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Hire Dr. André P.

France

Freelance Innovation Consultant ► EU Fundraising Specialist ■ Grant Writer ■ H2020 SME Instruments

Profile Summary

I help companies securing funding to accelerate time to market of innovative products. Particularly under the H2020 SME Instruments program, I work with European SMEs and Start-ups in translating their disruptive ideas and technologies into innovative products that respond to concrete market needs. And in preparing successful proposals by providing professional proposal writing services, including the development of preliminary go-to-market strategy, business model and business plan. Previously, I have been a research scientist for more than 10 years. During this time, I had the opportunity to learn and teach Chemistry at the highest level and in three different countries (Portugal, Spain & France). I have managed my own research projects, I have mentored and trained young researchers, I have established and nourished collaborations with other research groups, I have taught and, most importantly, I have traveled and adapted to multicultural environments and multidisciplinary teams more than once.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ★ Grant Writing
• ☆ Research
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Fundraising

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Work Experience

Science and Innovation Consultant

Self-Employed

April 2018 - Present

Research and Teaching Assistant (Teaching: Organic Chemistry; Research: Polymer Chemistry and Catalysis)

Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI (France)

September 2015 - August 2017

Post-Doc (Polymer Chemistry and Catalysis)

Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI (France)

October 2014 - August 2015

Post-Doc (Photophysics)

Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal) and Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica (Spain)

January 2012 - September 2014

Research Fellow (Organic Chemistry)

Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal)

May 2011 - December 2011

PhD Student (Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis)

Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biológia (Portugal) and Universitat Jaume I (Spain)

December 2006 - December 2010

Research Fellow (Inorganic Chemistry)

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Portugal)

December 2005 - November 2006

Education

PhD (Chemistry)

Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica

December 2006 - June 2011

PhD (Chemistry)

Universitat Jaume I

December 2006 - June 2011

Diploma of Advanced Studies (Chemistry)

Universitat Jaume I

December 2006 - September 2010

Licenciatura em Química Aplicada - Ramo de Química Orgânica (Química)

Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa

September 1999 - October 2005

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sérgio Alves, Catarina Santos, André P. da Costa, Mara Silva, Carlos Baleizão, José Paulo S. Farinha(2017). Smart polymeric nanoparticles for boron scavenging . Chemical Engineering Journal. 319. p. 31--38. Elsevier {BV}

André Pontes da Costa, Danilo Rosa Nunes, Mickaël Tharaud, Julie Oble, Giovanni Poli, Jutta Rieger(2017). Palladium(0) Nanoparticles Embedded in Core-shell Nanogels as Recoverable Catalysts for the Mizoroki-Heck Reaction . ChemCatChem. 9. (12). p. 2167--2175. Wiley

L. R. P. Areias, A. P. da Costa, S. P. C. Alves, C. Baleizão, J. P. S. Farinha(2017). Optical sensing of aqueous boron based on polymeric hydroxytriphenylene derivatives . RSC Adv. 7. (8). p. 4627--4634. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

L. R. P. Areias, A. P. da Costa, S. P. C. Alves, C. Baleizão, J. P. S. Farinha(2017). Optical sensing of aqueous boron based on polymeric hydroxytriphenylene derivatives . RSC Advances. 7. (8). p. 4627--4634. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Rafael Ballesteros-Garrido, André P. da Costa, Pedro Atienzar, Mercedes Alvaro, Carlos Baleizão, Hermenegildo García(2016). Electroluminescence response promoted by dispersion and interaction of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride inside MOF5 . RSC Adv. 6. (42). p. 35191--35196. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Jennifer Lesage de la Haye, André Pontes da Costa, Gaëlle Pembouong, Laurent Ruhlmann, Bernold Hasenknopf, Emmanuel Lacôte, Jutta Rieger(2015). Study of the temperature-induced aggregation of polyoxometalate-poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) hybrids in water . Polymer. 57. p. 173--182. Elsevier {BV}

Da Costa, A.P., Lopes, R., Cardoso, J.M.S., Mata, J.A., Peris, E., Royo, B.(2011). Enantiomerically pure cyclopentadienyl- and indenyl-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of iridium and rhodium . Organometallics. 30. (16). p. 4437-4442.

Da Costa, A.P., Mata, J.A., Royo, B., Peris, E.(2010). Preparation of Cp-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Ruthenium. Resolution of Chiral Complexes and Catalytic Studies . Organometallics. 29. (7). p. 1832-1838.

Da Costa, A.P., Sanaú, M., Peris, E., Royo, B.(2009). Easy preparation of Cp*-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbenes and their coordination to rhodium and iridium . Dalton Transactions. (35). p. 6960-6966.

Kandepi, V.V.K.M., Da Costa, A.P., Peris, E., Royo, B.(2009). Molybdenum(II) complexes containing cyclopentadienyl-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbenes: Synthesis, structure, and application in olefin epoxidation . Organometallics. 28. (15). p. 4544-4549.

Gamelas, C.A., Lourenço, T., da Costa, A.P., Simplício, A.L., Royo, B., Romão, C.C.(2008). Selective and mild oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides or sulfones using H2O2 and Cp′Mo(CO)3Cl as catalysts . Tetrahedron Letters. 49. (32). p. 4708-4712.

Da Costa, A.P., Viciano, M., Sanaú, M., Merino, S., Tejeda, J., Peris, E., Royo, B.(2008). First Cp*-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene and its coordination to iridium. Study of the catalytic properties . Organometallics. 27. (6). p. 1305-1309.

da Costa, A.P., Reis, P.M., Gamelas, C., Romão, C.C., Royo, B.(2008). Dioxo-molybdenum(VI) and -tungsten(VI) BINOL and alkoxide complexes: Synthesis and catalysis in sulfoxidation, olefin epoxidation and hydrosilylation of carbonyl groups . Inorganica Chimica Acta. 361. (7). p. 1915-1921.