Maria José Umbelino Ferreira

?Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lisbon University.?Head of Natural Products Chemistry group, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon.?Coordinator of the Master Course in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon.?Author of 88 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and 2 book chapters, 4 proceedings, over 180 communications, and several seminars/conferences in scientific meetings. h-index = 21 ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8742-1486?MJU Ferreira has successfully supervised 3 post-doc researchers, 4 PhD and 14 MSc students, and is currently supervising 3 PhD and 3 MSc students.?MJU Ferreira main interest is the search for bioactive compounds from plants. She is focused on two research areas: cancer and infectious diseases. Particularly, her main goal is to discover anticancer compounds, with emphasis on targeting multidrug-resistant cancer cells, namely P-glycoprotein modulators, apoptosis inducers and selective antineoplastic compounds. The development of anti-infective molecules, namely antimalarials and antibacterials, from medicinal plants, used in traditional medicine, is also one of her goals.