Dr Mateus Webba Da Silva

Biography

Mateus Webba de Silva was educated in chemistry in Angola, Portugal and England, he moved to the UC Davis in 1996 as a postdoctoral fellow. After a stint at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Duke University he accepted a faculty position at Ulster University in 2005.

Research Interest

The major focus of research in this laboratory is the design and synthesis of new molecular and material entities utilizing nucleic acids. By applying novel chemical principles at the molecular level, exciting new molecules and molecular assemblies are created which possess unique biological, mechanical, sensory, electronic and optical properties.