Floriatan Costa
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Experience

Career

Research, projects, peer review and mentoring.

Professional positions

  1. 2026 – present Current

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Universidad de Zaragoza (UNIZAR) · Zaragoza, España

  2. 11/2024 – present Current

    Postdoctoral Researcher (CAPES fellowship)

    Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) — Departamento de Química · Curitiba, Brasil

    Research line: development of microextraction and speciation methods.

  3. 2024

    Postdoctoral Researcher (CNPq fellowship)

    Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) · Brasil

  4. 06/2019 – 11/2023

    PhD candidate (CAPES fellowship) — Research and Development

    Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) — Departamento de Química · Curitiba, Brasil

    Research lines: method development and chemometrics; sample preparation and alternative solvents.

  5. 2017 – 2019

    MSc student (FAPESB fellowship)

    Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC) · Ilhéus, Brasil

  6. 2012 – 2016

    Undergraduate student

    IF Baiano — Campus Guanambi · Guanambi, Brasil

    Extension initiation fellow (2013–2014), Chemistry laboratory teaching assistant (2013–2014), PIBID teaching-initiation fellow (2014–2016) and student representative on the course board and institutional committees (2014–2016).

Projects

Project titles are kept in their original language (Portuguese).

ResearchOngoingPrincipal investigator

Desenvolvimento de método de extração com solventes eutéticos profundos hidrofóbicos e nanopartículas magnéticas para especiação química em saliva de pacientes oncológicos

Chemical characterisation of saliva from cancer patients to identify disease markers: elemental determination by atomic and mass spectrometry and development of miniaturised, sustainable speciation methods using hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents (HDES) and magnetic nanoparticles, with data interpreted through artificial-intelligence tools.

2024 – present · Funding: CAPES

ResearchCompleted

Solventes Eutéticos Profundos Naturais aplicados no preparo de amostras orgânicas e inorgânicas e determinação elementar por técnicas espectrométricas

Preparation and characterisation of natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) and their use as substitutes for conventional reagents in sample preparation for the extraction of inorganic species.

2019 – 2023 · Funding: CAPES

ResearchOngoing

Avaliação de impactos causados por substâncias potencialmente tóxicas em amostras de interesse ambiental obtidas na Baía do Pontal

Determination of organic and inorganic species of metals and metalloids in water, shellfish, fish and mangrove plants, with food-safety assessment.

2018 – present

Technological developmentCompleted

Desenvolvimento de Softwares Educacionais para o Ensino de Química

Development of a mobile game about electron configuration according to the Pauling diagram.

2013 – 2014

OutreachCompleted

Mulheres Camponesas de Caetité: uma proposta dialógica entre Educação do Campo e a Química

Extension project with the Peasant Women's Movement of Caetité (Bahia, Brazil), bringing together popular and chemical knowledge through workshops, talks and field classes.

2013 – 2014

TeachingCompleted

Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência — PIBID: Repensando práticas e saberes no ensino de Química

Placement of pre-service teachers in public schools for teaching activities.

2014 – 2016

TeachingCompletedPrincipal investigator

Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência — PIBID

Active, critical participation of pre-service teachers in teaching practice.

2013 – 2014

Journal reviewer

Serves as a peer reviewer for the following journals:

Memberships

  • 2023EuChemS Sample Preparation Study Group and NetworkAffiliated member · since 2023
  • 2018Sociedade Brasileira de Química (SBQ)Affiliated member · since 2018

Supervision and committees

Completed supervisions — undergraduate research

  • 2018Raquel Viana Pinto Leal — Desenvolvimento de metodologia de extração assistida por ultrassom para determinação de Cu, Mn, Fe e Zn em material vegetal por F AASUndergraduate research · Química — UESC · FAPESB
  • 2018Lucas Lima Carneiro — Modelagem e otimização de experimentos utilizando clusterização Fuzzy e algoritmos genéticosUndergraduate research · Engenharia Elétrica — UESC · FAPESB

Undergraduate thesis examination committees

  • 2026Beatriz dos Reis Lago Brandao — Desenvolvimento de um método de microextração dispersiva baseado em solventes eutéticos para a determinação de compostos nitrogenados em aguapé (Eichhornia crassipes)Undergraduate thesis · Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • 2023Helena Bezerra Ferrari — Estudo da eficiência de solventes eutéticos profundos naturais no preparo de amostra para determinação elementar em Ora-pro-nóbisUndergraduate thesis · Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo