Lara Daniela Gomes Campos (2113-635C-6A9F)

Curriculum Vitae

Lara Daniela Gomes Campos

Lara Campos is currently a PhD Student in Biotechnology at DTU - Technical University of Denmark. Concluded her Master and her Bachelor in Biotechnology at the Polytechnic of Coimbra, Agriculture School. Is a collaborating researcher at CERNAS and CEB. Published 6 scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals and 1 book chapter indexed to Scopus. Presented 4 oral communications in international and national conferences. Received 1 award in innovation and technology. Participated as a research fellow in 2 international projects and 1 national project. Worked as an Invited Assistant at the Polytechnic of Coimbra, Agriculture School. Her main interests are in the fields of Industrial Biotechnology, Chemical and Biological Processes and Sustainability Issues.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Lara Daniela Gomes Campos

Citation names

Campos, Lara
Campos, L.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2113-635C-6A9F
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3430-1704
Researcher Id: HIK-2582-2022
Scopus Author Id: 57215035873

Email addresses

lara.campos@esac.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology
Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/08/01 - 2026 Ongoing	PhD in Biotechnology (Doutoramento) Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
2022/06 - 2022/08 Concluded	Catalytic Conversions for Biobased Chemicals and Products (Outros) Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
2022/06/22 - 2022/07/01 Concluded	Edição de Folhas de Cálculo: Nível Avançado (Outros) Instituto Nacional de Administração, Portugal
2018/10 - 2021/02 Concluded	Biotechnology (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal "Valorisation of Punica granatum L. Peels and Seeds: Bioactive and Antimicrobial Potential" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito Bom (17/20)
2020/07/30 - 2020/10/30 Concluded	Escola de Verão "Investigação para a Sustentabilidade e o Desenvolvimento" (Outros) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais Ambiente e Sociedade, Portugal
2015/09 - 2018/12 Concluded	Biotechnology (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal "Caraterização microbiológica, físico-química e bioquímica do Queijo Serra da Estrela DOP." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Bom (14/20)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/08/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2021/06 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais Ambiente e Sociedade, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/10 - 2023/07	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/04/01 - 2023/02/17	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/04 - 2023/05	Prestação de Serviços - Ensaios com Efluentes de Suinicultura	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/06 - 2018/07	Bachelor's Internship	Associação BLC3 Campus de Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
	Associação BLC3 Campus de Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/07 - 2020/10	Investigação para a Sustentabilidade e o Desenvolvimento (Escola de Verão) FCT-IPC-i2A-CERNAS/Escola de Verão/BI-01-08 Research Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais Ambiente e Sociedade, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/06 - 2019/12	Aplicação de tecnologias limpas e otimização de bioprocessos de extração seletiva de compostos bioativos CEB-BI-14-2019 Research Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/04/01 - 2023/02/17	@GIR - Gabinetes de Inovação Regional CENTRO-04-3559-FSE-000158 Higher Technician Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal	Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro Ongoing
2021/02 - 2021/11	FairWay - Farm systems management and governance for producing good water quality for drinking water supplies H2020 RUR-04-2016 Research Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal	European Union Ongoing
2020/02 - 2020/04	iSQAPER - Interactive Soil Quality assessment in Europe and China for Agricultural productivity and Environmental Resilience Grant Agreement: 635750 Research Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal	European Union Concluded
2018/12 - 2019/03	SoSValor: Sustainable Solutions for the Valorisation of Plant Natural Products and Industrial Waste CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-023631 Scientific Initiation Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal	Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Lagoa, B.; Campos, Lara; Silva, T.; Moreira, M. J.; Castro, L. M.; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Pinheiro, M. N. Coelho. "Winery wastes: A potential source of natural dyes for textiles". In Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities III, edited by Vilarinho, Cândida; Castro, Fernando; Gonçalves, Margarida; Fernando, Ana Luísa, 69-74. Londres, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019. Published • 10.1201/9780429289798
Conference abstract	Areias, Beatriz; Ferreira, Diogo; Campos, Lara; Esperanço, Pedro; Rodrigues, Carla; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Henriques, Marta H F. "Extratos de Borras de Café para a Produção de Hidrogéis Atividade Bioativa". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Escolas Superiores Agrárias, Santarém, 2022. Published Bingre, Pedro; Mendes-Moreira, Pedro; Barracosa, Artur; Campos, Lara; Marchante, Hélia; Cardoso, Raquel; Simõe Idalino; Comissão Justiça e Paz; Unidade Pastoral de Conímbriga. "Laudato Si: Resetting the Mindset of Condeixa". Paper presented in Organic World Conference, Rennes, 2021. Published Campos, Lara; Dias, Susana; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Henriques, Marta H F. "Peels and Seeds of Acco, Big Full and Wonderful Pomegranate Cultivars, as Suitable Sources of Bioactive Compounds in a Circular Economy Concept". Paper presented in XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, Madeira, 2021. Published Campos, Lara; Dias, Susana; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Henriques, Marta. "Correlations Between Antioxidant Activity and Bioactive Compounds in Ethanolic Extracts of Pomegranate Peels and Seeds and Their Physicochemical Composition". Paper presented in RETASTE Conference, Athens, Greece, 2021. Published Boulet, A.K; Alarcão, C.; Ferreira, C.; Veiga, A.; Campos, Lara; Ferreira, A.; Hussel, R.. "Introduction of legume cover crops practice in intensive grain corn crop system to mitigate soil threats in the Mediterranean region". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2021, 2021. Published • https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-6199
Conference paper	Campos, Lara; Areias, Beatriz; Ferreira, Diogo; Esperanço, Pedro; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Henriques, Marta H F; Rodrigues, Carla. "Spent coffee grounds as a source of bioactive and antimicrobial compounds for the production of hydrogels". Paper presented in 6th International Conference WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, Coimbra, 2023. Published Boulet, Anne-Karine; Campos, Lara; Alarcão, Carlos; Ferreira, António. "Legume cover crops effectiveness for weed control in the mediterranean region". Paper presented in XI International Agricultural Symposium AGROSYM 2020, Jahorina, 2020. Published
Conference poster	Campos, Lara; Henriques, Marta H F; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Solange I. Mussatto. "Characterization and Valorisation of Cork By-Products for Sustainable Applications". Paper presented in 14th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Sciences, 2024. Campos, Lara; Henriques, Marta; Veloso, Ana ; Silva, Carla; Mussatto, Solange. "From cork by-products to bio-based alternatives for application in textiles". Paper presented in 32nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 2024. Esperanço, Pedro; Areias, Beatriz; Ferreira, Diogo; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Henriques, Marta H F; Rodrigues, Carla; Campos, Lara. "Exploring Bioactive Compounds in Coffee Industry By-Products". Paper presented in Farm to Fork, 2023. Boavida, Cátia; Campos, Lara; Correia, Diogo; Martins, Joel; Henriques, Marta H F. "Valorização de Subprodutos da Indústria Cervejeira: Caso de Estudo “Cerveja Açor”". Paper presented in Coimbra Invest Summit '23, 2023. Esperanço, Pedro; Campos, Lara; Henriques, Marta H F. "A Pele de Prata do Café como Fonte de Compostos Bioativos". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Escolas Superiores Agrárias, 2022. Costa, André; Campos, Lara; Barbosa, Sara; Rodrigues, Carla. "Estabilização de Efluente de Suinicultura com Cal e Dregs". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Escolas Superiores Agrárias, 2022. Campos, Lara; Seixas, Luana; Dias, Susana; Veloso, Ana C.A.; Henriques, Marta. "How the extraction method affects the bioactive and antimicrobial properties of pomegranate peel and seed extracts". Paper presented in XXI EuroFoodChem Conference, 2021. Esperanço, Pedro; Campos, Lara; Henriques, Marta. "Physicochemical Characterization and Bioactive Potential of Coffee Silverskin". Paper presented in XXI EuroFoodChem Conference, 2021. Esperanço, Pedro; Campos, Lara; Henriques, Marta H F. "Physicochemical Characterization and Bioactive Screening of Rosemary, Mint and Coffee Silverskin". Paper presented in XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, 2021. Boulet, Anne-Karine; Alarcão, Carlos; Ferreira, Carla; Veiga, Adelcia; Campos, Lara; Ferreira, António; Hessel, Rudi. "Introduction of legume cover crops practice in intensive grain corn crop system to mitigate soil threats in the Mediterranean region". Paper presented in 2021 EGU General Assembly, 2021. Campos, Lara; Henriques, Marta H F; Veloso, Ana C.A.. "Pomegranate by-products: A rich source of healthy phytochemicals". Paper presented in iberPhenol International Conference 2020, 2020. Campos, Lara Daniela Gomes; Henriques, Marta H F; Dias, Susana; Veloso, Ana C.A.. "Bioactive potential and antimicrobial activity of two pomegranate cv peel and seed extracts". Paper presented in Microbiotec’19 Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2019. Campos, Lara; Henriques, Marta; Veloso, Ana C. A.. "Valorização da casca e das sementes de duas variedades de romã: avaliação do seu potencial bioativo". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Escolas Superiores Agrárias, 2019. Pinheiro, Maria N.C.; Lagoa, Brigitte; Campos, Lara; Silva, Tânia; Castro, Luís M.. "Valorisation of arbutus fruits wastes as bio-dyes for textiles industry". Paper presented in International Symposium on Dyes & Pigments, 2019.
Journal article	Neves, Vítor; Campos, Lara; Ribeiro, Nuno; Costa, Rui; Correia, Paula; Gonçalves, João; Henriques, Marta. "Insect flour as milk protein substitute in fermented dairy products". Food Bioscience 60 (2024): 104379. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbio.2024.104379. Published • 10.1016/j.fbio.2024.104379 Campos, Lara; Tuma, Paulina; Silva, Tânia; Gomes, David; Pereira, Carlos Dias; Henriques, Marta H. F.. "Low Fat Yoghurts Produced with Different Protein Levels and Alternative Natural Sweeteners". Foods 13 2 (2024): 250. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods13020250. Open access • 10.3390/foods13020250 Coimbra, Patrícia; Marona, Beatriz; Henriques, Marta H.F.; Campos, Lara; Gomes, David M.G.S.; Vitorino, Carla; Sousa, João J.S.; Braga, Mara E.M.; Gaspar, Marisa C.. "Edible films based on potato and quince peels with potential for the preservation of cured cheese". Food Packaging and Shelf Life 40 (2023): 101176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2023.101176. Published • 10.1016/j.fpsl.2023.101176 Campos, Lara; Seixas, Luana; Henriques, Marta H. F. ; Peres, António M.; Veloso, Ana C. A.. "Pomegranate Peels and Seeds as a Source of Phenolic Compounds: Effect of Cultivar, By-Product, and Extraction Solvent". International Journal of Food Science 2022 (2022): 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9189575. Open access • Published • 10.1155/2022/9189575 Campos, Lara; Seixas, Luana; Dias, Susana; Peres, António M.; Veloso, Ana C. A.; Henriques, Marta. "Effect of Extraction Method on the Bioactive Composition, Antimicrobial Activity and Phytotoxicity of Pomegranate By-Products". Foods 11 7 (2022): 992. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11070992. Open access • Published • 10.3390/foods11070992 Boulet, Anne Karine; Alarcão, Carlos; Ferreira, Carla; Kalantari, Zahra; Veiga, Adelcia; Campos, Lara; Ferreira, António; Hessel, Rudi. "Agro-ecological services delivered by legume cover crops grown in succession with grain corn crops in the Mediterranean region". Open Agriculture 6 1 (2021): 609-626. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opag-2021-0041. Open access • Published • 10.1515/opag-2021-0041
Magazine article	Campos, Lara; Soares, Pedro; Silva, Tânia; Garcia, Cátia; Rodrigues, Ivo; Henriques, Marta H F. "Valorização das cascas e películas de frutos secos: Extração dos seus compostos bioativos.", Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Horticultura, 2020
Thesis / Dissertation	Campos, Lara. "Valorisation of Punica granatum L. Peels and Seeds: Bioactive and Antimicrobial Potential". Master, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, 2021. Campos, Lara. "Caraterização microbiológica, físico-química e bioquímica do Queijo Serra da Estrela DOP". Degree, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, 2018.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/11/04	Extratos de Borras de Café para a Produção de Hidrogéis Atividade Bioativa	Congresso Nacional de Escolas Superiores Agrárias Instituto Politécnico de Santarém - Escola Superior Agrária (Santarém, Portugal)
2022/07/08	Bioactive Composition of Pomegranate By-products of Big Full Cultivar	1º Encontro de Doutorandos e Pós-doutorados do CERNAS Instituto Politénico de Coimbra, Escola Superior Agrária (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/05/17	Compostos Bioativos das Cascas e Sementes de Romã da Variedade Big Full com Atividade Antimicrobiana	Encontro Ciência '22 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/09/08	Co-author of the oral presentation entitled "Laudato Si: Resetting the Mindset of Condeixa".	Organic World Conference (Rennes, France)
2021/09/06	Peels and Seeds of Acco, Big Full and Wonderful Pomegranate Cultivars, as Suitable Sources of Bioactive Compounds in a Circular Economy Concept	XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Madeira, Portugal)
2021/05	Correlations Between Antioxidant Activity and Bioactive Compounds in Ethanolic Extracts of Pomegranate Peels and Seeds and Their Physicochemical Composition	RETASTE Conference, (Athens, Greece)
2020/02	Biotecnologia: O Meu Percurso	Semana dos Cursos Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Escola Superior Agrária. (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/06	Co-author of the oral presentation entitled "Alimentos biológicos e saúde: uma relação com futuro?"	V Seminário - Nutrição, Desporto e Saúde. Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Escola Superior Agrária (Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/09/01 - 2024/12/18	Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cork Powder to Obtain Fermentable Sugars Co-supervisor of Alberte Krejlund	Life Science Engineering (Degree) Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
2023/01/25 - 2024/11	Aplicação de cascas de frutos secos para o envelhecimento de bebidas espirituosas. Co-supervisor of Francisco Barroso	Biotecnologia (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/05/15 - 2023/11	Valorização de subprodutos da indústria cervejeira: caso de estudo “Cerveja Açor”. Co-supervisor of Cátia Boavida	Biotecnologia (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/05/15 - 2023/11	Farinha de inseto como fonte de proteína em produtos lácteos fermentados. Co-supervisor of Vítor Neves	Biotecnologia (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/06 - 2023/09	Controlo de qualidade na indústria farmacêutica Supervisor of Mariana Lobo	Biotecnologia (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/05/09 - 2022/10	Valorização de subprodutos da indústria de café. Co-supervisor of Diogo Ferreira	Food Technology (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/04 - 2021/11	Physicochemical Characterization and Bioactive Screening of Rosemary, Mint and Coffee Silverskin Co-supervisor of Pedro Simão Feijó Namora Esperanço	Biotechnology (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2018/09 - 2018/10	Cycle of lectures in the parish of Conímbriga, which aimed to describe how Pope Francis encyclical Laudato Si' can help the community to change its attitude towards current ecological issues. (2018/09 - 2018/10) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Parish of Condeixa, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/09/07 - 2023/09/08	Conference on Cork Science and Applications – CSA 2023 Conference	Conference on Cork Science and Applications – CSA 2023 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/05/16 - 2023/05/16	Bioeconomia e Inovação no Desenvolvimento de Produtos para a Indústria Cosmética e Farmacêutica Seminar	Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal
2022/05/11 - 2022/05/11	SCS was a space for networking and debate on the future of innovation, entrepreneurship, technology transfer and venture capital in Portugal. Conference	Startup Capital Summit 2022 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/01/10 - 2022/01/10	BioVOW '22 Symposium was a scientific symposium about the treatment and valorization of mineral oily waste waters. Symposium	Biological Treatment and Valorization of Mineral Oily Wastewaters: Trends and Challenges Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2021/11/04 - 2021/11/04	Webinar "Redução e Valorização do Desperdício Alimentar" no âmbito do Projeto S4agro - Soluções Sustentáveis para o Setor Agroindustrial. Seminar	Redução e Valorização do Desperdício Alimentar Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021/09/05 - 2021/09/08	XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos: Estratégias para a Excelência, Autenticidade, Segurança e Sustentabilidade Alimentar Conference	XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2021/06/02 - 2021/06/02	Provide an insight into sustainable natural resource management and food production practices as well as to promote development of rural areas in Latvia. Meeting	Bioeconomy Forum: Innovation for Sustainable Food Production Vides Risinajumu Instituts, Latvia
2021/05/26 - 2021/05/27	The Agri-food Ecosystem Conference aims to promote the European research and innovation strategy to boost the ecological sustainable transition of agri-food systems. Conference	Agri-food Ecosystem 2021 Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Portugal
2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27	Science dissemination action Exhibition	European Researchers' Night Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023/11/30	New Circular Media Culture (Thesis) Arguer	Rita Silva (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/11/28	Desenvolvimento de uma bebida vegetal à base de batata com baixo teor de FODMAPs (Thesis) Arguer	Alexandre Salgueiro (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/07/26	Atividade antifúngica de óleos essenciais de Margotia gummifera e Mentha cervina contra Fusarium oxysporum (Thesis) Arguer	Andreia Nunes (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/11/28	Avaliação do efeito de resíduos no tratamento e estabilização de efluentes de suinicultura (Thesis) Arguer	André Costa (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/07/28	Controlo de Qualidade em Cosméticos (Thesis) Arguer	Emma Ryon Monteiro (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2016/10 - 2017/10	Associação de Estudantes da Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra	Secretária da Mesa da Assembleia do Núcleo de Estudantes de Biotecnologia

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/02 - 2023/07	Bioprocesses in the Food Industry	Food Engineering (Mestrado integrado)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02 - 2023/07	Food Biotechnology	Biotechnology (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/10 - 2023/02	Biochemical Engineering	Biotechnology (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/11 - 2022/01	Chemistry and Biochemistry I	Organic Agriculture (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/11 - 2022/01	Chemistry and Biochemistry I	Technology and Environmental Management (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/11 - 2022/01	Chemistry and Biochemistry I	Food Technology (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021/01	Food Biotechnology	Professional Technological Degree in Food Quality (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2022/05/09 - 2022/10	Microencapsulação de princípios ativos para aplicações industriais (Bachelor internship)	Beatriz Areias
2021/04 - 2021/04	Pele de prata do café: Design de hidrogéis para regeneração dos tecidos (Bachelor internship)	Marta Correia
2020/06 - 2021/03	Licor de carqueja a partir de aguardente envelhecida com cascas de frutos secos (Master thesis)	Cátia Garcia
2020/10 - 2021/02	Estudo preliminar para o desenvolvimento de uma gama de extratos de subprodutos agroalimentares com potencial para uma linha de produtos cosméticos (Master thesis)	Cátia Mendes
2019/12 - 2020/05	Determination of antimicrobial activity of three Punica granatum cultivars produced in Portugal (Erasmus+ master internship)	Martyna Fraszczak
2019/12 - 2020/05	Quark cheese (Erasmus+ master internship)	Katarzyna Kujawa
2020/02 - 2020/03	The extraction of bioactive compounds from pomegranate peels and seeds (Erasmus+ bachelor internship)	Madelon Kulka
2020/02 - 2020/03	Valorisation of 2nd cheese whey by the production of high nutritional value requeijão cheese (Erasmus+ bachelor internship)	Teun Kiggen
2019/10 - 2019/12	Traineeship in the production of edible food coatings – biopackaging of cheese (Erasmus+ PhD internship)	Justina Mileriene
2019/05 - 2019/06	Bioactive properties of ethanolic extracts from peels and seeds of two pomegranate cultivars (Erasmus+ bachelor internship)	Mateusz Majda

Distinctions

Award

2020	9th edition of the University and Polytechnic contest “Cultiva o Teu Futuro”, organized by the Confederação dos Agricultores de Portugal (CAP). Innovation in nuts and dried fruits. 1st place with the "Casca Rija" project. CAP - Confederação dos Agricultores de Portugal, Portugal

Other distinction

2023	Concurso StepIN - Atividades de Imersão e Experimentação. Projeto BioTech.In Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2022	Bolsa Projetos de Ignição e Provas de Conceito INOVC+. Projeto NutShells4Spirits Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal