Master’s degree (2018) in Analytical, Clinical and Forensic Toxicology (Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto) and a Bachelor's degree in Forensic Laboratorial Sciences (Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde).
Knowledge areas: Chromatographic techniques (GC-FID, GC-MS, HPLC-DAD, HPLC-FPD, LC-MS); extraction methods (SPE, SPME, LLE, QuEChERS)
Currently, Ricardo is a technician at Plataforma Analítica helping students and researchers developing and applying analytical methods.
Publications
Langa I, Gonçalves R, Tiritan ME, Ribeiro C (2021). Wastewater analysis of psychoactive drugs: Non-enantioselective vs enantioselective methods for estimation of consumption. Forensic Science International, 2020, 325, 110873 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.110873 [1]
Phyo YZ, Teixeira J, Gonçalves R, Palmeira A, Tiritan ME, Bousbaa H, Pinto MMM, Fernandes C, Kijjoa A (2021). Chiral derivatives of xanthones and benzophenones: Synthesis, enantioseparation, molecular docking, and tumor cell growth inhibition studies. Chirality, 2021, 33 (4), pp. 153-166 https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.23297 [2]
Ribeiro C, Gonçalves R, Tiritan ME (2021). Separation of Enantiomers Using Gas Chromatography: Application in Forensic Toxicology, Food and Environmental Analysis. Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 2021, 51 (8), pp. 787-811 https://doi.org/10.1080/10408347.2020.1777522 [2]
Pérez-Pereira A, Ribeiro C, Teles F, Gonçalves R, Gonçalves V, Pereira JA, Carrola JS, Pires C, Tiritan ME (2020). Ketamine and Norketamine: Enantioresolution and Enantioselective Aquatic Ecotoxicity Studies. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4955 [3]
Gonçalves R, Ribeiro C, Cravo S, Cunha SC, Pereira JA, Fernandes JO, Afonso C, Tiritan ME (2019). Multi-residue method for enantioseparation of psychoactive substances and beta blockers by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 1125, 121731 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchromb.2019.121731 [4]
