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Catarina Pereira Gomes is a PhD candidate in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Porto (since 2021). She holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering (2014) and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering (2012) from the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança. She has published 10 peer-reviewed journal articles, contributed to 7 book chapters, and presented at 11 scientific meetings. Throughout her career, Catarina has participated in 5 research projects in the roles of Research Fellow and PhD Student Fellow. Her research focuses on polymer science, analytical chemistry, and chemical process engineering, with expertise in radical polymerization, molecular imprinting, polyphenol analysis, and sustainable extraction techniques.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina Pereira Gomes
Date of birth
1990/07/27
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Gomes, Catarina
  • Catarina P. Gomes
  • C.P. Gomes

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2B12-75A1-B8FB
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3396-3615
Scopus Author Id
57190981477

Email addresses

  • cpgomes@ipb.pt (Professional)
  • catarina-p-gomes@hotmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 273303194 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Instituto Politécnico de Bragança. Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Bragança, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Engineering
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Polymer Science

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/01/01 - 2026/01/01
Ongoing
 Programa Doutoral de Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Design and synthesis of hybrid natural-synthetic polymers via controlled radical polymerization for the valorization of olive tree and vine sub-products" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012/10/01 - 2014/12/03
Concluded
 Chemical Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
"Surfactant-free emulsion polymerization by “Grafting from” polyvinylamine stabilizer" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20
2008/10/01 - 2012/10/01
Concluded
 Chemical and Biological Enginnering (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13/20
2011/03/01 - 2011/06/30
Concluded
 Student within the program "Lifelong Learning, Erasmus Action" (Licenciatura Degree) (Outros)
Politechnika Opolska, Poland
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01/01 - Current PhD student Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/12/03 - 2020/04/24 Research Fellow in FEUP-LSRELCMPolimerizaçãoRadicalar Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2019/10/31 Research Fellowship in AIProcMat@N2020- "Desenvolvimento de Novos Materiais e Técnicas de Encapsulação de Ácidos Gordos e Compostos Bioactivos". Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal
(...)
2014/01/01 - 2014/07/01 Stage within the program "Lifelong Learning, Erasmus Action" in Institute for Polymers Materials, "POLYMAT". Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Gipuzkoa, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/05/29 Design of cellulose-synthetic hybrid polymer vehicles for polyphenols uptake/release combining controlled radical polymerization with molecular imprinting technique
2020.06057.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/12/03 - 2020/04/24 FEUP-LSRELCMPolimerizaçãoRadicalar
UID/EQU/50020/2019
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/06/01 - 2019/10/31 AIProcMat@N2020-Advanced Industrial Processes and Materials for a Sustainable Northern Region of Portugal 2020"
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000006
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção
UID/EQU/50020/2019
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/02 - 2019/10/31 Characterization of the molecular architecture of polyacrilonitrile produced at industrial scale.
na
Other
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
Concluded
2017/09/01 - 2019/10/31 ZeroTCA - Research contract between Amorim & Irmãos (Cork Industry)
na
Other
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Catarina P. Gomes ; Almeida, Ayssata; Martins, Cláudia F.D.; Bzainia, Amir; Bilalov, Elchin; Dias, Rolando C.S.. "Isolation of High Added-Value Compounds in Agricultural By-Products for the Circular Bioeconomy: the Vine-Olive-Almond (VOA) System in the Trás-os-Montes Mountain Region - Portugal". In Green Economy, Resilience and Climate Change in Mountain Ecosystems. Nova Delhi, India: Springer Nature, 2025.
    Under revision
  2. Catarina P. Gomes ; Amir Bzainia; Ayssata Almeida; Cláudia Martins; Rolando C.S. Dias; Mário Rui P.F.N. Costa. Corresponding author: Rolando C.S. Dias. "Manufacture of monomers and precursors from plant biomass". In In _Plant Biomass Derived Materials Sources, Extractions, and Applications. 2024.
    Published
  3. Catarina P. Gomes ; Amir Bzainia; Ayssata Almeida; Cláudia Martins; Rolando C. S. Dias; Mário Rui P.F.N. Costa. Corresponding author: Rolando C. S. Dias. "Chemical routes for the transformation of bio-monomers into polymers". In In _Plant Biomass Derived Materials Sources, Extractions, and Applications-Wiley-VCH. 2024.
    Published
  4. Bzainia, Amir; Gomes, Catarina P.; Dias, Rolando C.S.; Costa, Mário Rui P.F.N.. "Carbon-based hydrogels". In Sustainable Hydrogels, 281-324. Elsevier, 2023.
    10.1016/b978-0-323-91753-7.00016-8
  5. Bzainia, Amir; Gomes, Catarina P.; Dias, Rolando C.S.; Costa, Mário Rui P.F.N.. "Molecular imprinting and surface grafting of glycoprotein fragments in polymeric nanosystems: from cancer diagnosis to virus targeting". In Polymeric Nanosystems, 787-841. Elsevier, 2023.
    10.1016/b978-0-323-85656-0.00012-7
  6. Gomes, Catarina P.; Bzainia, Amir; Dias, Rolando C.S.; Costa, Mário Rui P.F.N.. "Polymersomes as versatile drug delivery vesicular carriers". In Systems of Nanovesicular Drug Delivery, 155-190. Elsevier, 2022.
    10.1016/b978-0-323-91864-0.00018-8
  7. Gomes, Catarina P.; Dias, Rolando C. S.; Costa, Mário Rui P. F. N.. "Polymer Reaction Engineering Tools to Tailor Smart and Superabsorbent Hydrogels". In Polymers and Polymeric Composites: A Reference Series, 513-574. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-77830-3_19
Conference abstract
  1. Catarina P. Gomes ; R.C.S. Dias; M.R.P.F.N. Costa. "Hybrid adsorbents endowed with stereospecificity towards flavonoids present in olive oil and winemaking residues". Paper presented in 14th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, CHEMPOR-2023, Bragança, 2023.
    Published
  2. Catarina P. Gomes; Rolando C. S. Dias; Mário Rui P.F.N. Costa. "Design of molecularly imprinted cellulose-synthetic particles via ATRP to valorize flavonoids from Olive leaves". Brussels, 2023.
    Published
  3. Gomes, Catarina Pereira; Dias, Rolando; Costa, Mário Rui. "Exploiting RAFT polymerization to tailor vehicles for uptake and release of polyphenols. (http://hdl.handle.net/10198/18038)". Paper presented in 10th ECNP International Conference on Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites, San Sebastian, 2018.
  4. Gomes, Catarina; Sadoyan, Gayane; Dias, Rolando; Costa, Mário Rui. "Engineered polymer particles for the valorization of phenolic compounds present in mixtures obtained through supercritical extraction.(http://hdl.handle.net/10198/14698)". Paper presented in 10º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia, Bragança, 2017.
  5. Gomes, Catarina Pereira; Dias, Rolando; Costa, Mário Rui. "Supercritical CO2 uploading and controlled-release of polyphenols in cellulose-based hydrogels. (http://hdl.handle.net/10198/14699)". Paper presented in V Encontro de Jovens Investigadores do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, 2017.
  6. Catarina P. Gomes ; Dias, Rolando. "Development of molecularly imprinted particles for the stimulated uptake/release of polyphenols.". Paper presented in IV Encontro de Jovens Investigadores do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, 2017.
Conference paper
  1. Gomes, Catarina; Sadoyan, Gayane; Dias, Rolando; Costa, Mário Rui. "Engineered polymer particles for the valorization of phenolic compounds present in mixtures obtained through supercritical extraction". 2017.
Conference poster
  1. A. Almeida; C. Martins; Catarina P. Gomes ; R.C.S. Dias; M.R.P.F.N. Costa. "Design of functional polymers and sorption/desorption processes for the valorization of bioactive compounds in olive leaf". Paper presented in 14th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, CHEMPOR-2023., 2023.
  2. Catarina P. Gomes. "Effect of stirring and ultrasound-assisted extraction conditions in flavonoids, tannins, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of chestnut outer shells (Castanea sativa Miller)". 2021.
  3. C.Gomes ; Dias, R.C.S.; Costa, M.R.P.F.N.. "Design of RAFT Synthesized amphiphilic and stimuli-responsive block copolymers for encapsulation of polyphenols in polymersomes (http://hdl.handle.net/10198/18039)". Paper presented in 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, 2018.
  4. Catarina P. Gomes; Rolando C.S. Dias; Mário R.P.F.N. Costa. "Molecular Imprinting of Polyphenols in Stimuli Sensitive Polymer Particles. (http://hdl.handle.net/10198/13987)". Paper presented in XXII Encontro Luso-Galego de Química, 2016.
Journal article
  1. Catarina P. Gomes ; Mário Rui P.F.N. Costa; Dias, Rolando C. S.. "Reaction Routes with Glycidyl Methacrylate for the Incorporation of Oleic acid in Amphiphilic Block Copolymers". (2025):
    Published
  2. Catarina P. Gomes ; Duarte, Cristina N.; Martins, Cláudia F.D.; Amaral, Joana S.; Igrejas, Getúlio; Pereira, Maria João V.; Costa, Mário Rui P.F.N.; Dias, Rolando C.S.. "Scale-up of a sorption process working with molecularly imprinted adsorbents for enrichment of winemaking residues and improvement of bioactivity". Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy 8 (2024): 100093. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clcb.2024.100093.
    Published • 10.1016/j.clcb.2024.100093
  3. Catarina P. Gomes ; Rolando C. S. Dias; Mário Rui P.F.N. Costa. Corresponding author: Rolando C. S. Dias. "Fractionation of Flavonols and Anthocyanins in Winemaking Residues using Molecularly Imprinted Cellulose-Synthetic Hybrid Particles with Pyridyl Active Surface". Nano Select (2024):
    Published
  4. Gomes, Catarina P.; Dias, Rolando C. S.; Costa, Mário Rui P. F. N.. "Surface Molecularly Imprinted Cellulose-Synthetic Hybrid Particles Prepared via ATRP for Enrichment of Flavonoids in Olive Leaf". Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 17 3 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mren.202300011.
    10.1002/mren.202300011
  5. Gomes, C.P.; Dias, R.C.S.; Costa, M.R.P.F.N.. "Hybrid cellulose-poly(4-vinylpyridine) adsorbents produced via ATRP and their application to target polyphenols in winemaking, olive oil production and almond processing residues". Reactive and Functional Polymers 164 (2021): 104930. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2021.104930.
    10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2021.104930
  6. Gomes, C. P.; Franco, V.; Dias, Rolando C. S.; Costa, M. R. P. F. N.. "Processing of Onion Skin Extracts with Quercetin-Molecularly Imprinted Adsorbents Working at a Wide Range of Water Content". Chromatographia 83 12 (2020): 1539-1551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10337-020-03958-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s10337-020-03958-0
  7. Gomes, Catarina P.; Dias, Rolando C. S.; Costa, Mário Rui P. F. N.. "Preparation of Molecularly Imprinted Adsorbents with Improved Retention Capability of Polyphenols and Their Application in Continuous Separation Processes". Chromatographia 82 6 (2019): 893-916. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10337-019-03728-7.
    Published • 10.1007/s10337-019-03728-7
  8. Gomes; Dias; Costa. "Static Light Scattering Monitoring and Kinetic Modeling of Polyacrylamide Hydrogel Synthesis". Processes 7 4 (2019): 237. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr7040237.
    Published • 10.3390/pr7040237
  9. Gomes, Catarina; Gayane Sadoyan; Rolando C.S. Dias; Mário Rui P.F.N. Costa. "Development of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers to Target Polyphenols Present in Plant Extracts". Processes (2017): http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/5/4/72.
    Published • 10.3390/pr5040072
  10. Bonnefond, A.; Pereira Gomes, C.; de la Cal, J.C.; Leiza, J.R.. "Surfactant-free poly(methyl methacrylate)/poly(vinylamine) (PMMA/PVAm) amphiphilic core-shell polymer particles". Colloid and Polymer Science 295 1 (2017): 135-144. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85000879053&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1007/s00396-016-3985-5
  11. Oliveira, D.; Gomes, C.P.; Dias, R.C.S.; Costa, M.R.P.F.N.. "Molecular imprinting of 5-fluorouracil in particles with surface RAFT grafted functional brushes". Reactive and Functional Polymers 107 (2016): 35-45. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84984943391&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2016.08.007
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Gomes, Catarina. "Surfactant-free emulsion polymerization by “Grafting from” polyvinylamine stabilizer". Master, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10198/11514.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09/12 Hybrid adsorbents endowed with stereospecificity towards flavonoids present in olive oil and winemaking residues 14th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, CHEMPOR-2023
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2023/05/11 Design of Molecularly Imprinted Cellulose-Synthetic Particles via ATRP to Valorize Flavonoids from Olive Leaves International Summit on BioPolymers & Polymer Science (ISBPS2023)
Spectrum Conferences & Expos (Brussels, Belgium)
2019/05/17 Impressão Molecular em Biotecnologia 10.º PubhD Bragança
Centro Ciência Viva de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2018/10/05 Exploting RAFT Polymerization to tailor vehicles for uptake and release of polyphenols 10th International Conference on Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites
European Centre for nanostructured Polymers (San Sebastian, Spain)
2017/12/04 Engineered polymer particles for the valorization of phenolic compounds present in mixtures obtained through supercritical extraction. 10º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2017/11/29 Supercritical CO2 uploading and controlled-release of polyphenols in cellulose-based hydrogels. V Encontro de Jovens Investigadores do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2016/11/16 Development of molecularly imprinted particles for the stimulated uptake/release of polyphenols IV Encontro de Jovens Investigadores do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/09/12 - 2023/09/15 Member of the Local Organization Team of the 14th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (2023/09/12 - 2023/09/15)
Conference
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/05/11 - 2023/05/12 Participation as moderator
Conference
2022/02/28 - 2022/03/02 Poster presentation "Supercritical CO2 Extraction and Purification of Bioactive Compounds in Olive Leaf with Molecularly Imprinted Polymers"
Meeting
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/10/25 - 2019/10/25 Novas soluções para análises rápidas de gordura e proteína
Workshop
 Novas soluções para análises rápidas de gordura e proteína
Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2019/05/25 - 2019/05/25 Scientific Writing Workshop
Workshop
 Scientific Writing Workshop
2018/09/21 - 2018/09/21 Training on Microplate Reader Biotek Epoch 2 (10 h), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Other
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2017/12/03 - 2017/12/03 Course of "GC-MS aplicada à análise de metabolismos secundários: aspetos teóricos e práticos ”.
Congress
 10º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2017/12/03 - 2017/12/03 Course of “Aspetos úteis da técnica de UHPLC-DAD-ESI-MSn na identificação de compostos bioativos de origem vegetal"
Congress
 10º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2014/06/03 - 2014/06/05 Summer course “Polymers for a Sustainable World”
Seminar
 1ST SUSPOL SUMMER SCHOOL
Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Gipuzkoa, Spain
2013/09/04 - 2013/09/11 Course of “Emulsion Polymerization Processes” no POLYMAT
Other
 Emulsion Polymerization Processes
Universidad del País Vasco - Campus Gipuzkoa, Spain
2012/06 - 2012/06 Course of “Métodos Instrumentais de Análise: Cromatografia e Espectrometria”
Seminar
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2010/06/19 - 2010/06/23 Monitor “Uma linha de cosméticos com cheirinho a terra”
Other
 Verão Ciência Viva
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2019/06/01 - 2019/06/02 II double Diploma Summer School & Symposium DD2019
Evaluator
 Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal