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Pierre Mothé Esteves
Professor of
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at UFRJ since
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Education
- Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro: Ph.D. 1999
- Universidade
Federal do Rio de Janeiro: B.A. 1994
Experience
- 2002-present: Professor,
Institute of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidade Federal do
Rio de
Janeiro
- 2000-2001: Postdoctoral
Fellow at the Loker Hydrocarbon Institute,
University of
Southern
California
- 1999-2000: Postdoctoral
Research Associate at the Catalysis Group at
Institute of
Chemistry.
- Researcher Fixation Fellowship and
Research Grant (CNPq/PROFIX) at the Institute
of Chemistry, UFRJ, Brazil, Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics of Carbonium Ions and the
Protonation of Hydrocarbons in Liquid Superacid Media (March/2002).
- Researcher Fixation Fellowship (FAPERJ)
at the Institute of Chemistry, UFF,
Brazil, Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics of Carbonium Ions and the
Protonation of Hydrocarbons in Liquid Superacid Media (Jan/2002).
- Elf-Atofina, USA, Collaboration project,
under supervision of Prof. G. K. Surya Prakash (Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute) and Dr. MaherY. Elsheikh
(Elf-Atofina Research Center, Atofina Chemicals,
Inc.), Developement of New Heterogeneous
Catalysts (2001).
- Postdoctorate at the Loker
Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of the Southern California,
Los Angeles, USA, under supervision of Profs. G. K.
Surya Prakash and
George A. Olah, Hydrocarbon Transformations in
Superacids (since September 2000).
- Researcher Fixation Fellowship
(FAPERJ) at the Institute of Chemistry, UFRJ, Brazil, under supervision of Prof. Claudio
J. A. Mota, Ab initio Study of the Protonation
of C-C and C-H bonds in Liquid Superacid
Media (august/1999-
august/2000).
- Universite Louis Pasteur - Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Hydrocarbures, under supervision of Prof. Jean
Sommer, Strasbourg,
France. Study of reaction mechanisms of alkane activation on liquid and solid superacids (1998).
- University of State of Morelos, under supervision of Prof. Alejandro
Ramirez-Solis Cuernavaca,
Mexico. Ab initio study of alkane
activation on liquid superacids (two periods
of one month in 1997 and 1998).
- Laboratory of Reactivity of Hydrocarbons
and Organic Catalysis (LARHCO) - Institute of Chemistry -
UFRJ, under supervision of Prof. Claudio J.
A. Mota. Study of reaction mechanisms and
heterogeneous catalysis (1997-1999).
- Research and Development Center of
PETROBRAS (CENPES) - Catalysts Division (DICAT), under supervision of Prof. Claudio J.
A. Mota. Studies on heterogeneous catalysis
(1993-1997).
- Laboratory of Computational and Quantum
Chemistry - Institute of Chemistry - UFRJ, under supervision of Prof. Marco A.
Chaer Nascimento.
Experience on molecular modeling and quantum mechanical (ab initio)
techniques applied to chemistry (1994-1999).
- Laboratory of Asymmetric Organic
Synthesis - Natural Products Research Center - UFRJ, under supervision of Prof. Paulo R. R.
Costa. Experience on asymmetric organic synthesis
(1990-1994).
- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling -
Natural Products Research Center - UFRJ, under supervision of Prof. Mauro B. de
Amorim. Experience on molecular modeling
techniques for investigation of organic reactions
(1992-1995).
- Laboratory of Physical Organic Chemistry
- Chemistry Institute - UFRJ, under supervision of Prof. Ricardo
Bicca de Alencastro.
Experience on development of computer programs for visualization of
chemical structures (1994).
Honors and
Awards
- 2005: Researcher Fellowship - CNPq
- 2003: Young Scientist of Rio de Janeiro State - FAPERJ
- 2002: Young Scientist of
Rio de Janeiro State - FAPERJ
- 2001: Young Scientist
Fixation Fellow (PROFIX) - CNPq
Memberships
- The Brazilian Chemical
Society
- The Brazilian Society for Mass Spectrometry
Contact
Information
- Office:
Centro de Tecnologia, Bl. A, sala 613
- Telephone: 55-(21)
2562-7444
- E-mail:
pesteves@iq.ufrj.br
Research Interests
Mechanistic studies involving reactive
intermediates. Single Electron Transfer processes in Organic Chemistry. Ab initio molecular dynamics
techniques. Alkane activation in liquid and
solid superacids and in the gas phase.
Carbocation chemistry. Hydrocarbon chemistry. Use of theoretical methods
and isotopic labeling techniques in the investigation of reaction
mechanisms. Use of zeolites and correlated
materials for organic synthesis. Ab
initio studies of carbonium ions.
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