Joao-Lopes

João Almeida Lopes

Group Leader
Short bio & current area(s) of interest
João Almeida Lopes has a degree and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (IST, University of Lisbon). He specialized in chemometrics and process analytical technology. In 2006, he founded the consulting company Worldmetrics Solutions. In 2009, he created the research group on chemometrics and PAT at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Univ. from Porto. He’s currently assistant professor in pharmaceutical technology at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon. His activity is focused on advanced pharmaceutical processes manufacturing, including the design, modelling, optimization, high-throughput monitoring and advanced control. He has published over 120 scientific articles and supervised over 60 theses. He heads the Pharmaceutical Engineer and Manufacturing Lab of iMed.ULisboa since 2021. He’s currently President of the Portuguese Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPCF), Member of the Council of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences (EUFEPS), Member of the Directive Board of the QbD/PAT network of EUFEPS, President of the Analytical Chemistry Division of the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ) and Portuguese delegate at the steering committee of the Chemometrics Study Group of EuChemMS.

BSc (1997) in Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Lisbon (IST), Lisbon, Portugal

PhD (2001) in Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Lisbon (IST), Lisbon, Portugal

Assistant Researcher at REQUIMTE/LAQV-REQUIMTE, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal (2006-2014)

PI Group Leader, REQUIMTE/LAQV REQUIMTE, Porto, Portugal (2008-2014)

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Portugal (2014-)

President of the Directive Board of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências Farmacêuticas (SPCF)

President of the Analytical Chemistry Division of the Portuguese Chemistry Society (SPQ)

Portuguese representant on the steering committee of the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the Chemometrics Study Group of EuChemMS

Member of the Steering Committee of the QbD and PAT Sciences Network of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences (EUFEPS)

Head of the Pharmaceutical Engineering and Manufacturing Lab (João Lopes Lab) of the Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa) research unit (FF-ULisboa)

PI Group Leader, iMed.ULisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (2021-)

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