EDUCATION

• 2016: Ph.D.: Graduate Program in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of São Carlos, 2012-2016, supervisor Ana Rita de Araujo Nogueira; Ph.D. Thesis: Strategies, development, and application of method for selenium and selenium species determination in agricultural samples.
• 2017: Ph.D. Sandwich.: Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, 2014-2015, supervisor Joseph Caruso; Chapter: Development of a selenium speciation method for beef, feed and supplement samples.
• 2004 MSc.: Graduate Program in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of São Carlos, 2012-2016, supervisor Antonio Mozeto; Master thesis: Influence of the addition of calcium nitrate and PhoslockTM on the abatement of nutrient and metal fluxes at the sediment-water interface in an eutrophic lacustrine system.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• English (fluently, Toefl 1999).

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Method development employing spectroanalytical techniques, such as AAS, F AAS, GF AAS, MIP OES, ICP OES, and ICP-MS.
• Sample preparation for trace elements analysis.
• In atomizer trapping – preconcentration of hydride forming elements (especially Se and As) in quartz tube atomizers. Development of ideal apparatus setup (trap-and-atomizer device), optimization of experimental parameters for individual elements.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• Lectures; Department of Chemistry, University of São Carlos:
• 70130- General Chemistry 1
• 70211- Chemistry for Biology
• 70181- General Experimental Chemistry

HONOR AND AWARDS

• 2016 Poster Prize at 18th Encontro Nacional de Química Analítica, Brazil. The best original poster in spectrometry field.
• 2013 Poster Prize at XII Encontro Nacional de Contaminantes Inorgânicos, Brazil. The best poster of the conference.
• 2005 Award of merit for contributions to EMPRODEQUI Jr/Unesp, Brazil.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

• OLIVEIRA A. F., SVOBODA M., MUSIL S., MACHADO I., VANĚK D., MATOUŠEK T., DĚDINA J., KRATZER J.: Selenium preconcentration in a gold “amalgamator” after hydride generation for atomic spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 35 (2020), 2132–2141. DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00227E
• HIGUERA J. M., SILVA A. B. S., OLIVEIRA A. F., NIGUEIRA A. R. A.: Multi-elemental determination in meat samples using multi-isotope calibration strategy by ICP-MS. Food Chem. (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125395
• CARAPELLI R., OLIVEIRA A. F., GIGLIOTI R., TULLIO R. R., NASSU R. T, OLIVEIRA M. C. S., NOGUEIRA A. R. A.: Calcium, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mg fractionation in in natura and aged beef samples by bioanalytical methods. Food Anal. Methods 1 (2019), 1-9. DOI: 10.1007/s12161-019-01560-1
• OLIVEIRA A.F., GONZALEZ M. H., NOGUEIRA A. R. A.: Use of multiple lines for improving accuracy, minimizing systematic errors from spectral interferences, and reducing matrix effects in MIP OES measurements. Microchem. J. 143 (2018), 326-330. DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2018.08.032
• SMITH S. W., OLIVEIRA A. F., LANDERO J., NOGUEIRA A. R. A., ZANETTI M. A., NELSON J.: Multielement Analysis and Selenium Speciation in Cattle and Fish Feed using LC-ICP-QQQ. 2018 (Technical Report) DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19640.65285
• FERREIRA N. S., OLIVEIRA L. H.B., AGRELLI V., DE OLIVEIRA A. F., NOGUEIRA. A. R. A., OLIVEIRA A., GONZALEZ M. H.: Bioaccumulation and Acute Toxicity of As(III) and As(V) in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Chemosphere 217 (2018), 349-354. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.11.013
• DE OLIVEIRA A. F., DA SILVA C. S., BIANCHI S. R., NOGUEIRA A. R. A.: The use of diluted formic acid in sample preparation for macro- and microelements determination in foodstuff samples using ICP OES. J. Food Compos. Anal. 66 (2018), 7-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2017.11.001
• MENEZES E. A., OLIVEIRA A. F., FRANÇA C. J., SOUZA G. B., NOGUEIRA A. R. A.: Bioaccessibility of Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Zn, and crude protein in beef, pork and chicken after thermal processing. Food Chem. 240 (2018), 75-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.07.090
• BRITO A. L. B., OLIVEIRA A. F., NOGUEIRA A. R. A., PESSOA A. G. G., PONTES L. F. B. L.: Determination of inorganic constituents and physicochemical characterization of functional flour samples. Microchem. J. 132 (2017), 112-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2017.01.017
• OLIVEIRA A., FIGUEROA J. L., KUBACHKA K. M., NOGUEIRA A. R. A., ZANETTI M. C., JOSEPH A.: Development and application of a selenium speciation method in cattle feed and beef samples using hplc-icp-ms: evaluating selenium metabolic process in cattle. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom. 1 (2016), 233-241. DOI: 10.1039/C5JA00330J
• KUBACHKA K., HANLEY T., MANTHA M., WILSON R. A., FALCONER T., KASSA Z., OLIVEIRA A., LANDERO J, CARUSO J.: Evaluation of selenium in dietary supplements using elemental speciation. Food Chem. 218 (2016), 313-320. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.08.086
• SUEITT A. P. E., YAMADA-FERRAZ T. M., OLIVEIRA A. F., BOTTA C. M. R., FADINI P. S., NASCIMENTO M. R. L., FARIA, B. M.; MOZETO, A. A.: Ecotoxicological risks of calcium nitrate exposure to freshwater tropical organisms: Laboratory and field experiments. Ecotox. Environ. Safe. 117 (2015), 155-163. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.03.034
• YAMADA-FERRAZ T. M., SUEITT A. P. E., OLIVEIRA A. F., BOTTA C. M. R., FADINI P. S., NASCIMENTO M. R. L., FARIA B. M., MOZETO A. A.: Assessment of PhoslockTM application in a tropical eutrophic reservoir: An integrated evaluation from laboratory to field experiments. Environ. Tech. Inno. 4 (2015), 194-205. DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2015.07.002