SHORT CURRICULUM
Name: date of birth : place of birth : nationality : marital status: languages :
Ubirajara PEREIRA RODRIGUES, Filho
March 10 th , /1969
Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Brazilian married, 1 children
Portuguese (native), English (fluent), French (oral communication and read), Spanish (read)
Home address:
(Brazil)
748 José Missali street, 13562-060 São Carlos, São Paulo State
Work address:
Phone : e-mail :
Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry Group, Institute of Chemistry of
São Carlos, University of São Paulo ; 400, Av Trababalhador
Sancarlense, 13563-970 São Carlos (Brazil)
(55-16) 33 73 99 76 / 9439 / 8053 (work) uprf@iqsc.usp.br
Education:
July 1996
“PhD Thesis in Inorganic Chemistry”, University of Campinas,
Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
February 1993
“Master Thesis in Inorganic Chemistry”, University of Campinas,
Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
1986 - 1990
BSc in Chemistry at Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná,
Brazil
Positions: since 2008 Research fellow at CNPq (The National Council for Scientific and
Technological Development), second class since 2010
University of São Paulo
Associate Professor at Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos,
1998-2010
University of São Paulo
Assistant Professor at at Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos,
2005-2006
“Chargé de recherche” at École Polytechnique

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2001 Visiting scientist at The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
(actually part of University of Copenhague, Denmark)
1997-1998 Post-doctoral at Facultés Universitaire Notre-Dame de la Paix,
Namur, Belgium ( with a fellowship from Brazilian Ministery of Education)
1996-1997 Assitant Professor at Federal University of Santa Catarina,
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Research:
Since 2009 Polymeric Materials for Membranes in Direct
Ethanol/Methanol/Glycerol Proton Exchange Fuel Cells
Since 2008
Since 2004
Chemical Bonding in Coordination Chemistry Compounds
CO
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uptake and Chemistry for Materials Production
Since 1998
Since 1993
Since 1997
Spectroscopy
Polyoxomettalate Polymeric Nanocomposites
Nanocomposite materials (enphasis on Ormosil materials)
Surface Modification and Surface Analysis through Electron
2005-2009 Wheat Chemistry
2004-2008 Archaeometry
1998-2006 Mettalo-Organic grafting on silicon surfaces
Teaching:
1994-1995 Teaching at University of Campinas (Inorganic Laboratory classes)
Teaching at Federal University of Santa Catarina (General chemistry) 1996-1997
1998-actual Teaching at
University of São Paulo
Undergarduate Courses
General Chemistry,
Inorganic chemistry,
:
Ceramics and Glassy Materials,
Qualitative Analytical Chemsitry,
History of Chemistry,
Structural Chemsitry
Graduate Courses:
Surface Chemsitry;
Material Science.
Hybrid and Inorganic Solids
Bibliography (see attached list):
31 articles published, 1 patent
8 Invited conferences or seminars
Advisor work
Materials Science and Engeneering and Chemistry thesis
14 MSc Thesis
4 PhD Thesis;

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Actual Research Group:
5 PhD students;
3 Master Students;
2 undegraduate students
REGULAR ARTICLES
Last 5 Years
1. FERREIRA-NETO, ELIAS P. ; Ullah, Sajjad ; DE CARVALHO, FLAVIO L.S. ; DE SOUZA, ADRIANO L. ; DE OLIVEIRA, MARCOS
; SCHNEIDER, JOSÉ F. ; MASCARENHAS, YVONNE P. ; JORGE, ALBERTO M. ; Rodrigues-Filho, Ubirajara P. .Preparation, characterization and photochromic behavior of phosphotungstic acid-ormosil nanocomposites. Materials Chemistry and Physics , p.
410-421, 2015.
2. CARRILLO BEBER, VINICIUS ; TAVEIRA CALEIRO, LUCAS ; ROSSI DE AGUIAR, KELEN ; JOSWIG, JAN-OLE ; PEREIRA
RODRIGUES FILHO, UBIRAJARA ; NOESKE, PAUL-LUDWIG MICHAEL ; RISCHKA, KLAUS ; LEITE CAVALCANTI, WELCHY
.Molecular simulation on carbon dioxide fixation routes towards synthesis of precursors for innovative urethanes. Applied Adhesion
Science, v. 3, p. 3, 2015.
3. ULLAH, S. ; FERREIRA NETO, E. P. ; PASA, A. A. ; ALCANTARA, C. C. J. ; ACUÑA, JOSÉ JAVIER SÁEZ ; BILMES, SARA A. ;
RICCI, M. L. M. ; LANDERS, R. ; FERMINO, T. Z. ; Rodrigues-Filho, U.P. . Enhanced photocatalytic properties of core@shell iO2@TiO2 nanoparticles. Applied Catalysis. B, Environmental (Print) , v. 179, p. 333-343, 2015.
4. OLIVEIRA, JR., MARCOS ; Rodrigues Filho, Ubirajara Pereira ; SCHNEIDER, José Fabian . Thermal Transformations and Proton
Species in 12-Phosphotungstic Acid Hexahydrate Studied by 1H and 31P Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Journal of
Physical Chemistry. C , v. 118, p. 11573-11583, 2014.
5. AGUIAR, K. M. F. R. ; SANTOS, V. G. ; EBERLIN, Marcos N ; Noeske, M ; RISCHKA, K. ; TREMILIOSI FILHO, Germano ;
Rodrigues Filho, Ubirajara Pereira . Efficient green synthesis of bis(cyclic carbonate)poly(dimethylsiloxane) derivative using CO2 addition: a novel precursor for synthesis of urethanes. RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences
, v. 4, p. 24334-24343, 2014.
6. FERREIRA-NETO, ELIAS PAIVA ; Ullah, Sajjad ; YSNAGA, ORLANDO ARMANDO ELGUERA ; Rodrigues-Filho, Ubirajara
Pereira . Zn2+ doped ormosil-phosphotungstate hybrid films with enhanced photochromic response. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and
Technology , v. 72, p. 290-300, 2014.
7. DORO, FÁBIO GORZONI ; RAMOS, ANA PAULA ; SCHNEIDER, José Fabian ; Rodrigues Filho, Ubirajara Pereira ; DA VEIGA,
MARCIA ANDREIA MESQUITA SILVA ; YANO, CLAUDIA LUMY ; NEGRETI, AMANDA ALVIM ; KRIEGER, MARTA HELENA
;TFOUNI, Elia . Deposition of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Coatings over the 316L Surgical Stainless Steel and Evaluation on Vascular cells. Canadian Journal of Chemistry (Print) , v. 92, p. 140530143244002-995, 2014.
8. VERZOLA, MARIO HENRIQUE A. ; FILHO, FAUSTO FRIZZERA BORGES ; DE OLIVEIRA, GUILHERME J. P. L. ; PEREIRA,
ROSA M. R. ; Rodrigues-Filho, Ubirajara P. ; NONAKA, KEICO OKINO ; ORRICO, SILVANA R. P. . Effects of the long-term administration of alendronate on the mechanical properties of the basal bone and on osseointegration. Clinical Oral
ImplantsResearch , v. 1, p. n/a-n/a, 2014.
9. Ferreira-Neto, E.P. ; CARVALHO, F. L. S. ; Ullah, Sajjad ; ZOLDAN, V. C. ; PASA, A. A. ; SOUZA, Adriano Lopes ;Battirola, Liliane
C. ; Rudolf, P. ; Bilmes, S.A. . Surface structure and reactivity study of phosphotungstic acid-nitrogenated ormosils. Journal of Sol- gel Science and Technology , v. 1, p. 1-1, 2013.
10. Ullah, Sajjad ; Acuña, Jose J S ; PASA, A. A. ; Bilmes, S.A. ; Vela, Maria E. ; Benitez, Guilermo ; Rodrigues-Filho, Ubirajara
Pereira . Photoactive Layer-by-Layer films of Cellulose Phosphate and Titanium dioxide containing Phosphotungstic acid. Applied
Surface Science , p. 111-120, 2013.
11. Battirola, Liliane C. ; SCHNEIDER, José Fabian ; TORRIANI, I. C. L. ; TREMILIOSI FILHO, Germano ; Rodrigues-Filho, Ubirajara
Pereira . Improvement on direct ethanol fuel cell performance by using doped-Nafion 117 membranes with Pt and Pt-Ru nanoparticles. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy , v. 38, p. 12060-12068, 2013.
12. Prieto, Mauricio J. ; Rodrigues Filho, Ubirajara P. ; Landers, Richard ; Tremiliosi-Filho, Germano . The ethanol electrooxidation at
Pt layers deposited on polycrystalline Au. PCCP. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Print) , v. 1, p. 1-5,
2012.
13. Chazalviel, J.-N. ; Rodrigues-Filho, U.P. . On the SiO infrared absorption of polysiloxane films. Thin Solid Films ,v. 520, p. 3918-
3921, 2012.
14. Lima, Renato Sousa ; Pia zzetta, Maria Helena ; Gobbi, Ângelo Luiz ; NASCENTE, Pedro Augusto de Paula ; Rodrigues- Filho,
Ubirajara Pereira ; Coltro, Wendell Karlos Tomazelli ; Carrilho, Emanuel . Contactless conductivity biosensor in microchip containing folic acid as bioreceptor. Lab on a Chip (Print) , v. 12, p. 1963-1966, 2012.
15. ROCHA, LENILSON COUTINHO ; DE SOUZA, ADRIANO LOPES ; Rodrigues Filho, Ubirajara Pereira ; CAMPANA FILHO,
SERGIO PAULO ; SETTE, LARA DURÃES ; PORTO, ANDRÉ LUIZ MELEIRO . Immobilization of marine fungi on silica gel, silica xerogel and chitosan for biocatalytic reduction of ketones. Journal of Molecular Catalysis. B, Enzymatic (Print) , v. 84, p. 160-165,
2012.
16. Battirola, Liliane C. ; Gasparotto, Luiz H. S. ; Rodrigues-Filho, Ubirajara P. ; Tremiliosi-Filho, Germano .Poly(imide)/Organically-
Modified Montmorillonite Nanocomposite as a Potential Membrane for Alkaline Fuel Cells. Membranes, v. 2, p. 430-439, 2012.

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17.GOMES, B. F. ; PICON, C. A. ; FERNANDES, F. A. P. ; RODRIGUES FILHO, U. P. ; TREMILIOSI-FILHO, G. . Shellac and
Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Titanium Niobium and AISI 316L Steel Surfaces Produced by Dip-Coating. ECS Transactions, v. 43, p.
51-55, 2012.
18. de Oliveira, M. ; de Souza, A. Lopes ; SCHNEIDER, J. ; Rodrigues Filho, Ubirajara Pereira . Local Structure and Photochromic
Response in Ormosils Containing Dodecatungstophosphoric Acid. Chemistry of Materials , v. 23, p. 953-963, 2011.
19. Haiduke, Roberto Luiz Andrade ; Rodrigues-Filho, Ubirajara Pereira . Axial ligand influence on geometries, charge distributions and electronic structures of iron tetraazamacrocycle [Fe(II)TIM(X)(Y)]2+ complexes assessed by Density Functional Theory.
Polyhedron , v. 30, p. 1396-1403, 2011.
20 . Silva Júnior, José da ; Cunha, Carlo R. da ; Carvalho, Flávio L. S. de ; Rodrigues Filho, Ubirajara P. ; Oliveira, Paulo R. ; Silva,
Marcos A. Segatto . Obtaining high purity silica from rice hulls. Química Nova (Impresso) , v. 33, p. 794-797, 2010.
21. Goveia, Danielle ; Lobo, Fabiana Aparecida ; Rodrigues Filho, Ubirajara Pereira ; Dias Filho, New ton Luiz ; Fraceto, Leonardo
Fernandes ; Rosa, André Henrique . Preparação de membranas de acetato de celulose organomodificadas para adsorção dos íons
Cu(II), Cd(II), Mn(II) e Ni(II). Química Nova (Impresso) , v. 33, p. 1135-1140, 2010.
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Felicissimo, Marcella P. ; Peixoto, José Luis ; Bittencourt, Carla ; TOMASI, Roberto ; HOUSSIAU, Laurent ; Pireaux, Jean-
Jacques ; Rodrigues-Filho, Ubirajara P. ; SEM, EPR and ToF-SIMS analyses applied to unravel the technology employed for potterymaking by pre-colonial Indian tribes from Pantanal, Brazil. Journal of Archaeological Science , v. 37, p. 2179-2187, 2010.
23. Moraes, Marli L. ; Maki, Rafael M. ; Paulovich, Fernando V. ; Rodrigues Filho, Ubirajara P. ; de Oliveira, Maria Cristina F. ; Riul,
Antonio ; de Souza, Nara C. ; Ferreira, Marystela ; Gomes, Henrique L. ; Oliveira, Osvaldo N. . Strategies to Optimize Biosensors
Based on Impedance Spectroscopy to Detect Phytic Acid Using Layer-by-Layer Films. Analytical Chemistry (Washington) , v. 82, p.
3239- 3246, 2010.
Overall: Web of Science: 57 articles, 626 citations