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CURRICULUM VITAE

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Name: Maria Teresa
Surnames: O. de Almeida Gasche
Born: 21-04-1964, Mozambique
Nationality: Portuguese

E-mail: teresag (@itn.pt)

Education

  • 1994 – PhD, Chemistry, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 1987 – Graduation in Technological Chemistry, FC-UL, Lisbon.

Professional Employment Career

  • Since 1998 – Auxiliary Researcher, ITN, Sacavém.
  • 1994-1998 – Senior Research Assistant, ICEN, Sacavém.
  • 1990-1994 – Research Assistant, ICEN, Sacavém.

Fellowships and Training

  • 10/1998 – Course "SR Summer School in Strutural Biology and Chemistry of Materials", ESFR, Grenoble, France.
  • 07/1996 – NATO Advanced Study Institute: "Chemisorption and Reactivity on Supported Clusters and Thin Films: towards an understanding of microscopic processes in catalysis", Sicilia, Italy.
  • 01-02/1996 – Course "Mass Spectroscopy Instrumentation, Applications and Interpretation” FCT/ UNL, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 4–6/1995 - Post-Doc, Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, School of Physics and Space Research, University of Birmingham, UK.
  • 6/1995 - CRLC, Daresbury Laboratory, UK.
  • 09/1994 – NATO Advanced Study Institute: "Metal-Ligand Interactions - Structure and Reactivity", Calabria, Italy.

Scientific Specialization

  • Lanthanide and actinide chemistry.
  • Surface chemistry.

Main Scientific Area of Research

  • Lanthanide and actinide chemistry.
  • Thermochemistry.
  • Mass spectrometry.

Teaching Activities

  • 10/1996-02/1998 – Teaches "Physics II", Physics Department, Aveiro University.
  • 10/1996-02/1998 – Teaches "Physics I", Physics Department, Aveiro University.
  • 10/1997-10/1998 – Teaches "Physics and Technology of Metals", Physics Department, Aveiro University.
  • 12/1996-01/1997 – Teaches "Surface Science and Interfaces I", Science Faculty, Lisbon University.
  • 10/1996-10/1997– Teaches "Physics and Technology of Metals", Physics Department, Aveiro University.

Membership of Professional Societies

  • 1996 until present- member of the Portuguese Society of Physics, Lisbon.
  • 2009 – member of the Portuguese Society of Chemistry, Lisbon.

Scientific Works

  • PhD Thesis: "Study of Gas Adsorption (O2, CO2,CO e C2H4) in Pu-metal and some Actinide intermetallics by Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS/XPS)", Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.

Participation in Projects

  • POCTI/QUI/42919/2001: "Immobilized Surface Rare Earth and Actinide Aryloxides. Activation of Small Molecules (CO2, CH4, C2H6)", (2002-2005), Teresa Almeida Gasche.
  • POCTI/QUI/35394/1999: "Oxidative coupling of methane using f block element intermetallic compounds as catalytic precursors" , (2000-2003), Joaquim B. Branco.
  • PRAXIS 2/2.1/QUI/386/94: Heterogeneous Chemical Behavior of the f block Elements”, (1997-1999), António Pires de Matos.

Communications

  • "Electron Stimulated Desorption from Solid CO2 and Hydrogen containing CO2 Matrix: A comparative study, " J.M. Coquel, L. Siller, R, Carrapa, J. Wilkes, T. Almeida Gasche, C.L.A. Lamont, R.E. Palmer, A.M.C. Moutinho, 4th European Conference on Gas-surface Dynamics, Acquafreda di Maratea, Itália , (1998).
  • "Adsorption of Azides on different surfaces", A.A. Dias, R.T. Carrapa, , A.M.S. Oliveira, T. Almeida Gasche, M.H. Vasconcelos, M.L. Costa, O.M.N. Teodoro, A.M.C. Moutinho,4th European Conference on Gas-surface Dynamics, Acquafreda di Maratea, Itália (1998).
  • "Azides on polycristalline Ni: SIMS and XPS studies" A.A. Dias, R.T. Carrapa, , A.M.S. Oliveira, T. Almeida Gasche, M.H. Vasconcelos, M.L. Costa, O.M.N. Teodoro, A.M.C. Moutinho, 14th I.V.C.-10th International Conference of Surface Science, Birmingham, UK (1998).
  • "Actinide Heterobimetallic oxides (Th, U). Reduction Studies and catalytic behavior", C. J. Dias, J. Branco, A. P. Gonçalves, T. Almeida Gasche, A. Pires de Matos, 33 èmes Journées des Actinides, Praga, April (2003).
  • "Rare Earth intermetallic compounds: new precursors for supported catalysts", C.J. dias, J. Branco, A.P. Gonçalves, T. Almeida Gasche, A. Pires de Matos, 7th FIGPS Meeting in Inorganic Chemistry, Lisbon, June (2003).
  • "Surface organometallic chemistry: immobilization of lanthanide aryloxides", A.S. Dias, J. Branco, T. Almeida Gasche, J. Carretas, A. Pires de Matos, 7th FIGPS Meeting in Inorganic Chemistry, Lisbon, June (2003).
  • "Actinide Heterobimetallic oxides (Th, U). Reduction Studies", C. J. Dias, J. Branco, A. P. Gonçalves, T. Almeida Gasche, A. Pires de Matos, MEDICTA (6th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis), Porto, July (2003).
  • "Surface organometallic chemistry: immobilization of lanthanide aryloxides and thermal analysis studies", A.S. Dias, J. Branco, T. Almeida Gasche, J. Carretas, A. Valente, J. Rocha, A. Pires de Matos, MEDICTA (6th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis), Porto, July (2003).
  • "f-Element Intermetallic Compounds as Catalysts Precursors", C.J. Dias, J. Branco, A.P. Gonçalves, T.A. Gasche, A. Pires de Matos, 10th Workshop on Magnetism and Intermetallics, Lisboa, December (2003).
  • "Lanthanide Aryloxides: Reactivity with POSS, T. Almeida Gasche, A.S. Correia, J. Branco, J. Carretas, A. Pires de Matos, MATRIX 2005 (Matrix Isolation Spectroscopy), Madeira, July (2005)