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Valdemira Lourenço Afonso. Completed the Mestrado integrado in Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica in 2017/12/20 by Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas. Is Contracted Researcher in Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental. Participates and/or participated as Research Fellow in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Environmental Biotechnology with emphasis on Environmental Biotechnology, Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Industrial Biotechnology with emphasis on Biofuels and Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Microalgae; Bioprospecting:; Bioactive compounds; Biosiesel; lipids; Low-cost carbon sources; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Valdemira Lourenço Afonso

Citation names

  • Afonso, Valdemira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3612-ED3E-50EF
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0621-3720

Email addresses

  • vlafonso@ualg.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 289800100 Ext.: 7307 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Universidade do Algarve. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT)-Edif. 8, Campus de Gambelas, FARO, Faro, Portugal, 8005-139 , Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Environmental Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Biofuels
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/12/01 - 2024/11/30
Ongoing
 Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Major in Biotecnologia abiental
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
"Economic and environmental sustainability assessment in microalgae biorefinery for Emerging Pollutants removal from Wastewater Treatment Plant effluents" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2019/09/06 - 2020
Attended
 Ciências Biomédicas- Mecanismos de doenças (Mestrado)
Major in Ciências e tecnologias da saúde
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
2017
Concluded
 Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Abordagens para a acumulação de lípidos e coprodutos de elevado valor pela levedura Rhodosporidium toruloides" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/06/01 - 2020/11/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Algarve- Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental - Laboratório de Engenharia Biotecnológica e Ambiental , Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
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Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/04/01 - 2020/06/15 Estágio Laboratorial Universidade do Algarve - Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina - Laboratório de Neurociências Moleculares e Terapia Génica, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve - Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina - Laboratório de Neurociências Moleculares e Terapia Génica, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019/07/01 Professora- apoio ao estudo e atividades extracurriculares Centro de Estudos de Tavira , Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2019/01/01 Monitor de atividades extracurriculares - Eletrónica, robótica, mecânica e computação. The Inventors, Portugal
2015/01/09 - 2017/07/30 Estágio laboratorial Departamento de Engenharia Electrónica e de Telecomunicações - Laboratório de optoeletrónica e de BIossensores, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/12/01 - 2024/11/30 Economic and environmental sustainable assessment in microalgae biorefinery for emerging pollutants removal from Wastewater Treatment Plant effluents
UI/BD/150774/2020
10.54499/UI/BD/150774/2020
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMA)
UID/MAR/00350/2019
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2020/06/01 - Current ALGARED+ - Establishment of a network for the development of innovative products with microALGAe
0055_ALGARED_PLUS_5_E
Research Fellow
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal

Universidad de Huelva, Spain
Programa Operacional de Cooperação Transfronteiriça Espanha-Portugal (POCTEP) 2014-2020
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Afonso, Valdemira; Barros, Raul; Bebianno, M. J.; Raposo, Sara. "O potencial das microalgas na remoção de micro e nanoplásticos à saída das estações de tratamento de águas residuais". In Micro e Nanoplásticos: um Macroproblema, edited by Moura, Delminda; Mendes, Isabel; Aníbal, Jaime; Gomes, Ana, 131-147. Faro - Gambelas, Portugal: CIMA- Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental ARNET- Rede de Infraestrutura em Recursos Aquáticos Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal, 2024.
    Published
  2. Afonso, Valdemira; Tangerino, Laura; Oliveira, Daiana; Raposo, Sara. "Culture Strategies for Lipid Production Using Low-cost Carbon Sources by Rhodosporidium Toruloides". In INCREaSE, 103-116. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-70272-8_7
Conference paper
  1. Afonso, Valdemira; Tangerino, Laura; Oliveira, Daiana; Raposo, Sara. "Culture strategies for lipid production using low-cost carbon sources by rhodosporidium toruloides". 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-70272-8_7
Journal article
  1. Afonso, Valdemira; Borges, Rodrigo; Rodrigues, Brígida; Barros, Raul; Bebianno, M. J.; Raposo, Sara. Corresponding author: Raposo, Sara. "Are Native Microalgae Consortia Able to Remove Microplastics from Wastewater Effluents?". Environmental Pollution (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4688301.
    Open access • Under revision
  2. Raúl Barros; Sara Raposo; Etiele G. Morais; Brígida Rodrigues; Valdemira Afonso; Pedro Gonçalves; José Marques; et al. "Biogas Production from Microalgal Biomass Produced in the Tertiary Treatment of Urban Wastewater: Assessment of Seasonal Variations". Energies (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155713.
    10.3390/en15155713
  3. Barros, Raúl; Raposo, Sara; Morais, Etiele; Rodrigues, Brígida; Lourenço Afonso, Valdemira; Gonçalves, Pedro; Marques, José; et al. "Biogas production from microalgal biomass produced in the tertiary treatment of urban wastewater: assessment of seasonal variations". (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18189.
    doi: 10.3390/en15155713
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Afonso, Valdemira. "Abordagens para a acumulação de lípidos e coprodutos de elevado valor pela levedura Rhodosporidium toruloides". Master, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/10573.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2017/10/12 "Culture strategies for lipid production using low-cost carbon sources by Rhodosporidium toruloides" Increase 2017 - International Congress on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI Century
Instituto Superior de Engenharia da Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/06/01 - 2022/06/30 Monitorization of an essay for Emerging Pollutants mitigation in wastewater by microalgae
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2022/05/01 - 2022/06/01 Monitoring the growth of microalgae consortia in wastewater through biomass and pigments production
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Biotecnologia (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
2021/03/08 - 2021/07/09 Monitoring the growth of microalgae consortia in wastewater through biomass and pigments production
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/11/22 - 2022/11/22 II Feira das Ciências Marinhas 2022 - Dinamização da atividade: "O Potencial das Microalgas para um Futuro Sustentável" .
Exhibition
 II Feira das Ciências Marinhas 2022
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal