ADRIANO CESAR DE MORAIS BARONI

Originally from Penápolis, in the interior of São Paulo, Professor Adriano Baroni completed his undergraduate studies in Industrial Pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (1991), followed by a master's degree in Organic Chemistry (1995) and a doctorate in Chemistry from FFCLRP - University of São Paulo (2002). His doctoral studies focused on the area of organometallic compounds, with an emphasis on the chemistry of organoselenium and tellurium compounds, as well as vinylstannane compounds, highlighting studies on Sonogashira, Negishi, and Stille cross-coupling reactions.After a brief stint as a Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Drug Synthesis at UNITRI Uberlândia, he joined as a permanent professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul in 2004. Currently, he holds the position of full professor, teaching courses such as Pharmaceutical Chemistry I and II at the undergraduate level, as well as New Drug Candidates Planning and Fundamentals of Medicinal Chemistry at the postgraduate level. He serves as an advisor in the graduate programs in Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Biotechnology at UFMS.His current projects focus on Organic Synthesis and Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, applied to the development of new drug candidates for various conditions, including neglected diseases, infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, and degenerative diseases of the Central Nervous System. Professor Baroni has supervised 23 master's and 6 doctoral students in the graduate programs in Chemistry and Pharmacy at UFMS.He has a total of 47 scientific articles published in international journals, with notable contributions in renowned journals such as the Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Infectious Diseases, and the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, as well as a recent publication in the prestigious Journal of Medicinal Chemistry from the American Chemical Society. Additionally, he has a book chapter published in the "Chemistry of Functional Groups" series in the book: "The Chemistry of Organoaluminum Compounds - Hydroalumination of Alkenes and Alkynes." He has presented approximately 84 abstracts at national and international conferences and serves as a reviewer for several international journals in the fields of Medicinal Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. He served as Department Head of the Pharmacy Course from 2006 to 2009, and as coordinator of the Graduate Program in Pharmacy at UFMS from 2011 to 2016. He is a CAPES consultant in the Quadrennial Evaluation of Graduate Programs in the pharmacy area, for the period 2017-2020. He is currently the coordinator of the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences from 2022-2025. Email: adriano.baroni@ufms.br. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)