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Idalina Bragança obtained a MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Porto School of Engineering (ISEP). She completed her degree in Sustainable Chemistry in 2019 (joint degree of Faculty of Sciences - Univ. Porto, Faculty of Sciences and Technology - Nova University of Lisbon and Univ. Aveiro). I. Bragança had published 11 scientific papers in SCI journals and 2 book chapters with a total of 333 citations and a H-index of 9 (SCOPUS). Her research has mainly focused on the development, optimization, and validation of analytical methods for the detection of emerging and legacy pollutants in trace levels in the environment, exposure assessment, remediation technologies, and ecotoxicity.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Idalina Aurélia Gomes Bragança

Citation names

  • Bragança, Idalina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AC14-E990-FDB6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0908-3856
Scopus Author Id
56636065100

Email addresses

  • linab_20@hotmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/03/01 - 2019/01/10
Concluded
 Química Sustentável (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Pyrethroid pesticides in soils: assessment and environmental impact" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2010/11/25
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Optimização energética na indústria química
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
 16
2008/09/15
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
 12
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/01/01 - Current Research Assistant (Research) REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02/19 - 2024/07/31 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/02/22 - 2023/07/31 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/04/15 - 2021/12/16 Pós-Doc researcher at AGRONAUT project Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/04/14 Project researcher (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000005) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2014/03/01 - 2018/07/31 PhD student - FCT fellow (SFRH/BD/52504/2014) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal
2011/05/07 - 2013/09/30 Research fellow at the national project "Reabilitação de solos contaminados por produtos farmacêuticos" (PTDC/ECM/103141/2008), financiado pela FCT Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal
2009/10/15 - 2010/12/15 Research fellow at AdI-QREN financed project "FLESHDIESEL" Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Inovação em Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial, Portugal
2009/05/15 - 2009/10/15 Scientific Initiation research fellow at AdI-QREN financed project "ECONATUR" Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Inovação em Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - Current SUSTECH4H2O – Tecnologias Sustentáveis para Remoção de Micropoluentes de Água
PTDC/EAM-AMB/2023/2021
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2019/04/14 LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION
Norte-01-0145-FEDER-000005
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
 Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Ongoing
2014/03 - 2018/07 Pyrethroid pesticides in soils: assessment and environmental impact
SFRH/BD/52504/2014
PhD Student Fellow
Foundation for Science and Tecnology
2011/05 - 2013/09 Rehabilitation of pharmaceuticals-contaminated soils
PTDC/ECM/103141/2008
Research Fellow
Foundation for Science and Tecnology
2009/10/15 - 2010/12/15 FLESHDIESEL: Valorização da Raspa Tripa, Resíduo da Indústria de Curtumes
3103
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Inovação em Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial, Portugal
Concluded
2009/05/05 - 2010/10/15 ECONATUR: Integração de tecnologias inovadoras, ecológicas e naturais, no processamento de pele ovina e bovina
1555
Scientific Initiation Fellow

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/04/15 - 2021/12/16 AGRONAUT - AGRONOMIC IMPACT OF SLUDGE AMENDMENT USING A COMPREHENSIVE EXPOSURE VIEWPOINT
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029425
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Bragança, Idalina; Grosso, Clara; Rede, Diana; Sousa, Susana R.; Lemos, Paulo C.; Domingues, Valentina F.; Delerue-Matos, Cristina. "Ecotoxicological Effects of Insecticides in Plants Assessed by Germination and Other Phytotoxicity Tools". In Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, 47-76. Springer Singapore, 2018.
    Published • 10.1007/978-981-10-9029-5_3
  2. Bragança, Idalina; Domingues, Valentina; Lemos, Paulo; Delerue-Matos, Cristina. "Biodegradation of Pyrethroid Pesticides". In Soil Remediation, 68-83. {CRC, 2016.
    10.1201/b19916-6
Conference abstract
  1. Ferreira, Sofia; Capela, Daniela; Sá, Heloísa; Espregueira, Catarina; Sánchez-Soberón, Francisco; Bragança, Idalina; Castro-Jiménez, Javier; et al. Corresponding author: Ratola, Nuno. "Spatial and temporal distribution of volatile methylsiloxanes in sand". Paper presented in EMEC 2022 - 22nd European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, Ljubljana, 2022.
    Published
  2. Sánchez-Soberón, Francisco; Gabriel F. Pantuzza; Bernardo, Fábio; Bragança, Idalina; Alves, Arminda; Ratola, Nuno. "Volatile methylsiloxanes in wastewater treatment plants: analysis and quantification". Paper presented in XXIII International Symposium on Advances in Extraction Technologies, Alicante, 2021.
    Published
  3. Homem, Vera; Rocha, Filipe; Bragança, Idalina; Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Ratola, Nuno; Alves, Arminda. "Environmental and agricultural impacts of using sewage sludge as a fertilizer – emerging contaminants as a case study". Paper presented in EMEC 21 – 21st European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, Novi Sad, 2021.
    Published
  4. Homem, Vera; Rocha, Filipe; Bragança, Idalina; Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Ratola, Nuno; Alves, Arminda. "Presence and challenges of volatile methylsiloxanes in WWTPs". Paper presented in EMEC 21 ¿ 21st European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, Novi Sad, 2021.
    Published
  5. Sánchez-Soberón, Francisco; Bragança, Idalina; Alves, Arminda; Ratola, Nuno; Bragança, Idalina. "Siloxanes as biogas impurities: sampling, analysis and occurrence in landfills and WWTPs". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 2020 ¿ Virtual Conference, 2020.
    Published
  6. Alexandra Plácido; Bragança, Idalina; Marani, Mariela; Alyne Rodrigues de Araujo; Andreanne Gomes Vasconcelos; Batziou, Krystallenia; Valentina F. Domingues; et al. "Antibacterial Activity and Development of LbL films Containing Peptide of the Cry1Ab16 Toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis for Food Control Applications". Paper presented in International Conference on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Porto, 2016.
  7. Alexandra Plácido; Bragança, Idalina; Marani, Mariela; de Araujo, Alyne Rodrigues; Andreanne Gomes Vasconcelos; Batziou, Krystallenia; Domingues, Valentina F.; et al. "Use of cashew gum for development of LbL films with antibacterial activity for application against foodborne pathogens". Paper presented in XIII Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, Porto, 2016.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Rocha, Filipe; Bragança, Idalina; Ratola, Nuno; Homem, Vera. "Evaluation of municipal sewage sludge compliance with Portuguese legislation for its agricultural use". Paper presented in DCE23 – 5th Doctoral Congress in Engineering – Symposium on Environmental Engineering, 2023.
  2. Filipe Rocha; Bragança, Idalina; Vera Homem. "Assessment of Volatile Methylsiloxanes and Synthetic Musk Compounds in Organic Waste-Based Fertilisers - A First Approach". Paper presented in XXIII International Symposium on Advances in Extraction Technologies (ExTech), 2021.
  3. Nuno Ratola; Madalena Fernandes; Diogo Bogas; A. C. Rodrigues; Gabriel F. Pantuzza; Fábio Bernardo; Bragança, Idalina; Vera Homem; Francisco Sánchez-Soberón. "Solvent-reducing methods to quantify siloxanes in wastewater and sludge". 2021.
  4. Francisco Sánchez-Soberón; Madalena Fernandes; Gabriel F. Pantuzza; Fábio Bernardo; Bragança, Idalina; Vera Homem; Nuno Ratola. "Analysis of siloxanes in a wastewater treatment plant: a low volume sample and solvent-saving approach". Paper presented in 4th portASAP Meeting, 2021.
  5. Sánchez-Soberón, Francisco; Bragança, Idalina; Alves, Arminda; Ratola, Nuno. "Siloxanes as biogas impurities: sampling, analysis, and occurence in landfills and WWTPs". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting, 2020.
  6. Bragança, Idalina; Filipe Rocha; Arminda Alves; Homem, Vera. Corresponding author: Homem, Vera. "The presence of emerging contaminants in urban sewage sludge - results of a Portuguese snapshot". Paper presented in Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Helsinki (Finland), 2020.
  7. Filipe Rocha; Bragança, Idalina; Vera Homem. "Development of an Analytical Method to Determine PAHs, PCBs, Synthetic Musks and Volatile Methylsiloxanes in Sewage Sludge". Paper presented in 20th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry (EMEC20), Lodz ( Poland), 2019.
  8. Bragança, Idalina; Sánchez-Soberón F.; Arminda Alves; Nuno Ratola. "Unwanted compounds in biogas production – a review". Paper presented in 20th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry (EMEC20), Lodz (Poland), 2019.
  9. Filipe Rocha; Bragança, Idalina; Vera Homem. "Occurrence of Synthetic Musks and Volatile Methylsiloxanes in Sewage Sludge for Agricultural Use". Paper presented in Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Helsinki (Finland), 2019.
  10. Bragança, Idalina; Lemos, Paulo C.; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Valentina F. Domingues. "Development and validation of a SPE GC-MS method for the quantification of 3-PBA in soils". Paper presented in 40th Environmental & Food Monitoring Conference, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 2018.
  11. Bragança, Idalina; Lemos, Paulo C.; Barros, P.; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Domingues, Valentina F.. "Pyrethroid pesticides and its metabolite phytotoxicity evaluation towards cucumber". Paper presented in 40th Environmental & Food Monitoring Conference, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 2018.
  12. Bragança, Idalina; Lemos, Paulo C.; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Domingues, Valentina F.. "Spatiotemporal assessment of pyrethroid pesticides residues in soils of city parks and public play areas". Paper presented in 1º Workshop em Química verde: Técnicas avançadas de Extração, Porto (Portugal), 2018.
  13. Bragança, Idalina; Lemos, Paulo C.; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Domingues, Valentina F.. "Pyrethroid Pesticides on soil: assessement and toxicity". Paper presented in 15th Symposium on Chemistry and Fate of Modern Pesticides, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 2016.
  14. Bragança, Idalina; Danko, A. S.; Pacheco, J.; D. Frascari; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Domingues, Valentina F.. "Cometabolic Degradation of Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Pharmaceuticals by a Pentane Enrichment Culture". Paper presented in 15th Symposium on Chemistry and Fate of Modern Pesticides, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 2016.
  15. Bragança, Idalina; Lemos, Paulo C.; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Domingues, Valentina F.. "Impact of Pyrethroid pesticides use in soils". Paper presented in 1st Scientific Meeting of the Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Chemistry, Aveiro ( Portugal), 2016.
  16. Plácido, Alexandra; Bragança, Idalina; Marani, Mariela; Alyne Rodrigues de Araujo; Vasconcelos, A.; Batziou, K.; Domingues, Valentina F.; et al. "Use of cashew gum for development of LbL films with antibacterial activity for application against foodborne pathogens". Paper presented in XIII Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, Porto (Portugal), 2016.
  17. Bragança, Idalina; Domingues, Valentina F.; Lemos, Paulo C.; Cristina Delerue-Matos. "Assessment of pyrethroid pesticides contaminated soil in Porto city playgrounds". Paper presented in 9th National Meeting on chromatography, Lisbon (Portugal), 2016.
  18. Sousa, S.; Bragança, Idalina; Domingues, Valentina F.; Cristina Delerue-Matos. "Analysis of fatty acids in human plasma by gas chromatography". Paper presented in 8º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia, Covilhã (Portugal), 2013.
  19. Bragança, Idalina; Sousa, Sara; Martins, Susana; Danko, A; Domingues, Valentina; delerue-matos, C; Bragança, Idalina; et al. "Ibuprofen effect on the nitrifying bactéria Nitrosomonas europaea". Paper presented in 6ºEncontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto ¿ IJUP, Porto, Portugal, 2013.
  20. Bragança, Idalina; Plácido, Alexandra; Paíga, Paula; Domingues, Valentina F.; Cristina Delerue-Matos. "Optimization of QuEChERS extraction of ibuprofen and its metabolites in soil samples". Paper presented in Energy, Environment and sustainability, Porto (Portugal), 2012.
  21. Bragança, Idalina; Domingues, Valentina F.; Danko, A. S.; Pacheco, J.; Cristina Delerue-Matos. "Characterization of sludge from a WWTP and its application in the anaerobic biodegradation of four pharmaceutical compounds in anaerobic conditions". Paper presented in Energy, Environment and sustainability, Porto (Portugal), 2012.
  22. Martins, S.; Sousa, S.; Bragança, Idalina; Domingues, Valentina F.; Danko, A. S.; Pacheco, J.; Cristina Delerue-Matos. "Degradação de fármacos por ação de bactérias anaeróbias". Paper presented in II Encontro em Técnicas de caracterização e Análise Química, Braga (Portugal), 2012.
  23. Bragança, Idalina; Domingues, Valentina F.; Danko, A. S.; Cristina Delerue-Matos. "Effect of ibuprofen, amoxicillin, trimethoprim and tetracycline on the anaerobiotic methane producer". Paper presented in Symposium on Subsoil Characterization and Remediation, Porto (Portugal), 2012.
  24. Sousa, Sara; Bragança, Idalina; Martins, Susana; Domingues, Valentina; delerue-matos, C. "Soil microorganism selection for amoxicillin biodegradation". Paper presented in 5ºEncontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto – IJUP, Porto, Portugal, 2012.
  25. Plácido, Alexandra; Bragança, Idalina; P. Paíga; Domingues, Valentina F.; Cristina Delerue-Matos. "Detection of ibuprofen and its metabolites in soils using QuEChERS extration and liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection". Paper presented in 7º Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia, Porto (Portugal), 2012.
  26. Bragança, Idalina; Domingues, Valentina F.; Cristina Delerue-Matos. "Selection of soil microorganism for the metabolization of ibuprofen". Paper presented in XVII Encontro Galego-Portugués de Química, Pontevedra (Spain), 2011.
Journal article
  1. Ana Sofia Fernandes; Idalina Bragança; Vera Homem. "Personal care products in soil-plant and hydroponic systems: Uptake, translocation, and accumulation". Science of The Total Environment 912 (2024): 168894-168894. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168894.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168894
  2. Idalina Bragança; Francisco Sánchez-Soberón; Gabriel F. Pantuzza; Arminda Alves; Nuno Ratola. "Impurities in biogas: Analytical strategies, occurrence, effects and removal technologies". Biomass and Bioenergy 143 (2020): 105878-105878. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.biombioe.2020.105878.
    10.1016/j.biombioe.2020.105878
  3. Bragança, Idalina; Lemos, Paulo C.; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Domingues, Valentina F.. "Assessment of Pyrethroid Pesticides in Topsoils in Northern Portugal". Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 230 7 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-019-4209-7.
    10.1007/s11270-019-4209-7
  4. Bragança, Idalina; Mucha, Ana P.; Tomasino, Maria P.; Santos, Filipa; Lemos, Paulo C.; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Domingues, Valentina F.. "Deltamethrin impact in a cabbage planted soil: Degradation and effect on microbial community structure". Chemosphere 220 (2019): 1179-1186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.01.004.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.01.004
  5. Bragança, Idalina; Lemos, Paulo C.; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Domingues, Valentina F.. "Pyrethroid pesticide metabolite, 3-PBA, in soils: method development and application to real agricultural soils". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26 3 (2018): 2987-2997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3690-7.
    10.1007/s11356-018-3690-7
  6. I. Bragança; Paulo C. Lemos; Piedade Barros; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Valentina F. Domingues. "Phytotoxicity of pyrethroid pesticides and its metabolite towards Cucumis sativus". Science of The Total Environment 619-620 (2018): 685-691. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.scitotenv.2017.11.164.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.164
  7. Plácido, Alexandra; Bragança, Idalina; Marani, Mariela; de Araujo, Alyne Rodrigues; Vasconcelos, Andreanne Gomes; Batziou, Krystallenia; Domingues, Valentina F.; et al. "Antibacterial activity of novel peptide derived from Cry1Ab16 toxin and development of LbL films for foodborne pathogens control". Materials Science and Engineering: C 75 (2017): 503-509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2017.02.027.
    10.1016/j.msec.2017.02.027
  8. I. Bragança; A. S. Danko; J. Pacheco; D. Frascari; C. Delerue-Matos; V. F. Domingues. "Cometabolic Degradation of Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Pharmaceuticals by a Pentane Enrichment Culture". Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 227 7 (2016): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11270-016-2933-9.
    10.1007/s11270-016-2933-9
  9. I., Bragana; J., Pacheco; C., Delerue-Matos; V., F. Domingues; C., K. Gunsch; C.A., Gwin; A., S. Danko. "Pharmaceutical compounds effects on Nitrosomonas europaea nitrification process". African Journal of Microbiology Research 8 18 (2014): 1855-1862. http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/ajmr2013.6169.
    10.5897/ajmr2013.6169
  10. Vera, Jose; Correia-Sá, Luísa; Paíga, Paula; Bragança, Idalina; Fernandes, Virgínia C.; Domingues, Valentina F.; Delerue-Matos, Cristina. "QuEChERS and soil analysis. An Overview.". Sample Preparation 1 (2013): http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sampre-2013-0006.
    10.2478/sampre-2013-0006
  11. Braganca, I.; Nouws, H.; Crispim, A.. "Adding Value [valorization] to Tannery Fleshings: Part II - Effect of Protein Hydrolysates on Leather Dyeing". Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists 97 3 (2013): 111-115. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000320899100004&KeyUID=WOS:000320899100004.
  12. Braganca, I.; Crispim, A.; Sampaio, A.; Ramalho, E.; Crispim, F.; Caetano, N. S.; Silva, P. C.. "Adding Value to Tannery Fleshings: Part I - Oils and Protein Hydrolysates Production and Application". Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists 97 2 (2013): 62-67. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000318264100003&KeyUID=WOS:000318264100003.
  13. Braganca, Idalina; Placido, Alexandra; Paiga, Paula; Domingues, Valentina F.; Delerue-Matos, Cristina. "QuEChERS: A new sample preparation approach for the determination of ibuprofen and its metabolites in soils". Science of the Total Environment 433 (2012): 281-289. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000308787500028&KeyUID=WOS:000308787500028.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.035
Newsletter article
  1. Filipe Emanuel Caetano da Rocha; Bragança, Idalina; Homem, Vera. "Sewage Sludge Reuse in Agricultural Fertilization - A Portuguese Ongoing Study", Newsletter of the Association of Chemistry and the Environment (ACE) , 2020, http://www.europeanace.com/about/ace-newsletters.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/12/08 Spatial and temporal distribution of volatile methylsiloxanes in sand EMEC 2022 - 22nd European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry
University of Ljubljana (Faculty of Health Sciences), Association of Chemistry and the Environment (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
2021/11/30 Environmental and Agricultural Impacts of Using Sewage Sludge as a Fertilizer - Emerging Contaminants as a Case Study
(Novi Sad, Serbia)
2019/12/04 Nutrient Content, Heavy Metals, Microorganisms and Organic Pollutants in Portuguese Sewage Sludge - A Country Level Analysis 20th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry
(Lodz, Poland)
2016/04/27 Antibacterial Activity and Development of LbL films Containing Peptide of the Cry1Ab16 Toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis for Food Control Applications International Conference on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ICBMB
(Veneza, Italy)
2013/09/16 Effects of pharmaceutical compounds on nitrification by Nitrosomonas europaea 2nd Symposium on Subsoil Characterization and Remediation
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2010/09/29 Tannery fleshings valorization for fats and protein hydrolysates production Second International Symposium on Green Chemistry for Environment and Health
(Mykonos, Greece)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/09 - 2021/02 Estudo do Potencial de Valorização Agrícola de Lamas de Depuração
Co-supervisor
 Seminários e Projeto de Investigação do Mestrado Integrado em Bioengenharia (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/01 A methodology for the quantification of siloxanes in water matrices
Co-supervisor
 Seminário e Projecto de Investigação do Mestrado Integrado em Bioengenharia (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/07 Ecotoxicity evaluation, using Daphnia magna, of deltamethrin and the major metabolite (3-PBA) - Acute and chronic toxicity test
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2017/07/17 - 2017/07/21 Ciência Viva in summer: "Crime Sob Investigação no ISEP"
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal
2016/07/18 - 2016/07/22 Ciência Viva in summer: "Crime Sob Investigação no ISEP"
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal
2015/09/07 - 2015/09/11 One-week internships for 1st and 2nd year of Chemical Engineering students within the scope Pirethroid pesticides quantification in soils
Supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal
2015/07/13 - 2015/07/17 Ciência Viva in summer: "Crime Sob Investigação no ISEP"
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal
2014/09/08 - 2014/09/11 One-week internships for 1st and 2nd year of Chemical Engineering students within the scope Determinação de compostos em amostras ambientais e biológicas por cromatografia gasosa
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal
2014/07/14 - 2014/07/17 Ciência Viva in summer: "Crime Sob Investigação no ISEP"
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal
2013/07/16 - 2013/07/19 Ciência Viva in summer: "Nanodescontaminação de solos"
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal
2013/07/01 - 2013/07/05 Ciência Viva in summer: "Crime Sob Investigação no ISEP"
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal
2012/07/09 - 2012/07/13 Ciência Viva in summer: "Crime Sob Investigação no ISEP"
Co-supervisor
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal
2012/07/02 - 2012/07/06 Ciência Viva in summer: "Nanodescontaminação de solos"
Co-supervisor
 Ciência Viva no Laboratório - Ocupação Científica de Jovens nas Férias (Scientific initiation)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/01/29 - Current Collaboration on the organization of the Human Period Table (2019/01/29)
Other
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012/05/03 - Current Collaboration on the organization of the session: "À descoberta da Química" (2012/05/03)
Other (Co-organisor)
 REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2014/03/27 - 2014/03/30 Technological exhibition "ISEP: Engenharia na Fábrica" in Fábrica Santo Thyrso, Santo Tirso (2014/03/27 - 2014/03/30)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/09/26 - Current Participated as invited exhibitors in Caminho da Inovação - Expo and Networking that took place at Fábrica da Água de Alcântara, Lisboa
Exhibition
 Caminho da Inovação 2019 - Expo and Networking
Águas do Tejo Atlântico, Portugal
2016/02/20 - 2016/05/07 Course "Análise Quantitativa de Dados com SPSS"
Other
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2011/10 - 2012/01 Course "Inglês B1", 5.5 ECTS (120 h, Very good)
Other
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2010/10/11 - 2010/12/09 Course "Formação Pedagógica Inicial de Formadores", 114h
Other
LC-Ensino, Portugal
2009/03/23 - 2009/05/29 Course "Higiene e Segurança" (42h, Good)
Other
Ciências e Letras - Formação Especializada, Lda, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/02/14 - 2024/05/31 Technical consultancy services in engineering and related areas, through the preparation of technical and scientific reports in a company (confidentiality agreement) that promotes innovation and business technological cooperation

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02/19 - 2024/07/31 Laboratory II (1st year, 2nd semester) (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2023/02/22 - 2023/07/31 Laboratory IV (2nd year, 2nd semester), (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Teaching support to Organic Chemistry II (1st year, 2nd semester) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Teaching support to Organic Chemistry II (1st year, 2nd semester) Integrated Master in Chemical Engineering Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019/11/15 - 2020/01/08 Environment Protection Engineering (0324-8828) Wroclaw University of Science and Technology the Department of Environmental Engineering

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2016 - 2016 Master Thesis: Determination of permethrin in rats brains Francesco Valentini
2013 - 2013 Project: Effects of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds on Microorganisms Present in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants Delphine Goethals
2013 - 2013 Project: Extraction of pharmaceuticals from soil samples Pawel Zajac
2013 - 2013 Project: Degradation of pharmaceutical compound by microorganisms Aleksandra Borzecka
2012 - 2012 Master Thesis: Effects of selected pharmaceutically active compounds on the ammonia oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea Thomas van der Have
Distinctions

Award

2019 Best Poster
European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry (EMEC20), Poland