Maria Fátima das Graças Fernandes da Silva
Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
Biography
Full Professor of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 2005 – present. Associate Professor of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 1978 – 2005, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 1976 – 1978, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland-U.K, under the guidance of Professor Peter G. Waterman in Feb./87 to Jun/89. The central theme of my research is isolation and structure elucidation of plant secondary metabolites and the application of findings on numerous biological screening and in ecological and phylogenic studies. Research has generally been centred on the Rainforest of Brazil with particular reference to Sapindales plant families.