Alan Rogério Ferreira Lima

Alan Lima concluded his Chemistry degree at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Sao Paulo State University (FCT/UNESP) on 12/2008. In 02/2011, he got a MSc degree in Applied Chemistry at the State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG). He obtained him Ph.D. from the Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar) in 06/2015 on the topic "Electrical and structural properties of potassium strontium niobate obtained by the Pechini method". The Ph.D. project aimed at the development of new ferroelectrics ceramics Nb-based by wet chemical method and the study of the effect of dopant metals on the electrical and structural properties of these ceramics. The Nb-based ceramics performance was studied by X-ray diffraction, spectroscopy techniques (FTIR, Raman and Impedance), microscopy (SEM) technique among others. The results showed that the doping of Nb-based ceramics with La+3 and Ti+4 ions led to modifications in the octahedral network and in the morphology of the host structure, implying distinct dielectric behaviours. After this he worked as a research fellowship from 10/2015 until 10/2018 at the Institute of Chemistry of the Sao Paulo University (IQUSP). During this period, he started work on electrocatalysts based on perovskite-type oxides. In 2018 he moved to Portugal where he worked as a post-doctoral fellow on the SunStorage - Harvesting and storage of solar energy project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016387) at the University of Coimbra from Chemistry Center. In 2020 he returned to Brazil where he worked on the project "Flexible gold and platinum nanostructured immunosensors for the detection of COVID-19" from Emergency Strategic Program for Preventing and Fighting Outbreaks, Endemics, Epidemics and Pandemics (CAPES Notice No. 9/2020) at the Center of Natural Sciences from UFSCar Campus Lagoa do Sino. During the last 5 years, he has supervised and co-supervised undergraduate students and one initial research fellow. He published 1 book, over 10 scientific papers, with more than 220 citations (h-index 9). In him activities, he interacted with 44 people as co-author of scientific publications. He participated in several international and national conferences delivering more than 30 conference papers and more than 20 presentations, 4 of them oral. Him research interests involve the synthesis, structural, electric, electrochemical characterization and processing of niobates and lanthanates sol-gel materials for ferroelectric, sensing and electrocatalysis applications. He has also interests in developing of organic and inorganic electrolytes for sustainable redox flow batteries and currently, he is R&D Scientist at VG CoLAB - Energy Storage. (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)