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Ana Sofia Brandão is currently a PhD student of Production and Computing Engineering at the University of Léon. She has a degree in Genetics and Biotechnology (2010) from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real (Portugal), and a master's degree in Analytical, Clinical and Forensic Toxicology (2012) from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (Portugal). Throughout her career, she had the opportunity to work in academia (both at national and international levels), and business. Her recent focus, over the last six months, has been on a comprehensive study related to the "Management of Collaborative R&D&I Projects." In the last years, she was a team member of 2 different projects: ProDOP Serra da Estrela (PDR2020-101-032096) and INBEC (00627_INBEC_6_E). From her research activity, she has 4 published manuscripts (first author) in indexed journals in the circular bioeconomy field, and 2 co-author publications in indexed journals, one of which in the area of Management of R&D Projects. She has participated in different international congresses with 5 communications (oral presentations). She had also been involved in scientific events organisation, namely, in developing an event called the Circular Week, held in September 2021, and a local Circular Economy Course (6 ECTS) at Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB). Throughout her career, she attended courses that improved her skills and complement her academic background, namely business management, entrepreneurship, and industry innovation. In addition to her professional career, she has a vast curriculum in social and environmental volunteering actions, as well as in Erasmus+ Programmes volunteer programs at national and international levels.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Sofia Teixeira Brandão

Citation names

  • Brandão, A.S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F81E-B924-B9FC
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0207-8955
Scopus Author Id
57222123255

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/05/05 - 2017/07/17
Concluded
 JumpBox (Outros)
Major in Entrepreneurship
Instituto Empresarial do Tâmega, Portugal
 n/a
2017/07/02 - 2017/07/14
Concluded
 Start Industry 4.0 (Outros)
Major in Industry 4.0
The Portugal Summer University on Entrepreneurship, Portugal
 n/a
2015/10 - 2015/12
Concluded
 Professional Training Course in Agricultural Company Management and Investment Projects Analysis (Outros)
Major in Business Management and Investment Project Analysis
Comunilog Consulting, Lda, Portugal
 18
2010/09 - 2012/12/17
Concluded
 Toxicologia Analítica Clínica e Forense (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Biodistribuição e Toxicidade de Nanopartículas de Ouro no Rato - Influência do Tamanho e Revestimento" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2007/10/01 - 2010/07/20
Concluded
 Genética e Biotecnologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"Indução de hepatocarcinogenicidade pelo agente carcinogénico DEN e avaliação dos danos causados ao DNA através do Ensaio Cometa" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/02/05 - 2018/08/17 Research Trainee (Research) Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal EPE, Portugal
Biotechnology Institute of the University of Helsinki, Finland

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/03/03 - 2017/08/31 Administrative Assistant Sociedade Agrícola Carvalho e Filhos, Lda, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/10/01 - Current Industrial Symbiosis as a strategy to enhance the Circular Bioeconomy in the region of Trás-os-Montes
2022.11836.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidad de León, Spain

Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/05/01 - 2023/10/31 Collaborative R&D+I Projects
Centro de custos PD0086
Research Fellow
Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/11/04 - 2021/12/31 INBEC - Circular Bio-Economy. Promotion and Development of a Sustainable Economy through Innovation and Business Cooperation
00627_INBEC_6_E
Research Fellow
Instituto de Biotecnología de León, Spain

Diputación de Ávila, Spain

Centro de Automatizacion RoboticaTecnologia de la Informacion y de la Fabricacion, Spain

Fundacion Patrimonio Natural de Castilla y León, Spain

Instituto para la Competitividad Empresarial de Castilla y León, Spain

Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
Concluded
2019/04/23 - 2019/10/22 ProDOP Serra da Estrela - Protection, Promotion and Enhancement of Serra da Estrela Cheese
PDR2020-101-032096
Research Fellow
Associação BLC3 Campus de Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Agritábua-Cooperativa Agrícola do Concelho de Tábua, C.R.L, Portugal

Antonio F. L. Vaz Patto Lda, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Ana Sofia Brandão; Cristina Caleja; Maria Inês Dias; Asma ben Salha; Feriel Rezouga; Paula Rodrigues; Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira; Lillian Barros; José M. R. C. A. Santos. "Valorization of pomace from craft cider: Nutritional value, chemical composition, and phenolic and mineral profiles". eFood (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/efd2.85.
    10.1002/efd2.85
  2. Ana Sofia Brandão; José Santos. "On the societal impact of publicly funded circular bioeconomy research in Europe". 10.1093/reseval/rvad002 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvad002.
    Published • 10.1093/reseval/rvad002
  3. Brandão, Ana Sofia; Santos, José M.R.C.A.. "Rural regions as key locations for the circular bioeconomy: insights from the northern interior of Portugal". (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10198/25026.
    10.1016/j.biteb.2022.100955
  4. Santos, J.M.R.C.A.; Brandão, A.S.. "The R&D Canvas: A Design Thinking Tool for the Management of R&D Projects". Journal of Research Administration 53 1 (2022): 62-92. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85130815263&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  5. Brandão, Ana Sofia; Gonçalves, Artur; Santos, José M.R.C.A.. "Circular bioeconomy strategies: from scientific research to commercially viable products". (2021): http://hdl.handle.net/10198/23575.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126407
  6. Fraga, Sónia; Brandão, Ana; Soares, Maria Elisa; Morais, Tiago; Duarte, José Alberto; Pereira, Laura; Soares, Leonor; et al. "Short- and long-term distribution and toxicity of gold nanoparticles in the rat after a single-dose intravenous administration". Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 10 8 (2014): 1757-1766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2014.06.005.
    10.1016/j.nano.2014.06.005
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/05/06 Assessment of the impact of research and innovation projects sponsored by the European Commission: in sights from a case studies approach EARMA Conference
European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (Oslo, Norway)
2022/03/01 Assessing Short, Medium and Long-term Effects of a Research Topic Driven by Public Policies The Inaugural Virtual International Convention for Research Administrators (VICRA). Online event
VICRA
2013/02/13 Biodistribution and toxicity of gold nanoparticles following intravenous injection in Wistar rats 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of the University of Oporto (IJUP'13)
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2013/02/08 Biokinetics and toxicity of gold nanoparticles after intravenous administration in Wistar rats Brandão A, Soares ME, Morais Duarte JA, Pereira L, Pereira E, Bastos ML, Carmo H, FRAGA Sónia. . Oporto, Portugal. XLIII Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology, XXXI Meeting of Clinical Pharmacology, XII Meeting of Toxicology
Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2010/10/20 Induction of hepatocarcinogenicity by the carcinogenic agent DEN and assessment of DNA damage by the comet assay in Mus musculus IV Conference on Biology of the University of Trás-os- Montes and Alto Douro
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/07/13 - 2021/11/05 I was part of the organising committee of both an event called the Circular Economy Week (SEC) and a local Circular Economy Course (6 ECTS). In the latter, I subsequently provided support to one of the students’ groups as part of a mentoring scheme. The event brought together a set of initiatives developed under the POCTEP Circular Labs Project, aimed at Companies, Institutions, Researchers, Students and the Population in general. It took place Lectures/Debates, Workshops, Exhibitions, among others. More info at: http://sec2021.esa.ipb.pt. (2021/09/13 - 2021/09/17)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2022 Mobility of Youth Workers
Erasmus+: Youth in Action, Belgium
2022 Mobility of Youth Workers
Erasmus+: Youth in Action, Belgium
2022 Mobility for Youth Workers
Erasmus+: Youth in Action, Belgium
2018 Mobility of Youth Workers
Erasmus+: Youth in Action, Belgium
2018 INOV Contacto - International Internship
Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal EPE, Portugal
2017 Mobility of Youth Workers
Erasmus+: Youth in Action, Belgium