Mariana Cardoso

Mariana Cardoso

School of Chemistry
PhD student

Contact details

Address
School of Chemistry
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Mariana is a PhD student at the university of Birmingham in collaboration with Procter & Gamble. Her Research focused on the development of smart microcapsules for consumer goods applications.

Qualifications

  • UG Aff Chemistry - The University of Birmingham 2013-2014
  • B.Sc. in Chemistry - University of São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil) 2010-2013

 

Biography

Mariana started her research career in the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) where she qualified with a BSc in Chemistry. During her time at the University she had the opportunity to work as an undergraduate researcher for three years.

In the first year she was awarded a one year CNPq Fellowship to work in the Biocolloids laboratory of the Chemistry Institute (2010-2011). The research involved the application of bio surfactants and peptides in the development of new antibiotic formulations. After that, she was awarded a two year FAPESP Fellowship in the Advancement Nanomaterials Design Laboratory of the University (2011-2013). Her research in this laboratory was focused in novel metallic nanomaterials for catalysis applications.

During her time at nanomaterials laboratory she was awarded with an Academic Merits fellowship to undertake a three months Internship at Indiana University, USA, working again with nanomaterials.
Before completing her degree, she was awarded with a one year scholarship to study at the university of Birmingham as an exchange student (2013-2014). During her time in the UK she also undertook a 5 months R&D Internship at the Procter and Gamble Innovation Centre in Newcastle, working in the Fabric and Home care division.

Mariana is now a PhD student at the university of Birmingham supervised by both Prof. Zhibing Zhang (School of Chemical Engineering) and Prof. Jon Preece (School of Chemistry).

Research

• “Smart sealed microcapsules for long-term storage and controlled release of water-soluble molecules” – PhD at the University of Birmingham , Uk (2015-Present)

• “Strategic Innovation and Technology in Fabric and Homecare” – Procter & Gamble Inovation Centre – Newcastle, UK (2014)

  • Synthesis of Palladium-silver, Platinum-silver and Gold-silver nanoshells for catalyses application."- Advancement Nanomaterials Design Laboratory – University of Sao Paulo (2011-2013).

• “Immobilization of Gramicidin in bilayer dispersions or particles coated by bilayers” – Biocolloids Laboratory – University of Sao Paulo (2010-2011)

Publications

(1) Cardoso, M. B. T.; Lewis, E.; Castro, P. S.; Dantas, L. M. F.; Oliveira, C. C. S.; Bertotti, M.; Haigh, S.; Camargo, P. H. C. Facile Strategy to Support Palladium Nanoparticles on Carbon Nanotubes Employing Polyvinylpyrrolidone as a Surface Modifier. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 1439.

(2) Weiner, R. G.; DeSantis, C. J.; Cardoso, M. B. T.; Skrabalak, S. E.* "Diffusion and Seed Shape: Intertwined Parameters in the Synthesis of Branched Metal Nanostructures" ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 8625-8635.