Luiz Leonardo Saldanha

My research is centered on the study of the chemical diversity of medicinal plants. Integrating analytical and computational metabolomic approaches, I address both fundamental and applied questions about the identification of active compounds and how their biosynthesis is influenced by plant-environment relationships. My work on functional chemical maps, for example, has greatly enhanced the traditional visualization of chemical data in phytochemistry. This, in turn, has significantly advanced the identification of active principles in plants widely used in South American traditional medicine and unveiled new ecophysiological roles for specialized metabolites in economically important plants. Author of 40 articles and one patent in licensing phase, I collaborate with an extensive international network of researchers in both the academic and industrial sectors within the Brazil-Switzerland axis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)