Ailton Sousa Junior

Personal Info

Curriculum

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Current affiliation

FarmaTec | Federal University of Goias

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Academic background

Year	Degree \| Remark \| Institution \| City/Country
Since 2022	DTI-B Scholar Advisor: Prof. Eliana Martins Lima Federal University of Goiás (UFG) Goiânia/Brazil
2020-2022	Post-Doc in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Advisor: Prof. Eliana Martins Lima Federal University of Goiás (UFG) Goiânia/Brazil
Since 2020	Graduation in Physics Licenciatura Degree Universidade Paulista (Unip) Distance Education (EAD)
2016-2020	PhD in Physics applied to Nanomedicine Advisor: Prof. Andris Bakuzis Federal University of Goiás (UFG) Goiânia/Brazil
2013–2015	MSc in Physics applied to Nanomedicine Advisor: Prof. Andris Bakuzis Federal University of Goiás (UFG) Goiânia/Brazil
2013-2020	Graduation in Journalism Advisor: Prof. Rosana Borges Federal University of Goiás (UFG) Goiânia/Brazil
2009–2011	Graduation in Computer Science Discontinued in 2011 State University of Campinas (Unicamp) Campinas/Brazil
2008–2009	Technology in Computer Networks Discontinued in 2009 Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC Campinas) Campinas/Brazil
2004–2008	Graduation in Generalist Engineering Double Degree Program Ecole Centrale de Lyon (ECL) Lyon/France
2002–2008	Graduation in Electrical Engineering Double Degree Program State University of Campinas (Unicamp) Campinas/Brazil

Work experience

Year	Work title \| Remark \| Company \| City/Country
2008–2013	Software Engineer – Tester + Scrum Master Software testing + Team leadership (including a 6-month work experience at J&J UK) Ci&T Software Campinas/Brazil
2007–2008	Software Engineer – Intern 10-month internship in software development Daitan Labs Campinas/Brazil
2006–2007	SAP end-user consultant/trainer – Intern 9-month internship in SAP consulting/training \| Work experience in Spain and in Portugal Groupe SEB France + Iberica Écully/France + Barcelona/Spain + Lisbon/Portugal
2005-2005	Assembly Line – Intern 1-month summer internship \| Stage Ouvrier Airbus Toulouse/France
2004-2004	Teaching Assistant 6-month mentoring in Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry State University of Campinas (Unicamp) Campinas/Brazil
2003-2003	Teaching Assistant 6-month mentoring in Calculus 1 State University of Campinas (Unicamp) Campinas/Brazil

Languages

	Portuguese (mother tongue)
	English (advanced)
	French (advanced)
	Spanish (intermediate)
	Italian (intermediate)
	German (beginner)

Publications

Articles

#	Title \| Authors \| Journal \| Year
13	Immunogenic Cell Death Photothermally Mediated by Erythrocyte Membrane-Coated Magnetofluorescent Nanocarriers Improves Survival in Sarcoma Model Sousa-Junior et al. \| Pharmaceutics \| 2023
12	Paclitaxel-Loaded Lipid-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles for Dual Chemo-Magnetic Hyperthermia Therapy of Melanoma Oliveira et al. \| Pharmaceutics \| 2023
11	Tumor vascular heterogeneity and the impact of subtumoral nanoemulsion biodistribution Vaz de Oliveira et al. \| Nanomedicine \| 2023
10	Pre-clinical safety of topically administered sunitinib-loaded lipid and polymeric nanocarriers targeting corneal neovascularization Gomes Souza et al. \| International Journal of Pharmaceutics \| 2023
09	A Predictive Pharmacokinetic Model for Immune Cell-Mediated Uptake and Retention of Nanoparticles in Tumors Sousa-Junior et al. \| International Journal of Molecular Sciences \| 2022
08	Lidocaine- and chloramphenicol-loaded nanoparticles embedded in a chitosan/hyaluronic acid/glycerol matrix: Drug-eluting biomembranes with potential for guided tissue regeneration Vasconcelos et al. \| Frontiers in Nanotechnology \| 2022
07	Folate-targeted PEGylated magnetoliposomes for hyperthermia-mediated controlled release of doxorubicin Cintra et al. \| Frontiers in Pharmacology \| 2022
06	Zn_xMn_1-xFe₂O₄@SiO₂:zNd⁺³ core-shell nanoparticles for low-field magnetic hyperthermia and enhanced photothermal therapy with potential for nanothermometry M. Vinicius-Araujo et al. \| ACS Applied Nano Materials \| 2021
05	IR-780-albumin-based nanocarriers promote tumor regression not only from phototherapy but also by a nonirradiation mechanism G. Capistrano et al. \| ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering \| 2020
04	Predictive model for delivery efficiency: Erythrocyte membrane-camouflaged magnetofluorescent nanocarriers study A. Sousa-Junior et al. \| Molecular Pharmaceutics \| 2020
03	Multichannel AC biosusceptometry system to map biodistribution and assess the pharmacokinetic profile of magnetic nanoparticles by imaging G. Soares et al. \| IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience \| 2019
02	Specific T cell induction using iron oxide based nanoparticles as subunit vaccine adjuvant L. Marques Neto et al. \| Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics \| 2018
01	Clavanin A-bioconjugated Fe₃O₄/Silane core-shell nanoparticles for thermal ablation of bacterial biofilms K. Ribeiro et al. \| Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces \| 2018

Books/Chapters

#	Title \| Authors \| Journal \| Year
03	Magneto-hipertermia aplicada ao tratamento do câncer - In: Nanotecnologia: considerações em materiais, saúde e meio ambiente Sousa-Junior et al. \| University of Brasília \| 2022
02	Photothermal nanotherapy mediated by erythrocyte membrane-camouflaged magnetofluorescent nanocarriers: From tumor delivery to thermoinduced antitumoral imunogenicity Sousa-Junior \| PhD Thesis - Federal University of Goiás \| 2020
01	Analysis of the effects of magnetic and photothermal hyperthermia on the synthesis of heterostructures based on MnFe₂O₄ and Au nanoparticles Sousa-Junior \| MSc Dissertation - Federal University of Goiás \| 2015

Awards

Since 2008

#	Award \| Institution \| City \| Year
05	Doctoral College 2019 - Award/Grant University of Surrey (UoS) \| Guildford/England \| 2019
04	XXXIV Semana da Física - Best Oral Presentation (Experimental Physics - Session I) IF-UFG \| Goiânia/Brazil \| 2017
03	Featured Team Work Award Ci&T Software \| Campinas/Brazil \| 2010
02	Featured Individual Work Award Ci&T Software \| Campinas/Brazil \| 2009
01	Featured Team Work Award Ci&T Software \| Campinas/Brazil \| 2008

Oral Presentations

Since 2016

#	Event \| Location \| City \| Date
12	44th Autumn Meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society Determining the photothermal conversion efficiency (PCE) of nanostructured delivery systems: Roper’s method reviewed and alternative methods proposed Online Meeting \| 21-25/Jun/2021
11	43th Autumn Meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society Predictive model for delivery efficiency: From delivery to survival Online Meeting \| 25/Nov/2020
10	III Workshop do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física do IF-UFG IF-UFG \| Goiânia/Brazil \| 03/Mar/2020
09	Café com Ciência IF-UFG \| Goiânia/Brazil \| 13/Nov/2019
08	Doctoral College 2019 Austin Pearce Building - UoS \| Guildford/England \| 10/Jul/2019
07	42th Autumn Meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society Anti-cancer photothermal therapy and heat-induced immune responses mediated by erythrocyte membrane-coated magneto-fluorescent nanocarriers Radisson Hotel \| Aracaju/Brazil \| 29/May/2019
06	9th Brazilian Breast Cancer Symposium Pousada dos Pirineus \| Pirenópolis/Brazil \| 16/May/2019
05	36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Thermal Medicine Tradewinds Grand Island Resort \| St. Pete Beach/United States \| 02/May/2019
04	II Workshop do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física do IF-UFG IF-UFG \| Goiânia/Brazil \| 19/Mar/2020
03	8th Brazilian Breast Cancer Symposium Intratumoral delivery efficiency kinetics of multifunctional nanocarriers in Ehrlich tumor: In vivo and mathematical modeling Pousada dos Pirineus \| Pirenópolis/Brazil \| May/2018
02	XXXIV Semana da Física da UFG Pharmacokinetic model for the quantitative analysis of the EPR effect IF-UFG \| Goiânia/Brazil
01	XXXIII Semana da Física da UFG Photohyperthermia: Physical principles and applications on nanomedicine IF-UFG \| Goiânia/Brazil