Helio Gauze Bonacorso

H. G. Bonacorso studied chemistry at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) in southern Brazil, where he obtained his BSc in Industrial Chemistry in 1985 and MSc in 1988. Subsequently, he received his PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in 1993 from the University of Stuttgart in Germany while working in the renowned group of professor Franz Effenberger. Since 1991, he has been a professor of Organic Chemistry at UFSM, and during his research career, he has authored or coauthored over 350 scientific papers, reviews, and book chapters, in addition to patenting 7 inventions (INPI/Brazil). In 2014, he received the Featured in Research award from the Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS, Brazil) for his outstanding contributions to chemistry. At UFSM, he is an associate researcher at NUQUIMHE (the center of heterocyclic chemistry), advising since 1993 in the Chemistry Graduate Program (PPGQ/UFSM), including 44 masters dissertations and 25 doctoral theses. In addition, professor H.G. Bonacorso is a researcher at the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq-1A) and a referee in over 40 international journals and numerous research funding agencies.Retiring in October 2022, H.G. Bonacorso continues officially associated with UFSM as a volunteer full professor, coordinating research projects, writing articles, and advising graduate students of all levels. His research interests include developing new synthetic methods to obtain and derivatize/functionalize heterocyclic molecules via cyclocondensation reactions, cycloaddition, multicomponent reactions, ANRORC-type rearrangements, click chemistry, heterocyclic fluorine-insertion, and CC and CN cross-coupling via CH activation. Through internal and external partnerships with NUQUIMHE, he has also published structural studies via NMR, SC-DRX, molecular calculations (DFT), docking, bioactivity/biointeractivity, and photophysical (photoluminescence) and thermal properties (DSC/TGA), always aiming at the design and applicability of heterocyclic systems in advanced organic materials. Research ID: A-8545-2014 and ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2745-2061.

graduation at Quimica Industrial from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1985), master's at Chemistry from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1988) and doctorate at Faculdade de Química from Universidade de Stuttgart (1993). Has experience in Chemistry, acting on the following subjects: pyrazoles, heterociclos, abnt / nbr iso, tabaco and enones.