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Patrícia Vieira de Almeida completed her Integrated Master’s in Chemical Engineering at the University of Coimbra (Department of Chemical Engineering) in September 2019 and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the same institution, beginning in July 2020. She works as a researcher at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, with a strong scientific record including 11 peer-reviewed publications and 3 book chapters. Participated in 7 events and co-supervised 2 MSc dissertations. Throughout her academic journey, she has received 3 awards and participated as a research fellow in projects focused on waste valorization. Her expertise spans Chemical Engineering and Technology, with a particular focus on the valorization of agro-industrial residues and the development of sustainable solutions for nutrient recovery and biofuel production. Key research topics include phosphorus, nutrient recovery, adsorption, biological processes, extraction processes, circular economy, carbon footprint, life cycle assessment (LCA), and sustainability. In October 2024, she achieved H-index 8 with 140 citations (Scopus).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Patrícia Vieira de Almeida

Citation names

  • Almeida, P. V.
  • Patrícia V. Almeida

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
671C-7E19-EDC2
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2551-971X

Email addresses

  • patriciav@eq.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Departamento de Engenharia Química, Polo II da Universidade de Coimbra, Rua Silvio Lima. Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-790, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/07 - 2025/02/28
Concluded
 PhD in Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"REFINE: Biorefinery approach for the valorization of agro-industrial wastes - value-added compounds and biogas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/09 - 2019/09
Concluded
 Chemical Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Biosystems
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal
"Recuperação de fósforo de matrizes aquosas através de adsorventes ricos em ferro" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/10/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/07/01 - 2017/07/30 Estágio Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/12/20 - Current I3-4-BIOFERTILIZERS: Interregional innovation investments for biofertilizers and circular bioeconomy solutions for a sustainable agriculture
101161143
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
2020/12 - Current BD-REFINE- Biorefinery approach for the valorisation of agro-industrial wastes: value-added compounds and biogas
2020.08445.BD
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/10/01 - 2020/11/30 MultiBiorefinery
POCI-01-0145-FEDER- 016403
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Engenharia dos Processos Químicos e dos Produtos da Floresta, Portugal, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. P. V. Almeida; F. S. Henriques; L. M. Gando-Ferreira; M. J. Quina. "Renewable Energy from Agro-industrial Residues: Potato Peels as a Case Study". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-43559-1_60
  2. R. P. Rodrigues; P. V. Almeida; C. M. O. Martinho; L. M. Gando-Ferreira; M. J. Quina. "Biochemical Methane Potential Enhancement Through Biomass Fly Ash Addition". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-43559-1_62
  3. P.V. Almeida; L.M. Gando-Ferreira; M.J. Quina; R. Slezak; A. Klepacz-Smólka. "Evaluation of gas-phase pyrolysis from agro-industrial residues". 2023.
    10.1201/9781003345084-30
Conference abstract
  1. Almeida, P. V.; Henriques, F.S; Ferreira, Licínio; Quina, M.J.. "Biochemical methane potential of industrial potato waste: valorization instead of wasting". Paper presented in WCCE11 - 11th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Buenos Aires, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Rodrigues, R. P.; Almeida, P. V.; Quina, M.J.. "Increasing value of agrowastes through biorefinery processes: extraction and bioprocessing". Paper presented in WasteEng2020, Guelph, 2021.
    Published
  3. Almeida, P. V.; Rodrigues, R. P.; Gaspar, M. C.; Braga, M.E.M.; Quina, M.J.. "Biorefinery after the harvesting season of tomato: recovery of value-added compounds and biogas production". Paper presented in 8th International conference on sustainable solid waste management, Thessaloniki, 2021.
    Published
  4. Almeida, P. V.; Rodrigues, R. P.; R. Slezak; Quina, M.J.. "Agro-industrial wastes as a substrate for phenolic compounds extraction followed by pyrolysis". Paper presented in 8th International conference on sustainable solid waste management, Thessaloniki, 2021.
    Published
  5. Almeida, P. V.; Rafaela P. Rodrigues; Leonor M. Teixeira; Rui C. Martins; Margarida Maria João de Quina. "Bioenergy production through mono and co-digestion of tomato residues". Paper presented in CYSENI 2021 - 17th International Conference of Young Scientists on Energy and Natural Sciences Issues, Kaunas, 2021.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Almeida, P. V.; Henriques, F.S; Ferreira, Licínio; Quina, M.J.. "Renewable energy from agro-industrial residues: potato peels as a case study". Paper presented in ICEER 2022: The 9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, Porto, 2022.
Conference poster
  1. Luís, J.; Almeida, P. V.; Domingues, E.; Quina, M. J.. "Biochemical Methane Potential of multiple agro-industrial residues". Paper presented in CERES Talks, 2024.
  2. Almeida, P. V.; Gando-Ferreira, L. M.; Quina, M. J.. "Recovery of value-added compounds from tomato and potato residues considering a biorefinery approach". Paper presented in CERES Talks, 2024.
  3. Almeida, P. V.; Luís, J.; Domingues, E.; Quina, M. J.. "Renewable energy from agro-industrial residues: one solution for two problems". Paper presented in Dia Mundial da Energia, 2024.
  4. Patrícia V. Almeida; Andreia F. Santos; Daniela V. Lopes; Lícinio M. Grando-Ferreira; Margarida J. Quina. "Waste-derived adsorbents for recovery phosphorus from wastewaters". Paper presented in WasteEng2020, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Almeida, P. V.; Gando-Ferreira, L. M.; Quina, M. J.. "Tomato residue management from a biorefinery perspective and towards a circular economy". Foods 13 12 (2024): 1873. https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/12/1873.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/foods13121873
  2. Almeida, P. V.; Costa, J. C.R.S.; Gando-Ferreira, L. M.; Quina, M J.. "Effect of drying and milling industrial potato peel for recovering phenolic and antioxidant compounds: Optimization process and economic evaluation". Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2024.05.062.
    10.1016/j.jiec.2024.05.062
  3. Almeida, P. V.; Gando-Ferreira, L. M.; Quina, M. J.. "Biorefinery perspective for industrial potato peel management: technology readiness level and economic assessment". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11 3 (2023): 110049-110049. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.110049.
    10.1016/j.jece.2023.110049
  4. Almeida, P. V.; Rodrigues, R.P.; Slezak, R.; Quina, M.J.. "Effect of phenolic compound recovery from agro-industrial residues on the performance of pyrolysis process". Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 12 10 (2022): 4257-4269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-02292-1.
    10.1007/s13399-021-02292-1
  5. Almeida, P. V.; Rodrigues, R. P.; Teixeira, L. M.; Santos, A. F.; Martins, R. C.; Quina, M. J.. "Bioenergy production through mono and co-digestion of tomato residues". Energies 14 (2021): 5563. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14175563.
    10.3390/en14175563
  6. Almeida, P.V.; Rodrigues, R.P.; Mendes, C.V.T.; Szelag, R.; Pietrzyk, D.; Klepacz-Smólka, A.; Quina, M.J.. "Assessment of NIR spectroscopy for predicting biochemical methane potential of agro-residues - A biorefinery approach". Biomass and Bioenergy 151 (2021): 106169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2021.106169.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biombioe.2021.106169
  7. Santos, A. F.; Almeida, P. V.; Alvarenga, P.; Gando-Ferreira, L. M.; Quina, M. J.. "From wastewater to fertilizer products: Alternative paths to mitigate phosphorus demand in European countries". Chemosphere 284 (2021): 131258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131258.
    Published • 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131258
  8. Almeida, P.V.; Rodrigues, R.P.; Gaspar, M.C.; Braga, M.E.M.; Quina, M.J.. "Integrated management of residues from tomato production: Recovery of value-added compounds and biogas production in the biorefinery context". Journal of Environmental Management 299 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113505.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113505
  9. Lopes, D. V.; Durana, E.; Cesconeto, F. R.; Almeida, P. V.; Kovalevsky, A. V.; Quina, M. J.; Frade, J. R.. "Direct processing of cellular ceramics from a single red mud precursor". Ceramics International 46 (2020): 16700-16707. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.03.244.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.03.244
  10. Almeida, P. V.; Santos, A. F.; Lopes, D. V.; Gando-Ferreira, L. M.; Quina, M. J.. "Novel adsorbents based on eggshell functionalized with iron oxyhydroxide for phosphorus removal from liquid effluents". Journal of Water Process Engineering 36 101248 (2020): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101248.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Almeida, P. V.. "Recuperação de fósforo de matrizes aquosas através de adsorventes ricos em ferro". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Engenharia dos Processos Químicos e dos Produtos da Floresta, 2019.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09 Evaluation of gas-phase pyrolysis from agro-industrial residues 6th International Conference WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/06 Biochemical methane potential of industrial potato waste: valorization instead of wasting WCCE11 - 11th World Congress of Chemical Engineering
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2022/09 Biochemical Methane Potential Enhancement Through Biomass Fly Ash Addition The 9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research (ICEER 2022)
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto: ISEP (Porto, Portugal)
2022/06 Renewable energy from agro-industrial residues: potato peels as a case study ICEER 2022: The 9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research
(Porto, Portugal)
2021/06 Biorefinery after the harvesting season of tomato: recovery of value-added compounds and biogas production 8th International conference on sustainable solid waste management
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
2021/06 Agro-industrial wastes as a substrate for phenolic compounds extraction followed by pyrolysis 8th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
2021/05 Bioenergy production through mono and co-digestion of tomato residues CYSENI 2021 - 17th International Conference of Young Scientists on Energy and Natural Sciences Issues
Lithuanian Energy Institute ( Kaunas, Lithuania)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/02 - 2023/09 Valorização de Agro-Resíduos Através de Processos de Extração e Digestão Anaeróbia
Co-supervisor of Joana Coutinho Rodrigues Sousa da Costa
Mestrado em Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/09 Anaerobic digestion of residues from the potato chips industry
Co-supervisor of Francisco João da Silva Henriques
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09 - 2024/09 An evening dedicated to showcasing scientific work developed by researchers, designed to engage a broad audience, including children. The event combines interactive exhibits, hands-on demonstrations, and presentations to make complex scientific concepts accessible and exciting. It's an opportunity for attendees of all ages to explore ongoing research, spark curiosity, and connect with the scientific community in a welcoming and educational environment.
Exhibition
 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal
2024/05 - 2024/06 Business Ideas Competition: I participated alongside four team members with an innovative idea called IntelWaste.
Other
 Arrisca C
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal
2024/04 - 2024/04 Oral presentation demonstrating a biorefinery example using the results obtained during my PhD. This presentation was performed in the scope of a Biorefinery class taking place in the Master of Chemical Engineering program at the University of Coimbra.
Seminar
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal
2023/04/19 - 2023/04/19 The event showcased multiple projects being developed in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Coimbra. I gave a presentation summarizing my PhD project.
Meeting
 Wast'Awareness (demoday)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/04/13 - 2023/04/13 Oral presentation demonstrating a biorefinery example using the results obtained during my PhD. This presentation was performed in the scope of a Biorefinery class taking place in the Master of Chemical Engineering program at the University of Coimbra.
Seminar
 Integração de processos de modo a fechar ciclos na industria agro-alimentar
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/11/09 - 2022/11/09 The event aimed to showcase multiple research projects developed at the University of Coimbra, highlighting innovative research areas and practical applications. An example of a biorefinery was displayed, illustrating integrated processes for waste valorization and the sustainable production of bioproducts.
Exhibition
 Inovação UC
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09 - 2021/09 An evening dedicated to showcasing scientific work developed by researchers, designed to engage a broad audience, including children. The event combines interactive exhibits, hands-on demonstrations, and presentations to make complex scientific concepts accessible and exciting. It's an opportunity for attendees of all ages to explore ongoing research, spark curiosity, and connect with the scientific community in a welcoming and educational environment.
Exhibition
 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2019 Prémio 3% dos melhores estudantes
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal
2018 Prémio 3% dos melhores estudantes
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal
2015 Prémio 3% dos melhores estudantes
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal