof. Piotr Smolenski from Wroclaw University, Poland) of ERASMUS student Ewa Faliszewska (January 2012 ? May 2012) 1 paper has been published (for details see list of publications), the scientific program was successfully fulfilled.

3.  Co-supervision (with Prof. Claudio Pettinari from Università degli Studi, Camerino, Italy) of ERASMUS students Marco Renzi and Kátia Gabriel (October 2011 ? March 2012) 2 papers has been published (for details see list of publications), the scientific program was successfully fulfilled.

4.   Co-supervision (with Prof. Armando Pombeiro) of Lic. Yauhen Karabach (AQUACHEM Marie Curie Research Training Network). (January 2005 ? December 2005) 1 paper has been published (for details see list of publications), the scientific program was successfully fulfilled.

5. Co-supervision (with Prof. Vadim Kukushkin) of Licª Ekaterina Tronova (project POCTI/QUI/43415/2001). (October 2004 ? June 2005) 1 paper has been published (for details see list of publications), the scientific program was successfully fulfilled.

  

12.  Distinctions and awards

·    ca. 160 peer-reviewed publications, including ca. 140 research papers in ISI journals (>2700 citations, average citations per item 21; h=31)

·     Senior author and/or the first author in ca. 50 and 60 publications, respectively

·     Contract from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) within the Investigador 2013 Program, 2013

·     Honorary Mention - UTL/Santander Totta 2012 Scientific Prize, TU Lisbon, 2012

·    Contract from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) within the Ciencia-2007 Program, 2008

·     Post-doctoral grant from POCTI Foundation (Portugal), February 2004

·     Post-doctoral grant from PRAXIS XXI Foundation (Portugal), 1999

·    Research grant for the Project ?New materials based on heteronuclear hydroxo complexes? from the Byelorussian Science Foundation, 1998

·     PhD thesis with excellent mark, 1998

·     Winner of the Republican Post-graduate Competition for the best scientific work, 1996

·     Diploma and award from the Soros Foundation for academic excellence, 1996

·     Diploma and award from the Cabinet of Ministers of Republic of Belarus for the achievements in education at the post-graduate level, 1996

·   Diploma with honors or so-called Red Diploma (highest-ranking student; 18-20 in the 0-20 scale), 1993

·     Prize-winner (Silver Medal) of the USSR Student Chemistry Olympiad, 1990

·     Prize-winner (Silver Medal) of the Republican Student Chemistry Olympiad, 1990

·    School-leaving certificate with distinction (the so-called Gold Medal; highest-ranking student or 18-20 in the 0-20 scale), 1987

  

13.  Apointments, membership, commissions, etc.

·  Member of several academic Juries, for admission and progression in academic careers or for PhD theses

·  Referee for various scientific journals, e.g. Chem. Comm., Cryst. Growth Des., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., J. Mol. Cat. A: Chem., Inorg. Chim. Acta, Polyhedron, J. Organomet. Chem.

· Member of Organizing Committees of several International Conferences, e.g. of the XXV International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (Lisbon, 2012), the 1st year AQUACHEM meeting (Lisbon, 2005), the symposium ?New Trends in Molecular Electrochemistry? (Lisbon, 2003), among others