Agostinho Almeida (1962) is a professor at
the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal, in the fields of
analytical/bioanalytical chemistry and instrumental methods of analysis.
He graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences (1986), with a specialization in Clinical
Analysis, and received a PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry (2000) from the
University of Porto. He is a researcher at LAQV/REQUIMTE, the Portuguese
Research Center for Sustainable Chemistry, where he leads a trace element
analysis unit. His main research interests are trace elements in health and
disease, with a focus on the development and validation of analytical
procedures in atomic absorption and plasma-mass spectrometry, microwave-assisted
sample preparation, and environmental, pharmaceutical, clinical/toxicological
and forensic applications. In the last 10 years, he has been a researcher in 15
projects with competitive funding and supervised/co-supervised of dozens of
students, many from foreign countries. He has authored over 140 scientific
publications in peer-reviewed journals and presented over 90 lectures and oral
communications. He is a member of the Editorial Board of two journals. In
brief, as a professor and researcher he has focused on the analysis of trace elements,
mainly in the clinical-toxicological, food and environmental areas. He is also head of a
specially dedicated research laboratory unit.
