ikbel ben alaya (6519-32DD-48C1)

Curriculum Vitae

ikbel ben alaya

Identification

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Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Arab (Mother tongue)
Portuguese	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022/02 - 2026 Ongoing	Biomedicina (Doutoramento) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2017/09 - 2020/12 Concluded	Engineering in Biological Engineering (Master) univeriste libre de tunis, Tunisia
2019/09/01 - 2020/11/17 Concluded	Mestrado em Engenharia Biotechnologica (Ensino básico 2º ciclo) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal	16
2013/09 - 2016/07 Concluded	fundamental degree in integrative biology (Licence) Sidi Thabet BiotechPole, Tunisia

Projects

	Designation	Funders
2023 - Current	Sustainable valorization of endogenous plants from the Serra da Estrela Natural Park for applications in the pharmaceutical industry Pharmastar PhD Student Fellow
2020/11 - 2021/05	Development of a new generation of microcapsules for sustainable agriculture: formulation aspects ERASMUS Master Student Fellow	Submitted
2020/07 - 2020/08	Project - Development of a natural preservative obtained from chestnut flowers through the optimization of an ultrasonic assisted extraction technique FCT Master Student Fellow

Outputs

Conference poster

ikbel ben alaya; Cristina Caleja; Lillian Barros. "Development of a natural preservative obtained from chestnut flowers through the optimization of an ultrasonic assisted extraction technique". Paper presented in verao com ciencia , Summer with Science program, 2020.

Journal article

ikbel ben alaya; Alves, Gilberto; Lopes, João; Silva, Luís R.. "Acorn flour suitability as an excipient for the manufacturing of pharmaceutical solid dosage forms". Macromol (2025):
Submitted
Ben Alaya, Ikbel; Alves, Gilberto; Lopes, João; Silva, Luís R.. "Use of Encapsulated Polyphenolic Compounds in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Challenges and Opportunities". Macromol 4 4 (2024): 805-842. https://doi.org/10.3390/macromol4040048.
Accepted • 10.3390/macromol4040048
Benalaya, Ikbel; Alves, Gilberto; Lopes, João; Silva, Luís R.. "A Review of Natural Polysaccharides: Sources, Characteristics, Properties, Food, and Pharmaceutical Applications". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 2 (2024): 1322. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25021322.
10.3390/ijms25021322
Alaya, Ikbel ben; Pereira, Eliana; Dias, Maria Inês; Pinela, José; Calhelha, Ricardo C.; Sokovic, Marina; Kostic, Marina; et al. "Development of a Natural Preservative from Chestnut Flowers: Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction Optimization and Functionality Assessment". Chemosensors 9 6 (2021): 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors9060141.
10.3390/chemosensors9060141

Activities

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/02/22	Polysaccharides of natural origin for site-specific drug release modulation	EUFEPS ÖPhG Meeting EUFEPS ÖPhG Meeting (vienne, Austria)

Distinctions

2025	EUFEPS PhD students competition Universität Wien, Austria