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Ana Isabel Geraldes Rodrigues holds a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering and has extensive experience in microbiology, bioprocesses, and the analytical characterization of bio-based compounds. Her research has focused on microbial systems, metabolite production, and the biochemical characterization of complex biological matrices using analytical techniques such as HPLC and GC–MS. She has also worked on the characterization of bioactive compounds, including phenolic and volatile compounds in olive oil, strengthening her expertise in metabolite analysis and data interpretation. Currently, she is involved in the Be@t project, where she is characterizing fibers from different flax varieties and evaluating their phytoremediation potential through histological studies, microscopy, and biochemical analyses. This work has further developed her experience in plant characterization, laboratory experimentation, and the analysis of biological responses under environmental conditions.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Isabel Geraldes Rodrigues

Citation names

  • Rodrigues, Ana I.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
741E-515C-AD88
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3415-1539

Email addresses

  • anarodrigues@utad.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 938047908 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801,Vila Real - Portugal, 5300-252, Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Fermentation
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Agronomy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/10/01 - 2020/01/21
Concluded
 Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Doctor)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
"Engineering Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains towards the production of a novel and effective rhamnolipids for use as biocontrol agent" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011
Concluded
 Master degree in Biological Engineering in field of Chemical and Food Technology (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"Selection of lactic acid bacteria for the control of mycotoxins and characterization of the mechanisms involved" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 de 20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/03/01 - 2023/02/28 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2013/07/03 - 2015/08/14 Researcher (Research) Partex Oil and Gas Holdings Corp, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011/12/01 - 2012/11/30 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09/27 - 2024/07/27 Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/01/02 - 2026/06/30 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/10/01 - 2020/01/21 PhD student in the subject 'Engineering Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains towards the production of novel and effective rhamnolipids for use as biocontrol agents'. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/02 - 2026/06/30 be@t – Bioeconomia Têxtil (TC-C12-i01 –Bioeconomia Sustentável N.º 02/C12- i01/2022)
02/C12-i01.01/2022
Research Technician Fellow
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/09/01 - 2025/08/31 OleaPrime - Survey and characterization of Centenarian olive trees for its valorization
PV21-00020
Researcher
Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal
 Fundação 'la Caixa'
Ongoing
2021/03/01 - 2023/11/30 OleaChain: Skills for sustainability and innovation in the value chain of traditional olive groves in the Northern Interior of Portugal
NORTE-06-3559-FSE-000188
Researcher
Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal
Ongoing
2018 - 2022/05 Metagenomics approach to unravel the potential of lignocellulosic residues towards the discovery of novel enzymes
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029773
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017 - 2018 Structural studies of metal-lipopeptide biosurfactant complexes: their biological activity and functional properties
SFRH/BSAB/142873/2018
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014 - 2016 NCMICROBIOS - Development of bioprocesses using non conventional microorganisms for the production of biosurfactants
6818
Other
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
2011 - 2013 BIOCLEAN-Desenvolvimento de um processo de produção de biosurfactantes a partir de matérias-primas de baixo custo
30215
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rodrigues, Ana I.; Gudiña, Eduardo J; Teixeira, José A.; Rodrigues, Ligia R.. "Biosurfactants as Biocontrol Agents Against Mycotoxigenic Fungi". 465-490. Wiley, 2021.
    10.1002/9781119671022.ch21
Conference paper
  1. Rodrigues, Ana I.; Rodrigues, Nuno; Pereira, José A.. "As condições em que ocorre o transporte de longo curso influenciam a qualidade do azeite". Paper presented in 9º Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura INIAV, Oeiras, 2021.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Berta Gonçalves; Marlene Santos; Vânia Silva; Ana Rodrigues; Ivo Oliveira; Tiago Lopes; Neerakkal Sujeeth; Kieran J. Guinan. "Biostimulants in Fruit Crop Production: Impacts on Growth, Yield, and Fruit Quality". Horticulturae (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11121452.
    10.3390/horticulturae11121452
  2. Crugeira, P.J.L.; Almeida, H.H.S.; Marcet, I.; Rendueles, M.; Pires, M.G.; Rafael, H.M.; Rodrigues, Ana I.; Santamaria-Echart, A.; Barreiro, M.F.. "Biosynthesis of antioxidant xanthan gum by Xanthomonas campestris using substrates added with moist olive pomace". Food and Bioproducts Processing 141 (2023): 210-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2023.08.008.
    10.1016/j.fbp.2023.08.008
  3. Dias, T; Vítor S. Santos; Tarek Zorgani; Nuno Ferreiro; Ana I. Rodrigues; Khalil Zaghdoudi; Ana CA Veloso; António Manuel Peres. "A Lab-Made E-Nose-MOS Device for Assessing the Bacterial Growth in a Solid Culture Medium". Biosensors 13 1 (2022): 19-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios13010019.
    10.3390/bios13010019
  4. Rodrigues, Nuno; Casal, Susana; Rodrigues, Ana I.; Cruz, Rebeca; Peres, António M.; Pereira, José Alberto. "Impact of Frost on the Morphology and Chemical Composition of cv. Santulhana Olives". Applied Sciences 12 3 (2022): 1222. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12031222.
    10.3390/app12031222
  5. Rodrigues, Ana I.. "Rhamnolipids inhibit aflatoxins production in Aspergillus flavus by causing structural damages in the fungal hyphae and down-regulating the expression of their biosynthetic genes". International Journal of Food Microbiology 348 (2021): 109207-109207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109207.
    10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109207
  6. Rodrigues, A.I.; Gudiña, E.J.; Teixeira, J.A.; Rodrigues, L.R.. "Sodium chloride effect on the aggregation behaviour of rhamnolipids and their antifungal activity". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85030993591&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-017-13424-x
  7. Gudiña, E.J.; Rodrigues, A.I.; de Freitas, V.; Azevedo, Z.; Teixeira, J.A.; Rodrigues, L.R.. "Valorization of agro-industrial wastes towards the production of rhamnolipids". Bioresource Technology 212 (2016): 144-150. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84963652793&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biortech.2016.04.027
  8. Gudiña, E.J.; Fernandes, E.C.; Rodrigues, A.I.; Teixeira, J.A.; Rodrigues, L.R.. "Biosurfactant production by Bacillus subtilis using corn steep liquor as culture medium". Frontiers in Microbiology 6 FEB (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84927554384&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fmicb.2015.00059
  9. Gudiña, E.J.; Rodrigues, A.I.; Alves, E.; Domingues, M.R.; Teixeira, J.A.; Rodrigues, L.R.. "Bioconversion of agro-industrial by-products in rhamnolipids toward applications in enhanced oil recovery and bioremediation". Bioresource Technology 177 (2015): 87-93. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84913581011&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biortech.2014.11.069
  10. Abrunhosa, L.; Inês, A.; Rodrigues, A.I.; Guimarães, A.; Pereira, V.L.; Parpot, P.; Mendes-Faia, A.; Venâncio, A.. "Biodegradation of ochratoxin A by Pediococcus parvulus isolated from Douro wines". International Journal of Food Microbiology 188 (2014): 45-52. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905269227&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.07.019
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/11/24 Estudo do efeito da mistura de azeites monovarietais, cvs. Cobrançosa e Arbequina, na fração volátil dos azeites. I Encontro Consórcio Montanha para o Conhecimento de Jovens Investigadores – STEAM e VII Encontro Jovens Investigadores (EJI)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2018/09/09 Rhamnolipids effect on mycotoxins production ESBES 2018 - 12th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal, Sep 9-12, 2018
European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Sciences (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/07/04 Effect of NaCl on the aggregation behavior of rhamnolipids and implications in their biological activity RICI7 - VII Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces , Madrid, Spain, July 4-7, 2017
Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces (Madrid, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/10/01 - 2023/10/31 Olive by-products characterization and optimization of extraction techniques to recover bioactive compounds.
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Engenharia Biotecnológica (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/10/23 - 2022/10/26 Blend olive oils: mixing two monocultivar olive oils (Cobrançosa and Arbequina) for improving sensory and chemical characteristics of olive oils. (POSTER)
Congress
 XVI Encontro de Química dos Alimentos
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal
2021/10/25 - 2021/10/27 As condições em que ocorre o transporte de longo curso influenciam a qualidade do azeite? (Poster)
Symposium
 IX Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2017/07/06 - 2017/07/06 Biosurfactants: production, applications and future potential (Poster)
Exhibition
 Book of Abstracts of CEB Annual Meeting 2017, Braga, 6 July, pp: 35, 2017
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016/09/25 - 2016/09/29 Produção de biossurfactante por Aureobasidium thailandense utilizando resíduos agroindustriais (Poster)
Congress
 COBEQ 2016 - XXI Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia Química (Anais do Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia Química), Fortaleza, Brazil, Sep 25-29, pp: 1-8, 2016
Universidade Federal do Ceará Departamento de Engenharia Química, Brazil
2015/09/01 - 2015/09/04 New microbial surface-active compounds: the ultimate alternative to chemical surfactants? (Poster)
Symposium
 SINAFERM 2015 – XX Simpósio Nacional de Bioprocessos, Fortaleza, Brazil, Sep. 1-4, pp: 1-5, 2015
Universidade Federal do Ceara - Campus do Pici, Brazil
2015/09/01 - 2015/09/04 Development of low-cost culture media for effective biosurfactant production (Poster)
Symposium
 SINAFERM 2015 – XX Simpósio Nacional de Bioprocessos, Fortaleza, Brazil, Sep. 1-4, pp: 1-5, 2015
Universidade Federal do Ceara - Campus do Pici, Brazil
2013/05/16 - 2013/05/17 Improved biosurfactant production by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain using agro-industrial wastes (Poster)
Workshop
 1st International Workshop: Biosurfactants – Challenges and Perspectives, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 16-17 May, 2013
Allianz Global Investors GmbH Frankfurt, Germany

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02/19 - 2024/07/27 Bromatologia Dietética e Nutrição (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/09/18 - 2024/02/17 Tecnologia dos Vinhos I Viticultura e Enologia (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/09/18 - 2024/02/17 Autenticidade e Certificação de Produtos Alimentares Qualidade e Segurança Alimentar (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/09/18 - 2024/02/17 Tecnologia do Azeite, Azeitona e Óleos Vegetais Engenharia Alimentar (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/02/20 - 2023/07/15 Projeto em Engenharia Alimentar Engenharia Alimentar (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2022/09/19 - 2023/02/18 Microbiologia Aplicada Termalismo e Bem-Estar (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2022/02/21 - 2022/07/09 Projeto em Engenharia Alimentar Licenciatura em Engenharia Alimentar (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal