José das Neves is Assistant Researcher at i3S/INEB since 2019. He graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2003) and holds a MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology (2007) and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2013) from the University of Porto, Portugal. Prior to engaging in a full-time research career, he worked as clinical pharmacist at the Hospital Geral de Sto. António, Portugal (2004-2009). José was a visiting researcher at Northeastern University (USA) in 2009-2010 and at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (Belgium) in 2010. After completing his PhD, he moved to INEB as a Postdoc/Junior Researcher (2014-2019). His broad research interest includes nanomedicine, drug delivery, and women's health. José's current research focuses specifically on the development of drug delivery strategies for the prevention or treatment of sexually transmitted infections and lower female genital tract diseases, and on new approaches for tackling mucosal barriers to the transport of nanocarriers. As of July 2023, he is the author of 80 peer-reviewed articles, 14 book chapters, and 87 presentations at scientific meetings. He is the co-Editor of 5 scientific books, Associate Editor of Frontiers in Pharmacology (Frontiers Media), and Editorial Board member of Biomedical Technology (KeAi/Elsevier), PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), Pharmaceutics (MDPI), Nanomaterials (MDPI), 4Open (EDP Sciences) and Scientific Letters (CESPU). José is Director of Scientific Communications of the Controlled Release Society and Secretary of the Board of CRS Spanish-Portuguese Local Chapter. He is also an active collaborator of the Global Burden of Disease Study, contributing to 38 peer-reviewed articles from this international consortium.
Selected Publications
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2018.02.001 SCOPUS: 85044614712.
Nunes R., Araújo F., Barreiros L., Bártolo I., Segundo M.A., Taveira N., Sarmento B., Das Neves J.,
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b12214 SCOPUS: 85054761997.
das Neves J., Notario-Pérez F., Sarmento B.,
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.113865 SCOPUS: 85110597388.
Talebian S., Rodrigues T., Das Neves J., Sarmento B., Langer R., Conde J.,
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c03992 SCOPUS: 85112525556.
Nunes R., Bogas S., Faria M.J., Gonçalves H., Lúcio M., Viseu T., Sarmento B., das Neves J.,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.05.003 SCOPUS: 85105809643.
Facchinatto W.M., Galante J., Mesquita L., Silva D.S., Martins dos Santos D., Moraes T.B., Campana-Filho S.P., Colnago L.A., Sarmento B., das Neves J.,
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.02.029 SCOPUS: 85102282925.
Das Neves J., Sverdlov Arzi R., Sosnik A.,
DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00948a SCOPUS: 85088493930.
Melo M., Nunes R., Sarmento B., Das Neves J.,
DOI: 10.1039/c9bm00759h SCOPUS: 85071385635.
Fernandes T., Baxi K., Sawarkar S., Sarmento B., das Neves J.,
DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2020.1728251 SCOPUS: 85079724834.
Gabriel L., Almeida H., Avelar M., Sarmento B., Das Neves J.,
DOI: 10.3390/nano12111899 SCOPUS: 85131082232.