Carla de Sousa Santos (5716-CC03-3B7A)

Curriculum Vitae

Carla de Sousa Santos

Carla de Sousa Santos earned her graduation in Environmental Sciences and Technology from the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto (FCUP), in 2019. During her graduation, she was involved in a curricular internship at company Penafiel Verde E.M. with a project entitled "Ecological assessment of the Cavalum River". C.S. Santos completed her MSc Degree in Environmental Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), in 2022. Her MSc thesis was carried out at the Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM, entitled "Foto-Fenton a pH Neutro usando um Foto-Reator de Membrana Tubular para Dosagem Radial de Fe (II): Avaliação da Degradação de Contaminantes de Preocupação Emergente em Águas Residuais", developed under the NORWATER project (http://nor-water.eu), in close collaboration with the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain. Based on the research developed in her master's thesis, C.S. Santos published an article in an international scientific journal as first author (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.146655) and presented 2 virtual posters/videos in international conferences. From November 2021 to March 2023, she has been a research fellow at Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM, in the scope of the ERA-NET SERPIC project (https://www.serpic-project.eu), from the Joint Programming Initiative Water Challenges for a Changing World, in collaboration with the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Águas de Portugal (AdP Valor) and Fraunhofer Institute. During this period, she attended the "Online Training Course in Transversal Skills in Scientific Research: Food, Innovation, Sustainability" at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon. Since March 2023, she has a Ph.D. scholarship funded by national funds (2022.10796.BD), focused on the wastewater treatment through advanced oxidation processes and membrane technology focusing on the removal of contaminants of emerging concern.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Carla de Sousa Santos

Citation names

Santos, Carla S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 5716-CC03-3B7A
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3985-134X

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Environmental Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/03/01 - 2027/02/28 Ongoing	Programa Doutoral em Engenharia do Ambiente (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Multi-Barrier Approach for Wastewater Resources Recovery in Agriculture" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2022/03 - 2023/02 Concluded	Training Course in Transversal Skills in Scientific Research: Food, Innovation, Sustainability (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2019/09/15 - 2022/02/16 Concluded	Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Foto-Fenton a pH Neutro usando um Foto-Reator de Membrana Tubular para Dosagem Radial de Fe (II): Avaliação da Degradação de Contaminantes de Preocupação Emergente em Águas Residuais (16-02-2022)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2016/09/15 - 2019/06/26 Concluded	Ciências e Tecnologia do Ambiente (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Avaliação Ecológica do Rio Cavalum (26-06-2019)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/11/05 - 2023/02/28	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/02 - 2019/07	Trainee	Penafiel Verde E. M. , Portugal

2017/07 - 2019/07	Monitor	Universidade do Porto, Portugal
	Universidade Júnior - Laboratório Ciências do Ambiente, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/11/05 - Current	SERPIC - Sustainable Electrochemical Reduction of contaminants of emerging concern and Pathogens in WWTP effluent for Irrigation of Crops Aquatic/0002/2020 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal	Joint Programming Initiative Water Challenges for a Changing World Ongoing

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/09/01 - 2024/08/31	Sustainable electrochemical reduction of contaminants of emerging concern and pathogens in WWTP effluent for irrigation of crops Aquatic/0002/2020 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 Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021/07 - 2022/02	NOR-WATER - Emerging pollutants in the waters of Galicia-Northern Portugal: new tools for risk management 0725_NOR_WATER_1_P Researcher	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Vilar, Vítor J.P.; Santos, Carla S.; Ana Isabel de Emílio Gomes. Corresponding author: Vilar, Vítor J.P.. "Integration of membrane bioreactor and ozonation for quaternary treatment of urban wastewater". Paper presented in 5th WaterEnergyNEXUS Conference, Abu Dhabi, 2025. Published Santos, Carla S.; Rodrigues, Karolina; Marrocos, Paulo H.; Narcizo, Alexandre; Montes, Rosa; Rodil, Rosario; Quintana, José Benito; Ana Isabel de Emílio Gomes; Vilar, Vítor J.P.. Corresponding author: Santos, Carla S.. "Integration of Membrane Bioreactor With Ozonation for the Quaternary Treatment of Urban Wastewaters". Paper presented in EA3G2024 - International Ozone Association Conference & Exhibition, Porto, 2024. Published Santos, Carla S.; Ribeirinho-Soares, Sara; Montes, Rosa; Rodil, Rosario; Quintana, José Benito; Nunes, Olga C.; Ana Isabel de Emílio Gomes; Vilar, Vítor J.P.. Corresponding author: Santos, Carla S.. "Multi-Barrier Approach for the Treatment of Secondary Urban Wastewater Targeting CECs Removal and Disinfection: Integration of Membrane Nanofiltration with UVC/Persulfate". Paper presented in Winter School on Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) and Disinfection By-Products (DBPs), Porto, 2024. Published Santos, Carla S.; Montes, Rosa; Rodil, Rosario; José Benito Quintana; Gomes, Ana I.; Vítor J.P. Vilar. "Tratamento Terciário de Águas Residuais Urbanas para Produção de Água para Irrigac¸a~o de Culturas Combinando Nanofiltração e Oxidação Avançada". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional de Entidades Gestoras de Água (ENEG), Gondomar, 2023. Accepted De Olivera, Agustina.; Santos, Carla S.; Maria P. Castro; Ismael Mena; Miguel A. Montiel; Montes, Rosa; José B. Quintana; Gomes, Ana I.; Vítor J.P. Vilar. "3D-printed electrochemical reactor for persulfate production coupled with a membrane photoreactor for treatment of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis concentrates". Paper presented in XLIII Reunión del Grupo Especializado de Electroquímica de la RSEQ (43 GERSEQ 2023), 2023. Accepted Santos, Carla S.; Montes, Rosa; Rodil, Rosario; José B. Quintana; Gomes, Ana I.; Vítor J.P. Vilar. "Urban Wastewater Resources Recovery - Integration of Nanofiltration and Advanced Oxidation Processes". Paper presented in Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2023, Porto, 2023. Javier López-Vázquez; Moreira, F. C.; Santos, Carla S.; Montes, Rosa; Rodil, Rosario; José Benito Quintana; Vítor J.P. Vilar. "Removal of persistent and mobile perfluoroalkylated substances (C1-C13 PFAS) from real water matrices using a boron-doped diamond electrode". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, Dublin, 2023. Accepted Santos, Carla S.; Gomes, Ana I.; Vítor J.P. Vilar. "Tubular membrane photoreactor for radial smart-dosing of iron (II) to promote photo-Fenton at neutral pH towards the removal of contaminants of emerging concern in urban wastewaters". Paper presented in 7th Latin-American Congress of Photocatalysis, Photochemistry and Photobiology-LACP3 2021, on-line meeting, chaired by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Photocatalysis, photochemistry and photobiology: perspectives in 2021, ISBN 978-607-30-5504-8), Ciudad de México, 2021. Published
Conference poster	Pires, Soraia; Pituco, Mateus Mestriner; Marrocos, Paulo H.; Santos, Carla S.; Rodrigues, Karolina; Narcizo, Alexandre; Vítor J.P. Vilar; Francisca C. Moreira. "Ozone Sidestream Technology for the Pre-Oxidation of Water for Human Consumption". Paper presented in IJUP, 2024. Santos, Carla S.; Montes, Rosa; Rodil, Rosario; Quintana, José Benito; Ana Isabel de Emílio Gomes; Vilar, Vítor J.P.. Corresponding author: Santos, Carla S.. "Integration of Nanofiltration and Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Quaternary Treatment of Urban Wastewater". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2024, 2024. Santos, Carla S. (presenter); Gomes, Ana I. ; Vítor J.P. Vilar ; Montes, Rosa; Rodil, Rosario; Quintana, José Benito. "Tubular membrane photo-reactor for radial smart-dosing of iron (II) to promote photo-Fenton at neutral pH towards the removal of contaminants of emerging concern in urban wastewaters". Paper presented in 1st International FibEnTech Congress, New opportunities for fibrous materials in the ecological transition-FibEnTech21, 2021. Santos, Carla S. (presenter); Gomes, Ana I.; Vítor J.P. Vilar. "Tubular membrane photo-reactor for radial smart-dosing of iron (II) to promote photo-Fenton at neutral pH towards the removal of contaminants of emerging concern in urban wastewaters". Paper presented in 7th Latin-American Congress of Photocatalysis, Photochemistry and Photobiology - LACP3 2021, on-line meeting, chaired by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2021. Santos, Carla; Gomes, Ana I.; Vítor J.P. Vilar. "Tube-in-tube membrane photo-reactor for radial smart-dosing of iron (II) to promote photo- Fenton at neutral pH to remove contaminants of emerging concern in urban wastewaters". Paper presented in 7th Latin-American Congress of Photocatalysis, Photochemistry and Photobiology – LACP3, 2021.
Journal article	Agustina R. de Olivera; Carla S. Santos; Ismael F. Mena; Miguel A. Montiel; Rosa Montes; José B. Quintana; Rosario Rodil; et al. "Integration of a 3D-printed electrochemical reactor with a tubular membrane photoreactor to promote sulfate-based advanced oxidation processes". Chemical Engineering Journal (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.156900. 10.1016/j.cej.2024.156900 Fernando Rodrigues-Silva; Carla S. Santos; Joaquín A. Marrero; Rosa Montes; José Benito Quintana; Rosario Rodil; Olga C. Nunes; et al. "Continuous UV-C/H2O2 and UV-C/Chlorine applied to municipal secondary effluent and nanofiltration retentate: Removal of contaminants of emerging concern, ecotoxicity, and reuse potential". Chemosphere (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142355. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142355 Javier López-Vázquez; Carla S. Santos; Rosa Montes; Rosario Rodil; José Benito Quintana; J. Gäbler; L. Schäfer; Francisca C. Moreira; Vítor J.P. Vilar. "Insights into the application of the anodic oxidation process for the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water matrices". Chemical Engineering Journal (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.148925. 10.1016/j.cej.2024.148925 Carla Santos; Miguel Herraiz-Carboné; Engracia Lacasa; Cristina Sáez; Rosa Montes; José Benito Quintana; Rosario Rodil; Ana I. Gomes; Vítor J.P. Vilar. "Continuous-flow titration of low iron doses to promote photo-Fenton and photo-Fenton-like processes at neutral pH". Chemical Engineering Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.146655. 10.1016/j.cej.2023.146655 Martín-Sómer, M.; Moreira, J.; Santos, Carla; Gomes, Ana I.; Moreno-SanSegundo, J.; Vilar, Vítor J.P.; Marugán, J.. "Reflector design for the optimization of photoactivated processes in tubular reactors for water treatment". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11 5 (2023): 110609. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.110609. Published • 10.1016/j.jece.2023.110609
Thesis / Dissertation	"Foto-Fenton a pH Neutro usando um Foto-Reator de Membrana Tubular para Dosagem Radial de Fe (II): Avaliação da Degradação de Contaminantes de Preocupação Emergente em Águas Residuais". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2022. "Avaliação Ecológica do Rio Cavalum". Degree, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2016.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/11/29	Integration of Membrane Bioreactor With Ozonation for the Quaternary Treatment of Urban Wastewaters	EA3G2024 - International Ozone Association (IOA) Conference and Exhibition (Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2017 - 2018	Open Days FCUP (2017 - 2018) Exhibition (Co-organisor)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022/03/26 - 2022/03/26	Environmental awareness action to promote greater public awareness of the importance of recycling Exhibition	Viva a Rua C.M. Santo Tirso, Portugal
2019/06/13 - 2019/06/13	Environmental education action to promote greater awareness of the youth community about the importance of water Exhibition	Dia do Agrupamento Agrupamento de Escolas D. António Ferreira Gomes, Portugal
2017 - 2018	Representation of the Environmental Sciences and Technology Exhibition	Mostra UP Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2021	Best student poster presentation Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Ingeniería, Mexico

Title

2019	Best student of Environmental Sciences and Technology Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal