Jailton De Souza-Ferrari is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) in João Pessoa (Brazilian Northeast). In 2007, he received his Doctorate in Organic Chemistry from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in Salvador (Brazilian Northeast). He has 16 years of teaching and research experience in higher education. Professor Jailton De Souza-Ferrari's research interests include mainly the development of new tools (reagents, ligands, and metallic complexes based on Meldrum acid) for pure and applied chemical synthesis, as well as the modification of bioactive natural products (via late-stage derivatization and/or molecular hybridization) in the search for compounds with, but not limited to, anticancer, antimicrobial, and antiangiogenic activities.
Formação acadêmica/profissional (Onde obteve os títulos, atuação profissional, etc.)
1) Doutorado em Química, com ênfase em Síntese Orgânica. 2) Mestre em Química dos Produtos Naturais. 3) Graduação em Química (Ciências-Química)
Áreas de Interesse
(áreas de interesse de ensino e pesquisa)
Síntese Orgânica, Química Medicinal e Farmacêutica, Química Biológica e Biotecnológica.