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Bruno Esteves holds a Master’s and PhD degree in Environmental Engineering from FEUP, having completed his doctoral thesis through a joint supervision program with the University of Granada (Spain). After finishing his academic training in 2022, he joined the LSRE-LCM laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher and, since late 2023, he has been a Senior Scientist at Fraunhofer Portugal AWAM. His work focuses on the development and application of sustainable technologies for wastewater treatment and valorization, with practical experience in advanced oxidation processes, membrane separation, adsorption processes, and the use of functional materials. He has experience in managing and executing national projects (1 PRR, 3 NORTE2020) and European projects (2 Horizon Europe), with an emphasis on water reuse and waste valorization. He is the author/co-author of 11 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals, 1 book chapter, and over 15 communications at national and international conferences.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bruno Miguel Miranda Esteves

Citation names

  • Esteves, Bruno
  • Esteves, Bruno M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D81F-F7EC-FDA5
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2046-5828

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Environmental Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/10/01 - 2022/04/11
Concluded
 Engenharia do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Innovative approach for olive mill wastewater reclamation: integrated heterogeneous Fenton oxidation using olive mill solid residues and membrane filtration processes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014
Concluded
 Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Tratamento de um efluente têxtil recalcitrante pelo processo Fenton Heterogéneo num reator contínuo perfeitamente agitado" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02/14 - Current Researcher (Research) 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
2023/10/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal
2023/07/03 - 2023/09/29 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2022/05/27 - 2023/06/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
2016/06/15 - 2017/09/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/07/14 - Current Alentejo Green Hydrogen Valley delivering integrated full-chain sustainable hydrogen ecosystem with technical, economic, social and environmental benefits and superior upscaling/replicability
101137611
Post-doc
Fraunhofer Center for Smart Agriculture and Water Management, Portugal
 Horizon Europe
2022/05/27 - 2033/06/30 HEALTHY WATERS - Identification, Elimination, Social Awareness and Education of Water Chemical and Biological Micropollutants with Health and Environmental Implications
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000069
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021/12/01 - 2022/01/31 Innovative approach for olive mill wastewater reclamation: Integrated heterogeneous Fenton oxidation and membrane filtration processes using olive mill solid residues
COVID/BD/151867/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/10/01 - 2021/11/30 Innovative approach for olive mill wastewater reclamation: Integrated heterogeneous Fenton oxidation and membrane filtration processes using olive mill solid residues
SFRH/BD/129235/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01 - 2019/12 Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia
154652UID
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016/06/15 - 2017/09/30 LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000005
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/11/01 - Current METHAREN - Innovative bioMETHAne system integration boosting production while managing Renewable energies intermittENcy
101084288
Researcher
Fraunhofer Center for Smart Agriculture and Water Management, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2023/10/01 - Current Vine and Wine Portugal - Driving sustainable growth through smart innovation
C644866286-00000011
Researcher
Fraunhofer Center for Smart Agriculture and Water Management, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia
UID/EQU/00511/2019
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Esteves, Bruno M.; Rodrigues, C.S.D.; Madeira, L.M.. "Wastewater treatment by heterogeneous fenton-like processes in continuous reactors". In Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) in Drinking Water Treatment, 211-255. Springer, Cham, 2019.
    Published • 10.1007/698_2017_81
Conference abstract
  1. Esteves, Bruno M.; Morales-Torres, Sergio; Maldonado-Hódar, F.J.; Luis M. Madeira. Corresponding author: Esteves, Bruno M.. "Valorization of olive stone by-product as Fenton-like catalysts for olive mill wastewater treatment". Paper presented in 17th International Conference on Environmental Science & Technology (CEST-21), Athens, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Mendes, Vanessa E.; Pereira, Fábio; Esteves, Bruno M.; Miguel, Carlos V.. Corresponding author: Esteves, Bruno M.. "Assessment of TiO2 ceramic membranes performance for winery wastewater treatment". Paper presented in EA3G2024 – International Conference on Ozone and Advanced Oxidation, 2024.
  2. Calvão, Giovanna; Mendes, Vanessa E.; Pereira, Fábio; Esteves, Bruno M.; Rio, Marisa; Miguel, Carlos V.. Corresponding author: Esteves, Bruno M.. "Wastewater Treatment and Pesticide Monitoring: Towards a Sustainable Water Reuse in Wineries". Paper presented in Winter School on CECs and DPBs: Occurrence, Impact and Elimination, 2024.
  3. Mendes, Vanessa E.; Pereira, Fábio; Esteves, Bruno M.; Miguel, Carlos V.. Corresponding author: Esteves, Bruno M.. "Water reclamation in the wine sector: impact of operating conditions on the filtration performance of ceramic membranes". Paper presented in EuroMembrane 2024, 2024.
  4. Esteves, Bruno M.; Morales-Torres, S.; Maldonado-Hódar, F.J.; Madeira, L.M.. "Tuning of olive stone-based Fe-catalysts for olive mill wastewater oxidation in a continuous fixed-bed reactor". Paper presented in IX-CARBOCAT - 9th International Symposium on Carbon for Catalysis, 2022.
  5. Esteves, Bruno M.; Morales-Torres, S.; Maldonado-Hódar, F.J.; Madeira, L.M.. "Development of Fe-olive stone-based catalysts for olive mill wastewater treatment in continuous fixed-bed reactor operation". Paper presented in IV Simposio de La Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente, 2022.
  6. Esteves, Bruno M.; Morales-Torres, S.; Maldonado-Hódar, F.J.; Madeira, L.M.. "Cheap Fenton catalysts for olive mill wastewater treatment". Paper presented in III Simposio de La Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente, 2020.
  7. Esteves, Bruno M.; Rodrigues, C.S.D.; Madeira, L.M.. "Optimization of Fenton's process for olive mill wastewater treatment: from batch to continuous flow operation". Paper presented in EAAOP-5 - 5th European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Vanessa E. Mendes; Fábio Pereira; Marisa Rio; Carlos V. Miguel; Bruno M. Esteves. "Ceramic membranes for winery wastewater management: feasibility study and water reuse potential". Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscee.2025.101259.
    10.1016/j.cscee.2025.101259
  2. Jiménez, Alejandro; Esteves, Bruno M.; Trujillano, Raquel; Soria, M.A.; Madeira, Luís M.; Rives, Vicente; Vicente, Miguel Ángel. "Tyrosol removal by photo–Fenton–like process using CaAlFe mixed oxides synthesized via hydrocalumite from aluminum salt cake". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 12 2 (2024): 112423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112423.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jece.2024.112423
  3. Bruno M. Esteves; Sergio Morales-Torres; F.J. Maldonado-Hódar; Luis M. Madeira. "Catalytic peroxidation of winery wastewater contaminants using activated carbon-supported magnetite nanoparticles". Journal of Water Process Engineering (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.104772.
    10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.104772
  4. Esteves, Bruno M.; Fernandes, Rita; Morales-Torres, Sergio; Maldonado–Hódar, Francisco J.; Silva, Adrián M.T.; Madeira, Luis M.. "Integration of catalytic wet peroxidation and membrane distillation processes for olive mill wastewater treatment and water recovery". Chemical Engineering Journal 448 (2022): 137586. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.137586.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cej.2022.137586
  5. Esteves, Bruno M.; Morales-Torres, Sergio; Maldonado-Hódar, Francisco J.; Madeira, Luis M.. "Sustainable iron-olive stone-based catalysts for Fenton-like olive mill wastewater treatment: Development and performance assessment in continuous fixed-bed reactor operation". Chemical Engineering Journal 435 (2022): 134809. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.134809.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cej.2022.134809
  6. Esteves, Bruno M.; Morales-Torres, Sergio; Madeira, Luis M.; Maldonado-Hódar, Francisco J.. "Specific adsorbents for the treatment of OMW phenolic compounds by activation of bio-residues from the olive oil industry". Journal of Environmental Management 306 (2022): 114490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114490.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114490
  7. Esteves, Bruno M.; Morales-Torres, Sergio; Maldonado-Hódar, F.J.; Madeira, Luis M.. "Integration of olive stones in the production of Fe/AC-catalysts for the CWPO treatment of synthetic and real olive mill wastewater". Chemical Engineering Journal 411 (2021): 128451-128451. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894721000504.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.128451
  8. Esteves, Bruno M.; Morales-Torres, Sergio; Maldonado-Hódar, Francisco J.; Madeira, Luis M.. "Fitting biochars and activated carbons from residues of the olive oil industry as supports of Fe-catalysts for the heterogeneous Fenton-like treatment of simulated olive mill wastewater". Nanomaterials 10 5 (2020): 876. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano10050876.
    10.3390/nano10050876
  9. Esteves, Bruno M.; Rodrigues, Carmen S.D.; Maldonado-Hódar, F.J.; Madeira, Luís M.. "Treatment of high-strength olive mill wastewater by combined Fenton-like oxidation and coagulation/flocculation". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 7 4 (2019): 103252. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2019.103252.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jece.2019.103252
  10. Esteves, Bruno M.; Rodrigues, Carmen S. D.; Madeira, Luís M.. "Synthetic olive mill wastewater treatment by Fenton’s process in batch and continuous reactors operation". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25 35 (2017): 34826-34838. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0532-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s11356-017-0532-y
  11. Esteves, Bruno M.; Rodrigues, C.S.D.; Boaventura, R.A.R.; Maldonado-Hódar, F.J.; Madeira, L.M.. "Coupling of acrylic dyeing wastewater treatment by heterogeneous Fenton oxidation in a continuous stirred tank reactor with biological degradation in a sequential batch reactor". Journal of Environmental Management 166 (2015): 193-203. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84945277042&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.10.008
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/06 Tuning of olive stone-based Fe-catalysts for olive mill wastewater oxidation in a continuous fixed-bed reactor IX-CARBOCAT - 9th International Symposium on Carbon for Catalysis
(Saragoça, Spain)
2021/09 Valorization of olive stone by-product as Fenton-like catalysts for olive mill wastewater treatment CEST-21 - 17th International Conference on Environmental Science & Technology
(Atenas, Greece)
2021/06 Treatment of olive mill wastewater by integration of agroindustrial residues: a circular economy approach DCE-21 - 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering
University of Porto Faculty of Engineering (Porto, Portugal)
2020/09/01 Treatment and valorization of olive mill's residues: integration of Fenton-like oxidation and membrane processes International School of Chemistry (web edition) “Chemistry for everyday life”
University of Camerino (Italy)
2019/11/29 Fenton-based Processes for Effluents Treatment: From Conventional to Innovative Approaches Dia do Centro de Química de Vila Real (UTAD)
Centro de Química de Vila Real (Vila Real, Portugal)
2018/07 Use of Fenton-like processes for wastewater treatment: technological perspectives and integration with other technologies PAOT-4 - 4th International Conference on Photocatalytic and Advanced Oxidation Technologies for the Treatment of Water, Air, Soil and Surfaces
(Porto, Portugal)
2015/10 Acrylic Textile Dyeing Wastewater Treatment by Combination of Heterogeneous Fenton's Oxidation in a CSTR and Biological Degradation in a SBR EAAOP 4 - 4th European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes
(Atenas, Greece)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/06/21 Tecnologia de membranas para o tratamento de efluentes vinícolas: otimização dos parâmetros operacionais para a produção de água para reuso
Supervisor
 Fábio Pereira (Other)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/07 - Current New Journal of Chemistry (1369-9261) RSC Publishing
2022/02 - Current Waste and Biomass Valorization (1877-2641) Springer
2021/09 - Current Environmental Technology & Innovation (2352-1864) Elsevier
2020/12 - Current Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (1876-794X) Elsevier
2020/11 - Current International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry (10290397) Taylor and Francis Ltd.
2020/06 - Current RSC Advances (2046-2069) The Royal Society of Chemistry
2020/01 - Current Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy (944-7450) Wiley
Distinctions

Award

2023 Cum Laude
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 Cum Laude
Universidad de Granada, Spain