Projects

Isabel Correia is an Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and a researcher at Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE). She was born in Viseu, graduated in 1997 in Chemical Engineering at IST, and completed her Ph.D. in 2003 also in IST. From 2003 to 2008 she did postdoctoral studies in several universities: IST, TuDelft and Imperial college. In 2008 she joined Centro de Química Estrutural as an Assistant Researcher and in 2013 she received a Principal Researcher position to work at the same institute. Since 2021 she's an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering of IST. Her research interests are mainly in the areas of bioinorganic and coordination chemistry. She co-authored more than 120 publications, 3 book chapters, 14 conference proceedings and more than 100 technical presentations (14 as speaker) at national and international conferences.

Selected Papers

New iron(III) anti-cancer aminobisphenolate/phenanthroline complexes: Enhancing their therapeutic potential using nanoliposomes
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS, 623, 2022
Cristina P. Matos , Melissa Albino , Joana Lopes , Ana Silveira Viana , Leonor Côrte-Real , Filipa Mendes , Joao Costa Pessca , Ana Isabel Tomaz , Catarina Pinto Reis , M. Manuela Gaspar , Isabel Correia

Solution chemical properties and anticancer potential of 8-hydroxyquino-line hydrazones and their oxidovanadium(IV) complexes
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY, 235, 2022
Nádia Ribeiro , Ipek Bulut , Vivien Posa , Baris Sergi , Giuseppe Sciortino , J.C. Pessoa , Luisa B. Maia , Valeria Ugone , Eugenio Garribba , Eva A. Enyedy , Ceyda Acilan , Isabel Correia

May iron(III) complexes containing phenanthroline derivatives as ligands be prospective anticancer agents?
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 176, 492-512 8 2019
Cristina P. Matos , Zelal Adiguzel , Yasemin Yildizhan , Buse Cevatemre , Tugba Bagci Onder , Ozge Cevik , Patrique Nunes , Liliana P. Ferreira , Maria Deus Carvalho , Debora L. Campos , Fernando R. Pavan , J.C. Pessoa , Maria Helena Garcia , Ana Isabel Tomaz , Isabel Correia , Ceyda Acilan

Salan vs. salen metal complexes in catalysis and medicinal applications: Virtues and pitfalls
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS, 388, 227-247 6 2019
J.C. Pessoa , Isabel Correia

Synthesis, biological characterization and evaluation of molecular mechanisms of novel copper complexes as anticancer agents
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS, 1861, 218-234 2 2017
Ceyda Acilan , Buse Cevatemre , Zelal Adiguzel , Didem Karakas , Engin Ulukaya , Nádia Ribeiro , Isabel Correia , J.C. Pessoa