Renato Gil is a Research Fellow in the Water Quality Research Group at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL). His research is focused on the development of miniaturized potentiometric sensors based on ion-selective membranes and their integration into microfluidic platforms for application in food and environmental fields.

Renato Gil is a pharmacist who graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences with an MSc degree (2014) and a European PhD degree (Analytical Chemistry Specialty, 2022) from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto (Portugal). During his PhD, he focused on the synergic coupling between liquid chromatography and potentiometric detection to develop simple, cost-effective, and reliable analytical applications for food and water analysis. He joined INL as a Research Fellow in 2022 to develop online monitoring systems for relevant water chemical parameters. Renato published 7 peer-reviewed papers, 6 as a first author, 3 book chapters, and performed 5 oral communications and 4 poster presentations at national and international conferences. He has been awarded by U.Porto Innovation at the Business Ignition Programme 2020.

• Gil, R. L.; Amorim, C. G.; Montenegro, M.; Araujo, A. N.
  Potentiometric detection in liquid chromatographic systems: an overview
  Journal of Chromatography A 2019, 1602, 326-340.DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.06.006.

• Gil, R. L.; Amorim, C. G.; Montenegro, M. C. B. S. M.; Araújo, A. N.
  Determination of biogenic amines in tomato by ion-pair chromatography coupled to an amine-selective potentiometric detector
  Electrochimica Acta 2021, 138134. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138134.

• Gil, R. L.; Amorim, C. G.; Montenegro, M. C. B. S. M.; Araújo, A. N
  HPLC-potentiometric method for determination of biogenic amines in alcoholic beverages: A reliable approach for food quality control
  Food Chemistry. 2022, 372, 131288. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131288.

• Gil, R. L.; Amorim, C. G.; Cuartero, M.
  Addressing the detection of ammonium ion in environmental water samples via tandem potentiometry–ion chromatography
  ACS Measurement Science Au. 2022, 2, 3, 199-207. DOI: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.1c00056.

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  Cucurbit[8]uril-based potentiometric sensor coupled to HPLC for determination of tetracycline residues in milk samples.
  Chemosensors 2022, 10, 98. DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors10030098