Rosa Estela Abreu do Nascimento da Silva (4416-6D82-4DD8)

Curriculum Vitae

Rosa Estela Abreu do Nascimento da Silva

Completed the Biochemistry Bachelor (2017), and the Biochemistry Master (2019), both at NOVA School of Science and Technology | FCT NOVA, Portugal. Followed up as intern 10+ research projects, including a two month exchange at Macau University, China (2018) and a three month PhD exchange at Lancaster University, UK (2023). Presented 10+ oral communications, the most recent was an oral presentation to 100+ people at Cellulose Fibres Conference, Germany (2024). Participated in several events as part of the organization team and as staff, namely Web Summit Lisbon, Portugal (2023). Between 2018-2020, was part of a 3 members team working on the development of packages from banana production waste named Bananabox. The project merit has been recognized in 3 contests such as the 1st place at Hack the Planet - Climate-KIC contest (2018). Currently, PhD student of Chemical and Biological Engineering, with FCT grant, at Laboratory of Membrane Processes, LAQV/REQUIMTE, at FCT NOVA. Published, in August 2023, a paper entitled "Extraction and Characterization of Cellulose Obtained from Banana Plant Pseudostem" (doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol5030052), as 1st author, in the "Clean technologies" Journal (MDPI), which was selected as cover issue (September 2023).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Rosa Estela Abreu do Nascimento da Silva

Citation names

Rosa E. A. Nascimento

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 4416-6D82-4DD8
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5770-5891

Email addresses

re.nascimento@campus.fct.unl.pt (Professional)

Websites

linkedin.com/in/rosanascimento/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bio-derived Novel Materials
Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioproducts Biomaterials
Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Coating and Films
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/11 - 2024/10 Ongoing	Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Doutoramento) Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal "From Residues to Skin Drug Delivery Polymeric Matrices: Nanocellulose Extraction and Functionalization" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/09 - 2019/11 Concluded	Biochemistry (Mestrado) Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal "Development of Polymeric Matrices Based on Banana Plant Extracts for Biomedical Applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18 under 20
2014/09 - 2017/06 Concluded	Biochemistry (Licenciatura) Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal	15 under 20
2015/08 - 2015/08 Concluded	Intensive english course (B1) (Outros) Cambridge School, Portugal	18 under 20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/04 - 2020/10	Researcher (Research)	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/03	Researcher (Research)	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/10 - 2019/11	Research Trainee (Research)	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/08 - 2018/09	Research Trainee (Research)	Ruibing Wang Group , China
	University of Macau, Macau SAR China
2017/11 - 2017/11	Research Trainee (Research)	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/10 - 2017/10	Research Trainee (Research)	REQUIMTE, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/01 - 2017/04	Research Trainee (Research)	REQUIMTE, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/09 - 2016/10	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Materiais, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/01 - 2016/02	Research Trainee (Research)	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/02 - 2015/02	Research Trainee (Research)	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/09 - 2013/09	Research Trainee (Research)	Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/12 - 2019/08	Ambassador	Magma Studio, Portugal

2016/09 - 2017/01	Buddie	AEFCT - Associação de Estudantes FCT NOVA, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/11 - 2024/11	"From Residues to Skin Drug Delivery Polymeric Matrices: Nanocellulose Extraction and Functionalization" 2020.05490.BD PhD Student Fellow Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Rosa E. A. Nascimento; E. H. Papaioannou; Teresa Brás; João G. Crespo; Luísa A. Neves. Corresponding author: Luísa A. Neves. "From Agriculture and Food Industry Wastes to Biopolymers: Cellulose Extraction from Banana Plant Pseudostem and Beetroot Pulp". Paper presented in 3rd ICGreenDeal: International Conference Strategies toward Green Deal Implementation, Water, Raw Materials & Energy, 2022.
Conference poster	Bras, Teresa; João G. Crespo; Luísa A. Neves. Corresponding author: Luísa A. Neves. "Optimization of Cellulose Recovery from Banana Plant Pseudostem using Pre-treatments". Paper presented in Cellulose Fibres Conference, 2024. Rosa E. A. Nascimento; E. H. Papaioannou; Teresa Brás; João G. Crespo; Luísa A. Neves. Corresponding author: Luísa A. Neves. "Converting agriculture and food industry waste biomass to added value chemical compounds as nanocellulose". Paper presented in 31st EUBCE: European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 2023. Rosa E. A. Nascimento; Teresa Brás; João G. Crespo; Luísa A. Neves. Corresponding author: Luísa A. Neves. "From Fruit Residues to Biopolymers for Skin Drug Delivery: Pre-treatments for Nanocellulose Extraction From Banana Plant Pseudostem". Paper presented in 18th ISBP: International Symposium on Biopolymers, 2022. Rosa E. A. Nascimento; João G. Crespo; Luísa A. Neves. Corresponding author: Luísa A. Neves. "Rendering plant and fruit residues to transdermal drug delivery systems". Paper presented in NYM: Network Young Membrains Meeting, 2021. Rosa E. A. Nascimento; João G. Crespo; Luísa A. Neves. Corresponding author: Luísa A. Neves. "Nanocellulose Extraction and Characterization from Banana Production Residues". Paper presented in Ciência'21, 2021. Rosa E. A. Nascimento. "Thermal Behaviour of an Amorphous Pharmaceutical Drug Loaded into a Porous Silica Matrix". Paper presented in ISPROF 2015 - 2nd International Symposium on Profiling, 2015.
Journal article	Rosa E. A. Nascimento; Mónica Carvalheira; João G. Crespo; Luísa A. Neves. Corresponding author: Luísa A. Neves. "Extraction and Characterization of Cellulose Obtained from Banana Plant Pseudostem". Clean Technologies, MDPI 5 3 (2023): 1028-1043. https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8797/5/3/52. Open access • Published Rosa E. A. Nascimento; Joana Monte; Mafalda Cadima; Vítor D. Alves; Luísa A. Neves. Corresponding author: Luísa A. Neves. "Rendering Banana Plant Residues into a Potentially Commercial Byproduct by Doping Cellulose Films with Phenolic Compounds". Polymers 13 5 (2021): 843-843. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13050843. Published • 10.3390/polym13050843
Thesis / Dissertation	Rosa E. A. Nascimento. "Development of Polymeric Matrices Based on Banana Plant Extracts for Biomedical Applications". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/88341.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021/09/29	"From Banana Residues to Polymeric Matrices Development". 5 minutes mini-oral communication to 40+ people.	"5th EuGSC: European Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry" European Chemical Society
2021/02	"Transição FCT Mundo do Trabalho" [Transition FCT World of Work]. 15 minutes talk to 50+ students, about academic and professional journey.	"CTCT Party" Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Almada, Portugal)
2020/03/30	"Fabrics: Traditional Vs New Options". 30 minutes online class recorded.	"The Slow Fashion Innovation Program" Slow Innovation Brands (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/04/03	"Banana Residues Applications in the Fashion Industry". 30 minutes talk to 6+ people.	"The Slow Fashion Innovation Program" Slow Innovation Brands (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/03/25	"Development of Polymeric Matrices Based on Banana Plant Extracts for Biomedical Applications". 10 minutes oral communication to 40+ people.	"VII ENEQUI - Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química" [VII ENEQUI - National Meeting of Chemistry Students] Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Almada, Portugal)
2019/02	"Development of Polymeric Matrices Based on Banana Plant Extracts for Biomedical Applications". 8 minutes oral communication to 50+ people.	"JIM 2019 - Jornadas Intercalares dos Mestrados" [JIM 2019 - Master's Interim Days] Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Almada, Portugal)
2019/01/29	"A Minha Experiência em Empreendedorismo" [My Entrepreneurship Experience]. 10 minutes talk to 200+ people, with live online broadcast.	"Entrepreneurship Course - FCT NOVA" Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Almada, Portugal)
2018/10/25	"Banana Residues Applications". 1 hour talk to 10+ students.	"The Slow Fashion Innovation Program" Slow Innovation Brands (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/06	"Empreendedorismo FCT da NOVA FCT" [FCT Entrepreneurship from NOVA FCT]. 5 minutes talk to 20+ people.	"University Challenge - Rock in Rio Innovation Week" Rock in Rio (Lisbon, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/11/14 - 2023/11/16	"Web Summit" brings together the people and companies redefining the global tech industry. Member of the team responsible for give support to startups and stages. (2023/11/14 - 2023/11/16) Meeting (Other)	Web Summit, Portugal
2019/06 - 2020/10	The FACIT (Solidarity Association of FCT NOVA) has as objectives the design, support, promotion and execution of programs and actions of social solidarity for the benefit of FCT NOVA students or employees in need. Every year FACIT organizes a solidarity race, on October 5th. Part of the 8 members organizing team. (2019/06 - 2020/10) Other (Member of the Organising Committee)	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/11/21 - 2019/11/21	Member of the team responsible for guiding the 5 minutes interviews. (2019/11/21 - 2019/11/21) Other (Other)	HackerX, United States
2019/10/22 - 2019/10/22	HackerX is the world largest invite-only networking & recruiting event for developers. Member of the team that received the 6 companies and the 40+ participants, as well as guided the participants during the event. (2019/10/22 - 2019/10/22) Other (Other)	HackerX, United States
2019/05/08 - 2019/05/08	150+ students from 24 european countries tested their knowledge in the areas of biology, physics and chemistry. Monitored the performance of 4 teams. (2019/05/08 - 2019/05/08) Other (Other)	EUSO - European Union Science Olympiad, Portugal
2019/04/24 - 2019/04/24	"EXPO FCT". In 2019, FCT NOVA received 6061 students and 457 teachers from the Secondary School. Part of the information center team responsible for clarifying the issues of the participants. (2019/04/24 - 2019/04/24) Exhibition (Other)	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/04/05 - 2019/04/06	"Pitch Bootcamp - FCT NOVA." Member of the team responsible for preparing all the materials needed for the recession of the 180+ bootcampers. (2019/04/05 - 2019/04/06) Other (Other)	Magma Studio, Portugal
2019/03/29 - 2019/03/30	"Pitch Bootcamp - NOVA SBE". Member of the team responsible for supporting the formation room with 100+ bootcampers. (2019/03/29 - 2019/03/30) Other (Other)	Magma Studio, Portugal
2018/12 - 2018/12	Helped in the Christmas sale of coffees, cakes and juices. (2018/12 - 2018/12) Other (Other)	FACIT - Associação de Solidariedade da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/11/09 - 2018/11/10	"Pitch Bootcamp - FCT NOVA". Two-day program that puts some of the most competitive companies in Portugal in contact with college graduates to make the future happen. Member of the team responsible for receiving 100+ companies and organizing coffee breaks for 200+ people. (2018/11/09 - 2018/11/10) Other (Other)	Magma Studio, Portugal
2016/04/06 - 2016/04/06	"EXPO FCT". Annual event which aims to facilitate the choice of higher education by young university students through demonstrations/activities in the sciences and engineering areas. Part of the team responsible for presenting an experience to 100+ students. (2016/04/06 - 2016/04/06) Exhibition (Other)	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/11 - 2016/02	"JORTEC: Química e Bioquímica" [JORTEC: Chemistry and Biochemistry]. Lectures and workshops about biochemistry, open for all the public. Part of the team that prepared 4 workshops and the 200+ participants reception logistics. (2015/11 - 2016/02) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/01/18 - 2016/01/21	"2nd ISN2A: 2nd International Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications". Managed the questions asked to the speakers, in an audience of 50+ people. (2016/01/18 - 2016/01/21) Congress (Other)	Associação Científica Proteomass, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021/12 - 2021/12	Workshop about science communication tools. Workshop	"Comunicação de ciência" [Science communication] NOVA Escola Doutoral, Portugal
2019/07/24 - 2019/07/25	Workshop about supramolecular chemistry. Workshop	"Química Supramolecular" [Supramolecular Chemistry] Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/04/10 - 2019/04/10	Lecture about recovery of wood waste at the end of its useful life. Conference	"Valorização de resíduos de madeira no final da sua vida útil" [Recovery of wood waste at the end of its useful life] Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/11 - 2018/11	Workshop about intellectual property. Workshop	"From Research to Patent" Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial, Portugal
2018/09/21 - 2018/09/24	"Free Radicals: The Global Symposium & The 8th Symposium for Cross-straits, Hong Kong and Macao on Free Radical Biology and Medicine". Congress	University of Macau, Macau SAR China
2018/08/22 - 2018/08/24	"ICMPB & SNPBR: International Conference on Medical Plants and Bioeconomy & The 1st Sino-CPLP Symposium on Natural Products and Biodiversity Resources". Congress	University of Macau, Macau SAR China
2018/07/02 - 2018/07/04	Congress about the scientific projects developed by FCT fellows. Congress	"Ciência'18" [Science'18] Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/03/09 - 2018/03/10	"Pitch Bootcamp: FCT NOVA". Bootcamper. Other	Magma Studio, Portugal
2017/10/13 - 2017/10/14	Portuguese pharmacists congress. Congress	"National Congress of Pharmacists" Ordem dos Farmaceuticos, Portugal
2017/07/03 - 2017/07/05	Congress about the scientific projects developed by FCT fellows. Congress	"Ciência'17" [Science'17] Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/11 - 2016/12	Study volunteer: smell of odors in the atmosphere. Developed by the Sustainability Engineering Group of the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research (CENSE-FCT-UNL). During two months, daily register of the odors detected in the residence. Other	"Estudo Sobre o Cheiro de Odores na Atmosfera" [Study of the Smell of Smells in the Atmosphere] Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/02 - 2016/02	Lectures related to emerging research in the field of biology. Conference	"JIB4 - Jornadas da Biologia" [JIB4 - Biology Days] Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/10/09 - 2015/10/09	Lectures related to emerging research in the field of genetics. Workshop	"1st Workshop of NOVA Health's Genetics" Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/02/06 - 2015/02/13	Lectures related to emerging research in the field of biochemistry. Conference	"JORTEC - Química e Bioquímica" [JORTEC - Chemistry and Biochemistry] Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/01/27 - 2015/01/27	Workshop about emotional intelligence. Workshop	"Mindfulness Based Emotional Intelligence Workshop" Projeto Oxigénio, Portugal
2015/01/20 - 2015/01/20	Workshop about communication tools. Workshop	"Workshop de comunicação autêntica" [Authentic Communication Workshop] Projeto Oxigénio, Portugal

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2018/01 - 2020/10	Entrepreneurship project: "Bananabox". Founder in a 3 members team that developed a sustainable application for banana production residues, respecting the ideals of the circular economy. Member

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2019/02/18 - 2019/02/20	Course about persuasion and influence tools.	"Persuasion and influence"	Speak & Lead, Portugal
2018/12/06 - 2018/12/17	Course about public speaking tools.	"Public speaking"	Speak & Lead, Portugal
2018/06 - 2018/07	"European Innovation Academy - Cascais". World's leading entrepreneurship summer program for students, bringing together 75+ nationalities; Silicon Valley mentors and speakers; experiential learning tools and methods. For 3 weeks, part of a 5 members team that should achieve 3 main goals: Idealization & Team Formation; Prototype & Marketing Plan; Launch & Pitching. One of the founders of "IdeaFilter", an online platform that makes the market study of your idea for you.	(Outros)	European Innovation Academy, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2019/02 - 2021/02	"Entrepreneurship - FCT NOVA". Mentor of 2 teams in 2021 and 10 teams in 2019.	Entrepreneurship students

Distinctions

Award

2023	Best poster award: "31th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition".
2019	3rd Place: "Concurso Nacional de Jovens Empreendedores" [National Competition for Young Entrepreneurs], to Bananabox project. Fundação da Juventude, Portugal
2018	1st Place: Entrepreneurship course FCT NOVA, to Bananabox project. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018	1st Place: "Hack the Planet" contest, Climate-KIC Portugal, to Bananabox project. Climate-KIC Portugal, Portugal