D'Amore, Lorenzo (Date of defense: 2021-12-10)
The oxidative activation of C(sp3)–H bonds under ambient conditions represents a challenge to modern chemistry, nevertheless it is commonly operated in Nature by various oxygenases in key metabolic ...
Martins, Frederico F. (Date of defense: 2023-10-09)
Density functional theory (DFT) was postulated almost 60 years ago and equipped chemists with a powerful framework to simulate, in silico, the behavior of chemical systems. Despite its widespread utility, ...