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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Zélia Ribeiro Alves

Citation names

  • Alves, Zélia
  • Alves, Z.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0E11-DF93-D7D8
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4961-2476

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/01/21
Concluded
 Química Sustentável (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Polysaccharide-based nanocomposites for active food packaging" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/07/22
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Funcionalização de pectinas e sua aplicação na indústria alimentar" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011/07/27
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/05/15 - 2023/11/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/06/01 - 2022/01/21 PhD grant Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/08/31 Master degree grant Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2013/10/01 - 2015/09/30 Master degree grant Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - Current MAXIMUM - Multifunctional bauxite inorganic polymers for acid mine drainage treatment from Portuguese Mines
PTDC-CTM-CTM-2205-2020
Researcher
2022/05/15 - 2023/11/30 Geopolímeros inteligentes
ERA-MIN/0001/2019
10.54499/ERA-MIN/0001/2019
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/09/01 - 2021/08/31 BIOFOODPACK - Biocomposite Packaging for Active Preservation of Food
M-ERA-NET2/0021/2016
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 CICECO-Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro
UID/CTM/50011/2019
LA/P/0006/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0006/2020
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/10/01 - 2015/09/30 HoliWine - Uma abordagem holística para a enologia (Holistic approaches to oenology)
EXCL/AGR-TEC/0336/2012
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação de Química Orgânica Produtos Naturais e Agroalimentares, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Alves, Zélia; Ferreira, Paula; Nunes, Cláudia. "Polysaccharide-based films for food packaging application: the impact of carbon nanocomposites". In Carbohydrate Chemistry - Chemical and Biological Approaches, 124-158. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024.
    10.1039/bk9781837672844-00124
Conference abstract
  1. Alves, Zélia; Vasco Novo; Ascensão, Guilherme; João A. Labrincha; Novais, Rui Miguel Teixeira. Corresponding author: Alves, Zélia. "Thermal and acoustic performance of lightweight geopolymer composite materials: Effect of rubber granule size". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2024, Oliveira de Azeméis, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Novais, Rui M.; Alves, Zélia; Tomé Silva; João A. Labrincha. Corresponding author: Novais, Rui M.. "Multifunctional waste-derived alkali activated materials: novel avenue to increase the sustainability and energy efficiency of the building sector". Paper presented in V Conference of Young Scientists in Construction Materials, Madrid, 2023.
    Accepted
Conference paper
  1. Alves, Zélia; Carvalheiras, João; Senff, Luciano; Lacasta, Ana M.; Cantalapiedra, Inma R.; Labrincha, João A.; Novais, Rui M.. "Geopolymer composites: a comparative study between the use of cork and synthetic aggregates". Paper presented in Cork Science and Application, 2023.
  2. Alves, Zélia; Labrincha, João A.; Novais, Rui M.. "Novel strategy to produce lightweight materials with geopolymer spherical aggregates". Paper presented in 8th International Slag Valorisation Symposium, 2023.
  3. Alves, Zélia; Labrincha, João A.; Novais, Rui M.. "Lightweight Geopolymer Composites: The Impact of the Aggregate". Paper presented in 10th Scientific-Technical Conference on Material Problems in Civil Engineering – MATBUD’2023, 2022.
    10.3390/materproc2023013030
Conference poster
  1. Mariana Almeida ; Nuno Gonçalves; Tânia Gameiro; Alves, Zélia; João A. Labrincha; Novais, Rui M.. "3D-printing bauxite residue/fly ash-containing geopolymers as promising metal sorbents for water tratment". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2024 – Connecting minds Creating progress, 2024.
  2. Alves, Zélia; Vasco Novo; Guilherme Ascensão; João A. Labrincha; Novais, Rui M.. "Thermal and acoustic performance of lightweight geopolymer composite materials: Effect of rubber granule size". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2023 – Connecting minds Creating progress, 2024.
  3. Alves, Zélia; Senff, Luciano; João A. Labrincha; Novais, Rui M.. "Bauxite residue-based spheres as sustainable lightweight aggregate to produce low thermal conductivity building materials". Paper presented in 5a Edição das Jornadas Técnicas da Cerâmica, 2023.
  4. Alves, Zélia; Senff L.; Labrincha J. A.; Novais R. M.. "Geopolymer composite materials with low thermal conductivity: comparing the use of different lightweight aggregates". 2023.
  5. Alves, Zélia; Carvalheiras J.; Senff L.; Lacasta A. M.; Cantalapiedra I. R.; Labrincha J. A.; Novais R. M.. "Alkaliactivated composites incorporating lightweight materials: natural versus synthetic aggregates". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2023 – Crossing Borders, 2022.
  6. Alves, Zélia; Labrincha J. A.; Novais R. M.. "Lightweight composite materials using porous red mud-based spherical geopolymers as aggregates". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2022 – Hand in Hand with society, 2022.
  7. Alves, Zélia; Brites P.; Ferreira N. M.; Figueiredo G.; Gonçalves I.; Mendo S.; Ferreira P.; Nunes C.. "Development of novel materials for active food packaging based on starch and biochar-zinc oxide composites". Paper presented in First Circul-a-bility Conference – Re-thinking packaging for Circular & Sustainable Food Supply Chains of the Future, 2021.
  8. Alves, Zélia; Abreu B.; Ferreira N. M.; Marques E. F.; Ferreira P.; Nunes C.. "Surfactant solution as a key factor to increase the electrical properties of starch films with multiwalled carbon nanotubes". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2020 – The future of science and CICECO, 2020.
  9. Alves, Zélia; Ferreira, Nuno M.; Ferreira, Paula; Claúdia Nunes. "Characterization of alginate/chitosan – starch blended films reinforced with reduced graphene oxide". Paper presented in 6th EPNOE International Polysaccharide Conference, 2019.
  10. Alves, Zélia; Ferreira N. M.; Ferreira P.; Nunes C.. "Towards functional alginate-based films by addition of one-pot synthesis zinc oxide-reduced graphene oxide filler". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO – Where the Science Meets Society, 2019.
  11. Alves, Zélia; Nuno. M. Ferreira ; Ferreira, Paula; Claúdia Nunes. "Zinc oxide – reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite dispersed in sepiolite to enhance alginate film properties". Paper presented in Cost Action Spring Meeting CA15107 - Multi-Functional NanoCarbon Composite Materials Network (MultiComp), 2019.
  12. Alves, Zélia; Ferreira P.; Nunes C.. "Incorporation of ZnO-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite on alginate films for active food packaging". Paper presented in XIV Encontro da Química dos Alimentos, 2018.
  13. Claúdia Nunes; Ana barra; Alves, Zélia; Ferreira, Nuno M.; Martins, Manuel A.; Ferreira L. P.; Cruz M. M.; et al. "Chitosan based materials with magnetic and electrical properties for biomedical applications". Paper presented in International Symposium on Bioinspired Macromolecular Systems, 2017.
  14. Barra A.; Alves, Zélia; Nunes C.; Martins M. A.; Ferreira L. P.; Cruz M. M.; Godinho M.; et al. "Designing flexible multifunctional bionanocomposites containing chitosan, reduced graphene oxide nanosheets and magnetite nanoparticles". Paper presented in 5th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials (HYMA), 2017.
  15. Melo A.; Alves, Zélia; Figueiredo A. R.; Simões J.; Coimbra M. A.; Rocha S. M.; Gomes A. C.. "Indigenous yeasts in the wine: exploring their phenotypic and metabolic biodiversity". Paper presented in 27th International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB), 2015.
  16. Alves, Zélia; Figueiredo A. R.; Coimbra M. A.; Gomes A. C.; Rocha S. M.. "Looking for the oenological potential of indigenous Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains through their volatile metabolome characterization". Paper presented in 9th edition of the In Vino Analytica Scientia Symposium, 2015.
  17. Alves, Zélia; Figueiredo A. R.; Coimbra M. A.; Gomes A. C.; Rocha S. M.. "Characterization of volatile exometabolome of indigenous and commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains towards their oenological potential". Paper presented in XII Encontro da Química dos Alimentos, 2014.
  18. Alves, Zélia; Figueiredo A. R.; Coimbra M. A.; Gomes A. C.; Rocha S. M.. "In depth characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae exometabolome regarding further oenological application". Paper presented in 16th edition of ExTech, the International Symposium on Advances in Extraction Technologies, 2014.
Journal article
  1. Almeida, Mariana M.; Gonçalves, Nuno P.F.; Gameiro, Tânia; Alves, Zélia; Labrincha, João A.; Novais, Rui M.. "3D-printing bauxite residue/fly ash-containing geopolymers as promising metal sorbents for water treatment". Waste Management 190 (2024): 35-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2024.09.007.
    10.1016/j.wasman.2024.09.007
  2. Alves, Zélia; Carvalheiras, João; Senff, Luciano; Lacasta, Ana M.; Cantalapiedra, Inma R.; Labrincha, João A.; Novais, Rui M.. Corresponding author: Alves, Zélia. "A comparison between the use of cork and synthetic aggregates in the production of geopolymer composites". Construction and Building Materials 438 (2024): 137147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.137147.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.137147
  3. Alves, Zélia; Senff, Luciano; Sakkas, Konstantinos; Yakoumis, Iakovos; Labrincha, João A.; Novais, Rui M.. Corresponding author: Alves, Zélia. "Synthesis of geopolymer composites using bauxite residue-based spheres as aggregate: Novel and eco-friendly strategy to produce lightweight building materials". Cement and Concrete Composites 148 (2024): 105478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2024.105478.
    10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2024.105478
  4. Alves, Zélia; Brites, Paulo; Ferreira, Nuno M.; Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Otero-Irurueta, Gonzalo; Gonçalves, Idalina; Mendo, Sónia; Ferreira, Paula; Nunes, Cláudia. "Thermoplastic starch-based films loaded with biochar-ZnO particles for active food packaging". Journal of Food Engineering 361 (2024): 111741. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2023.111741.
    10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2023.111741
  5. Alves, Zélia; Ferreira, Nuno M.; Figueiredo, Gonçalo; Mendo, Sónia; Nunes, Cláudia; Ferreira, Paula. "Electrically Conductive and Antimicrobial Agro-Food Waste Biochar Functionalized with Zinc Oxide Particles". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 14 (2022): 8022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23148022.
    10.3390/ijms23148022
  6. Alves, Zélia; Ferreira, Nuno M.; Ferreira, Paula; Nunes, Cláudia. "Design of heat sealable starch-chitosan bioplastics reinforced with reduced graphene oxide for active food packaging". Carbohydrate Polymers 291 (2022): 119517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119517.
    Published • 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119517
  7. Alves, Zélia; Abreu, Bárbara; Ferreira, Nuno M.; Marques, Eduardo F.; Nunes, Cláudia; Ferreira, Paula. "Enhancing the dispersibility of multiwalled carbon nanotubes within starch-based films by the use of ionic surfactants". Carbohydrate Polymers 273 (2021): 118531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118531.
    10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118531
  8. Alves, Zélia; Ferreira, Nuno M.; Mendo, Sónia; Ferreira, Paula; Nunes, Cláudia. "Design of Alginate-Based Bionanocomposites with Electrical Conductivity for Active Food Packaging". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 18 (2021): 9943. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22189943.
    10.3390/ijms22189943
  9. Alves, Zélia; Nunes, Cláudia; Ferreira, Paula. "Unravelling the Role of Synthesis Conditions on the Structure of Zinc Oxide-Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanofillers". Nanomaterials 11 8 (2021): 2149. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano11082149.
    10.3390/nano11082149
  10. Barra, Ana; Alves, Zélia; Ferreira, Nuno M.; Martins, Manuel A.; Oliveira, Helena; Ferreira, Liliana P.; Cruz, M. Margarida; et al. "Biocompatible chitosan-based composites with properties suitable for hyperthermia therapy". Journal of Materials Chemistry B 8 6 (2020): 1256-1265. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9tb02067e.
    10.1039/c9tb02067e
  11. Alves, Zélia; Melo, André; Figueiredo, Ana Raquel; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Gomes, Ana C.; Rocha, Sílvia M.. "Exploring the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Volatile Metabolome: Indigenous versus Commercial Strains". PLOS ONE 10 11 (2015): e0143641. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143641.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0143641
Magazine article
  1. Alves, Zélia; Senff, Luciano; João A. Labrincha; Novais, Rui M.. "Bauxite residue-based spheres as sustainable lightweight aggregate to produce low thermal conductivity building materials", TÉCNICA, 2024, https://issuu.com/ctcv/docs/revista-tecnica21-janeiro-fevereiro.
  2. Barra A.; Alves, Zélia; Sá F.; Nunes C.; Ferreira P.; Coimbra M. A.; Vicente A. A.; et al. "Bioplásticos condutores elétricos para preservação ativa de alimentos", TecnoAlimentar, 2021
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11 Multifunctional waste-derived alkali activated materials: novel avenue to increase the sustainability and energy efficiency of the building sector V Conference of Young Scientists in Construction Materials
(Spain)
2023/09 Geopolymer composites: a comparative study between the use of cork and synthetic aggregates Cork Science and Application (CSA 2023)
(Portugal)
2023/07 Synthesis of lightweight and low thermal conductivity inorganic polymer composites Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS)
(France)
2023/04 Lightweight Geopolymer Composites: the Impact of the aggregate 10th Scientific-Technical Conference on Material Problems in Civil Engineering – MATBUD’2023
(Poland)
2023/04 Novel strategy to produce lightweight materials with geopolymers spherical aggregates Slag Valorization Symposium
(Belgium)
2022/09 Polysaccharides-based bionanocomposites as active food packaging First Circul-a-bility Conference – Re-thinking packaging for Circular & Sustainable Food Supply Chains of the Future
(Slovenia)
2021/11 Biochar derived from bean by-product as a sustainable support of zinc oxide nanoparticles to produce antimicrobial and electrically conductive composites Waste2Value International Congress
(Portugal)
2021/11 The effect of surfactant on starch-based films properties containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes 17th International Conference on PolysaccharidesGlycoscience
(Czech Republic)
2021/07 Design of polysaccharide based composite films with carbon fillers Research Summit
University of Aveiro (Portugal)
2020/09 Antioxidant and electrically conductive starch-based films with multiwalled carbon nanotubes: the effect of surfactant solution CA COST Action CA15107 - Multi-Functional Nano-Carbon Composite Materials Network (MultiComp)
(Slovenia)
2020/06 Polysaccharides as matrix to develop nanocomposites for active food packaging Research Summit
University of Aveiro (Portugal)
2019/09 Characterization of polysaccharide-based films reinforced with well dispersed multi-walled carbon nanotubes using surfactants CA COST Action CA15107 - Multi-Functional Nano-Carbon Composite Materials Network (MultiComp)
(Czech Republic)
2019/06 Exploring the zinc oxide – reduced graphene oxide as an active composite in alginate films for food packaging application EuroFoodChem XX Conference
(Portugal)
2019/06 Facing the future, changing the food packaging Research Summit 2019
University of Aveiro (Portugal)
2019/06 Reinforcement of alginate films by the incorporation of ZnO-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite dispersed in sepiolite Training School on Nanomaterials synthesis and advanced characterization techniques at nanometer and atomic scale (COST Action CA15107 MultiComp)
Center for Surface Science and Nanotechnology, University Politehnica of Bucharest (Romania)
2019/04 Reinforcement of alginate films by the incorporation of zinc oxide –reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite dispersed in sepiolite Materiais 2019 – XIX Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais and VIX International Symposium on Materials
(Portugal)
2018/10 Flexible bionanocomposite films for electronic and biomedical applications Applied Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International Conference – ANNIC 2018
(Germany)
2018/05 The influence of zinc oxide nanorods on chitosan-based film properties for food packaging 3rd International EPNOE Junior Scientists Meeting
(Slovenia)
2017/09 Magnetic and electrical conductive chitosan-based bionanocomposites 12.ª Reunião do Grupo de Glúcidos – Glupor 12
(Portugal)
2017/04 Turning biocompatible and biodegradable biopolymers into electric and magnetic flexible bionanocomposites Materiais 2017 – XVIII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais and VIII International Symposium on Materials
(Portugal)
2017/03 Flexible bionanocomposite films containing a biopolymer, reduced graphene oxide and magnetic nanoparticles: characterization from macro to nanoscale CA COST Action CA15107 - Multi-Functional NanoCarbon Composite Materials Network (MultiComp)
(Croatia)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/10/01 - 2024/12/12 Reuse and valorization of geopolymer adsorbents in the production of sustainable materials
Supervisor
 Master in Materials Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/02/01 - 2024/07/04 Synthesis and characterization of lightweight geopolymer composites
Co-supervisor
 1st cycle degree in Materials Engineering (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/07 Production and characterization of lightweight structures for thermal insulation applications
Co-supervisor
 1st cycle degree in Materials Engineering (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/07/19 Coberturas verdes na região de Aveiro: Estudo de alternativas de camada de drenagem e vegetação
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Beatriz Oliveira Leite (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2018/05/14 - 2018/05/15 3rd International EPNOE Junior Scientists Meeting University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/11/01 - 2024/12/18 Natural and Composite Materials - as a support member in practical classes Materials Science and Engeneering (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/11/01 - 2023/12/18 Natural and Composite Materials - as a support member in practical classes Materials Science and Engeneering (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/07 - Current Member of the jury panel for evaluating final posters in the Industrial Project course Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal