Renata Alexandra Alves Gomes Ferreira (E917-6E87-4E13)

Curriculum Vitae

Renata Alexandra Alves Gomes Ferreira

Renata Ferreira is an Invited Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja (IPBeja), School of Agriculture, Department of Technology and Applied Sciences. She holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering (IST, University of Lisbon, 2014). Currently, she is a member of the Scientific Technical Committees of the Master Degree in Environmental Engineering, BSc Degree in Environmental Engineering and of the Short-Cycle Degree in Laboratory Analysis, Secretary of the Department of Technologies and Applied Sciences, Co-coordinator of Eco-Escolas Programme of the School of Agriculture, at IPBeja, and Coordinator of the Scientific Area "Water, Ecosystems, and Integrated Management" of CREATE. She is also an integrated member of CREATE and collaborator at CERENA, and member of the Scientific Council of CREATE. Her research work focuses on phytoremediation of contaminated water and soil (in natural systems and in constructed wetlands) and on the plants role in phytoremediation, in wastewater treatment, and the valorisation of wastes and contaminated soils, integrating environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, plant sciences, and analytical chemistry, within a circular economy framework, addressing emerging contaminants, mine-impacted areas, and sustainable resource management. She has supervised and co-supervised MSc and BSc theses and mentored several undergraduate theses. She authored 20 peer-reviewed scientific articles, acts as reviewer for international journals, participated in several national and international research projects as researcher and postdoctoral fellow, and presented her work in several International Conferences, Meetings and Symposiums.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Renata Alexandra Alves Gomes Ferreira

Citation names

Ferreira, Renata
Renata A. Ferreira
Ferreira, R. A.
R.A. Ferreira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: E917-6E87-4E13
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8977-500X
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3RY12mYAAAAJ&hl=en-EN
Researcher Id: K-5147-2012
Scopus Author Id: 55984042500

Email addresses

renata.ferreira@ipbeja.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Rua Pedro Soares, Campus do Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Apartado 6155, 7800-295, Beja, Beja, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://cerena.ist.utl.pt/user/666 (Professional)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3RY12mYAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Environmental Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Environmental Biotechnology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2026/04/10 - 2026/04/10 Concluded	Challenge-Based Learning training session "Chat about CBL" (Others) Major in Trainig action HEROES - European University Alliance, Portugal
2025/02 - 2025/06 Concluded	Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Others) Major in Capacity building programme Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/05 Concluded	Developing professional pedagogy for student-centred and working-life related learning and teaching (Others) Major in Capacity building programmme Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu, Finland
2023/01 - 2023/03 Concluded	Active learning methodologies – Fundamental concepts and best practices (Others) Major in Trainig action Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2021/09 Concluded	Teaching STEM Students - Transformation Guide for Teaching Assistants 8th Ed. (Others) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2014 Concluded	Environmental Engineering (Doctorate) Major in Environmental Engineering Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated With Organic Pollutants" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Pass with Merit
2003/10 - 2004/01 Concluded	Initial Pedagogical Training Course for Trainers (Others) Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
2003/05 - 2003/05 Concluded	Food Microbiology (Others) Instituto Superior de Estudos Interculturais e Transdisciplinares de Almada, Portugal
2003/04 - 2003/04 Concluded	Physical-Chemical Analyzes of Water (Others) Instituto Superior de Estudos Interculturais e Transdisciplinares de Almada, Portugal
2003 Concluded	Chemical and Environmental Sciences - Biotechnology Branch (Licenciate Degree) Major in Biotechnology Instituto Superior de Estudos Interculturais e Transdisciplinares de Almada, Portugal "Cloning and molecular Characterization of Casuarina glauca nodules defense-related genes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/02/07 - 2022/07/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal

2015/02/01 - 2018/07/31	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/09/27 - Current	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Departamento de Tecnologias e Ciências Aplicadas, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2026/06/26 - Current	Coordinator of the Scientific Area "Water, Ecosystems, and Integrated Management"	Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia para o Sistema Terra e Energia (CREATE), Portugal

2026/05 - Current	Member of the Scientific Technical Committee of the Master degree in Environmental Engineering	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal

2025/01 - Current	Secretary of the Department of Technology and Applied Sciences	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Departamento de Tecnologias e Ciências Aplicadas, Portugal

2024/05 - Current	Member of the Scientific Technical Committee of the Bachelor degree in Environmental Engineering	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal

2024/01 - Current	Member of the Scientific Council of CREATE (Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia para o Sistema Terra e Energia)	Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia para o Sistema Terra e Energia (CREATE), Portugal

2023/09 - Current	Co-Coordinator of Eco-Escolas Programme	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal

2016 - 2024/01	Member of the Scientific Council of CERENA - Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente	Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/01 - Current	Collaborator of CERENA - Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente	Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal

2024/01 - Current	Integrated Member of CREATE (Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia para o Sistema Terra e Energia)	Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia para o Sistema Terra e Energia (CREATE), Portugal

2016 - 2024/01	Integrated Member of CERENA - Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal

2008 - 2015	Collaborator of IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering	Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Portugal

2012 - 2014/04/30	Graduate Research Fellow (research scholarship; project reference: PTDC/AAC-AMB/112032/2009)	Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Portugal

2008 - 2012	PhD Student (FCT Grant SFRH/BD/38704/2007)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

2006/05/01 - 2007/09/30	Graduate Research Fellow (research scholarship; project reference: FCT/PTDC/AAC-AMB/112032/2006)	Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Portugal

2005/03/01 - 2005/08/31	Teachear (Chemistry Laboratory Techniques II)	Escola Secundária Vitorino Nemésio, Portugal

2001/03/01 - 2002/07/01	Research training	Centro de Investigação das Ferrugens do Cafeeiro, Portugal

2000/03/01 - 2000/06/30	Research training	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2015/02 - 2018/07	QUIMIPROD/IST/Energy and Environmental Engineering Quimiprod Post-doc Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Concluded
2012 - 2014	How "green" is a constructed wetland? PTDC/AAC-AMB/112032/2009 Research Fellow Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Portugal	Concluded
2007/04 - 2007/10	Phytoremediation of soils contaminated by organic compounds PTDC/AMB/67641/2006 Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/02 - 2022/07	PhytoCharMe - A circular economy approach for the valorisation of soils in abandoned mine sites by using phytoremediation combined with biochar. PTDC/CTA-AMB/31863/2017 LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-031863 Integration into Research Grant Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal	Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT European Regional Development Fund

Other

	Designation	Funders
2025/10 - Current	PhytoMPs- Phytoremediation of microplastics of treated urban wastewater: removal, dynamics and fate. COMPETE2030-FEDER-00879500 Researcher	European Regional Development Fund
2025/01 - 2026/02	CLIMACTION (Pathways2Resilience) CLIMACTION (P2R) Researcher	European Union
2021/06 - 2022/04	ISLANDS Atlantic - Atlantic Regional Project GEF ID: 00000 Researcher	United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for Europe
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Center for Natural Resources and Environment UID/ECI/04028/2019 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017 - 2019	Ecotoxicological and human health risk assessment of organic contaminants in Estarreja area and Rhône valley ROHM_2017-837 Researcher	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Ferreira, R. A.; Tavares, Jorge Manuel Rodrigues; Humberto Chaves; Almeida, Adelaide; Silva, Flavia M. O.. "Avaliação da remoção de ibuprofeno por fitorremediação em leitos de escoamento subsuperficial vertical submetidos a diferentes concentrações". Paper presented in 7th Symposium in “Produção e Transformação de alimentos em Ambiente Sustentável", 2024. Ferreira, R. A.; Afonso, Alexandra; Ribeiro, Carlos; Almeida, Adelaide. "Assessment of the phytoremediation potential on the removal of phenolic compounds from olive mill wastewater". Paper presented in 4th International Scientific Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering - COEE 2024, 2024. Almeida, Adelaide; Oliveira, M; Afonso, Alexandra; Lopes, I; Ferreira, R. A.; Ribeiro, Carlos; Fernandes, A; Lopes, A; Carvalho, Fátima. "Evaluation of biofertilizer produced from sludge from treated cheese wastewater in olive culture". Paper presented in 4th International Scientific Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering - COEE 2024, 2024. Afonso, Alexandra; Santos, T; Ferreira, R. A.; Carvalho, Fátima; Fernandes, A; Lopes, A; Almeida, Adelaide. "Valorisation of treated olive mill wastewater products after immediate one-step lime precipitation". Paper presented in 4th International Scientific Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering - COEE 2024, 2024. R.A. Ferreira; C. Ribeiro ; F. Carvalho; J.M.R. Tavares; A. Almeida. "Uso de Phragmites australis no tratamento de efluentes urbanos: assimilação nos tecidos da planta de nutrientes, potássio e sódio". Paper presented in VI Symposium in “Produção e Transformação de alimentos em Ambiente Sustentável”, 2023. R.A. Ferreira; S. Martins-Dias. "Phragmites leaf soluble proteins purification by OFFGEL electrophoresis". Paper presented in 6th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control, WETPOL 2015, 2015. Ferreira, R. A.; L.C. Davies; J.M. Novais; S. Martins-Dias. "Phragmites sp. peroxidases role in azo dyes degradation". Paper presented in 2nd Scientific Meeting of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2010. S. Martins-Dias; J-P. Schwitzguébel; L.C. Davies; F. Scalera; Ferreira, R. A.; C. Antunes. "Degradation of textile dyes by the enzymatic array of Phragmites sp.". Paper presented in COST Action 859 Phyto2009 - Final International Conference on: “Phytotechnologies to promote sustainable land use and improve food safety", 2009. L.C. Davies; R.A. Ferreira; G. Cabrita; J.M. Novais; S. Martins-Dias. "Are plants a solution for textile wastewater treatment?". Paper presented in 14th European Congress on Biotechnology 2009, 2009. R.A. Ferreira; L.C. Davies; J.M. Novais; S. Martins-Dias. "Comparative analysis of Phragmites australis leaves and roots protein extraction methods". Paper presented in 3rd Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control Symposium, WETPOL 2009, 2009. L.C. Davies; G. Cabrita; R.A. Ferreira; C. Carias; J.M. Novais; S. Martins-Dias. "In search of an in-depth understanding of phytoremediation by Phragmites sp.". Paper presented in American Society of Plant Biologists, 2008. M.M. Gouveia; A.S. Fortunato; S.M. Martins; Ferreira, R. A.; C.P. Ricardo; P. Fevereiro; K. Pawlowski; A. Ribeiro. "Common features between actinorhizal and legume root nodules". Paper presented in 12th International Meeting on Frankia and Actinorhizal plants, 2001.
Journal article	Margarida Oliveira; Renata A. Ferreira; Adelaide Almeida; Annabel Fernandes; Fátima Carvalho; Alexandra Afonso. "Valorization of Treated Olive Mill Wastewater and Olive Pits in Hydroponic Systems for Lettuce Production". Water (2026): https://doi.org/10.3390/w18030375. 10.3390/w18030375 Borralho, Teresa; Ferreira, Renata A.; Almeida, Adelaide; Durão, Anabela. "Eco Rehabilitation at Real Scale of a Water Stream with Acid Mine Drainage Traits". Sustainability 17 22 (2025): 10064. https://doi.org/10.3390/su172210064. 10.3390/su172210064 Bouslimi, Houda; Dridi, Nesrine; Ferreira, R. A.; Brito, Pedro; Caçador, Isabel; Hidouri, Saida; Sleimi, Noomene. "Appraisal of the Physiological Response of Cakile maritima and Brassica juncea for Tolerating Lanthanum Stress". Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 12 1 (2024): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse12010065. 10.3390/jmse12010065 Dridi, Nesrine; Kouki, Rim; Bouslimi, Houda; Ferreira, Renata; Hidouri, Saida; Caçador, Isabel; Sleimi, Noomene. "Assessment of photochemical performance of photosystem II in Limbarda crithmoides and Helianthus annuus under Pb stress using chlorophyll a fluorescence kinetics". World Journal of Biology and Biotechnology 8 1 (2023): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.33865/wjb.008.01.0738. 10.33865/wjb.008.01.0738 Bernardo Duarte; Vanessa Leal Pires; João Carreiras; Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho; Renata Ferreira; Manuel F.C. Pereira; António M. Maurício; Susete Martins-Dias; Isabel Caçador. "Cistus ladanifer metal uptake and physiological performance in biochar amended mine soils". South African Journal of Botany 153 (2023): 246-257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.01.002. 10.1016/j.sajb.2023.01.002 Insaf Bankaji; Rim Kouki; Nesrine Dridi; Renata Ferreira; Saida Hidouri; Bernardo Duarte; Noomene Sleimi; Isabel Caçador. "Comparison of Digestion Methods Using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry for the Determination of Metal Levels in Plants". Separations (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10010040. 10.3390/separations10010040 Nesrine Dridi; Ferreira, R. A.; Houda Bouslimi; Pedro Brito; Susete Martins-Dias; Isabel Caçador; Noomene SLEIMI. "Assessment of Tolerance to Lanthanum and Cerium in <i>Helianthus Annuus</i> Plant: Effect on Growth, Mineral Nutrition, and Secondary Metabolism". Plants (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/7/988. 10.3390/plants11070988 Nesrine Dridi; Pedro Brito; Houda Bouslimi; Renata Ferreira; Susete Martins-Dias; Isabel Caçador; Noomene Sleimi. "Physiological and Biochemical Behaviours and Antioxidant Response of Helianthus annuus under Lanthanum and Cerium Stress". Sustainability (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074153. 10.3390/su14074153 Kouki, Rim; Ayachi, Rim; Ferreira, Renata; Sleimi, Noomene. "Behavior of <i>Cucumis sativus</i> L. in presence of aluminum stress: Germination, plant growth, and antioxidant enzymes". Food Science & Nutrition 9 6 (2021): 3280-3288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.2294. 10.1002/fsn3.2294 Pedro Brito; Renata A. Ferreira; Susete Martins-Dias; Olga M. Azevedo; Miguel Caetano; Isabel Caçador. "Cerium uptake, translocation and toxicity in the salt marsh halophyte Halimione portulacoides (L.), Aellen". Chemosphere (2021): 128973-128973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128973. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128973 Sleimi, Noomene; Kouki, Rim; Hadj Ammar, Maryem; Ferreira, Renata; Pérez-Clemente, Rosa. "Barium effect on germination, plant growth, and antioxidant enzymes in <i>Cucumis sativus</i> L. plants". Food Science & Nutrition 9 4 (2021): 2086-2094. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.2177. 10.1002/fsn3.2177 Bouslimi, Houda; Ferreira, R. A.; Dridi, Nesrine; Brito, Pedro; Martins-Dias, Susete; Caçador, Isabel; Sleimi, Noomene. "Effects of Barium Stress in Brassica juncea and Cakile maritima: The IndicatorRole of Some Antioxidant Enzymes and Secondary Metabolites". Phyton 90 1 (2021): 145-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2020.011752. 10.32604/phyton.2020.011752 Ferreira, Renata A.; Pereira, Manuel F.; Magalhães, João P.; Maurício, António M.; Caçador, Isabel; Martins-Dias, Susete. "Assessing local acid mine drainage impacts on natural regeneration-revegetation of São Domingos mine (Portugal) using a mineralogical, biochemical and textural approach". Science of The Total Environment (2020): 142825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142825. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142825 Dridi, Nesrine; Romdhane, Lilia; Ferreira, Renata; Sleimi, Noomene. "Fertilizer effect of composted sewage sludge and cattle manure on Pelargonium growth". Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.082. 10.2166/washdev.2020.082 Ferreira, R.A.; Martins-Dias, S.. "Purification of plant complex protein extracts in non-denaturing conditions by in-solution isoelectric focusing". Analytical Biochemistry 509 (2016): 100-103. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978906814&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ab.2016.07.004 Ferreira, R.A.; Roma-Rodrigues, C.; Davies, L.C.; Sá-Correia, I.; Martins-Dias, S.. "A quantitative proteomic approach to highlight Phragmites sp. adaptation mechanisms to chemical stress induced by a textile dyeing pollutant". Science of the Total Environment 573 (2016): 788-798. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84989905519&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.169 Ferreira, R.A.; Duarte, J.G.; Vergine, P.; Antunes, C.D.; Freire, F.; Martins-Dias, S.. "Phragmites sp. physiological changes in a constructed wetland treating an effluent contaminated with a diazo dye (DR81)". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 21 16 (2014): 9626-9643. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906076907&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s11356-014-2988-3 Davies, L.C.; Ferreira, R.; Cabrita, G.; Novais, J.; Martins-Dias, S.. "Are plants a solution for textile wastewater treatment?". New Biotechnology 25 (2009): S185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2009.06.734. 10.1016/j.nbt.2009.06.734 Davies, L.C.; Cabrita, G.J.M.; Ferreira, R.A.; Carias, C.C.; Novais, J.M.; Martins-Dias, S.. "Integrated study of the role of Phragmites australis in azo-dye treatment in a constructed wetland: From pilot to molecular scale". Ecological Engineering 35 6 (2009): 961-970. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.08.001. 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.08.001 Davies, L. C.; Pedro, I. S.; Ferreira, R. A.; Freire, F. G.; Novais, J. M.; Martins-Dias, S.. "Constructed wetland treatment system in textile industry and sustainable development". Water Science and Technology 58 10 (2008): 2017-2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2008.753. 10.2166/wst.2008.753
Report	Tomaz, Alexandra; Ana F. Piedade; Anabela Cândida Ramalho Durão; Elsa da Piedade Soares Rodrigues; SILVA, FLÁVIA; Isabel Maria Pereira Caldas; Brito, Isabel Sofia; et al. Corresponding author: Barros, Joao Paulo. 2024. Capacity program of teachers in professional pedagogy for student-centred teaching and learning and strengthening links between polytechnic higher education and companies: Working group report. https://repositorio.ipbeja.pt/handle/20.500.12207/6414.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated With Organic Pollutants". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2014. "Cloning and molecular Characterization of Casuarina glauca nodules defense-related genes". Degree, Instituto Superior de Estudos Interculturais e Transdisciplinares de Almada, 2003.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2026/03/12	Based nature solution for the improvement of a river water quality.	ProActS Conference 2026: Co-creating knowledge and innovation for a sustainable future. Halmstad University (Halmstad, Sweden)
2024/05	Phytoremediation potential for final tuning of pre-treated cheese whey wastewater	4th International Scientific Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering - COEE 2024 (Beja, Portugal)
2024/05	Olive mill wastewater treated by phytoremediation with two different substrates: Olive stone and LECA®	4th International Scientific Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering - COEE 2024 (Beja, Portugal)
2023/09	The use of vertical flow constructed wetlands to phosphorus and nitrogen removal from domestic wastewater	10th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control, WETPOL 2023 (Bruges, Belgium)
2023/09	Efficiency of horizontal macrophytic ponds with Phragmites australis and its influence on the pollutants assimilation by the plants	10th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control, WETPOL 2023 (Bruges, Belgium)
2023/05	Vetiveria zizanioides: uma espécie boa candidata para uso no tratamento de efluentes com elevados teores em azoto amoniacal	VI Symposium in “Produção e Transformação de alimentos em Ambiente Sustentável (Elvas, Portugal)
2021/09/16	Sustainable phytoremediation of an old pyrite mine surroundings boosted by Biochar amendment: a case study at São Domingos mine (Portugal)	9th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control, WETPOL 2021 BOKU University (Vienna, Austria)
2019/07	A circular economy approach for the valorisation of soils in abandoned mine sites by using phytoremediation combined with biochar	Encontro Ciência 2019, Science and Technology Summit in Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/10	Acid Yellow 36 removal in a Constructed Wetland during wintertime in a moderate climate	16th IWA International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control, ICWS2018 (Valencia, Spain)
2018/05	Improving phytoremediation of contaminated water and soils through the understanding of plants tolerance to xenobiotics	CERENA Seminar (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013/09	Phragmites sp. ability to conjugate Alachlor	5th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control, WETPOL 2013 (Nantes, France)
2010/09	Phragmites sp. peroxidases and its ability to degrade dyes in CW	12th IWA International Conference on wetland Systems for Water Pollution and Control, Wetland 2010 (Venice, Italy)
2010/09	The importance of LC UV-Vis DAD and LC-MS methods in the comprehension of azo dyes degradation by Phragmites’ crude extract	12th IWA International Conference on wetland Systems for Water Pollution and Control, Wetland 2010 (Venice, Italy)
2010/09	Applying enzymatics, transcriptomics and proteomics to phytoremediation	2nd Scientific Meeting of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Braga, Portugal)
2009/10	Phragmites’ sp. chemical stress response through proteomic analysis	COST Action 859 Phyto2009 - Final International Conference on: Phytotechnologies to promte sustainable land use and improve food safety (Ascona, Switzerland)
2009/10	Monitoring the expression of Phragmites gene responsible for phytoremediation	8th Plant Genomics European Meeting, Plant GEM (Lisbon, Portugal)
2009/09	Molecular analysis of the degradation of textile dyes by the enzymatic array of Phragmites sp.	3rd Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control Symposium, WETPOL 2009 (Barcelona, Spain)
2009/07	Phytoremediation mechanisms and applications	Ciência 2009 – 3º Encontro com a Ciência em Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal)
2009/05	Phytoremediation and constructed wetlands: Current Research Activities	1st Scientific Meeting of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Faro, Portugal)
2008/09	Constructed wetland treatment system in textile industry and sustainable development	IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, September 2008 (Vienna, Austria)
2008/02	Optimization of operational parameters of a vertical flow constructed wetland for azo-dye treatment through a mechanistic model	8th Specialized conference on small water and wastewater systems and 2nd Specialized conference on decentralized water and wastewater international network (IWA) (Coimbatore, India)
2007/09	Integrated study of the role of Phragmites australis in azo-dye treatment in a constructed wetland: from pilot to molecular scale	2nd International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control, WETPOL 2007 (Tartu, Estonia)
2007/06	In-search of an in-depth understanding of phytoremediation by Phragmites sp.	COST Action 859 – Phytotechnologies to promote sustainable land use and improve food safety (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2007/03	Adequação e optimização do método de quantificação de proteínas ao método de extracção de tecidos de plantas	SPQ-Analítica’07 (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2026/02 - Current	Análises microbiológicas aplicadas ao controlo de qualidade de águas de consumo humano. Co-supervisor	Short-cycle Degree on Higher Professional Technical Course in Laboratory Analysis (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2026/02 - Current	Digestão ácida de minérios e concentrados de sulfuretos para determinação de metais por espectrometria de emissão com plasma indutivo. Co-supervisor	Short-cycle Degree on Higher Professional Technical Course in Laboratory Analysis (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2025/10 - Current	Avaliação da capacidade de remoção de microplasticos, presentes em águas residuais urbanas tratadas, utilizando zonas húmidas construídas . Co-supervisor	Environmental Engineering (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2025/10 - Current	Gestão e Corte de Macrófitas em Zonas Húmidas Artificiais de Fluxo Subsuperficial Horizontal: Impacto na Eficiência de Tratamento e no Controlo Populacional . Co-supervisor	Environmental Engineering (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2026/02 - 2026/07	Monitorização e Controlo da Qualidade da Água na Câmara Municipal de Almodôvar Supervisor	Short-cycle Degree on Higher Professional Technical Course in Agroenvironmental Technologies and Sustainability Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2025/04 - 2025/07	Avaliação do impacto da qualidade das amostras pelo método ELISA nos resultados obtidos. Supervisor	Bioanalytic Technologies (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2025/02 - 2025/07	Novas metodologias biotecnológicas para multiplicação de plantas In Vitro. Co-supervisor	Short-cycle Degree on Higher Professional Technical Course in Laboratory Analysis (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2024/05 - 2025/07	Tratamento de águas ruças em zonas húmidas artificiais plantadas com Vetiveria zizanioides: Avaliação da eficiência de remoção da carga mássica de CQO e compostos polifenólicos utilizando caroço de azeitona e agregados leves de argila expandida como substratos Co-supervisor	Environmental Engineering (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/12	Nexus Água-Energia-Alimento na Guiné-Bissau Co-supervisor	Environmental Engineering (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/07	Desenvolvimento de um método para analise de Mercúrio, Prata, Cobre e Zinco por Espetrofotometria de Emissão Ótica com Plasma Indutivo Co-supervisor	Short-cycle Degree on Higher Professional Technical Course in Laboratory Analysis (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/06 - 2023/09	Controlo Analítico da qualidade de Águas Residuais em ETARs Co-supervisor	Bioanalytic Technologies (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07	Determinação Estigmastadienos no controlo de Fraudes em azeites virgens Co-supervisor	Short-cycle Degree on Higher Professional Technical Course in Laboratory Analysis (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/11	Abandoned sulphide mine land reclamation by a combined phytoremediation process with biochar amendment Co-supervisor	Biotechnology (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/04 - 2017/06	Phragmites sp. leaf soluble proteins purification by an innovative isoelectric focusing electrophoresis Co-supervisor	Biotechnology (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/02 - Current	Collaboration in the organisation of "Dias Abertos do IPBeja" (2023/02)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2026/05/05 - 2026/05/05	Member of the Organising Committee of the Seminar "Onde Estiveres Recicla Sempre" (2026/05/05 - 2026/05/05) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2025/06/12 - 2025/06/12	Member of the Organising Committee of the Seminar "Dia Eco-Escolas 2024/2025" (2025/06/12 - 2025/06/12) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2025/05/06 - 2025/06/04	Member of the Organising Committee of the International Formation Course of Geographic Information Systems on "Sustainable Production - Challenges and Opportunities" (2025/05/06 - 2025/06/04) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
2024/12/05 - 2024/12/05	Member of the Organising Committee of the Workshop "Solo Vivo e Futuro Sustentável: O papel da Saúde do Solo" (2024/12/05 - 2024/12/05) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2023/09/13 - 2023/09/13	Member of the Organising Committee of the Workshop of capacity building action "Ensino centrado nos estudantes e relação do ensino e aprendizagem com a vida professional: vamos dar o próximo passo?" (2023/09/13 - 2023/09/13) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2007/02/05 - 2007/02/16	Collaboration in the organisation of "Laboratórios Abertos" (2007/02/05 - 2007/02/16)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2026/04/14	Caracterização e risco ecotoxicológico de elementos potencialmente tóxicos, quantificados na mina de são domingos: contributos para uma gestão ambiental sustentável. (Thesis) Arguer	Nadine Lidiane Mendes Semedo (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2026/03/26	Entomoremediação como Estratégia Sustentável para o Tratamento de Efluentes da Queijaria: Contributos para a Otimização das Condições Operacionais com Larvas da Mosca-Soldado-Negro (Thesis) Main arguer	Elidérico Artur Mabécua (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2025/12	Desenvolvimento, adaptação e validação de modelos matemáticos para redução dos impactos ambientais na suinicultura brasileira nas fases fisiológicas de gestação e maternidade. (Thesis) Arguer	Carlos Manuel Grilo Ameixa (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2025/12	Effect of pretreatment strategies on anaerobic digestion of dairy cow manure. (Thesis) Arguer	Ludmila Ângelo Machaieie (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2025/12	Contributo para a Gestão Sustentável de uma Adega: O caso de estudo da Adega Cooperativa Vidigueira, Cuba e Alvito. (Thesis) Arguer	Maria Margarida Amado Chato Barreto Navarro (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2025/07/23	Adapting the School of Agriculture from Polytechnic Institute of Beja to heat: Urban strategies and nature-based solutions (Thesis) Main arguer	André Leal (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2025/06	Tratamento de águas ruças em zonas húmidas artificiais plantadas com Vetiveria zizanioides: Avaliação da eficiência de remoção da carga mássica de CQO e compostos polifenólicos utilizando caroço de azeitona e agregados leves de argila expandida como substratos. Supervisor	Nhima Camará (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2024/12	Eficência do tratamento de precipitação química básica em efluentes agropecuários e urbanos. (Thesis) Arguer	Karina Silvério (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2024/07/30	Tratamento de águas ruças por fitorremediação com diferentes substratos (Thesis) Main arguer	Marlene Dias (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2024/07/26	Desenvolvimento de um método para analise de Mercúrio, Prata, Cobre e Zinco por Espetrofotometria de Emissão Ótica com Plasma Indutivo Supervisor	Patrícia Estudante (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2024/07/25	Avaliação da Qualidade Microbiológica da Água do Poço da Malta – Beja (Thesis) Main arguer	Leonardo Andrade (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2024/03/25	Fitorremediação de fármacos em águas residuais (Thesis) Arguer	Vlademir Lenine Mendes da Silva (PhD) Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2023/09	Estudo da capacidade de remoção de cafeína em zonas húmidas artificiais com escoamento subsuperficial vertical (Thesis) Arguer	Larissa Fernandes (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/09	Avaliação do potencial bionergético de lamas mistas da Fáfrica de Água de Chelas por processo de digestão anaerobia President of the jury	Ludmila Machaieie (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/07	Bioinformática através da análise de dados de sequenciação do tipo RNA-Seq em Triticum durum (Thesis) Main arguer	Yole Albino (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/07	Determinação Estigmastadienos no controlo de Fraudes em azeites virgens Supervisor	Vítor Serrano (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/06	Pesquisa e Quantificação de Pseudomonas aeruginosas e de Enterococcus faecalis numa piscina pública (Thesis) Main arguer	Cláudio Águas (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2022/11	Avaliação da qualidade da água proveniente de poços perfurados no baixo alentejo e sotavento algarvio President of the jury	João Agostinho (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2021/01/20	Contaminanted Sediments: Toxicity to Rooting Macrophytes and Possibilities for Phytoremediation (Thesis) Main arguer	Sofia Bustorff de Dornellas Martins da Silva (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/12/30	Réponses physiologique, biochimique et tolérance aux contraintes métalliques chez Brassica juncea (glycophyte) et Cakile maritima (halophyte). Cas du plomb, du baryum et de quelques terres rares (Thesis) Arguer	Houda Bouslimi (PhD) Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Tunisia
2018/11/30	Abandoned sulphide mine land reclamation by a combined phytoremediation process with biochar amendment Supervisor	João Paulo Assis Magalhães (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2025 - Current	Scientific Reports (2045-2322)	Springer Nature
2023 - Current	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (1573-2959)	Springer
2021 - Current	Science of the Total Environment (1879-1026)	Elsevier
2020 - Current	Food Science & Nutrition (2048-7177)	Wiley
2019 - Current	Chemosphere (1879-1298)	Elsevier

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2023/10 - Current	Eco-Escolas (Associação Bandeira Azul de Ambiente e Educação) Member	Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2026/01 - 2026/06	9º Simpósio em Produção e Transformação de Alimentos em Ambiente Sustentável	Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar, IPLeiria, Peniche, Portugal
2023/01 - 2024/05	4th International Scientific Conference on Ecological and Environmental Engineering, 4th COEE	Beja, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/02 - Current	Environmental Engineering Laboratories	Environmental Engineering (Licenciate Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2024/02 - Current	Renewable Energies	Environmental Engineering (Licenciate Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/09 - Current	Chromatographic Methods	Laboratory Analysis (Higher Professional Technical Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/05 - Current	Environment and Energy	Environmental Engineering (Master's Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/02 - Current	Instrumental Methods of Analysis I	Bioanalytic Technologies (Licenciate Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2022/09 - Current	Organic Chemistry	Laboratory Analysis (Higher Professional Technical Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2022/09 - Current	Organic Chemistry	Environmental Engineering (Licenciate Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2022/09 - Current	Organic Chemistry	Bioanalytic Technologies (Licenciate Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2022/09 - Current	Chemistry	Agronomy (Licenciate Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07	Environmental Chemistry II	Environmental engineering (Licenciate Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07	Wastewater Treatment Plant Design I	Environmental engineering (Licenciate Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/02	Energy and Climate Change	Environmental Protection Systems (Higher Professional Technical Degree)	Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2025/06 - 2025/07	Training in Workplace	Joana Tomaz
2025/06 - 2025/07	Training in Workplace	Afonso Ramos
2025/04 - 2025/07	Training in Workplace	Francisco Ferreira
2025/04 - 2025/07	Training in Workplace	Simão de Sousa
2019/07 - 2022/11	Physiological response of an Asteraceae plant grown in rare earth elements.	Nesrine Dridi
2022/02 - 2022/06	Training in Workplace	Joana Alves
2018/11 - 2021/01	Rare earth elements in the Tagus estuary: sources, biogeochemistry and toxicity.	Pedro Luís Borralho Aboim de Brito
2018/09 - 2018/12	Physiological response of a Brassicaceae plant grown in rare earth elements.	Houda Bouslimi
2014/09 - 2015/03	Gentamicin degradation potential of Phragmites australis crude extract: A study to detect free gentamicin using biotechniques.	Freeman Boro
2012/09 - 2013/02	Conjugation of Alachlor to Glutathione catalyzed by Glutathione S-transferase.	Vanessa Trevisan Romon
2008/06 - 2008/08	Degradation capabilities of Phragmites australis crude extract on dyes.	Florence Scalera

Distinctions

Award

2007	Studentship for Doctoral Research Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal