Dartagnan de Sá
B.Sc., UFPE, 2012
M.Sc., UFPE, 2013
Ph.D., UFPE/University of Nantes, 2018 (dual degree)
Dartagnan de Sá was born in Recife, Northeast of Brazil. He studied chemistry at UFPE and conducted his bachelor and master thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Jefferson Luiz Princival. Lately, Dartagnan conducted his joint PhD in chemistry at UFPE and University of Nantes under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jefferson Luiz Principal and Prof. Dr. Pascal Marchand, developing projects in the field of organic synthesis and biocatalysis. During his PhD, he worked as substitute professor in organic chemistry and biological chemistry at UFRPE (Brazil) and as instructor of experimental organic chemistry for the school of pharmacy at the University of Nantes (France). In 2020, Dartagnan joined the Clososki group as a postdoctoral fellow. Outside the lab, Dartagnan enjoys traveling, relaxing and art.
More about him:
- Dartagnan plays guitar, bass and drums since high school and he used to play in public presentations around his hometown with different music groups. His most curious experiences in this context was one improvised presentation inside a crowd free entry house and one empty public show for 3 unknown people next to the beach.
- He likes learning/speaking different languages and he started learning Chinese recently. For him, the most beautiful language is Romanian. He already tried to learn Vietnamese (unsuccessfully).
- Award: Second prize in caipirinha championship in Búzios, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil.
- Currently, he is one of the PLcast producers, the worst podcast ever (available on spotfy).