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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Carla Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, Carla
  • Carla F. Pereira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3C17-6F6B-11F8
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1918-2986

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013 - 2017
Concluded
 Química (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Northwestern University, United States
2011 - 2012
Concluded
 Química (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2008 - 2009
Concluded
 Tecnologia, Ciência e Segurança Alimentar (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2005 - 2009
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013 - 2017 SFRH/BD/86303/2012
SFRH/BD/86303/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019 - 2023/09 Alchemy Project
PT2020/POCI n.º 27578
Post-doc
2018/10/16 - 2019 Test strips for biomarker screening of venous thromboembolism in oncology
SAICT-POL/24358/2016
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2011 - 2012 Supramolecular functionalization of carbon nanostructures with porphyrin and phthalocyanine derivatives for sustainable photoinduced energy- and electronic-transfer materials
PTDC/QEQ-SUP/5355/2014
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2011 - 2011 RENASCER - Robust Nanometric Metal-Organic Frameworks for Gas Separation and Light Emission
EXPL/CTM-NAN/0013/2013
Research Fellow
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Casanova, Francisca; Oscar L Ramos; Carla F. Pereira; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro. "Sustainable autohydrolysis and bleaching processing for cellulose extraction from a sugarcane by-product". 2022.
  2. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Towards an unprecedented molecularly imprinted photonic biosensor for venous thromboembolism". Paper presented in International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Bionanoscience, Heraklion, 2018.
    Published
  3. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "First Report of Phosphonic acid Porphyrin-based Nano-MOFs". Paper presented in Workshop of Modern Methods of Structure Elucidation, Lisboa, 2015.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. R. Freixo; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Eduardo Costa; Casanova, Francisca; Carla F. Pereira; Pintado, M.; Oscar L Ramos. "Cello-oligosaccharides from sugarcane bagasse and their emerging potential as prebiotic agents". 2022.
  2. Casanova, Francisca; Carla F. Pereira; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; R. Freixo; Eduardo Costa; Pintado, M.; Fernandes JC; Oscar L Ramos. "Design of cellulose based micro and nanostructures for encapsulation and release of curcumin". 2022.
  3. Ana Margarida Massa Faustino; Carla Patricia Fernandes Pereira; Joana Raquel de Oliveira Durão; Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado; Ana Paula Taboada da Costa Santos Carvalho. "Optimization of mannans extraction from spent yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Paper presented in 5th Food Structure and Functionality Symposium, 2022.
  4. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Cello-oligosaccharides from sugarcane bagasse and their emerging potential as prebiotic agents". Paper presented in 1st International Congress on Food, Nutrition & Public Health, 2022.
  5. Carla F. Pereira. "Effect of mannan oligosaccharides extracts in uropathogenic Escherichia coli adhesion in human bladder cells". Paper presented in 1st International Congress on Food, Nutrition & Public Health, 2022.
  6. Carla F. Pereira. "Optimization of mannans extraction from spent yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Paper presented in 5th Food Structure and Functionality Symposium, 2022.
  7. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Design of cellulose based micro and nanostructures for encapsulation and release of curcumin". Paper presented in European Biotechnology Congress, 2022.
  8. Ana Margarida Massa Faustino; Joana Raquel de Oliveira Durão; Carla Patricia Fernandes Pereira; Maria Manuela Estevez Pintado; Ana Paula Taboada da Costa Santos Carvalho. "Effects of drying technology on the physical and functional properties of mannans from S. cerevisiae". Paper presented in XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, 2021.
  9. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Design of green routes for cellulose extraction from a sugarcane by-product". Paper presented in 6th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference, 2021.
  10. Carla F. Pereira. "Sugarcane bagasse cello-oligosaccharides as prebiotic agents". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021.
  11. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Cellulose from sugarcane bagasse as a potential prebiotic agent". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021.
  12. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Sugarcane as a sustainable source of biologically active carboxymethyl cellulose". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021.
  13. Carla F. Pereira. "Effects of drying technology on the physical and functional properties of mannans from S. cerevisiae". Paper presented in XV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, 2021.
  14. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Evaluation of Different Acid Hydrolysis in Sugarcane Bagasse for Cellulose-rich Extract Production". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência Viva 2021, 2021.
  15. R. Freixo; Casanova, Francisca; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Carla F. Pereira; Eduardo Costa; Oscar L Ramos. "Evaluation of different acid hydrolysis in sugarcane bagasse for cellulose-rich extract production". 2021.
  16. Casanova, Francisca; Carla F. Pereira; R. Freixo; Eduardo Costa; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Pintado, M.; Fernandes JC; Oscar L Ramos. "Sugarcane as a sustainable source of biologically active carboxymethyl cellulose". 2021.
  17. R. Freixo; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Casanova, Francisca; Carla F. Pereira; Eduardo Costa; Pintado, M.; Oscar L Ramos. "Sugarcane bagasse cello-oligosaccharides as prebiotic agents". 2021.
  18. Casanova, Francisca; Carla F. Pereira; R. Freixo; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Eduardo Costa; Pintado, M.; Fernandes JC; Oscar L Ramos. "Design of green routes for cellulose extraction from a sugarcane by-product". 2021.
  19. R. Freixo; Casanova, Francisca; Eduardo Costa; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Carla F. Pereira; Pintado, M.; Oscar L Ramos. "Cellulose from sugarcane bagasse as a potential prebiotic agent". 2021.
  20. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Towards Phosphonic acid Porphyrin-based Nano-Metal-Organic Frameworks". Paper presented in II Jornadas Nacionais de Caracterização de Materiais, 2017.
  21. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "The First Report of Phosphonic acid Porphyrin-based Nano-Metal-Organic Frameworks: Preparation and Catalytic Performance". Paper presented in International Symposium on Synthesis and Catalysis, 2015.
  22. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Phosphonic acid Porphyrin-based Nano-Metal-Organic Frameworks". Paper presented in XXIV Encontro Nacional SPQ, 2015.
  23. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Synthesis of Porphyrin-based Metal-Organic Frameworks catalytically active". Paper presented in HINT Training School Bottom–up approaches of hybrid materials: Preparation and Design, 2015.
  24. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Porphyrin-based Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic behavior". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2015, 2015.
  25. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Metal-Organic Frameworks with Porphyrinic Ligands: Synthesis and Evaluation of their Catalytic Activity". Paper presented in XX Encontro Luso-Galego de Química, 2014.
  26. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Synthesis of Tetra-Phosphonated Porphyrins as Organic Ligands for the Preparation of Metal-Organic Frameworks". Paper presented in 10º Encontro Nacional da Química Orgânica, 2013.
  27. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Photoactive Molecules and Materials for Photomedicine, Photocatalysis, Chemosensing and Energy Applications". Paper presented in Research Day, 2013.
  28. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Synthesis of porphyrin-phosphonate derivatives for the self-assembly of Metal-Organic Frameworks". Paper presented in XXIII Encontro Nacional da SPQ, 2013.
  29. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Synthesis of Tetra-Phosphonated Porphyrins for the Preparation of Metal-Organic Frameworks". Paper presented in X Jornadas CICECO, 2013.
  30. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Synthesis of new porphyrin-phosphonate derivatives for MOFs construction". Paper presented in 3rd Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, 2012.
  31. Carla F. Pereira. Corresponding author: Carla F. Pereira. "Synthesis of new tetra-phosphonated porphyrins for the self-assembly of Metal-Organic Frameworks". Paper presented in IX Jornadas CICECO, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Margarida Faustino; Joana Odila Pereira; Ana Margarida Pereira; Ana Sofia Oliveira; Carlos M. H. Ferreira; Carla F. Pereira; Joana Durão; Manuela E. Pintado; Ana P. Carvalho. "Vaginal prevention of Candida albicans: synergistic effect of lactobacilli and mannan oligosaccharides (MOS)". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-023-12909-2.
    10.1007/s00253-023-12909-2
  2. Margarida Faustino; Joana Durão; Carla F. Pereira; Ana Margarida Pereira; Ana Sofia Oliveira; Sérgio Sousa; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; et al. "Up-scalable approaches for yeast mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) production: characterization and immunomodulatory properties". Food and Bioproducts Processing (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2023.12.005.
    10.1016/j.fbp.2023.12.005
  3. Carla F. Pereira. "Harvesting the Power of Green Synthesis: Gold Nanoparticles Tailored for Prostate Cancer Therapy". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 4 (2024): 2277. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25042277.
    Open access • Published
  4. Luís M. G. Castro; Ana I.G.B. Caço; Carla F. Pereira; Sérgio Sousa; Elisabete Alexandre; Saraiva, Jorge Alexandre; Pintado, M.. "Structure and properties of Quercus robur acorn starch extracted by pulsed electric field technology". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129328.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129328
  5. Alessandra B. Ribeiro; Helena Moreira; Sofia I.A. Pereira; Mariana Godinho; Ana Sofia da Silva Sousa; Paula Castro; Carla F. Pereira; et al. "Bio-based superabsorbent hydrogels for nutrient release". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112031.
    10.1016/j.jece.2024.112031
  6. Francisca Casanova; Carla F. Pereira; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Pedro João Miranda de Castro; Ricardo Freixo; Eva Martins; Diana Tavares-Valente; et al. "Biological Potential and Bioaccessibility of Encapsulated Curcumin into Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide Modified Cellulose Nanocrystals". Pharmaceuticals (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph16121737.
    10.3390/ph16121737
  7. Marco Oliveira; Sílvia Soares; Sara Sá; Álvaro Gestoso; Miguel A. Correa-Duarte; Pilar Baylina; Rúben Fernandes; Carla F. Pereira. "The Magic Cocktail: Ampicillin and Biosynthesized Gold Nanoparticles Synergism against Staphylococcus aureus". Applied Sciences (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app131910934.
    10.3390/app131910934
  8. Luís M. G. Castro; Ana I. Caço; Carla F. Pereira; Sérgio C. Sousa; Maria Emilia Brassesco; Manuela Machado; Óscar L. Ramos; et al. "Modification of Acorn Starch Structure and Properties by High Hydrostatic Pressure". Gels (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/gels9090757.
    10.3390/gels9090757
  9. Ricardo Freixo; Francisca Casanova; Alessandra B. Ribeiro; Carla F. Pereira; Eduardo M. Costa; Manuela E. Pintado; Óscar L. Ramos. "Extraction methods and characterization of cellulose fractions from a sugarcane by-product for potential industry applications". Industrial Crops and Products (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.116615.
    10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.116615
  10. Margarida Faustino; Sara Silva; Eduardo Costa; Ana Margarida Pereira; Joana Odila Pereira; Ana Sofia Oliveira; CMH Ferreira; et al. "Effect of Mannan Oligosaccharides Extracts in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Adhesion in Human Bladder Cells". Pathogens (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12070885.
    10.3390/pathogens12070885
  11. Margarida Faustino; Carla F. Pereira; Joana Durão; Ana Sofia Oliveira; Joana Odila Pereira; Carlos Ferreira; Manuela E. Pintado; Ana P. Carvalho. "Effect of drying technology in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mannans: Structural, physicochemical, and functional properties". Food Chemistry (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.135545.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.135545
  12. Eduardo Costa; Sara Silva; Carla F. Pereira; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Francisca Casanova; Ricardo Freixo; Pintado, M.; Óscar L. Ramos. "Carboxymethyl Cellulose as a Food Emulsifier: Are Its Days Numbered?". Polymers (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15102408.
    10.3390/polym15102408
  13. Casanova, Francisca; Carla F. Pereira; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Eduardo Costa; Ricardo Freixo; Pedro M. Castro; João C. Fernandes; Pintado, M.; Óscar L. Ramos. "Design of Innovative Biocompatible Cellulose Nanostructures for the Delivery and Sustained Release of Curcumin". Pharmaceutics (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15030981.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics15030981
  14. Casanova, Francisca; Ricardo Freixo; Carla F. Pereira; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Eduardo Costa; Pintado, M.; Óscar L. Ramos. "Comparative Study of Green and Traditional Routes for Cellulose Extraction from a Sugarcane By-Product". Polymers (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15051251.
    10.3390/polym15051251
  15. Eduardo Costa; Ana Sofia Oliveira; Sara Silva; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Carla F. Pereira; CMH Ferreira; Francisca Casanova; et al. "Spent Yeast Waste Streams as a Sustainable Source of Bioactive Peptides for Skin Applications". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24032253.
    10.3390/ijms24032253
  16. Joana R. Costa; Ana Paula Sousa; Carla F. Pereira; Sílvia Santos Pedrosa; Inês Mota; João da Silva Burgal; Ana I. E. Pintado; et al. "Valorization of Sugarcane By-Products through Synthesis of Biogenic Amorphous Silica Microspheres for Sustainable Cosmetics". Nanomaterials (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano12234201.
    10.3390/nano12234201
  17. Margarida Faustino; Joana Durão; Carla F. Pereira; Ana Sofia Oliveira; Joana Odila Pereira; Ana Margarida Pereira; CMH Ferreira; Manuela E. Pintado; Ana P. Carvalho. "Comparative Analysis of Mannans Extraction Processes from Spent Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Foods (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11233753.
    10.3390/foods11233753
  18. CMH Ferreira; Carla F. Pereira; Ana Sofia Oliveira; Margarida Faustino; Ana M. Pereira; Joana Durão; Joana Odila Pereira; Manuela E. Pintado; Ana P. Carvalho. "A Step for the Valorization of Spent Yeast through Production of Iron–Peptide Complexes—A Process Optimization Study". Processes (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr10081464.
    10.3390/pr10081464
  19. Eduardo Costa; Carla F. Pereira; Alessandra Braga Ribeiro; Casanova, Francisca; Ricardo Freixo; Manuela Pintado; Oscar L Ramos. "Characterization and Evaluation of Commercial Carboxymethyl Cellulose Potential as an Active Ingredient for Cosmetics". Applied Sciences (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12136560.
    10.3390/app12136560
  20. Carla F. Pereira; M. Goreti F. Sales; Manuela F. Frasco. "A molecularly imprinted photonic polymer based on an inverse opal structure for sensing D-dimer at the point-of-care". Talanta (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123387.
    10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123387
  21. Margarida Faustino; Joana Durão; Carla F. Pereira; Manuela E. Pintado; Ana P. Carvalho. "Mannans and mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae – A sustainable source of functional ingredients". Carbohydrate Polymers (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118467.
    10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118467
  22. Francisca Casanova; Carla F. Pereira; Alessandra B. Ribeiro; Ricardo Freixo; Eduardo Costa; Manuela E. Pintado; João C. Fernandes; Oscar L Ramos. "Novel Micro- and Nanocellulose-Based Delivery Systems for Liposoluble Compounds". Nanomaterials (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano11102593.
    10.3390/nano11102593
  23. Carla F. Pereira; Yangyang Liu; Ashlee J. Howarth; Flávio Figueira; Joao Rocha; Joseph Hupp; Omar Farha; Tome, J.P.C.; Filipe A. Almeida Paz. "Detoxification of a Mustard-Gas Simulant by Nanosized Porphyrin-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks". ACS Applied Nano Materials (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.8b02014.
    10.1021/acsanm.8b02014
  24. Carla F. Pereira; Flávio Figueira; Ricardo F. Mendes; João Rocha; Joseph T. Hupp; Omar K. Farha; Mário M. Q. Simões; João P. C. Tomé; Filipe A. Almeida Paz. "Bifunctional Porphyrin-Based Nano-Metal–Organic Frameworks: Catalytic and Chemosensing Studies". Inorganic Chemistry 57 7 (2018): 3855-3864. https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.inorgchem.7b03214.
    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b03214
  25. Carla F. Pereira; Ashlee J. Howarth; Nicolaas A. Vermeulen; Filipe A. Almeida Paz; João P. C. Tomé; Joseph T. Hupp; Omar K. Farha. "Towards hydroxamic acid linked zirconium metal–organic frameworks". Materials Chemistry Frontiers 1 6 (2017): 1194-1199. https://doi.org/10.1039%2Fc6qm00364h.
    10.1039/c6qm00364h
  26. Carla Pereira; Mário Simões; João Tomé; Filipe Almeida Paz. "Porphyrin-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks as Heterogeneous Catalysts in Oxidation Reactions". Molecules 21 10 (2016): 1348-1348. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fmolecules21101348.
    10.3390/molecules21101348
  27. N. Venkatramaiah; Carla F. Pereira; Ricardo F. Mendes; Filipe A. Almeida Paz; João P. C. Tomé. "Phosphonate Appended Porphyrins as Versatile Chemosensors for Selective Detection of Trinitrotoluene". Analytical Chemistry 87 8 (2015): 4515-4522. https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.analchem.5b00772.
    10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00772
  28. Carla F. Pereira; José A. Fernandes; João M. M. Rodrigues; Sérgio M. F. Vilela; João P. C. Tomé; Filipe A. Almeida Paz. "5-[4-(Diethoxyphosphoryl)-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenyl]-10,15,20-tris(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin". Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications 68 3 (2012): o104-o107. https://doi.org/10.1107%2Fs0108270112002934.
    10.1107/s0108270112002934
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Porphyrin-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications.". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017.
  2. "Porphyrins to construction of coordination polymers.". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2012.

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2022. "Sugarcane bagasse derived carboxymethyl holocellulose".
    Protected
  2. 2022. "Hydrogel-based composites and methods thereof".
    Protected

Other

Other output
  1. Bio-Based Superabsorbent Hydrogels for Nutrient-Controlled Release. 2023. Ribeiro, A.B.; Moreira, H.; Pereira, S.I.A.; Godinho, M.; Castro, P.M.L.; Pereira, C.F.; Casanova, F.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85175142601&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2139/ssrn.4607745
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/02/07 - Current Cellulose Nanocrystals/Metal Oxides Hybrid Materials for Wound Dressing
Supervisor of Clara Miranda
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
2022/02/10 - Current Exploiting Anticancer and Antimicrobial Activities of Biosynthetic Gold Nanoparticles by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PAO1)
Supervisor of Marco Oliveira
 Microbiologia (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
2019/09/01 - Current Design of micro- and nanostructures from sugarcane by-products for encapsulation and controlled release of active biomolecules.
Co-supervisor of Francisca Casanova Cerqueira Bastos
 Biotecnologia (PhD)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
2019/09/01 - Current Valorization of yeast-based mannans as sources of bioactive ingredients for functional applications
Co-supervisor of Ana Margarida Massa Faustino
 Biotecnologia (PhD)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/11/24 - Current National Day of Scientific Culture (2022/11/24) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal
2022/10/21 - Current International Microorganism Day (2022/10/21)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal
2018/03/19 - Current III Jornadas Científicas IBEROS (2018/03/19) Instituto Politécnico do Porto BioMark Sensor Research, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/07/27 Sustainable Functional Beverage Developed from Sugarcane by-product
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Suvolina Ghosh (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
2021/09/22 Molecular diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 and evaluation of the medicinal properties of the acai extract
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Teixeira (Other)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
2021/05/13 Obtention, characterization and evaluation of the technological, functional and biological potential of the exopolysaccharide obtained from water kefir grains
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Monalisa de Alencar Lucena (Master)
Universidade Federal do Piauí, Brazil

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Bioquímica Fisiológica Medicina Dentária (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
2023 - Current Genética Médica Medicina Dentária (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/01/02 - Current Nanomaterials Journal (ISSN 2079-4991) MDPI
2020/03/01 - 2021/06/30 Nanomaterials Journal (ISSN 2079-4991) MDPI
Distinctions

Award

2022 Annual incentive for achieving extraordinary outputs - CBQF UCP
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
2015 Best Poster Communication Award in Catalysis in the International Symposium on Synthesis and Catalysis
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Other distinction

2013 PhD Grant SFRH/BD/86303/2012
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal