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Ana R. F. Carreira completed her MSc in Biochemistry - Biomolecular Methods - in 2018 at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. In 2019 she started her Ph.D. fellowship in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aveiro. Currently she is focused on the recovery of metals from wastewaters resorting to biorremediation and alternative solvents. She has a special interest in ionic liquids and the formation of aqueous biphasic systems for the extraction of metals from secondary sources. Her R&D journey strongly contributed to her proactivity, critical thinking and resilience.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita Futre Carreira

Citation names

  • Ana R. F. Carreira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
701D-D7BE-6DE1
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8983-9202

Addresses

  • CICECO - Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/11/01 - 2023/12/01
Ongoing
Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Bioengineering
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2016/09/09 - 2018/06/28
Concluded
Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Major in Biomolecular methods
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
"Syntesis and evaluation of novel pyrazole derivatives for cytotoxic activity." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2013/09/11 - 2016/08/07
Concluded
Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
"Glycosylation of (E)-3(5)-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-4-styrylpyrazoles: on the way to new anticancer agents" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2018/12/03 - 2019/11/30 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/11/01 - 2023/10/31 PhD student Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/11 - 2023/11 Combining bioremediation with extraction for the recovery of metals from acid mine drainage
SFRH/BD/143612/2019
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018/12/03 - 2019/11/30 MultiBiorefinery - Multi-purpose strategies for broadband agro-forest and fisheries by-products valorisation: a step forward for a truly integrated biorefinery.
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016403
BI/UI89/8435/2018
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Ana R. F. Carreira; Helena Passos; Pereira, Eduarda; Coutinho, Joao A. P.. "Cyanobacteria, macro- and microalgae as metal bioconcentrators". Paper presented in Jornadas do CICECO, 2021.
  2. Ana R. F. Carreira; Veloso, Telma L M; Helena Passos; Joana L. Pereira; Sónia P. M. Ventura; Cécile Rizzi; Juliette Sirieix Plénet; Coutinho, Joao A. P.. "Development of novel purine-based ionic liquids and their application as hydrotropes". Paper presented in 19th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes, 2021.
  3. Ana R. F. Carreira; Ana M. Ferreira; Mafalda R. Almeida; Coutinho, Joao A. P.; Sintra, Tânia E.. "Design of a liquid - liquid extraction platform for the resolution of chiral pharmaceuticals". Paper presented in 25th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, 2021.
  4. Ana R. F. Carreira; Ana M. Ferreira; Mafalda R. Almeida; Coutinho, Joao A. P.; Sintra, Tânia E.. "A selective journey: Enantioselective biphasic systems for the resolution of propranolol". Paper presented in Jornadadas do CICECO, 2020.
  5. Ana R. F. Carreira; Ana M. Ferreira; Sintra, Tânia E.; Coutinho, Joao A. P.. "Liquid-liquid extraction: an approach for propranolol resolution". Paper presented in Royal Society of Chemistry poster twitter conference, 2020.
  6. Ana R. F. Carreira. "CO2 capture by amino-acid-based ionic liquids on a gas-liquid membrane contactor separation unit.". Paper presented in Royal Society of Chemistry poster twitter conference, 2020.
  7. Ana M. Ferreira; Ana R. F. Carreira; Sintra, Tânia E.; Coutinho, Joao A. P.. "Biphasic systems as chiral purification platform.". Paper presented in Biopartitioning and purification conference, Guaraná, Brazil, 2019.
  8. Ana R. F. Carreira. "Multiple Sclerosis: an ongoing biochemistry challenge". Paper presented in Biochemistry Day, 7th edition, Aveiro, Portugal, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Ana R. F. Carreira; Helena Passos; Schaeffer, Nicolas; Lenka Svecova; Nicolas Papaiconomou; Isabelle Billard; Coutinho, Joao A. P.. "Insights on metal extraction and separation using acidic-based aqueous biphasic systems". Under preparation (2022):
  2. Ana R. F. Carreira; Helena Passos; Veloso, Telma L M; Joana L. Pereira; Sónia P. M. Ventura; Coutinho, Joao A. P.. Corresponding author: Helena Passos. "Screening cyanobacteria, micro- and macroalgae for metal recovery". Under preparation (2022):
  3. Ana R. F. Carreira; Helena Passos; Veloso, Telma L M; Joana L. Pereira; Sónia P. M. Ventura; Coutinho, Joao A. P.. "Tuning metal biosorption and recovery using biomass". Under preparation (2022):
  4. Ana Carreira; Telma Veloso; Nicolas Schaeffer; Joana Luísa Pereira; Sónia P.M. Ventura; Cecile RIZZI; Juliette Sirieix Plénet; Helena Passos; João A.P. Coutinho. "Synthesis of Purine-Based Ionic Liquids and Their Applications". Molecules (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/22/6958.
    10.3390/molecules26226958
  5. Ana R. F. Carreira; Samuel N. Rocha; Francisca A. e Silva; Tânia E. Sintra; Sónia P. M. Ventura; João A. P. Coutinho. "Amino-acid-based chiral ionic liquids characterization and application in aqueous biphasic systems". Fluid Phase Equilibria (2021):
    Submitted
  6. Carreira, Ana R.F.; Ferreira, Ana M.; Almeida, Mafalda R.; Coutinho, João A.P.; Sintra, Tânia E.. "Propranolol resolution using enantioselective biphasic systems". Separation and Purification Technology 254 (2020): 117682. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117682.
    10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117682
  7. Silva, Liliana P.; Moya, Cristian; Sousa, Marco; Santiago, Ruben; Sintra, Tania E.; Carreira, Ana R. F.; Palomar, José; Coutinho, João A. P.; Carvalho, Pedro J.. "Encapsulated Amino-Acid-Based Ionic Liquids for CO 2 Capture". European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2020 33 (2020): 3158-3166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202000364.
    10.1002/ejic.202000364
  8. Santos, Nádia E.; Carreira, Ana R.F.; Silva, Vera L. M.; Braga, Susana Santos. "Natural and Biomimetic Antitumor Pyrazoles, A Perspective". Molecules 25 6 (2020): 1364. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25061364.
    10.3390/molecules25061364
  9. Carreira, Ana R. F.; Pereira, David M.; Andrade, Paula B.; Valentão, Patrícia; Silva, Artur M. S.; Braga, Susana Santos; Silva, Vera L. M.. "Novel styrylpyrazole-glucosides and their dioxolo-bridged doppelgangers: synthesis and cytotoxicity". New Journal of Chemistry 43 21 (2019): 8299-8310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9nj01021a.
    10.1039/c9nj01021a
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Carreira, Ana. "Synthesis and evaluation of novel pyrazole derivatives for cytotoxic activity". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2018.
  2. Ana R. F. Carreira. "Glycosylation of (E)-3(5)-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-4-styrylpyrazoles: on the way to new anticancer agents". Degree, Universidade de Aveiro, 2016.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/05 Biomass as a metal bio-concentrator for metal recovery International Symposium on Green Chemistry
(La Rochelle, France)
2022/03 Tuning acidic aqueous biphasic systems for metal extraction PATh Research Group
PATh Research Group (Portugal)
2021/10 Cyanobacteria, macro- and microalgae as metal bioconcentrators Jornadas do CICECO
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/07 Combining bioremediation and extraction for metal recovery Research Summit
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/03 Novel purine-based ILs and their behavior in aqueous solutions 14º Encontro de Química Física
2020/06 Combining bioremediation with extraction for the recovery of metals from acid mine drainage Research Summit
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/10 - Current Metal separation and recovery by using ionic-liquid based acidic aqueous biphasic systems
Co-supervisor
CICECO Young Scientist Program (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/03 - 2021/06 Application of algae and cyanobacteria as metal preconcentrators
Co-supervisor
Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2015 - 2015 Organisation of the Chemistry Olympics+. (2015 - 2015)
Call (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Lecture by the Portuguese Minister of Environment and Climate action, Dr. João P. M. Fernandes.
Conference
Circular Economy conference
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Online course (30 hours) on thinking outside of the box, preparing a business plan and founding a start-up, promoted by the IMFAHE organization.
Seminar
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership course
2019 - 2019 Online course (30 hours) on innovation and career progression, promoted by the IMFAHE organization.
Seminar
Professional development course
IMFAHE, Spain
2017 - 2017 Interactive lectures about mass spectrometry and carbohydrates.
Workshop
Mass spectrometry and carbohydrates
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Volunteer at the "Erasmus Buddy Program", which purpose is to integrate foreign Erasmus students at Aveiro.
Other
Erasmus Buddy Program
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2014 - 2016 Attendance to the 6th, 7th and 8th edition of the Biochemistry Day event.
Meeting
Biochemistry Day
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Interactive lectures where the basis of the immunology field is discussed and the latest innovations are presented.
Workshop
Immunology workshop
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2020 First place in an entrepreneurship ideas contest.
IMFAHE, Spain
2019 Best Poster Award - "Aqueous biphasic systems as chiral purification platform"
Fundação Editora UNESP, Brazil

Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia, Brazil