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My work on functional chemical maps, for example, has greatly enhanced the traditional visualization of chemical data in phytochemistry. This, in turn, has significantly advanced the identification of active principles in plants widely used in South American traditional medicine and unveiled new ecophysiological roles for specialized metabolites in economically important plants. Author of 40 articles and one patent in licensing phase, I collaborate with an extensive international network of researchers in both the academic and industrial sectors within the Brazil-Switzerland axis.
Leonardo Saldanha is a botanist who studies the chemical diversity of the world's flora, with a focus on medicinal species. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zürich, working on metabolomics projects to characterise the chemical space used by indigenous communities in the Amazon basin.
LEONARDO SALDANHA
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2018
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2010
2007
Bachelor in Biological Sciences, University of São Paulo State (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil.
Master in Botany from the University of São Paulo State (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil.
PhD in Botany, University of São Paulo State (UNESP), Brazil and University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Adjunct Professor, Federal University for Latin-America Integration, Brazil.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of São Paulo State (UNESP) and University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Postdoctoral Fellow Agroscope Forschungszentrum & Universität de Zürich, Switzerland.
Scientific Researcher at Centroflora Inova - Centre of Research Development & Innovation, Brazil.
Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zürich, Switzerland
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2011
2023
2023
2022
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2013
2018
2018
Career
Saldanha, after completing his PhD at São Paulo State University, with training period at the University of Geneva, received several post-doctoral fellowships in Brazil and Switzerland from FAPESP, CNPQ, CAPES and SNSF.
Personal Interests
Fascinated by life, I have a deep passion for natural mountain environments. My journey, after a sojourn in Patagonia and the Swiss Alps, took me to high-altitude trad rock climbing. I have ventured with my camera into places that few dare to go. In many ways, we all have our own mountains to conquer in life.
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