Rui JC Gusmao, Ph.D.
Junior Group Leader
Contact: rui.gusmao@vscht.cz
Research Interests
Materials Chemistry, Electrochemical Techniques, Electrocatalysis, Material Characterization, Liquid phase exfoliation, Top-down methods, Energy Conversion, Water Splitting, HER, OER, ORR, NRR, Energy Storage, Transition Metal Dichalcogenide, Transition Metal Nitrides, Metal Phosphorous Trichalcogenides, High Entropy Alloys
Voltammeters, Electrodes, Electroanalytical Chemistry, Sensing, Black phosphorus, 2D Pnictogens, MXene
Electromagnetic Shielding, Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanomaterials, Graphene, Transition Metal Dichalcogenide
Summary of Scientific Activities
Total peer-reviewed publications : 57 | h -index: 23 | Total citations > 2000 #firstauthor: 27 | #co- corresponding author: 17 | #covers and front pieces: 5 | #Impact Factor (IF) ≥ 10: 15 (4x ) Angewandte Chemie ; (2 x ) ACS Catalysis, ACS AM&I , Small Methods ; (1 x ) ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials , Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Materials Today Energy, Small Source: Google Scholar | Scopus | WoS (01.2024)
Current Position
Since 10/2017: Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (VŠCHT Praha/UCT Prague) , Prague, Czech Republic
Previous Research Positions
| 2016 - 2017 | Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry (CBC), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore |
| 2013 - 2016 | Chemistry Research Center | Institute for Polymers and Composites, University of Minho, Portugal |
| 2012 - 2013 | Research Center in Chemistry, University of Porto, Portugal |
| 2007 | ICAT - FCUL, University of Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2007 | IST, Lisbon, Portugal |
Research Stays in other scientific institutions
| 2015 | CBC, SPMS, NTU, Singapore |
| 2013 | Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food, University of Vigo, Spain |
| 2011 | Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK |
Grants and Project Funding
| 2023-2025 | International partner in the “ Emerging technologies for electrochemical and hybrid analytical systems ” funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain (PID2022-136709OB-C22). |
| 2020-2022 | PI of GAČR Jr. Research Project “ 2D Layered Metal Phosphorous Trichalcogenides for Energy Conversion and Storage ” (20-21523Y), funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR). |
| 2020-2022 | International partner in the “ New hybrid systems for sensing and separation ” funded by Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain (PID2019-107102RB-C22). |
| 2018-2020 | CHEMFELL4UCTP Fellow (No. CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/17_050/0008485) International mobility of researchers – MSCA-IF II (MŠMT, Czech Republic). |
| 2015 | Visiting Researcher grant by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal). |
| 2013-2019 | Individual Postdoc grant by FCT, Portugal: SFRH/BPD/86690/2012 |
| 2011 | Visiting Ph.D. grant by the Spanish Government (MICINN, Spain): EEBB-2011-44249 |
| 2007-2012 | Ph.D. fellowship by the Spanish Government (MICINN, Spain): BES-2007-15385 |
Published Works
Selected publications, since 2020:
* indicates corresponding authorship
Sensing Materials: 2D Semiconductors for Biosensing, in: Ref. Module. Biomed. Sci., Elsevier, 2023. R. Gusmão* https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822548-6.00049-2
Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (28), 8052. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201610512
Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (46), 14417.https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201706389
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29 (2), 1805975.https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201805975
Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (28), 9326.https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201810309
Chemosensors 2023, 11 (4), 219.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9040/11/4
Other Information
Ph.D. in Chemistry. Degree-granting institution: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Spain. Year: 2012
B.Sc. in Technological Chemistry (Licenciatura). Degree-granting institution: Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL, Portugal) Scientific area: Chemistry. Year: 2006
2024 - NANOSUMMIT2024, Lyon, France, May 20-22, 2024 (Invited); 10th International Symposium on Hydrogen Energy, Renewable Energy and Materials (HEREM 2024), Bangkok, Thailand, October 2024.
2022 - 8th Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry Southeast Europe, Graz, Austria (Keynote); Flatlands beyond Graphene 2022, Lanzarote, Spain; Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry, Marrakech, Morocco.
2021 - European Graphene Forum 2021, Milan, Italy; ImagineNano2021 International Event, Nanospain2021 Conference, Bilbao, Spain.
2019 - 7th Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry Southeast Europe, Split, Croatia; 10th World Congress of Chemistry & Biology, Barcelona, Spain (Invited).
2018 - 2nd International Conference on Materials Science and Research, Frankfurt, Germany (Invited).
2025 - Nano Exploration of MXenes 2025 - #NEMX25, MATSUS Spring25, Sevilla, Spain - link
2023 - Flatlands beyond Graphene 2023, September 2023, Prague, Czech Republic - link
2015 - XX Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society, October 2015, Braga, Portugal - link
(18 x ) Electrochimica Acta; (6 x ) Talanta; (5 x ) Applied Materials Today; (4 x ) Chemical Engineering Journal, Nano; (2 x ) ACS Applied Nano Materials, ACS Nano, Electroanalysis , Nanomaterials, PCCP; (1 x ) ACS Materials Letters, Advanced Functional Materials , Advanced Materials , Angewandte Chemie , Catalysts, Ceramics, Electrochemistry Communications, FlatChem, Journal of Energy Chemistry, Journal of Nanomaterials, Micromachines, Monatshefte für Chemie, Nature Communications, Results in Chemistry, Small , Small Methods.
Supervision of students and research team:
2013/2014 Supervision of 1 Master Student. Department of Chemistry, University of Minho, Portugal. Since 2020, Supervision of 1 Postdoc, 1 Ph.D. student, 3 visiting M.Sc. students at UCT Prague, Czech Republic.
Undergraduate Positions. If you are interested in laboratory work experience as an undergraduate as part of your Degree course get in touch.
Possibilities for M.Sc. and Ph.D. thesis.
Fall 2025: Dr. Keerthana Shanmuganathan will join with the MSCA PF-CZ funding, under the OP JAK programme.
GA ČR Postdoc Individual Fellowship - Incoming
Call typically opens in March: https://gacr.cz/en/types-of-grant-projects/ The funding duration is 3 years at an institution in the Czech Republic. The Applicant must have received his/her Ph.D. academic title no more than 4 years to the deadline of the call, and has international experience (i.e. has spent at least 2 of the last 3 years at a foreigner institution, either postdoc or enrolled in his/her Ph.D. program).
The funding duration is 3 years at an institution in the Czech Republic. The Applicant must have received his/her Ph.D. academic title no more than 4 years to the deadline of the call, and has international experience (i.e. has spent at least 2 of the last 3 years at a foreigner institution, either postdoc or enrolled in his/her Ph.D. program).
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships
Call deadline typically in September:https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships
The proposals which obtain a score of 70% or above in the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call under Horizon Europe, but are not proposed for funding under MSCA due to the lack of budget, are eligible for funding under the Operational Program John Amos Comenius (2021-2027), funded under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Collaborations:
Sofer Group, UCT Prague, Czech Republic -https://sofergroup.cz/
Advanced Modeling Lab, University of Aveiro, Portugal - ciceco.ua.pt/manuelmelle
Electroanalysis Group, University of Barcelona, Spain - http://www.ub.edu/dqaelc/
ElectroSynDev, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany - https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/forschung/oe/ce/synthesis-to-devices/index_en.html
Nikola Tasić , National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia - link
https://www.ki.si/en/about-the-institute/find-employees/384/