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My name is Inês Gomes and I'm a PhD student in Chemistry at the University of Beira Interior (UBI) since 2022. I completed my bachelor's degree in Industrial Chemistry in July 2020 and my master's degree in the same field in July 2022, at the same institution. During my final year of my master's degree, I had the opportunity to receive a six-month scholarship funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), which resulted in the publication of an article as co-author. In 2023, I was also involved in a project entitled “EcOxCoDe - Electrochemical oxidation of contaminants for wastewater depollution” as a researcher. I have a keen interest in the field of chemical sciences, with an emphasis on electrochemistry. Since I began my bachelor's degree, I have always enjoyed the idea of research. I believe that pursuing a PhD will be beneficial for my academic and professional career, as it will help me develop new skills in the field of environmental bioelectrochemistry, and for my personal development, as I am a persistent person who always seeks to learn more. For the past two years, I have been part of a PRR project called “Carb2Soil,” for which I had the opportunity to receive a scholarship. During this time, I had the opportunity to participate in several events, which resulted in various publications in poster format, conference abstracts, and as co-author in other works, including three scientific articles. As an author, I have published a book chapter and have a scientific article currently in the submission phase. My current research focuses on the treatment of agricultural effluents through a combination of biological and electrochemical processes, obtaining a final effluent with reduced organic load and preservation of macronutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium), suitable for reuse as irrigation water in agricultural systems, thus promoting the circular economy.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Inês Margarida Monteiro Gomes

Citation names

  • Gomes, Inês

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5B1F-8616-B510
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1265-3714

Email addresses

  • ines.margarida.gomes@ubi.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 928143886 (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Electrochemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Inorganic Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2026
Ongoing
Química (Doutoramento)
Major in Eletroquímica
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Tratamento de efluentes da indústria pecuária por processos biológicos e eletroquímicos combinados, para reutilização agrícola" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020/09/21 - 2022/07/19
Concluded
Química Industrial (Mestrado)
Major in Eletroquímica
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Degradação Eletroquímica do Ácido Cianúrico" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16
2017/09/11 - 2020/07/16
Concluded
Química Industrial (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
"Pesquisa de compostos bioativos e atividade antioxidante do Sorbus latifolia (Lam.) Pers." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
13
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/02/01 - 2025/09/30 Carb2Soil - Strengthen Complementarity between agriculture and livestock to increase soil fertility and its carbon sequestration capacity
PRR-C05-i03-I-000030
Research Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior FibEnTech Materiais Fibrosos e Tecnologias Ambientais, Portugal
Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP
Concluded
2023/01/01 - 2023/12/31 EcOxCoDe - Electrochemical oxidation of contaminants for wastewater depollution
EcOxCoDe
Researcher
Universidade da Beira Interior FibEnTech Materiais Fibrosos e Tecnologias Ambientais, Portugal
Università degli Studi di Torino
Concluded
2022/01/01 - 2022/05/31 Fiber Materials and Environmental Technologies
UIDB/00195/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Gomes, Inês; Fernandes, A.; Sousa, Carlos Y.; Afonso, César; Ciríaco, Lurdes; Pacheco, Maria José; Rodrigues, Carla. Corresponding author: Fernandes, A.. "Nutrient recovery from livestock effluent in a circular economy approach". In Advances in Computers. Portugal, 2025.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Gomes, Inês; Esperanço, Pedro; Rodrigues, Carla; Fernandes, A.. "Tratamento de efluentes agropecuários por processos biológicos e eletroquímicos para reutilização agrícola". Paper presented in I Junior Meeting of Biochemical Sciences - BioChemUBI25, Covilhã, 2025.
  2. Sousa, Carlos Y.; Gomes, Inês; Ciríaco, Lurdes; Pacheco, Maria José; Fernandes, Annabel; Lopes, A.. Corresponding author: Sousa, Carlos Y.. "Wastewater Electrochemical Treatment: Phosphorus Recovery as Struvite Using Different Magnesium Sources". Paper presented in Winter School on Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) and Disinfection By-Products (DBPs): Occurrence, Impact and Elimination, Vila Nova de Gaia, 2024.
    Published
  3. Sousa, Carlos Y.; Gomes, Inês; Ciríaco, Lurdes; Fernandes, Annabel; Lopes, A.. Corresponding author: Sousa, Carlos Y.. "Tratamento eletroquímico de efluentes para recuperação de fósforo e reutilização do efluente tratado (Electrochemical treatment of effluents to recover phosphorus and reuse the treated effluent)". Paper presented in 21º Simpósio Luso-Brasileiro de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental, Recife, 2024.
    Published
  4. Afonso, A.; Gomes, I.; Fernandes, A.; Adelaide Almeida; Carvalho, F.; Lopes, A.. "Treatment of olive mill wastewater by combined processes". Paper presented in International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment - ICCE 2023, Venice, 2023.
    Published
  5. Souli, I.; Gomes, I.; Lopes, A.; Afonso, A.; Labiadh, L.; Ammar, S.; Fernandes, A.. "Electrochemical treatment of cheese whey wastewater". Paper presented in XXV Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society, Coimbra, 2023.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. I. Gomes; A. Fernandes; C. Afonso; L. Círiaco; M.J. Pacheco; C. Rodrigues; A. Lopes. "Treatment of livestock effluents by electrochemical oxidation". Paper presented in 4 TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 2024.
  2. Sousa, Carlos Y.; Gomes, Inês; Ciríaco, Lurdes; Pacheco, Maria José; Fernandes, Annabel; Lopes, A.. Corresponding author: Sousa, Carlos Y.. "Wastewater Electrochemical Treatment: Phosphorus Recovery as Struvite Using Different Magnesium Sources". Paper presented in Winter School on Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) and Disinfection By-Products (DBPs): Occurrence, Impact and Elimination, 2024.
  3. I. Gomes; C. Afonso; A. Fernandes; L. Ciríaco; M. J. Pacheco; A. Lopes; C. Rodrigues. "Treatment of livestock effluents by electrochemical oxidation". Paper presented in 2nd Edition of the International School on Water Reuse, 2023.
  4. Gomes, I.; Afonso, C.; Fernandes, A.; Ciríaco, L.; Pacheco, M.J.; Rodrigues, C.; Lopes, A.. "Treatment of livestock effluents by electrochemical oxidation". Paper presented in IX Ciclo de Conferências da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade da Beira Interior, 2023.
  5. Souli, I.; Gomes, I.; Lopes, A.; Afonso, A.; Labiadh, L.; Ammar, S.; Fernandes, A.. "Electrochemical treatment of cheese whey wastewater". Paper presented in XXV Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society, 2023.
  6. Afonso, A.; Gomes, I.; Fernandes, A.; Adelaide Almeida; Carvalho, F.; Lopes, A.. "Treatment of olive mill wastewater by combined processes". Paper presented in International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment - ICCE 2023, 2023.
  7. Fernandes, A.; Gomes, I.; Lopes, A.; Silveira, J.E.; Pacheco, M.J.; Ciríaco, L.. "Electrochemical degradation of cyanuric acid". Paper presented in 5th Iberoamerican Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies (V CIPOA), 2022.
Journal article
  1. Gomes, Inês; Silveira, Jefferson; Sousa, Carlos Y.; Garbellini, Lucas; Zazo, Juan; Pliego, Gema; Fernandes, Annabel; Rodrigues, Carla. Corresponding author: Fernandes, Annabel. "Optimization of BDD electrooxidation for livestock wastewater: Energy demand, toxicity reduction, and nutrient recovery". Earth Systems and Environment (2026):
    Submitted
  2. Ali, Mukhtiar; Gomes, Inês; Dardanelli, Michele ; Carena, Luca; Corrao, Elena; Lopes, A.; Fernandes, A.; et al. Corresponding author: Sordello, Fabrizio. "ELECTROCHEMICAL DEGRADATION OF OXOLINIC ACID ON BORON- DOPED DIAMOND ELECTRODES". Journal of Applied Electrochemistry (2026):
    Accepted
  3. Carbajo, Jaime; Silveira, Jefferson E.; Gomes, Inês; Fernandes, Annabel; Ciríaco, Lurdes; García-Costa, Alicia L.; Zazo, Juan A.; Casas, Jose A.. "Electrochemical Anodic Oxidation Treatment of Pool Water Containing Cyanuric Acid". Pollutants 5 4 (2025): 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants5040039.
    Published • 10.3390/pollutants5040039
  4. Sousa, Carlos Y.; Gomes, Inês; Amaro, Albertina; Fernandes, Annabel. Corresponding author: Sousa, Carlos Y.. "Phosphorus recovery from industrial effluents through chemical and electrochemical precipitation: a critical review". Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-025-09727-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s11157-025-09727-5
  5. Souli, Imen; Fernandes, Annabel; Lopes, Ana; Gomes, Inês; Afonso, Alexandra; Labiadh, Lazhar; Ammar, Salah. "Treatment of cheese whey wastewater by electrochemical oxidation using BDD, Ti/RuO2-TiO2, and Ti/RuO2-IrO2-Pt anodes: ecotoxicological and energetic evaluation". Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36174-0.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s11356-025-36174-0
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Degradação Eletroquímica do Ácido Cianúrico". Master, Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, 2022.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/11/14 Tratamento de efluentes agropecuários por processos biológicos e eletroquímicos para reutilização agrícola. I Junior Meeting of Biochemical Sciences - BioChemUBI25
(Covilhã, Portugal)
2025/11/13 Comunicação em formato Pitch com o título: "Tratamento de efluentes agropecuários por processos biológicos e eletroquimicos para reutilização agricola." I Junior Meeting of Biochemical Sciences - BioChemUBI25
(Covilhã, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2025/09/26 - 2025/09/26 Peddy-Paper "O Caminho da Ciência", inserido na Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2025 (2025/09/26 - 2025/09/26)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/04/13 - 2024/04/13 Semifinal das Olimpíadas de Química Júnior 2024, realizadas na Covilhã (2024/04/13 - 2024/04/13) Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/05/07 - 2022/05/07 Semifinal das Olimpíadas de Química Júnior 2022, realizadas na Covilhã (2022/05/07 - 2022/05/07) Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/11/13 - 2025/11/15 Participação no congresso intitulado "I Junior Meeting of Biochemical Sciences - BioChemUBI25".
Congress
I Junior Meeting of Biochemical Sciences - BioChemUBI25
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2025/05/16 - 2025/05/16 A Plataforma de Ciência Aberta - Município de Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, em colaboração com a Universidade da Beira Interior, organizou a iniciativa “Os Cientistas vão ao Shopping”, realizada no Serra Shopping - Covilhã, no âmbito do Dia Nacional dos Cientistas.
Other
Os Cientistas vão ao Shopping
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2025/05/14 - 2025/05/14 Assistiu à conferência intitulada “Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for environmental remediation” proferida pelo Prof. Doutor Eduardo M. Cuerda, da Universidade da Extremadura.
Conference
Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for environmental remediation
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2025/04/09 - 2025/04/09 UNITA My 3-min PhD Thesis - Competition Explain a PhD Thesis, in 3 minutes, for a different public, without forgetting the scientific rigor.
Call
UNITA My 3-min PhD Thesis
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2025/01/07 - 2025/01/07 i2A Webcycle ­ Ciclo de Webinars Investigação para a Sociedade 2024 | Soluções e Estratégias Sustentáveis para a Valorização e Gestão de Efluentes Pecuários
Other
i2A Webcycle ­ Ciclo de Webinars Investigação para a Sociedade 2024 | Soluções e Estratégias Sustentáveis para a Valorização e Gestão de Efluentes Pecuários
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/05/15 - 2024/05/17 Paper presented at the 4th International Conference Ecological and Environmental Engineering, May 14-17 2024, Polytechnic Institute of Beja, Portugal.
Conference
4th International Conference Ecological and Environmental Engineering (4 COEE)
Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/30 Paper presented at the IX Conference Cycle of the Faculty of Sciences, 29-30 September 2023, Faculty of Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Portugal. IX Ciclo de Conferências da Faculdade de Ciências
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/09/13 - 2023/09/15 Paper presented at the 2nd Edition of the International School on Water Reuse, 13-15 September 2023, Department of Chemistry, University of Turin, Italy 2nd Edition of the International School on Water Reuse
Università degli Studi di Torino Dipartimento di Chimica, Italy
2022/11 - 2023/04 Acompanhamento do projeto “Impact of Cheese Whey Wastewaters“ na Universidade da Beira Interior, realizado por alunas do Agrupamento de Escolas do Fundão. Este trabalho foi apresentado no "XIV Congresso Nacional Cientistas em Ação", no qual resultou num livro de resumos.
Congress
XIV Congresso Nacional Cientistas em Ação
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Agrupamento de Escolas do Fundão, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Participation in a summer school called "2nd Edition of the International School on Water Reuse" 2 nd Edition of the International School on Water Reuse
Università degli Studi di Torino Dipartimento di Chimica, Italy
2021/03/26 - 2021/03/28 Colóquio Digital de Estudantes de Química
Other
Colóquio Digital de Estudantes de Química
Associação Nacional de Estudantes de Química, Portugal
2019/04/03 - 2019/04/04 Jornadas de Química e Bioquímica 2019
Symposium
Jornadas de Química e Bioquímica 2019
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023 Chemistry II (Licenciatura) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal