Liliana Raquel Coelho Sousa (B918-133F-2DA1)

Curriculum Vitae

Liliana Raquel Coelho Sousa

Liliana has a BSc in Bioengineering (2016) from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and an MSc degree in Biotechnology (2019) from the University of Aveiro. Her master's thesis was based on 3D bioprinting for the bioengineering of hybrid structures for the regeneration of human tissues. She also completed the first year in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (MSc) at the University of Porto. Since October 2021, she has developed her research work under the project "B2Solutions – Biobased and Biodegradable Composites" (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-048505), where she is responsible for developing biocomposite materials based on biobased polymers adapted for injection moulding processes, for semi-rigid and rigid applications for the automotive sector Thanks to its research, she has 2 papers in indexed specialized journals. She participated in 3 oral and 3 poster communications. She was distinguished with the “Best Pitch Presentation” award at the "3rd Sustainable and Smart Advanced Manufacturing Meeting" and with the “Best Poster Award” on CICECO journeys. Currently, she is also a monitor of the curriculum units "Principles and Applications of Materials" and "Materials and Technologies" academic courses (BSc degree). Her research is focused on developing bio-based and biodegradable materials/composites using technologies compatible with plastic processing, such as melt-mixing, extrusion, injection moulding, and additive manufacturing techniques.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Liliana Raquel Coelho Sousa

Citation names

Sousa, Liliana
Liliana R. Sousa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: B918-133F-2DA1
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0466-7756

Email addresses

lilianarcs@ua.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology
Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioplastics
Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Materials 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)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/09/01 - 2027/09/01 Ongoing	Ciências e Engenharia dos materiais (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal "Bioinspired nanoparticle-reinforced bioplastics for food packaging" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/10/18 - 2019/01/05 Concluded	Biotecnologia (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "3D Bioprinting in liquid medium for the bioengineering of hybrid structures for regeneration of human tissues " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2013/09/15 - 2016/09/15 Concluded	Bioengenharia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal	12

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/10/18 - Current	Tutor (Polytechnic Teacher)	Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior Aveiro Norte, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior Aveiro Norte, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/10/18 - 2023/06/30	B2 Solutions-Biobased and Biodegradavel Composites POCI-01-0247-FEDER-048505 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Tavares, Loleny; de Azevedo, Eduarda Silva; Sousa, Liliana R.; Luís, Jorge; Noreña, Caciano Pelayo Zapata; Oliveira, J.M.. "The future of functional foods: innovations and advancements on the horizon". In Unleashing the Power of Functional Foods and Novel Bioactives, 487-505. Elsevier, 2025. Published • 10.1016/b978-0-443-28862-3.00024-8
Conference poster	Liliana R. Sousa. "Eco-Friendly Blends and Nanocomposites for Sustainable Injection Molding Solutions". Paper presented in Jornadas Ciceco 2024- Connecting minds Creating progress, 2024. Liliana R. Sousa; Loleny Tavares; Magalhães da Silva, Sara; Lima, Paulo; Jose Martinho Marques de Oliveira. "Starch-based nanocomposites adapted for injection molding applications in the automotive industry". Paper presented in JORNADAS CICECO 2023 \| CROSSING BORDERS, 2023, 2023. Tavares, Loleny; Liliana R. Sousa; Magalhães da Silva, Sara; Lima, Paulo; Martinho Oliveira. "Development of eco-friendly and sustainable blends and nanocomposites for injection molding applications". Paper presented in Science Meeting 2023: “Science and the Ocean Beyond the Horizon”, 2023., 2023. Liliana R. Sousa. "Biobased and biodegradable graphene-based composites for the automotive industry". Paper presented in Renewable Materials Conference 2023, 2023. Liliana R. Sousa; Tavares, Loleny; Magalhães da Silva, Sara; Lima, Paulo; Martinho Marques de Oliveira. "Biobased graphene composites for the automotive industry". Paper presented in Renewable Materials Conference 2023 in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany), 2023. Liliana R. Sousa; Tavares, Loleny; Paulo S. Lima; Martinho Oliveira. Corresponding author: Tavares, Loleny. "Effect of incorporation of graphene nanoplatelets on mechanical properties of biobased and biodegradable composites.". Paper presented in Sustainable and Smart Advanced Manufacturing Meeting (SAMmeeting) em Guimarães, Portugal, 2022. Liliana R. Sousa; Tavares, Loleny; Lima, Paulo; Martinho Oliveira. "Moisture sorption isotherms and thermodynamic properties of biopolymers for packaging applications". Paper presented in European Bioplastics, 2022. Sousa, Liliana; Tavares, Loleny; Lima, Paulo; Martinho Oliveira. "Characterization of bio-based and biodegradable materials for the production of automotive parts". Paper presented in 2nd Sustainable and Smart Advanced Manufacturing Meeting", 2021. Sousa, Liliana; Patrício, Sónia G; Correia, Tiago R; Gaspar, Vítor M; Pires, Liliana S; Luís, Jorge L; Martinho Oliveira; Mano, Joao F.. "Viscoelastic Bed for 3D Printing of Complex Freeform Hydrogel Constructs". Paper presented in Jornadas Ciceco, 2019.
Journal article	Loleny Tavares; Liliana R. Sousa; Sara Magalhães da Silva; Paulo S. Lima; J. M. Oliveira. "Rheological and UV-Protecting Properties of Biobased and Biodegradable Blends for Injection Molding Applications". Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/app.56498. 10.1002/app.56498 Tavares, Loleny; Liliana R. Sousa; Magalhães da Silva, Sara; Lima, Paulo; Martinho, José. Corresponding author: Martinho, José. "Effect of Incorporation of Graphene Nanoplatelets on Physicochemical, Thermal, Rheological, and Mechanical Properties of Biobased and Biodegradable Blends". Polymers 15 15 (2023): 3622. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/17/3622. Open access • Published Tavares, Loleny; Liliana R. Sousa; Magalhães da Silva, Sara; Lima, Paulo; Martinho Oliveira. Corresponding author: Tavares, Loleny. "Moisture sorption isotherms and thermodynamic properties of biopolymers for packaging applications". Polymers 15 7 (2023): 1634. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15071634. Open access • Published • 10.3390/polym15071634 Patrício, Sónia G; Sousa, Liliana R; Correia, Tiago R; Gaspar, Vítor M; Pires, Liliana S; Luís, Jorge L; Oliveira, José M; Mano, João F. "Freeform 3D printing using a continuous viscoelastic supporting matrix". Biofabrication 12 3 (2020): 035017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/ab8bc3. Published • 10.1088/1758-5090/ab8bc3
Thesis / Dissertation	"3D Bioprinting in liquid medium for the bioengineering of hybrid structures for regeneration of human tissues". Master, Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/25645.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/07/18	Bioinspired nanoparticle-reinforced bioplastics for food packaging	Research Summit 2024 Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/07/13	Tailoring the rigidity of bioplastics using green carbon feedstocks	Research Summit 2023 Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/04/04	Effect of pine resins incorporation on physicochemical, thermal, and mechanical properties of biobased and biodegradable composites	MATERIAIS 2023 - XXI Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais and XII International Symposium on Materials Universidade do Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2022/10/21	Effect of incorporation of graphene nanoplatelets on mechanical properties of biobased and biodegradable composites	"3nd Sustainable and Smart Advanced Manufacturing Meeting" Universidade do Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2021/10/21	Characterization of bio-based and biodegradable materials for the production of automotive parts	2nd Sustainable and Smart Advanced Manufacturing Meeting" Escola Superior Aveiro Norte, Universidade de Aveiro (Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal)
2019/05/27	Multipurpose liquid support matrices-enabled 3D Printing of engineered hydrogel constructs	Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (Rhodes, Greece)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/07/17 - 2024/07/18	Summer Academy of the University of Aveiro - Monitoring activities with students (2024/07/17 - 2024/07/18) Workshop	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/11/06 - 2017/11/08	International Symposium on Bioinspired Macromolecular Systems (ISMBS) (2017/11/06 - 2017/11/08) Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/07/25 - 2024/07/25	Workshop -Biobased Polymers for Sustainability Workshop	Biobased Polymers for Sustainability Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2024/04/30 - 2024/05/03	Activity monitoring and coordenating Workshop	XPERiMENTA 2024 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/04/30 - 2024/04/30	Demonstration of additive manufacturing technologies Exhibition	Open Day, Escola Secundária Soares Basto
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29	Preparation and participation in a stand entitled "Afinal o que é a impressão 3D e qual a sua importância no dia-a-dia!" Exhibition	European Researchers' Night Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/06/20 - 2023/06/21	Um evento ligado à inovação e à tecnologia que reuniu um painel de oradores de referência e uma mostra tecnológica, numa edição marcada pela promoção de um CIRCULAR FUTURE Meeting	TECNET Byte SANJOTEC Centro Empresarial e Tecnológico de São João da Madeira, Portugal
2023/06/05 - 2023/06/07	Science Meeting 2023: Science and the Ocean Beyond the Horizon. The Science Meeting is the biggest annual event in the area of science and technology in Portugal, promoted by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in collaboration with the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture – Ciência Viva and, this year, also with the University of Aveiro. The initiative also has the institutional support of the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education and the Parliamentary Committee for Education, Science, and Youth. Exhibition	Science Meeting 2023: ¿Science and the Ocean Beyond the Horizon¿, 2023.
2022/12/15 - 2022/12/15	Exposição do projeto B2-Solutions -Biobased and biodegradable composites (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-048505) na 43ª Reunião do Conselho Técnico Rede competências polímeros investigação e desenvolvimento Exhibition	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/07/20 - 2022/07/21	Summer Academy of the University of Aveiro-Monitoring of the activities Other	Summer Academy Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/06/07 - 2022/06/07	Skills for Future-Dissemination of prototype parts obtained as part of the B2 Solutions project for higher education students Exhibition	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/01/29 - 2021/01/29	Análise espacial: aplicações na Saúde Seminar	Análise espacial: aplicações na saúde Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2021/01/22 - 2021/01/22	Revisão Sistemática e Meta-análise Seminar	Revisão Sistemática e Meta-análise Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2021/01/15 - 2021/01/15	Medical Image Analysis- an overview of main challenges and principles Seminar	Medical Image Analysis Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2020/12/18 - 2020/12/18	Fair4Health: Promoção da Investigaçao em saúde através de dados Fair Seminar	Fair4Health: Promoção da Investigaçao em saúde através de dados Fair Instituto Politecnico do Porto Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto, Portugal
2018/10/11 - 2018/10/13	Techdays 2018 - technological show of 3D printing technology: a valuable resource to generate human tissues and organs Exhibition	TECHDAYS
2017/04/06 - 2017/04/06	Animation molecular biology com Janet Iwasa (Research Professsor in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Utah) Workshop	Animation molecular biology Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013 - 2013	V Symposium on Bioengineering Symposium	V Symposium on Bioengineering Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2014 - 2016	Associação Académica da Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro	Vogal do Setor de Pedagogia e Empreendedorismo

Distinctions

Award

2022	Best Pitch presentation on "3nd Sustainable and Smart Advanced Manufacturing Meeting" Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019	Best poster presentation in the meeting "WHERE SCIENCE MEETS SOCIETY" of Jornadas CICECO Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal