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Luís Pedro Lima Machado is a dedicated researcher with a strong multidisciplinary background. He holds a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, and Plant Bioentrepreneurship and a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Minho. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineeringat the same institution. With a solid track record in scientific research, he has published 9 journal articles, contributed to 1 book section, organized 4 events, and participated in 9 conferences. Additionally, he has been involved as a Research Fellow in 2 research projects. His research focuses on Biochemistry, Plant Sciences, Microbiology, and Food Engineering, with a particular emphasis on microalgae and microalgae-derived proteins. He explores cuttingedge topics such as Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Protein Functionalization and Structure, and Electric Fields and Downstream Processing, contributing to advancements in sustainable biotechnology and alternative protein sources. With a dynamic and interdisciplinary profile, Luís Pedro Lima Machado combines advanced scientific knowledge with hands-on research experience, driving innovation in natural sciences and biological engineering.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Luís Pedro Lima Machado

Citation names

  • Machado, Luís

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0315-455A-6508

Email addresses

  • luismachado@ceb.uminho.pt (Professional)
  • luismachado.sts@gmail.com (Personal)

Websites

  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/luís-machado-66a4831b4/ (Social media)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies - Food and Beverages
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

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
2021/01/01 - 2025/01/01
Ongoing
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/09/16 - 2019/11/07
Concluded
 Biologia Molecular, Biotecnologia e Bioempreendedorismo em Plantas (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Cell disruption strategies for extraction of bioactive compounds from lichens photobionts" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2014/09/15 - 2017/07/07
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2019/08/01 - 2019/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - 2025/05/31 Biotechnological processes for obtaining materials/ingredients with potential value in the textile and clothing industry
TC-C12-i01 – Bioeconomia Sustentável N.º 02/C12-i01/2021
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/31 Risk assessment strategies for food allergens: structural and immunogenic changes induced by new processing technologies and alternative protein sources
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031720
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2019/08/01 - 2019/12/31 Strategic funding 2019
UID/BIO/04469/2019
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Moreira, Catarina; Machado, Luís; Silva, Maria; Nunes, Rafaela; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.; Geada, Pedro; Teixeira, José A.. "Algal Proteins". In Sustainable Food Science - A Comprehensive Approach, 173-194. Elsevier, 2023.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-823960-5.00090-1
Conference abstract
  1. Machado, Luís; Carvalho, Gonçalo; Rodrigues, Rui M.; Teixeira, José A.; António Vicente; Pereira N. Ricardo. "Conformational dynamics of soy protein isolate under Ohmic Heating". Paper presented in Ibero-American Congress on Biotechnology (07-04-2022), Braga, 2022.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Machado, Luís; Silva, Maria; Geada, Pedro; Teixeira, José A.; Pereira, Ricardo N.. "Effects of ohmic heating on cellular morphology of Chlorella vulgaris - effects on protein extraction". Paper presented in XVI Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, 2022.
  2. Luís Loureiro; Machado, Luís; Anna Matejciková; Bruno Fernandes; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Vicente, A.A.. "Valorization of extremophilic microalgae isolated from lichens". Paper presented in Conferência da Associação Portuguesa de Algologia Aplicada, 2019.
  3. Machado, Luís; Luís Loureiro; Vicente, A.A.. "Cellular disruption induced by ultrasonic waves in microalgae isolated from lichens". Paper presented in Jornadas da Ciência, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Maciel, Filipe; Machado, Luís; Silva, Joana; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Vicente, António. Corresponding author: Pereira, Ricardo N.. "Effect of ohmic heating on the extraction of biocompounds from aqueous and ethanolic suspensions of Pavlova gyrans". Food and Bioproducts Processing (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2024.08.008.
    10.1016/j.fbp.2024.08.008
  2. Machado, Luís; Geada, Pedro; Teixeira, José A.; Pereira, Ricardo N.. Corresponding author: Pereira, Ricardo N.. "Improving the accessibility of phytonutrients in Chlorella vulgaris through ohmic heating". Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies (2024): 103813. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2024.103813.
    10.1016/j.ifset.2024.103813
  3. Marques, Fabiana; Pereira, Francisco; Machado, Luís; Martins, Joana T.; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Costa, Monya M.; Genisheva, Zlatina; et al. Corresponding author: Geada, Pedro. "Comparison of Different Pretreatment Processes Envisaging the Potential Use of Food Waste as Microalgae Substrate". Foods 13 7 (2024): 1018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods13071018.
    10.3390/foods13071018
  4. Loureiro, Luís; Machado, Luís; Geada, Pedro; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Vicente, António A.. Corresponding author: Loureiro, Luís. "Evaluation of efficiency of disruption methods for Coelastrella sp. in order to obtain high yields of biochemical compounds release". Algal Research 73 (2023): 103158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103158.
    10.1016/j.algal.2023.103158
  5. Machado, Luís; Carvalho, Gonçalo; Pereira, Ricardo N.. Corresponding author: Pereira, Ricardo N.. "Effects of Innovative Processing Methods on Microalgae Cell Wall: Prospects towards Digestibility of Protein-Rich Biomass". Biomass 2 2 (2022): 80-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomass2020006.
    10.3390/biomass2020006
  6. Ferreira, Sara; Machado, Luís; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Vicente, António A.; Rodrigues, Rui M.. "Unraveling the nature of ohmic heating effects in structural aspects of whey proteins – The impact of electrical and electrochemical effects". Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 74 (2021): 102831. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2021.102831.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ifset.2021.102831
  7. Pereira, Ricardo N.; Rodrigues, Rui M.; Machado, Luís; Ferreira, Sara; Costa, Joana; Villa, Caterina; Barreiros, Mariana P.; et al. "Influence of ohmic heating on the structural and immunoreactive properties of soybean proteins". LWT 148 (2021): 111710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111710.
    10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111710
  8. Rodrigues, Rui M.; Avelar, Zita; Machado, Luís; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Vicente, António A.. "Electric field effects on proteins – Novel perspectives on food and potential health implications". Food Research International 137 (2020): 109709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109709.
    10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109709
  9. Pereira, R. N.; Costa, Joana; Rodrigues, Rui M; Villa, Caterina; Machado, Luis; Mafra, Isabel; Vicente, A. A.. "Effects of Ohmic Heating on the immunoreactivity of ß-lactoglobulin – a relationship towards structural aspects". Food & Function (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9fo02834j.
    Published • 10.1039/c9fo02834j
Preprint
  1. Silva, Bruna F.; Machado, Luís; Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Belo, Isabel. "Effect of Ohmic Heating Pretreatment on Enzyme Production by Solid-State Fermentation of Brewer’s Spent Grain". 2025. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202503.2184.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202503.2184.v1
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/26 Identification of Chlorella vulgaris proteins – functional and structural characterisation FCT-2024 (Food Chemistry & Technology)
USG United Scientific Group (Valencia, Spain)
2023/06/20 Effects of moderate electric fields on microalgae cell structure –novel perspectives towards improved bio accessibility of metabolites ICEF14 - International Congress on Engineering and Food
IAEF- International Association For Engineering And Food (Nantes, France)
2022/04/08 Conformational dynamics of soy protein isolate under Ohmic Heating 3rd BioIberoAmerica 2022
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory; Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/05/22 - 2023/05/24 Pint of Science is a non-profit association whose main objective is to make scientific discussion accessible to the entire population in order to bridge the communication gap that exists in this area. To this end, an international science festival is held annually, where researchers from different areas are invited to present their projects in a simple and interesting way in a relaxed atmosphere like a bar. The festival takes place annually for 3 days in May and simultaneously in hundreds of cities around the world. (2023/05/22 - 2023/05/24)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
2022/09/21 - 2022/09/22 CBEDS - Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium is organized by the students of the Doctoral Programme in Chemical and Biological Engineering of the University of Minho. The 2022 event will celebrate the 3rd edition, and follows the theme "Biotechnology to shape the future", focusing on the contribution of chemical and biological engineering to four fields of biotechnology: health, food, environmental, and industrial biotechnology. The event will take place at the University of Minho on September 21 and 22. (2022/09/21 - 2022/09/22)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2022/05/09 - 2022/05/11 Pint of Science is a non-profit association whose main objective is to make scientific discussion accessible to the entire population in order to bridge the communication gap that exists in this area. To this end, an international science festival is held annually, where researchers from different areas are invited to present their projects in a simple and interesting way in a relaxed atmosphere like a bar. The festival takes place annually for 3 days in May and simultaneously in hundreds of cities around the world. (2022/05/09 - 2022/05/11)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
2021/09/22 - 2021/09/24 CBEDS - Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium is organized by the students of the first year of the Doctoral Programme in Chemical and Biological Engineering of the University of Minho. The 2021 event will celebrate the 2nd edition, and follows the theme "Tomorrow Needs Sustainability", focusing on the contribution of chemical and biological engineering to a more efficient utilization of resources. (2021/09/22 - 2021/09/24)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/11/25 - 2024/11/27 Participation on FCT-2024 (Food Chemistry & Technology) in Valencia, Spain.
Conference
 FCT-2024 (Food Chemistry & Technology)
USG United Scientific Group, United States
2023/06/20 - 2023/06/23 The resilience of the food supply chain is vital for the population all other the world. ICEF14 appears as an opportunity to face all these stakes and to bring together the best world’s experts in food engineering, food processing and food science. Based on this challenge, we have created an exciting program covering a wide array of topics around the Congress theme “SUSTAINABLE FOOD MANUFACTURING FOR A RESILIENT FOOD CHAIN”. Several distinguished international speakers, both from academia and industry have been invited to debate around the critical
Conference
 ICEF14 - International Congress on Engineering and Food
Oniris, France
2022/04/07 - 2022/04/09 3.º BioIberoAmerica 2022 é um congresso único que reúne cientistas, empreendedores, indústria e clínicos, que desenvolvem a sua investigação e o seu trabalho na área da Biotecnologia. Os temas abordados abrangem as diferentes áreas da Biomedicina e Biomaterias, Biotecnologia Agrícola, Marinha, Alimentar, Ambiental e Industrial (BioEnergia e Biorremediação), Biotecnologia Molecular, Biologia de Sistems e Engenharia Metabólica, Biorreatores, Biocatálise, Processos de Separação e Biossensores, Biotecnologia Quântica, Nanobiotecnologia, Bioinformát
Conference
 3rd BioIberoAmerica 2022
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/07/08 - 2017/07/08 Event organized by undergraduate students in Biochemistry at the University of Minho that aims to expose different works and in different areas of biochemistry.
Conference
 VII Jornadas de Bioquímica
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2017/04/10 - 2017/04/10 Workshop "O papel da ética na investigação"
Workshop
 X Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2017/04/10 - 2017/04/10 Workshop "Introdução à Técnica de Patch Clamp"
Workshop
 X Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2017/04/07 - 2017/04/10 Event organized by biochemistry students, at a national level, that aims to expose different works and in different areas of biochemistry.
Conference
 X Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2016/04/06 - 2016/04/06 Workshop "Bioinformática Aplicada à Biologia Molecular: Construção de um Transgénico in silico"
Workshop
 VII Jornadas de Bioquímica
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2016/04/05 - 2016/04/06 Event organized by undergraduate students in Biochemistry at the University of Minho that aims to expose different works and in different areas of biochemistry.
Conference
 VII Jornadas de Bioquímica
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2015/04/22 - 2015/04/23 Event organized by undergraduate students in Biochemistry at the University of Minho that aims to expose different works and in different areas of biochemistry.
Conference
 VI Jornadas de Bioquímica
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal