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Meirielly Jesus holds a degree in Biological Sciences and a Master's degree in Industrial Biotechnology from the Tiradentes University- Brazil and a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Minho. In her academic career she optimized environmentally friendly techniques for the integral recovery of agro-industrial waste following the concept of biorefinery. Additionally, has experience in advancing sustainable practices in the fractionation of high-value products derived from algae, towards their utilization in food and pharmaceuticals, aligning with the principles of blue biotechnology. She is currently a researcher at CISAS-IPVC, Center for Research and Development in Agrifood Systems and Sustainability, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Meirielly Santos de Jesus

Citation names

  • Jesus, Meirielly
  • Jesus, M. S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3B15-6C62-96FA
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8625-978X
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kkHi9nsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
LattesiD
lattes.cnpq.br/6141910162068375
Researcher Id
AER-4595-2022
Scopus Author Id
57195987290

Email addresses

  • meiriellyjesus@ipvc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • AV. DO ATLÂNTICO, 574, ESCOLA SUPERIOR TECNOLOGIA E GESTAO, 4900-348, Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology
Education
Degree Classification
2019/12/10
Concluded
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"A biorefinery approach for valorization of winemaking residues" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012/02 - 2014/02
Concluded
 Graduate Program in Industrial Biotechnology (Magister)
Universidade Tiradentes, Brazil

Universidade Tiradentes Instituto de Tecnologia e Pesquisa, Brazil
"Production and characterization of xanthan gum using agroindustrial waste as substrate" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2009 - 2012
Concluded
 Biological Sciences (Licenciatura)
Major in Biologia
Universidade Tiradentes, Brazil
"DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW CHOLESTEROL KEFIR MILK DRINK AROMATED WITH MANGABA PULP" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/08/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Sistemas Agroalimentares e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Sistemas Agroalimentares e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2021/08/28 - 2024/07/31 Postdoc (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Sistemas Agroalimentares e Sustentabilidade, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Tiradentes, Brazil
Universidade Tiradentes, Brazil
2008 - 2009 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Tiradentes, Brazil
Universidade Tiradentes, Brazil

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/03 - Current Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/01 - 2019/12 Centro de Engenharia Biológica da Universidade do Minho
154725UID
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/07 - 2028 FRUTotal - Preparados de Maçã de Alcobaça IGP e Pêra Rocha do Oeste DOP enriquecidos com proteína e fibra obtidas a partir da biomassa de fruta rejeitada.
COMPETE2030-FEDER-01464400
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Sistemas Agroalimentares e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Center for Research and Development in Agrifood Systems and Sustainability
UIDB/05937/2020
10.54499/UIDB/05937/2020
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centre of Biological Engineering - University of Minho
UID/BIO/04469/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021/07/30 - Current UID 5937 - Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Sistemas Agroalimentares e Sustentabilidade (CISAS)
7/2021/104
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Jesus, Meirielly; Romaní, Aloia; Joana Santos; Preciosa Jesus da Costa Pires; Élia Fernandes; Mata, F.; Ramos, Carla; Vaz-Velho, Manuela. "Extraction of bioactive compounds from brown algae using deep eutectic solvents in microwave: Preliminary study Extração de compostos bioativos de uma alga castanha recorrendo ao uso de solventes eutéticos profundos em microondas: Estudo preliminar". In , XII Foro Iberoamericano de los Recursos Marinos y la Acuicultura: Fortaleciendo los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible para la pesca y la acuicultura. pag 1136. 2024.
  2. Jesus, Meirielly; Mata, Fernando; Pinto, Ricardo M. P.; Rocha, Susana; Vaz-Velho, Manuela; Jesus, Meirielly; Pereira Pinto, Ricardo. "PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF FOUR SEAWEEDS COMMONLY FOUND ON THE PORTUGUESE SHORE". In In Tendências e estratégias para a agroindústria do futuro, 188-200. Instituto Internacional Despertando Vocações. Instituto Internacional Despertando Vocações, 2022.
    Published • 10.31692/978-65-88970-27-0.188-200
Conference abstract
  1. Dos Santos, M.J.P.L.; Mata, F.; Jesus, M. S.; Cano-Díaz, Concha; Dos Santos, Maria José Palma Lampreia; Mata, F.; Jesus, Meirielly; Cano-Díaz, Concha. "European citizens’ worries and self-responsibility towards climate change: a gender analysis". Paper presented in European citizens’ worries and self-responsibility towards climate change: a gender analysis. Global Citizenship Conference, Al-Abdullah, 2024.
    Published
  2. Pires, Preciosa; Santos, Joana; Romaní, Aloia; Del-Río, Pablo; Fernandes, Élia; Mata, F.; Vaz-Velho, Manuela; Jesus Meirielly. "Use of deep eutectic solvents (des) to extract bioactive compounds from brown macroalgae by microwave.". Paper presented in 8th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology Posters - abstracts ISAP 2024, Porto, 2024.
    Published
  3. Mata, F.; Cano-Díaz, Concha; Jesus, Meirielly. "Demographic tendencies of the EU citizens' perception about the greening subsidies given to farmers". Paper presented in Congress Farm to Fork: our food, our health, our future, Castelo Branco, 2023.
    Published
  4. Jesus, Meirielly; Romaní, Aloia; Joana Santos; Preciosa Jesus da Costa Pires; Fernandes, Élia M.R.; Mata, F.; Carla Ramos; Manuela Vaz-Velho; Élia Fernandes. "Extraction of bioactive compounds from brown algae using deep eutectic solvents in microwave: Preliminary study". Paper presented in XII Foro Iberoamericano de los Recursos Marinos y la Acuicultura: Fortaleciendo los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible para la pesca y la acuicultura, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2023.
    Accepted
  5. Mata, F.; Jesus, Meirielly; Cano-Díaz, Concha; Dos - Santos, Maria José Palma Lampreia. "European citizens’ self-responsibility in climate change impediment". 2023.
  6. Pires, A. P. ; Fernandes, É.; Jesus, M. S.; Vilarinho, M.C.L.G.; Vaz-Velho, M.; Barros, M.. "Quantificação das proteínas, lípidos, açúcares e minerais de oito espécies de algas da costa de Portugal avaliação da potencial aplicação na alimentação". Paper presented in CCS2023 - 5ª Conferência Campus Sustentável - Capacitação para a Ação Climática: do Campus à Comunidade, Viana do Castelo, 2023, Viana do Castelo, 2023.
    Published
  7. Jesus, Meirielly; Mata, F.; Batista, R; Denise Ruzene; Albuquerque, R.; Vaz-Velho, Manuela; Silva, D. P.. "Evaluation of corncob source in the production of xantham gum.". Paper presented in XVI Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, Castelo Branco, 2022.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Jesus, Meirielly S.; Ballesteros, Lina F.; Pereira, Ricardo Nuno Correia; Genisheva, Zlatina; Teixeira, J. A.; Domingues, Lucília. "Extraction of bioactive compounds from vine pruning residues by using ohmic heating and conventional heating techniques". 2019.
  2. Jesus, Meirielly; Genisheva, Zlatina; Romani, Aloia Perez; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Teixeira, J. A.; Domingues, Lucília. Corresponding author: Jesus, Meirielly. "Hydroalcoholic extraction of polyphenol compounds assisted by a microwave digester from residues of vine pruning". 2018.
  3. Jesus, Meirielly S.; Genisheva, Zlatina; Romaní, Aloia; Teixeira, J. A.; Domingues, Lucília. "Extraction of polyphenols from vine pruning residues optimization". 2017.
  4. Romaní, Aloia; Jesus, Meirielly; Teixeira, J. A.; Domingues, Lucília. Corresponding author: Romaní, Aloia. "Bioethanol production from vine pruning residue by sequential steps of autohydrolysis". 2016.
Journal article
  1. Fernando Mata; Nuno Baptista; Meirielly Jesus; Joana Santos. "Fur Farming: EU Citizens’ Stance". Sci (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/sci7040177.
    10.3390/sci7040177
  2. Rafaela Venâncio Flores; Meirielly Jesus; Joana Santos; Fernando Mata; Lucas de Souza Soares; Eduardo Basilio de Oliveira; Sukarno Olavo Ferreira; Taíla Veloso de Oliveira; Nilda de Fátima Ferreira Soares. "Optimization, characterisation, and stability of chitosan-cellulose nanocrystal nanocomplexes". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.147212.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.147212
  3. Bárbara Teixeira Gomes; Meirielly Jesus; Joana Santos; Clara Suprani Marques; Noé Mitterhofer Eiterer Ponce de Leon da Costa; Fernando Mata; Paulo Cesar Stringheta; et al. "Development of Gelatin/Polyvinyl Alcohol Films Incorporated with Blueberry Extracts for Freshness Detection of Shrimp". Polymers 17 (2025): 2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym17162188.
    Published • 10.3390/polym17162188
  4. Iran Alves Torquato; Cleber Thiago Ferreira Costa; Meirielly Santos Jesus; Fernando Mata; Joana Santos; Hortência E. Pereira Santana; Daniel Pereira Silva; Denise Santos Ruzene. "Spineless Cactus (Opuntia stricta and Nopalea cochenillifera) with Added Sugar Cane (Saccharum officinarum) Bagasse Silage as Bovine Feed in the Brazilian Semi-Arid Region". Ruminants (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/ruminants5030037.
    10.3390/ruminants5030037
  5. Jesus, Meirielly; Romaní, Aloia; Joana Santos; Preciosa Jesus da Costa Pires; Pablo Del-Ro; Mata, F.; Fernandes, Élia; Carla Ramos; Vaz Velho, Manuela. Corresponding author: Vaz Velho, Manuela. "High-Value Brown Algae Extracts Using Deep Eutectic Solvents and Microwave-Assisted Extraction". Foods 14 (2025): 2280.
    https://doi.org/ 10.3390/foods14132280
  6. Amanda L. Souza; Victor G. L. Souza; Meirielly Jesus; Fernando Mata; Taila V. de Oliveira; Nilda de F. F. Soares. "Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals Using Polydopamine for the Modulation of Biodegradable Packaging, Polymeric Films: A Mini Review". Sustainability (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/su17125633.
    10.3390/su17125633
  7. Hortência E. P. Santana; Meirielly Jesus; Joana Santos; Ana Cristina Rodrigues; Preciosa Pires; Denise S. Ruzene; Isabelly P. Silva; Daniel P. Silva. "Lignocellulosic Biomass Gasification: Perspectives, Challenges, and Methods for Tar Elimination". Sustainability (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/su17051888.
    10.3390/su17051888
  8. Barbara Traça; Campos, Susana Isabel Almeida; Dionísio, Andreia; Jesus, Meirielly; Santos, Joana ; Mata, F.. "Sustainability of Meat Value Chain: Bibliometric Review of Main Trends and Theoretical Connections". Sustainability 17 (2025): 1773. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/5/1773.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3390/su17051773
  9. Amanda Lélis de Souza; Arthur Vinicius de Abreu Oliveira; Laisse Dias Ribeiro; Allan Robledo Fialho e Moraes; Meirielly Jesus; Joana Santos; Taila Veloso de Oliveira; Nilda de Fátima Ferreira Soares. "Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Dopamine Polymerization on the Surface of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Its Reinforcing Properties in Cellulose Acetate Films". Polymers (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/polym17030345.
    10.3390/polym17030345
  10. Wesley Araújo Passos; Meirielly Jesus; Fernando Mata; Millena Souza Menezes; Pablo Omar Lubarino dos Santos; Brenda Lohanny P. Santos; Hortência E. P. Santana; Denise Santos Ruzene; Daniel Pereira Silva. "Bioremediation Potential of Sunflower-Derived Biosurfactants: A Bibliometric Description". Sustainability (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/su17010330.
    10.3390/su17010330
  11. Rodrigues, Cesar A.; Santos, Jefferson C. B.; Barbosa, Milson S.; Carvalho, Nayara B.; Jesus, Meirielly S.; Souza, Ranyere L.; Lima, Alvaro S.; Pereira, Matheus M.; Soares, Cleide M. F.. "Enzyme-Support Interactions of Burkholderia cepacia Lipase Immobilized on Silica Using Molecular Docking and Multitechnique Characterization". Asian Agricultural Research (2025): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/78044441/.
    10.1021/ACSAMI.5C11931
  12. Stéfani A. Santos; Hortência E. P. Santana; Meirielly S. Jesus; Iran Alves Torquato; Joana Santos; Preciosa Pires; Denise Santos Ruzene; Daniel Pereira Silva. "Progress and Trends in Forage Cactus Silage Research: A Bibliometric Perspective". Fermentation (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation10100531.
    10.3390/fermentation10100531
  13. Fabrícia Vieira; Hortência E. P. Santana; Meirielly Jesus; Fernando Mata; Preciosa Pires; Manuela Vaz-Velho; Daniel Pereira Silva; Denise Santos Ruzene. "Comparative Study of Pretreatments on Coconut Fiber for Efficient Isolation of Lignocellulosic Fractions". Sustainability (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114784.
    10.3390/su16114784
  14. Fernando Mata; Concha Cano-Díaz; Meirielly Jesus. "The European Citizens’ Stance on the Sustainability Subsidies Given to The Eu Farmers". European Countryside (2024): https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2024-0018.
    10.2478/euco-2024-0018
  15. Fabrícia Vieira; Hortência E. P. Santana; Meirielly Jesus; Joana Santos; Preciosa Pires; Manuela Vaz-Velho; Daniel Pereira Silva; Denise Santos Ruzene. "Coconut Waste: Discovering Sustainable Approaches to Advance a Circular Economy". Sustainability (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/su16073066.
    10.3390/su16073066
  16. Mata, F.; Dos Santos, Maria José Palma Lampreia; Cano-Díaz, Concha; Jesus, Meirielly; Vaz Velho, Manuela; Dos-Santos, M.; Cano-Díaz, C.; et al. "The society of information and the european citizens’ perception of climate change: natural or anthropological causes". Environmental Management (2024): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/17279.
    10.1007/s00267-024-01961-x
  17. Diana Barros; Élia Fernandes; Meirielly Jesus; Lillian Barros; José Ignacio Alonso-Esteban; Preciosa Pires; Manuela Vaz Vaz Velho. "The Chemical Characterisation of the Maritime Pine Bark Cultivated in Northern Portugal". Plants (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12233940.
    10.3390/plants12233940
  18. Fernando Mata; Meirielly Santos Jesus; Concha Cano-Díaz; Maria Dos-Santos. "European Citizens’ Worries and Self-Responsibility towards Climate Change". Sustainability (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086862.
    10.3390/su15086862
  19. Brenda Lohanny Passos Santos; Meirielly Santos Jesus; Fernando Mata; Aline Alves Oliveira Santos Prado; Isabela Maria Monteiro Vieira; Larissa Castor Ramos; Jorge A. López; et al. "Use of Agro-Industrial Waste for Biosurfactant Production: A Comparative Study of Hemicellulosic Liquors from Corncobs and Sunflower Stalks". Sustainability (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086341.
    10.3390/su15086341
  20. Larissa Castor Ramos; Meirielly Santos Jesus; Preciosa Pires; Alberto S. Fontes-Junior; Erica S. Nunes; Klebson S. Santos; José António Teixeira; et al. "Optimization of Xanthan Gum Production by Demerara Sugar Using Response Surface Methodology". Sustainability (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065080.
    10.3390/su15065080
  21. Meirielly Jesus; Fernando Mata; Rejane A. Batista; Denise S. Ruzene; Ricardo Luiz Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Júnior; Cardoso, J. C.; Manuela Vaz Velho; et al. "Corncob as Carbon Source in the Production of Xanthan Gum in Different Strains Xanthomonas sp.". Sustainability (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15032287.
    10.3390/su15032287
  22. Mata, Fernando; Jesus, Meirielly; Pinto, Ricardo; Mata, Andreia. "A meta-analysis of the mastitis vaccination efficacy in dairy cattle". Open Veterinary Journal 13 2 (2023): 179. http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/ovj.2023.v13.i2.5.
    10.5455/ovj.2023.v13.i2.5
  23. Jesus, Meirielly; Romaní, Aloia; Mata, Fernando; Domingues, Lucília. "Current Options in the Valorisation of Vine Pruning Residue for the Production of Biofuels, Biopolymers, Antioxidants, and Bio-Composites following the Concept of Biorefinery: A Review". Polymers 14 9 (2022): 1640. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14091640.
    10.3390/polym14091640
  24. Jesus, Meirielly. "Ohmic Heating Extract of Vine Pruning Residue Has Anti-Colorectal Cancer Activity and Increases Sensitivity to the Chemotherapeutic Drug 5-FU". Foods 9 8 (2020): 1102-1102. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9081102.
    10.3390/foods9081102
  25. Jesus, Meirielly S.; Ballesteros, Lina F.; Pereira, Ricardo Nuno Correia; Genisheva, Zlatina; Carvalho, Ana S.; Pereira-Wilson, Cristina; Teixeira, J. A.; Domingues, Lucília; Jesus, Meirielly. "Ohmic heating polyphenolic extracts from vine pruning residue with enhanced biological activity". Food Chemistry 316 (2020): 126298-126298. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/63932.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126298
  26. Jesus, Meirielly. "Bioactive compounds recovery optimization from vine pruning residues using conventional heating and microwave-assisted extraction methods". Industrial Crops and Products 132 (2019): 99-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.01.070.
    10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.01.070
  27. Jesus, M.S.; Romaní, A.; Genisheva, Z.; Teixeira, J.A.; Domingues, L.. "Integral valorization of vine pruning residue by sequential autohydrolysis stages". Journal of Cleaner Production 168 (2017): 74-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85030657003&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.08.230
  28. Meirielly Jesus; Petherson Araújo; Tamara Silva; Elisiane Reis; Denise Ruzene; Daniel Silva; Francine Padilha. "Evaluation of production of xanthan gum utilizing the corn cob liquor as a carbon source in different strains of Xanthomonas campestres". BMC Proceedings 8 Suppl 4 (2014): P211-P211. https://doi.org/10.1186%2F1753-6561-8-s4-p211.
    10.1186/1753-6561-8-s4-p211
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Jesus, Meirielly Santos. "A biorefinery approach for valorization of vine pruning residue". PhD, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1822/76845.

Other

Other output
  1. Biorefinery approach for the valorization of vine pruning residue. Lignocellulosic biomass (namely vine pruning residue, VPR) conversion into biofuels is considered a promising alternative to replace fossil fuels. In this work, VPR was submitted to hydrothermal treatment under isothermal conditions (180 and 200oC for 10-90min), in order to assess the effect of the treatment on the VPR fractionation. Liquid phase was analyzed for oligosaccharides composition and s. 2016. Jesus, Meirielly Santos; Romani, Aloia Perez; Domingues, Lucília; Teixeira, J. A.. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/44164.
Activities

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/06 - Current Microbial Biotechnology (1751-7915)
2023 - Current Food and Bioprocess Technology.
2023 - Current Cellulose
2022 - Current Industrial Crops and Products (0926-6690) Elsevier
2022 - Current Journal of Chemistry Hindawi
2022 - Current Microbial Biotechnology (1751-7915) John Wiley & Sons Ltd e Applied Microbiology International
2021 - Current Food Chemistry (1873-7072) Elsevier

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023 - Current International Agroindustry Congress - CIAGRO
2022 - Current International Agroindustry Congress -CIAGRO International Institute Awakening Vocations | IIDV and International Awakening Vocations Program

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - 2025 Chemistry and biochemistry Agronomia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/07 Organic chemistry
2023/03/28 - 2023/03/28 Short course: Advanced course in Algae Bioactives BLUE DESIGN ALLIANCE, financed by funds from the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), for 2021-2026 (investment RE-C06-i03). (Outros) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 IACOBUS Program - Scientific Publications (Papers)
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial – Galicia-Norte de Portugal (GNP-AECT), Spain

Other distinction

2023 Mobility grant Iacobus (1 month)
Xunta de Galicia, Spain

Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial – Galicia-Norte de Portugal (GNP-AECT), Spain