Catarina Viegas de Sousa (0610-8176-4E0A)

Curriculum Vitae

Catarina Viegas de Sousa

Catarina Viegas de Sousa completed her PhD in Bioenergy in February 2022 at Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculty of Science and Technology, Master's in Energy and Bioenergy in October 2014 at Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculty of Science and Technology and Degree in Agricultural Engineering in July 2007 at the University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia. She is science manager at the TERRA Associated Laboratory, belonging to the LEAF Research Unit (Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture And Food). She is also a researcher at Universidade Nova de Lisboa at MEtRiCs-Center for Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability. She has published 10 articles in specialized journals. She has 2 book chapter(s), co-supervised 1 master's thesis and co-supervised 3 undergraduate/bachelor degree course completion work(s). She has received 3 award(s) and/or honors. She works in the area of Engineering Sciences and Technology with an emphasis on Environmental Biotechnology and Biotreatment. In her professional activities, she interacted with 5 collaborator(s) in co-authoring scientific works. In its Science Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: biomass; microalgae; fertilization; animal feed; agro-industrial effluents; landfill leachate; roasting; production of energy; water management; energy efficiency; Biomass; Bioenergy; Renewable energy; Sustainability; Biofuels.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Catarina Viegas de Sousa

Citation names

Viegas, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 0610-8176-4E0A
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9762-9478
Google Scholar ID: whP_Az8AAAAJ
Researcher Id: rid63489
Scopus Author Id: 57188653517

Email addresses

cviegas@isa.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Websites

arteprata.pt (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Bioremediation

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/10/01 - 2022/02/23 Concluded	Bioenergy (Doutoramento) Major in Agro-industrial effluent treatment Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Bioremediation of agro-industrial effluents mediated by microalgae" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved unanimously
2012/09/15 - 2014/10/08 Concluded	Master in Energy and Bioenergy (Mestrado) Major in Urban wastewater treatment with microalgae Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Microalgae - from effluent treatment to the Biorefinery" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2000/10/10 - 2007/07/31 Concluded	Degree in Agricultural Engineering (Licenciatura) Major in Plant Protection Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal "Aspectos da biologia de Iberorhyzobius rondensis (Eizaguirre), coccinelídeo predador de cochonilhas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/02/01 - Current	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
	Laboratório Associado TERRA, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/10/01 - Current	Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Engenharia Mecânica e Sustentabilidade de Recursos, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/10/01 - Current	Investigadora	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Engenharia Mecânica e Sustentabilidade de Recursos, Portugal

2007/09/01 - 2012/12/01	Diretora Comercial e de Recursos Humanos Participação na génese, desenvolvimento estratégico e implementação da marca Responsável pelo desenvolvimento de produtos, serviços e estratégias de venda	Wine Connection, Unipessoal Lda, Portugal

2006/09/01 - 2007/09/01	Management Trainee Formação em sala (3 meses) Estágio em loja certificada em HACCP (9 meses)	Jerónimo Martins, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2017/10 - 2020/11	Bioremediation of agro-industrial effluents mediated by microalgae SFRH/BD/131178/2017 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Outputs

Publications

Book	Viegas, C.; Gonçalves, M.; Soares, L.; Mendes, B.. Bioremediation of agro-industrial effluents using chlorella microalgae. 2016. 10.1007/978-3-319-31165-4_49
Book chapter	"Integrated Treatment of Pig Production Wastewaters Using Pre-treatment with Biomass Ash and Bioremediation by Microalgae". 245-257. Portugal: Springer International Publishing, 2021. 10.1007/978-3-030-75315-3_29 Sousa, Catarina. "Bioremediation of agro-industrial effluents using Chlorella microalgae". Portugal, 2016.
Conference paper	Petry, B., Viegas, C., Lourinho, G., Nobre, C., Brito, P., Gonçalves, M.. Corresponding author: Petry, B., Viegas, C., Lourinho, G., Nobre, C., Brito, P., Gonçalves, M.. "Treatment of pig farming effluents by coagulation with alkaline wastes, atmospheric carbonation, and bioremediation with Microalgae". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Water, Energy, Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2022)., Portalegre, 2022. Published Viegas, C., A. Longo, J. Pires, L. Gomes, R. Ciaramella, G. Testa, S. Cosentino, A. Fernando, M. Gonçalves. "Bioremediation of effluents from biomass fractionation using microalgae: a Circular Economy Approach". Paper presented in EUBCE 2022 \| 30th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, 2022. Published Viegas, C.; Longo, A.; Pires, J.; Gomes, L.; Ciaramella, R.; Testa, G.; Cosentino, S.; Fernando, A.; Gonçalves, M.. "BIOREMEDIATION OF EFFLUENTS FROM BIOMASS FRACTIONATION USING MICROALGAE: A CIRCULAR ECONOMY APPROACH". 2022. Sousa, Catarina. "Utilização de microalgas na pirólise de lípidos para produção de biocombustíveis". 2015.
Journal article	Umut Sen; Catarina Viegas; Maria Paula Duarte; Elisabete Muchagato Maurício; Catarina Nobre; Ricardo Correia; Helena Pereira; Margarida Gonçalves. "Maceration of Waste Cork in Binary Hydrophilic Solvents for the Production of Functional Extracts". Environments (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10080142. 10.3390/environments10080142 Catarina Viegas; Catarina Nobre; Ricardo Correia; Luísa Gouveia; Margarida Gonçalves. "Optimization of Biochar Production by Co-Torrefaction of Microalgae and Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Response Surface Methodology". Energies 14 21 (2021): 7330-7330. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217330. 10.3390/en14217330 Catarina Viegas; Luísa Gouveia; Margarida Gonçalves. "Evaluation of microalgae as bioremediation agent for poultry effluent and biostimulant for germination". Environmental Technology & Innovation (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.102048. 10.1016/j.eti.2021.102048 Sousa, Catarina. "Bioremediation of cattle manure using microalgae after pre-treatment with biomass ash". Bioresource Technology Reports (2021): 10.1016/j.biteb.2021.100681 Sousa, Catarina. "Aquaculture wastewater treatment through microalgal. Biomass potential applications on animal feed, agriculture, and energy". Journal of Environmental Management (2021): 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112187 Sousa, Catarina. "A circular approach for landfill leachate treatment: Chemical precipitation with biomass ash followed by bioremediation through microalgae". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2021): 10.1016/j.jece.2021.105187 Sousa, Catarina. "Microalgae biomass production using wastewater: Treatment and costs Scale-up considerations". Algal Research (2016): doi:10.1016/j.algal.2016.03.010 Sousa, Catarina. "Combining urban wastewater with biohydrogen production - an integrated microalgae-based approach;". Bioresource Technology (2015): doi: 10.1016/j.biortech. 2014.10.064
Thesis / Dissertation	"Bioremediation of agro-industrial effluents mediated by microalgae". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2022.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/05/10	Treatment of pig farming effluents by coagulation with alkaline wastes, atmospheric carbonation, and bioremediation with Microalgae.	2nd International Conference on Water, Energy, Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2022) Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre (Portalegre, Portugal)
2022/05/10	Bioremediation of effluents from biomass fractionation using microalgae: a Circular Economy Approach.	EUBCE 2022 \| 30th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition ETA Florence Renewable Energies
2021/05/12	Integrated Treatment of Pig Production Wastewaters Using Pre-treatment with Biomass Ash and Bioremediation by Microalgae	ICoWEFS 2021 (Leiria, Portugal)
2019/09/05	Bioremediation of seafood production effluents using microalgae	CVR – Centro para a Valorização de Resíduos (Caparica, Portugal)
2016/04/13	Bioremediation of agro-industrial effluents using Chlorella microalgae	7th Advanced Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems DoCEIS 2016 (Caparica, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018/01 - 2018/04	Bioremediation of cow manure using physico chemical pre treatment and microalgae Co-supervisor	Licenciatura de Química Aplicada (Degree) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/02 - 2017/09	Produção de bioetanol a partir de microalgas produzidas em efluentes de bovinos Co-supervisor	Mestrado em Energia e Bioenergia (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/02 - 2016/06	Biorremediação de efluentes de suinicultura e de águas ruças de lagares de azeite mediada por microalgas Co-supervisor	Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Degree) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/11 - 2016/01	Biorremediação de Efluentes Agroindustriais com microalgas do género Chlorella Co-supervisor	Licenciatura em Bioquímica (Degree) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2024/02/01 - Current	TERRA is an Associate Laboratory that tackles societal challenges and provides answers and advice to public and private sectors either by engaging scientists, stakeholders and decision- and policy-makers to co-create knowledge and build processes towards sustainable development and natural resources management.

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2016/09/26 - 2019/12/20	Teaching of the curricular unit: Energy Production from Biomass In: master's degree in Biochemistry, master's degree in Energy and Bioenergy, master's degree in Renewable Energy - Electrical Conversion and Sustainable Use, master's degree in Technology and Food Safety, Integrated Master's in Materials Engineering, Master's degree Integrated in Micro and Nanotechnology Engineering and Integrated Master in Environmental Engineering from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Mestrado de Bioquímica; Mestrado de Energia e Bioenergia, Mestrado de Energias Renováveis - Conversão Elétrica e Utilização Sustentáveis, Mestrado em Tecnologia e Segurança Alimentar, Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia de Materiais (Mestrado)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022/01/03 - Current	Aquaculture Research (1365-2109)	John Wiley & Sons Ltd
2021/09/23 - Current	Environmental Science and Pollution Research (1614-7499)	Springer
2021/05/05 - Current	Journal of Environmental Management (0301-4797)	Elsevier

Distinctions

Award

2022	2nd Place Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge Associação Fraunhofer Portugal Research, Portugal
2006	Prémio de Mérito pela melhor média de classificação na Especialização em Proteção de Plantas Syngenta Biotechnology Inc, United States

Other distinction

2017	Ph.D Grant Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2015	Prémio de Mérito por obtenção da classificação mais elevada em 2013/2014, no Mestrado de Energia e Bioenergia Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal