• Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Lisbon in 2005.
• Awarded a dual Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of  Lisbon from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA Lyon)in 2011, where he worked in the development of new carbohydrate-based antimicrobial agents.
• And carried postdoctoral research periodsat the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences of Vienna (BOKU) and at the University of  Lisbon.Since 2014, he is a Researcher (FCT Investigator)at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon.

• Scientific interests areencompassed in Medicinal Chemistry and arecentered in the development of carbohydrate-containing molecules of potential therapeutic application.
•  Has been particularly focused on the design and synthesis of structurally new nucleosides and nucleotide mimetics as potential anticancer agents.
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Glycosciences
• Nucleosides and Nucleotides
• Bioactive Compounds 
• Anticancer Agents

Research activities have been reported in ca.30 publications and are frequently presented in international scientific meetings/symposia.

Recent Pubs:

- “Exploitation of new structurally diverse D-glucuronamide-containing N-glycosyl compounds: synthesis and anticancer potential”,N.M.Xavier, A.Porcheron,D.Batista, R.Jorda, E.Řezníčková,V. Kryštof, M.C.Oliveira,Org.Biomol.Chem.2017, 15, 4667-4680.
DOI: 10.1039/C7OB00472A.

“Synthesis and antiproliferative evaluation of novel azido nucleosides and their -phosphoramidite derivatives”, N. M. Xavier, R. Gonçalves-Pereira, R. Jorda, E. Řezníčková, V. Kryštof, M. C. Oliveira,  Pure Appl. Chem. 2017, 89(9), 1267–1281. DOI: 10.1515/pac-2016-1218.

- “Recent Advances on Nucleotide Analogs and Mimetics: Synthesis and Biological Properties”, N. M. Xavier, In Elsevier Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering (J. Reedijk, ed.), Waltham, MA: Elsevier. 2017, 1-15, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.12655-1.