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Maria da Conceição da Silva Carvalho Burguete Martins
Profile: A Scientist and a University Lecturer with developed teaching & research experience in a wide variety of scientific fields such as, Chemistry, Epistemology, History and Philosophy of Science and related fields. An author of scientific books and very experienced in giving scientific International Conferences
Skills:
 Knowledge and understanding of a wide variety of scientific fields including Chemistry, Epistemology, History and Philosophy of Science and related fields
A Chemical Engineer, Chemist and Biochemist.
Historian and Philosopher of Science (mainly Chemistry of the XXth century).
A good communicator with excellent presentation skills
A very dynamic person with a multidisciplinary knowledge.
Multi - lingual capability in four languages: fluency in spoken English, French and Portuguese both oral and written and good german.
Computer literate - experienced in using the MS software suite.
Career History:
Jean Piaget University 2003 - present
Lecturer of the following disciplines:
Epistemology of Medicine.
Philosophy of Sciences and Epistemology of Health.
Seminars of History of Health.
Philosophy of Human Development and Health.
Epistemology of Human Motricity.
Human Bioenergetics.
Human and Social Nutrition
Epistemology and Philosophy of Sciences
University of Algarve 2001- present
Lecturer of "History and Philosophy of Sciences"
for both courses of High Graduation in Mathematics and Physics and Chemistry.
Studying 1998 - 2000
PhD in History and Philosophy of Sciences (Epistemology of Sciences)
Assistant Teacher 1992 - 1998
of the Unity of Exact Sciences and Human Sciences of the University
(Subjects: Biochemistry, General Chemistry)
IST - 1990 - 1991
Complex Interdisciplinary of Institute Superior of Technique: (IST)
Research Assistant - assays with ultra-microelectrodes.
Pharmaceuticals Industries and Organic Chemistry 1986 -1990
Consultant in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Engaged to advise those working in this field for a Portuguese company with international operations and dealing with problems such as
Quality Controls of drugs and their production and synthetic pathways.
Elaboration of Projects and Reports relative to production problems and Quality Control.
Managing two Laboratories of Clinical Analysis and monitoring several clinical assays including the quality control as well as the acquisition of equipment and reagents.
UNL 1983 - 1990
New University of Lisbon (College of Sciences and Technology);
Assistant
responsible for the following subjects:
Chemistry II
Instrumental Methods of Analysis
Mechanisms of Chemical Reactions
Research investigation work in the Gulbenkian Institute of Science in Oeiras.
Education and Training:
University of Munich (1998-2000).
with a grant from the Science and Technology Foundation (Portugal) -
PhD in History and Philosophy of Sciences (Epistemology of Sciences)
Master in Technological Organic Chemistry (1985).
Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon (1982).
High Graduation in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry from the
Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering (1979).
Memberships:
Biochemical Portuguese Society 1986 - present
History and Philosophy of Science 1997 - present
Federation of European Chemical Societies. 1997 - present
International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry 2005
Personal Details:
Date of birth: 28 September 1956
Interests: Horse riding, tennis, sailing, and reading and have interests in Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Working Party on the History of Chemistry.
Addendum
Details on Training Courses attended and Publications
a) Training Courses:
Course of Advanced Studies at University of Coimbra (Portugal) under the theme "Experimental Biology and Biomedicine" in 1987.
Participation at the V Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Electrochemistry in 1991 (Portugal).
Participation at 1st Portuguese-Spanish Biophysics Congress in December 1995 (Portugal).
Participation at the 3rd Meeting upon "History and Philosophy of Science - Positivism" held at the University of Évora (Portugal) in January 1996.
Participation in a Cycle of Scientific Seminars under the theme: "Chemistry and Society" - held at the University of Algarve (Portugal) in March 1996.
Participation in a cycle of Scientific Seminars under the theme: "Dancing with Molecules" held at the New University of Lisbon (Portugal) from April to December 1997.
A Course upon "Colonial Science in the Hispanic and Portuguese World" in May 1997 at the Museum of Natural History of the Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon (Portugal).
Participation at the International Meeting upon "Science and Techniques Museums" held at Convento da Arrábida (Portugal) in November 1997
Participation at the International Congress upon "Public Images of Chemistry in the Twentieth Century" held at La Villette (Paris) in September 2004.
Participation at the Course upon "Communication for Scientists" in January 2006 at the University of Lisbon.
b) PAPERS PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES:
-M.C.BURGUETE AND J.A. RIBEIRO- "Histamine and nerve conduction"- Molecular and Cellular Biology, vol.12, p.169, 1987- 1st. Meeting of Portuguese Society of Neurochemistry, in Portugal, October 1986.
-M.C. BURGUETE AND J.A. RIBEIRO - "Cimetidine antagonizes the inhibitory effects of histamine and Dimaprit on nerve conduction."- XVII Meeting of Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, in College of Medicine of Lisbon, in Portugal, December 1986.
-M.C. BURGUETE AND J. A. RIBEIRO -"The effect of histamine on axonal conduction"- British Journal of Pharmacology, 1987, (90), 171 P- Presented in the Proceedings of The British Pharmacological Society, in London, December 1986.
-M.C. BURGUETE AND J. A. RIBEIRO-"The effect of Dimaprit on cyclic AMP accumulation in the frog sciatic nerve"-J. Neurochemistry.,1989, 52 (Suppl.) 100 D - Presented in the 12th Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry, in Portugal (April 1989).
M. C. BURGUETE AND A. M. NUNES DOS SANTOS -
"Architecture of New Molecules in the 20th century - A Dynamic Survey" - presented in the XX th International Congress of History of Science., Belgium, July 1997.
M.C. BURGUETE - "Architecture of New 3D - Structures " - presented in the second European Conference on Computational Chemistry , Lisbon , September 1997.
M. C. BURGUETE - "Quimicarte - da relação entre Ciência e Arte"- presented in a Seminar (June 1998) entitled " O Mundo Ibérico nas Grandes Exposições".
M.C. BURGUETE & BRIGITTE HOPPE - "Molecular Architecture", presented at the International Conference on the History of Chemistry and Chemical Industry, in July 1999 at Budapest, Hungry.
M. C. BURGUETE - Kimikart - Relation entre la Chimie et L' Art - presented at the Academie Europeenne des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres in September 2000, in Bruxelles (Palais des Académies).
M. C. BURGUETE - The Architecture of New Molecules : A Dynamic Approach - Ambix, 48 (3) Nov. 2001.
M. C. BURGUETE - A Arquitectura de Novas Moléculas no Séc. XX - Uma Visão Dinâmica - presented at a Conference of Engineering realized in Superior Institute Of Engineering , May 2002.
M. C. BURGUETE - "Alchemy, Chemistry and Pharmacy"- Architecture of New Molecules in the XXth Century -A Dynamic Survey - Published in the Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science, 1997. Ed. by Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, Belgium, 2002.
M.C. BURGUETE - Molecular Architecture II - Presented (3-7) September 2003 in the 4th International Conference on History of Chemistry, on the topic "Communication in Chemistry in Europe, across Borders and Generations". This conference was held at Budapest, Hungary.
M.C.BURGUETE - A Arquitectura De Novas Estruturas Tridimensionais - 2nd Congress Luso-Brasilien on History of Science and Technique, October 2003 at Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
M.C. BURGUETE - "The Philosophy of Computational Chemistry" presented in the XXII International Congress of History of Science in July 2005, at Beijing, China.
C) PUBLICATIONS
(*) M. C. BURGUETE - SER HUMANO INTEGRADO:VISÃO DINÂMICA - Edited by Ariadne Publications in Dec. 2006
(*) M.C. BURGUETE - "The Philosophy of Computational Chemistry" presented in the XXII International Congress of History of Science in July 2005, at Beijing, China. (in publication), 2005
(*) M.C. BURGUETE - "History and Philosophy of Sciences" - Book edited by Piaget Editions in November 2004.
(*) M.C. BURGUETE - Molecular Architecture II -"Communication in Chemistry in Europe, across Borders and Generations" - published Proceedingsof the 4th International Conference on History of Chemistry, Budapest, September , 2003. Edited by Hungarian Chemical Society, Budapest, 2005.
(*) M. C. BURGUETE - "Arquitectura de Novas Moléculas - Uma Visão Dinâmica" - a book edited by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation inserted in a Textbook Collection of Social and Human Sciences, 222 pages, June 2003.
(*) M. C. BURGUETE - The Architecture of New Molecules - A Dynamic Approach - author edition (Munich, 1999).
M. C. BURGUETE - "Alchemy, Chemistry and Pharmacy"- Architecture of New Molecules in the XXth Century -A Dynamic Survey -Ed. by Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, Belgium, 2002.
M.C. BURGUETE & BRIGITTE HOPPE - "Molecular Architecture" - (in publication). Hungary, 2006.
M.C. BURGUETE AND J. A. RIBEIRO-"The effect of Dimaprit on cyclic AMP accumulation in the frog sciatic nerve"-J. Neurochemistry.,1989, 52 (Suppl.) 100 D.
M.C. BURGUETE AND J. A. RIBEIRO -"The effect of histamine on axonal conduction"- British Journal of Pharmacology, 1987, (90), 171 P.
M.C.BURGUETE AND J.A. RIBEIRO- "Histamine and nerve conduction"- Molecular and Cellular Biology, vol.12, p.169, 1987.
( * ) ----- These are the six recent key publications.
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