Curriculum Vitae
Joana Loureiro
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Joana Loureiro
Citation names
- Loureiro, Joana
- Joana A. Loureiro
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5E1F-D687-FA83
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9841-3967
- Researcher Id
- ABA-4183-2020
- Scopus Author Id
- 55851941412
Email addresses
- joana.loureiro@fe.up.pt (Professional)
- jasl@fe.up.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Telephone
-
- 225081400 (Professional)
Addresses
- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. R. Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.lepabe.fe.up.pt/research-fellows.html (Scholar)
- https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/func_geral.formview?p_codigo=470541 (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
- Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology
- Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/09/01 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/02 - Current | Co-founder | BNanoTech, Lda, Portugal |
| 2019 - Current | Integrated Member | Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal |
Projects
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/01 - Current | Network on evidence-based physical activity in old age
CA20104
Researcher
|
European Commission
Ongoing
|
| 2021/12 - Current | SEAWHEAT - Tomorrow's wheat of the sea: Ulva, a model for an innovative mariculture
CA20106
Researcher
|
European Commission
Ongoing
|
| 2021/10 - Current | A sound proteome for a sound body: targeting proteolysis for proteome remodeling
CA20113
Researcher
|
European Commission
Ongoing
|
| 2019/01 - Current | Nanotech-functional dairy foods for healthy aging
FCT - 02/SAICT/2017 - C490283966-00080750
Researcher
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2018/01/01 - Current | New therapeutic strategy and new biomarker for Alzheimer's disease based on cleavage of the BDNF receptor.
MB-37-2017_Prémio_Mantero_Belard
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2025 - 2028 | Engineered nanoparticles with specificity to transport bioactive molecules to target both Gram-positive and Gram-negative
bacteria
COMPETE2030-FEDER-00816800
Principal investigator
|
|
| 2023/03/12 - 2025/03/11 | SeaProPep – SEAweed as a sustainable source of PROtein and bioactive PEPtides
2022.05853.PTDC
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2022/01/16 - 2024 | NanoSAURUS - Nanotech-double functionalized particles to transport Nucleic Acid Mimics against Staphylococcus aureus
FCT / EXPL/NAN-MAT/0209/2021
Principal investigator
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
|
| 2021/07 - 2024 | 2SMART - engineered Smart materials for Smart citizens
Researcher
|
CCDRN - NORTE Regional Operational Program
Ongoing
|
| 2018/08/01 - 2024 | Strengthening the Research Area of Delivery of Nucleic acid mimics (NAMS) into bacteria to fight the antibiotic crisis
Researcher
|
European Commission |
| 2017/12 - 2023 | Investigation and Mathematical Analysis of Avant-garde Disease Control via Mosquito Nano-Tech-Repellents
CA16227
Researcher
|
European Commission
Ongoing
|
| 2020 - 2022 | Bioengineered nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery in glioblastoma multiforme therapy
77235
Researcher
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/30 | UID/EQU/00511/2019
UID/EQU/00511/2019
Researcher
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2016/04/01 - 2019/09/30 | LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000005
Researcher
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31 | UID/EQU/00511/2013 - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006939
UID/EQU/00511/2013 - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006939
Researcher
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2014/04 - 2017/04 | Nanoparticle-Enhanced molecular Fluorescence-Endoscopy for detection of early-stage colorectal adenocarcinomas
TRANSCAN/0001/2012
Post-doc Fellow
|
European Commission |
| 2016 - 2017 | Targeting Beta-amyloid Deposits by Peptide-loading Immunoliposomes
Principal investigator
|
Council for International Exchange of Scholars |
| 2014/01/01 - 2015/06/06 | (Bio) Chemical Engineering: Multi-Scale Approaches for Sustainable Environment and Health
NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000025
Researcher
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2012/03 - 2015/02 | Antibody-directed liposomes for Alzheimer`s disease
PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118076/2010
Researcher
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2011 - 2014 | Biomolecules delivery by functionalized inorganic/organic nanoparticles
Researcher
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2010/06 - 2013/11 | Design and biological activity of fluorinated peptides on the amyloid beta-peptide aggregation
PTDC/QUI-BIQ/102827/2008
PhD Student Fellow
|
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
|
| 2010/06 - 2013/11 | Design and biological activity of fluorinated peptides on the amyloid beta-peptide aggregation | Universidade de Coimbra |