Curriculum Vitae
Diana Luazi Matos de Oliveira
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Diana Luazi Matos de Oliveira
Citation names
- Oliveira, Diana
- Diana Luazi Oliveira
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 9510-5561-CD65
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1412-0655
Email addresses
- dloliveira@ucp.pt (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianaluazioliveira/ (Professional)
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Diana-Oliveira-8 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology - Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Biotechnology
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2018/09/06 - 2019/04/14
Concluded
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Teaching and learning in higher education (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Teaching in higher education
University College Cork, Ireland
"Teaching and Leaning Final Portfolio" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Concluded successfully |
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2017 - 2018
Concluded
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Certificate in Professional Skills for Research Leaders (PSRL) (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Institute of Leadership and Management
University College Cork, Ireland
Institute of Leadership and Management, United Kingdom "NA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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NA |
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2008/09/10 - 2012/10/26
Concluded
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Food and Nutritional Sciences (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Dairy
University of Reading, United Kingdom
"Separation and Prebiotic Evaluation of Oligosaccharides from Caprine Whey" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Passed without corrections |
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2006/09 - 2008/02
Concluded
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Engenharia Alimentar e Nutrição (Mestrado)
Instituto Piaget de Almada, Portugal
"Valorização de subprodutos agro-industriais: Avaliação da polpa de alfarroba como potencial fonte de ingredientes funcionais" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
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1998/10 - 2003/11
Concluded
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Engenharia Alimentar (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
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16 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/03/19 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Amyris Inc, United States |
| Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal (...) |
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| 2018/02/01 - 2021/02/01 | Principal Investigator (Research) | H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and Enterprise Ireland, Ireland |
| University College Cork College of Science Engineering and Food Science, Ireland | ||
| 2016 - 2018 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | University College Cork College of Science Engineering and Food Science, Ireland |
| University College Cork College of Science Engineering and Food Science, Ireland (...) |
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| 2013/09 - 2016/01 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Lunds Universitet, Sweden |
| Lund University Diabetes Centre, Sweden (...) |
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| 2008/09 - 2012/10 | Research Trainee (Research) | University of Reading, United Kingdom |
| University of Reading, United Kingdom | ||
| 2006/09 - 2008/02 | Research Trainee (Research) | Instituto Piaget de Almada, Portugal |
| Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal | ||
| 2004/01 - 2005/01 | Research Assistant (Research) | Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI), Portugal |
| Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI), Portugal | ||
| 2003/01 - 2003/10 | Research Trainee (Research) | Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI), Portugal |
| Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI), Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 - 2019 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | University College Cork College of Science Engineering and Food Science, Ireland |
| University College Cork College of Science Engineering and Food Science, Ireland | ||
| 2014 - 2015 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | Lunds Universitet, Sweden |
| Lunds Universitet, Sweden |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 - 2013 | Quality manager - External consultant | Queijaria Monte da Vinha ("Monte da Vinha" Cheesemaking), Portugal |
| Queijaria Monte da Vinha ("Monte da Vinha" Cheesemaking), Portugal | ||
| 2005/05 - 2008/08 | Quality and production manager | Queijaria Monte da Vinha ("Monte da Vinha" Cheesemaking), Portugal |
| Queijaria Monte da Vinha ("Monte da Vinha" Cheesemaking), Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/01/01 - 2019/04/01 | Development and valorisation of phospholipid-enriched whey protein-based ingredients for technological and nutritional applications
(ProPho)
MSCA-200144
Principal investigator
University College Cork, Ireland
Dairy Processing Technology Centre, Ireland |
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Enterprise Ireland Concluded
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| 2018/03 - 2018/03 | Dairy Side-Streams Proteins Profile by Capillary Electrophoresis
731101
Researcher
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
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Horizon 2020
Concluded
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| 2017 - 2017 | Proposal Preparation Support Scheme
CS20182103
Researcher
University College Cork, Ireland
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Enterprise Ireland
Concluded
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| 2008/09/05 - 2012/10/25 | Separation and Prebiotic Evaluation of Oligosaccharides from Caprine Whey
SFRH/BD/39042/2007
PhD Student Fellow
University of Reading, United Kingdom
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2007 - 2008 | "VALORALFA" - "Carob pulp Valorisation for the production of food ingredients with functional properties
SFRH/BPD/46308/2008
Master Student Fellow
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/03/18 - 2022/12/31 | Alchemy - Economic valorization of coproducts/residues from fermentative processes
750232
Researcher
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal Amyris Bio Products Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda,, Portugal |
Amyris Inc Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal EPE Ongoing
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| 2016/09/10 - 2018/01/01 | Combining in-factory product streams for development of new dairy ingredients.
Researcher
University College Cork, Ireland
Dairy Processing Technology Centre, Ireland |
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Industrial Leadership Horizon 2020 Concluded
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| 2013/09/10 - 2015/09/30 | Metabolic "crosstalk" between the gut and peripheral tissues: Impact of specific substrates on the gut microflora and on metabolic
risk markers in healthy subjects
VR (2010–333)
Researcher
Lund University Antidiabetic Food Centre, Sweden
Lunds Universitet, Sweden |
Vinnova Lund University Antidiabetic Food Centre Concluded
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| 2004/01 - 2005/02 | Products and materials with new functionalities - Materiais e produtos com novas funcionalidades
P002 / M005
Research Technician Fellow
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI), Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2004 - 2005 | Influence of silage feeding in the production, quality, flavor and sanitary quality in goat’s milk of national breeds
Agro 8.1/349
Research Technician Fellow
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI), Portugal
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Intellectual property
| Patent |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2021/05 | Recovery of biomolecules derived from food industry by-products - Extraction | Online lecture as part of the Food Engineering Graduate Course
Technological Institute of Acayucan – Faculty of Biochemical engineering, Mexico (Acayucan, Mexico)
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| 2018/09/12 | Valorisation of lipid-enriched whey protein-based ingredients from dairy processing side-streams | 16th Euro Fed Lipids Congress : Fats, Oils and Lipids: Science, Technology and Nutrition in a Changing World
SCI Lipids Group (Belfast, United Kingdom)
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| 2015/03/10 | Recovery of natural oligosaccharides from caprine whey by membrane processing | Food waste valorisation for sustainable chemicals, materials & fuels (EUBis)
EU COST Action TD1203 (Semmering, Austria)
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| 2012/06 | Separation of oligosaccharides from caprine milk whey and evaluation of its potential prebiotic activity | “Valorization of Mediterranean biowastes and effluents”
The International Association of Mediterranean Agro-Industrial Wastes (Santarém)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2019/09 - Current | Development and establishment of a platform with in vitro gastrointestinal models for testing of human food and animal feed
ingredients
Co-supervisor
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Biotecnologia (PhD)
Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal |
| 2018 - 2018 | Dairy Side-Streams Proteins Profile by Capillary Electrophoresis
Supervisor
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Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Analytical Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Analysis (Master)
University College Cork College of Science Engineering and Food Science, Ireland
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2016/03 - 2016/07 | COHiTEC training program in technology commercialization: organized by COTEC Portugal, the Portuguese Business Association
for Innovation, to assess the commercial viability of the products or services that can be obtained from the science/technology
proposed by participant researchers/technologists and inducing entrepreneurial and technology commercialization skills. Nova
School of Business and Economic, Lisbon, PT
Other
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COHiTEC Training program
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics Unidade de Investigação, Portugal
COTEC Portugal - Associação Empresarial para a Inovação , Portugal |
| 2014/10 - 2015/05 | The Health Innovation Program (HIP) promoted by the Antidiabetic Food Centre (AFC) and Lund
University was a 8 month training programme covering several topics related with health, prevention, health promotion, functional
food, innovation, business and entrepreneurship
Other
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Health Innovation Program (HIP)
Lund University Antidiabetic Food Centre, Sweden
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| 2014 - 2014 | Antidiabetic Food Centre is a VIIN Excellence Center in Research and Innovation at Lund University. The Centre is a joint
venture between Lund University, Region Skåne and industry partners. The overall objective is to prevent diabetes through
innovative food concepts by joint venture research and promotion of science-based business activities.
Symposium
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7th AFC Symposium
Lund University Antidiabetic Food Centre, Sweden
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| 2012/06/06 - 2012/06/08 | IAMAW 1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP on "Valorization of Mediterranean biowastes and effluents"
Workshop
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“Valorization of Mediterranean biowastes and effluents”
The International Association of Mediterranean Agro-Industrial Wastes (IAMAW), Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2021/07/22 | Producción y propiedades de nuevos prebióticos derivados de hemicelulosas y pectinas
(Thesis) Arguer
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Beatriz Miguez Alonso (PhD)
Universidade de Vigo - Campus Ourense, Spain
Universidade de Vigo Departamento de Enxeñaría Química, Spain |
| 2016/12/18 | "Caprine whey valorisation towards a sustainable artisanal cheese production". As part of the MSc programme in Environmental
Engineering of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) (Agronomic Institute), Lisbon, Portugal. (Engenharia Ambiental)
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Joana Monteiro (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 - Current | INFOGEST is a former COST Action (2011-2015) and is since 2015 an international research network whose objective is to improve health properties of food by sharing the knowledge on the digestive process. | Member |
| 2014 - 2019 | The Food Waste Network (FoodWasteNet) was a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council funded Network in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy (BBSRC NIBB). | Member |
| 2008 - 2018 | Society of Dairy Technology (SDT) – UK | Member |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/01 - 2019/03 | Board member - Research staff representative ( UCC - School of Food and Nutritional Sciences)
Member
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University College Cork College of Science Engineering and Food Science, Ireland |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/09/06 - 2021/09/10 | "Evaluation of potential bioactive properties of agro-industrial by products" as part of the course Biomass potential as source of added value products - a step towards sustainability (Curso de extension tecnologica: Potencial de la biomasa residual como fuente de productos de alto valor añadido: un avance hacia la sostenibilidad) for undergrad students of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Vigo, Ourense Campus, Spain | Food Science and Technology (Bachelor (1st cycle)) | Universidade de Vigo - Campus Ourense, Spain |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/01 - Current | Nutrition and Food Science Technology | Frontiers |
| 2021/09 - Current | Nutrients (2072-6643) | MDPI |
| 2021/04/01 - Current | Fermentation (2311-5637) | MDPI |
| 2014/11/11 - 2015/01/27 | Journal of Food Engineering | Elsevier |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/12 - 2022/06 | International Mentor Program (IMP). | Cristina Gil Villanueva |
Distinctions
Award
| 2018 | ERC Support Award - Proposal Preparation Support Scheme
Enterprise Ireland, Ireland
Horizon 2020 European Innovation Council Fast Track to Innovation, Belgium |
| 2018 | Biofuels Research Infrastructure for Sharing Knowledge (BRISK2)
Horizon 2020 European Innovation Council Fast Track to Innovation, Belgium
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| 2017 | Marie Sklodowska-Curie-Career FIT fellowship
European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium
Enterprise Ireland, Ireland |
| 2017 | Research Infrastructure Award: Category D (Opportunistic funding)
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Ireland
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| 2014 | Fysiografen
Academy of Science, Medicine and Technology of Lund´s University, , Sweden
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| 2010 | Travel grant
Society of Dairy Technology (SDT), United Kingdom
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| 2010 | Travel grant
Arthur Hosier/Meyer Sassoon, Arthur Hosier for Life Sciences of the UoR, United Kingdom
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| 2008 | PhD scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2003 | Merit scholarship (2002/2003)
European Student Grant, Portugal
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Title
| 2012 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
University of Reading, United Kingdom
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| 2008 | Master in Food Engineering and Nutrition
Instituto Piaget de Almada, Portugal
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| 2003 | Graduated in Food Science and Technology
Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2021 | Guest Editor of Special Issue "Fermented and Functional Food" of the Journal Fermentation (ISSN 2311-5637).
MDPI AG, Switzerland
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| 2021 | Guest Editor of the Special Issue "New Frontiers in Plant Based Functional Food" in Applied Science Journal (ISSN 2076-3417).
MDPI AG, Switzerland
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| 2017 | Seal of Excellence
Horizon 2020, Belgium
European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Ireland |