Raquel Queirós is a staff researcher in the Water Quality Research Group – Life Sciences Department at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. Her main research interests include label-free detection methods for life science applications, new biomimetic materials as molecular recognition probes and engineering solutions for water quality monitoring.

Raquel Queirós holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering (2007) and a Master in Technologies for Environmental Protection (2008) both from Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (Portugal). She was a researcher at INESC TEC (former INESC Porto), where she worked on the development optical biosensors for different applications: water monitoring, food safety and control and health. She obtained her PhD in Physics from Universidade do Porto (Portugal) in 2013. Raquel joined INL as a NanoTRAINforGrowth Marie Curie Research Fellow in 2014, where she started working on the development of new nanomaterial-based sensors for water biotoxins monitoring.

• L. Coelho, J.M.M.M. de Almeida, J.L. Santos, P.A.S. Jorge, M.C.L. Martins, D. Viegas, R.B. Queirós (2016)
  Aptamer-based fiber sensor for thrombin detection.
  J. Biomed. Opt. 21(8), 087005. DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.21.8.087005

• Queirós, R.B.; Gouveia, C.J.; Fernandes, J.R.F.; Jorge, P.A.S. (2014)
  Evanescent wave DNA-aptamer biosensor based on long period gratings for the specific recognition of E. coli outer membrane proteins.
  Biosensors and Bioelectronics 62, 227–233. DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.06.062

• Queirós, R.B.; de-los-Santos-Álvarez, N.; Noronha, J.P.; Marques, P.V.S.; Sales, M.G.F. (2013).
  A label-free DNA aptamer-based impedance biosensor for the detection of E. coli outer membrane proteins.
  Sensors and Actuators B 181, 766-772. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2013.01.062

• Queirós, R.B.; Noronha, J.P.; Marques, P.V.S.; Sales; M.G.F. (2013)
  Recycling old screen-printed electrodes with newly designed plastic antibodies on the wall of carbon nanotubes as sensory element for in situ detection of bacterial toxins in water.
  Sensors and Actuators B 189, 21-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.11.112

• Queirós, R.B.; Noronha, J.P.; Marques, P.V.S.; Fernandes, J.S.; Sales; M.G.F. (2012)
  Determination of Microcystin-LR in waters in the subnanomolar range by sol-gel imprinted polymers on solid contact electrodes.
  Analyst 137, 2437-2444.DOI: 10.1039/C2AN35141B