Pedro Figueiredo

Pedro Figueiredo PhD Candidate Institution: Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology Contact: Pmrfigueiredo (at) cnc.uc.pt

Biography:

Pedro R. Figueiredo has a Master in Medicinal Chemistry and a Bachelor in Chemistry, both by UMinho. He is currently a PhD Candidate at the UCoimbra developing the project "Enzymatic Synthesis of Biodegradable Amphiphilic Polymer-drugs for Cancer Treatment" in the Rational Protein Engineering group in collaboration with CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials.

Keywords: QM/MM MD simulations; DFT; enzymes; polymer-drug conjugates