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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Henrique Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Henrique

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2910-19F8-354F
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9735-9818

Email addresses

  • hrsousa@ualg.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 910193454 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Avenida José Joaquim Ferreira, nº5488, 4515-462, Melres, Gondomar, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Bioremediation

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2019 - 2024/10/31
Ongoing
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015 - 2017
Concluded
 Ciências do Mar - Recursos Marinhos (Mestrado)
Major in Marine Biology and Ecology
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Internship Report: Husbandry and Handling of Aquatic Organisms in the CIIMAR Bioterium (BOGA)." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2012 - 2015
Concluded
 Ciências do Meio Aquático (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11 - 2024/11 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2023/07 - 2023/12 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering, United States
2015/09 - 2015/12 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/04/08 - Current Technician Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/10 Research fellow in the project POCI-010247-FEDER-035234 "ALGAVALOR-MicroALGAs: produção integrada e VALORização da biomassa e das suas diversas aplicações" Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/05 - 2019/08 Research Fellow in the project NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000005 "LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION" Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Technician Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/11/01 - 2024/10/31 Development of a microalgae-bacteria system to remove emerging contaminants from wastewater
2020.09538.BD
10.54499/2020.09538.BD
The University of Texas at Austin, United States

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/11 - 2024/10 Development of a microalgae-bacteria system to remove emerging contaminants from wastewater
Provided by PTCRIS: 2020.09538.BD
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019/08 - 2020/10 POCI-010247-FEDER-035234 ALGAVALOR - MicroALGAs: produção integrada e VALORização da biomassa e das suas diversas aplicações
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-035234
Research Fellow
2019/05 - 2019/08 LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000005
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 ALICE - Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering
LA/P/0045/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0045/2020
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy
UIDB/00511/2020
10.54499/UIDB/00511/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Henrique Sousa; Lúcia S. Simões; Cátia A. Sousa; Manuel Simões. "Influence of bacterial load on the development and performance of a photoheterotrophic biofilm community for wastewater polishing". Chemical Engineering Journal (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.161509.
    10.1016/j.cej.2025.161509
  2. Carolina Maia; Henrique Sousa; Francisca Vale; Cátia A. Sousa; Manuel Simões. "The influence of photoperiod and organic carbon levels in parabens removal from wastewater by Chlorella vulgaris". Journal of Environmental Management (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124391.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124391
  3. Henrique Sousa; Cátia A. Sousa; Francisca Vale; Lúcia Santos; Manuel Simões. "Removal of parabens from wastewater by Chlorella vulgaris-bacteria co-cultures". Science of The Total Environment (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163746.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163746
  4. Francisca Vale; Cátia A Sousa; Henrique Sousa; Lúcia C Simões; Andrew J McBain; Manuel Simões. "Bacteria and microalgae associations in periphyton—mechanisms and biotechnological opportunities". FEMS Microbiology Reviews (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuad047.
    10.1093/femsre/fuad047
  5. Carolina Maia; Cátia A. Sousa; Henrique Sousa; Francisca Vale; Manuel Simões. "Parabens removal from wastewaters by microalgae – Ecotoxicity, metabolism and pathways". Chemical Engineering Journal 453 (2023): 139631-139631. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.139631.
    10.1016/j.cej.2022.139631
  6. Vale, Francisca; Sousa, Cátia A.; Sousa, Henrique; Santos, Lúcia; Simões, Manuel. "Impact of parabens on microalgae bioremediation of wastewaters: A mechanistic study". Chemical Engineering Journal 442 (2022): 136374. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.136374.
    10.1016/j.cej.2022.136374
  7. Francisca Vale; Cátia A. Sousa; Henrique Sousa; Lúcia Santos; Manuel Simões. "Parabens as emerging contaminants: Environmental persistence, current practices and treatment processes". Journal of Cleaner Production (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131244.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131244
  8. Sousa, Henrique. "Microalgal-based removal of contaminants of emerging concern". Journal of Hazardous Materials 423 (2022): 127153-127153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127153.
    10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127153
  9. Sousa, Henrique. "Microalgae-based bioremediation of wastewaters - Influencing parameters and mathematical growth modelling". Chemical Engineering Journal 425 (2021): 131412-131412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.131412.
    10.1016/j.cej.2021.131412
  10. L. C. Simões; I. B. Gomes; H. Sousa; A. Borges; M. Simões. "Biofilm formation under high shear stress increases resilience to chemical and mechanical challenges". Biofouling (2021): https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2021.2006189.
    10.1080/08927014.2021.2006189
  11. Sousa, Henrique. "Review: Antibacterial components of the Bivalve's immune system and the potential of freshwater bivalves as a source of new antibacterial compounds". Fish & Shellfish Immunology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2019.10.062.
    10.1016/j.fsi.2019.10.062
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/06 Wastewater valorization for heterotrophic microalgae biomass production - the effect of wastewater composition International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts
2020/12 Microalgal Growth Kinetic Modeling
(Rome, Italy)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/04/09 - 2024/04/24 "e. Biofilm Training School - Fundamentals on Biofilm Engineering" presented by Prof. Philip S. Stewart, from the Center for Biofilm Engineering of Mantana State University and comprised a total of 12h of interactive lectures.
Workshop
 e.Biofilm Training School - Fundamentals on Biofilm Engineering
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/04 - Current Journal of Hazardous Materials Elsevier
2023/01 - Current Journal of Applied Microbiology (1365-2672) Wiley
2023 - Current Biofouling (1029-2454) Taylor & Francis

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/02 - 2020/06 Pratical teaching of a course named " Bioresources Engineering" under the Biological engineering branch. Engenharia de Biorrecursos (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/10 - 2023/02 Uso de fitohormonas para promover a biorremediação de contaminantes emergentes de águas residuais Sara Soares
2021/10 - 2022/02 Impact of external carbon levels in wastewater on paraben removal by microalgae Carolina Maia
2021/10 - 2022/02 Microalgae-bacteria consortia for wastewater treatment: synergetic vs competitive interactions Miguel Macedo
2021/02 - 2021/06 Influência da composição da água residual e das condições operacionais na bioremediação por microalgas de contaminantes emergentes Carolina Maia
2020/10 - 2021/02 Effects of emerging contaminants (ECs) on microalgae used in wastewater bioremediation Francisca Vale
2020/01 - 2020/06 Remoção de contaminantes emergentes (CECs) de águas residuais por microalga-bactérias biofilme Francisca Vale

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/05/08 - 2024/05/10 Participation on IJUP’24 – 17º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto, as a scientific moderator in the engineering area Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2020 Individual Fellowship - 2020.09538.BD
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal