Rafaela Raupp da Rosa

Possui graduação em Bacharelado em Química (2011), Mestrado (2013) e Doutorado (2018) pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Foi Professora Substituta no Departamento de Físico-Química da mesma Universidade em 2013. Atualmente é pesquisadora de pós-doutorado na Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, desenvolvendo novas tecnologias a partir da celulose e seus derivados. Durante o período de Agosto/2017 a Novembro/2017 fez o doutorado sanduíche na University of Colorado Boulder, na cidade de Boulder, Estados Unidos, pelo Programa de Doutorado Sanduíche no Exterior (PDSE) fomentado pela CAPES. Tem experiência na área de Físico-Química e Química Orgânica, com ênfase em Síntese Orgânica, atuando principalmente na área de Química de Heterociclos, Materiais Líquido-Cristalinos e OFETs.

Rafaela Raupp da Rosa received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) in 2018 within the sub-area of organic synthesis and liquid crystalline materials, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Aloir A. Merlo. She was Assistant Professor at Physical Chemistry Department in the same University in 2013, teaching for undergraduate students from Chemistry, Geology, Chemical Engineering and Physical Engineering. In 2017 she received a Fellowship (granted from CAPES-PDSE) to research as Visiting PhD student at University of Colorado Boulder for four months at Chemistry and Biochemistry department, under supervision of Prof. Dr. David M. Walba. As part of Soft Materials Research Center (SMRC) she worked as well at Physics department doing XRD and eletrooptical analysis, with Prof. Dr. Noel A. Clark, One part of her Ph.D. research was presented at the International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC) in 2018 in Kyoto and was awarded with ILCC Kyoto Poster Award, considering the relevance, presentation, and scientific discussion of the work, showing our strong cooperation and innovative work. In November 2018 Dr. da Rosa joined the Materials Research Center (CENIMAT), a hub of the Associated Laboratory Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N) at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon as a postdoctoral fellow within the project "Innovative Products and Technologies from Eucalyptus" developing new technologies from cellulose and its derivatives, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Maria H. Godinho at Soft and Biofunctional Materials Group (SBMG). Dr. da Rosa has extensive experience in materials science, organic chemistry, with emphasis in organic synthesis, and physical chemistry, working mainly in heterocycle chemistry, cellulosic materials, liquid crystals and OFETs.