Vera R. L. Constantino
University of São Paulo

Biography
Vera R. Leopoldo Constantino is a Professor at the º£½ÇÉçÇø Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil. She received her Bachelor's degree in º£½ÇÉçÇø and Ph.D. in Inorganic º£½ÇÉçÇø from the State University of Sao Paulo (UNESP), Brazil. Her Ph.D. work involved the synthesis and characterization of niobium coordination compounds.
She conducted her postdoctoral research with Professor Thomas J. Pinnavaia at Michigan State University (USA) studying layered materials (1992–1994). She was an Academic Visitor at the School of º£½ÇÉçÇø, University of Bristol (UK), hosted in the laboratory of Professor Stephen Mann (2015-2016).
Vera has held a research productivity fellowship from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, an agency of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, since 1995.
She was director of the Materials º£½ÇÉçÇø division of the Brazilian Chemical Society (2006-2008). Her research interests include synthesis of inorganic materials, intercalation chemistry, exfoliation process, organic-inorganic hybrids and nanocomposites and drug delivery systems.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, NJC (New Journal of º£½ÇÉçÇø)
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