Larissa Camargo Ghirro (871A-9FF3-65D9)

Curriculum Vitae

Larissa Camargo Ghirro

Food Engineer graduated from the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR, Brazil) with an equivalent degree in Food Engineering and a Master's degree in Food Quality and Safety, both from the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB, Portugal). Currently a PhD student in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). Research interests include microencapsulation, plant proteins, Pickering emulsions, natural ingredients, and 3D printing technologies.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Larissa Camargo Ghirro
Date of birth: 1997/10/08
Gender: Female

Citation names

Ghirro, Larissa
Ghirro, Larissa C.
Ghirro, L. C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 871A-9FF3-65D9
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8849-8576

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/ (Social media)
http://lattes.cnpq.br/0944011778881789 (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies - Food and Beverages

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/01/20 - 2027 Ongoing	Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Development of 3D-printable Pickering emulsions as base systems for customized nutrition supplements" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015/03 - 2021/05 Concluded	Food Engineering (Bachelor) Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil	0.74 / 1.0
2019 - 2021 Concluded	Food Engineering (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal	14
2019 - 2020 Concluded	Food Quality and Safety (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal "Desenvolvimento de emulsões Pickering para aplicação alimentar" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17

Affiliation

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/08/05 - 2019/08/30	Intern	Predilecta Alimentos, Brazil

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/06/30 - 2023/06/30	Research Fellow: BIOMA - Soluções Integradas de Bioeconomia para a Mobilização da Cadeia Agroalimentar (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046112)	Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/06/30 - 2023/06/30	BIOMA - Soluções Integradas de Bioeconomia para a Mobilização da Cadeia Agroalimentar (POCI-01-0247-FEDER- 046112) POCI-01-0247-FEDER- 046112 Research Fellow	Concluded
2020/07/27 - 2020/10/27	Verão com Ciência VerãoComCiência Scientific Initiation Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017/10 - 2018/07	Clarificação de óleos vegetais: experimentos cinéticos e simulação do processo industrial e proposta de criação de uma mini central modular para clareamento do óleo PIBITI 12 Scientific Initiation Fellow Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil	Fundação Araucária Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Ghirro, L. C.; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart; Dias, Madalena M.; Barreiro, Filomena. "Functionalized plant proteins as stabilizers for 3D-printable pickering emulsions". Paper presented in Dare2Change, Porto, 2025. Accepted Ghirro, Larissa; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart; Dias, Madalena M.; Barreiro, Filomena. "Development of Pickering stabilizers from plant-based proteins". Paper presented in 10th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces, Coimbra, 2024. Published Iwamura, Lucas; Ghirro, Larissa; Ramalhosa, Elsa; Bogdan Demczuk, Jr.; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart; Barreiro, Filomena. "Structured foods based on Pickering emulsions as vitamin D3 vehicles". Paper presented in 14th International Chemical and Biological Conference - Chempor2023, Bragança, 2023. Ghirro, Larissa; Rezende, Stephany; Rodrigues, Nuno; Carocho, Marcio; Barros, Lillian; Pereira, José A.; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart; Bogdan Demczuk, Jr.; Barreiro, Filomena. "Innovative fat-reduced food solutions based on Pickering emulsions". Paper presented in XXVII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Braga, 2021. Marangoni, R. F.; Ghirro, Larissa. "Otimização do processo de clarificação de óleos vegetais utilizando planejamento composto central". Paper presented in III Congresso de Óleos e Gorduras - International Meeting On Fats And Oils, Campinas, 2018.
Conference poster	Ghirro, Larissa; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart; Dias, Madalena M.; Barreiro, Filomena. "Functionalized plant proteins as stabilizers for 3D-printable pickering emulsions". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2025. Ghirro, L. C.; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart; Dias, Madalena M.; Barreiro, Filomena. "Lupin protein-based particles as stabilisers of Pickering emulsions envisaging 3D-printing". Paper presented in 14th Microencapsulation Training School, 2024. Ghirro, Larissa; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart; Dias, Madalena M.; Barreiro, Filomena. "Desenvolvimento de partículas à base de proteínas vegetais para a produção de emulsões Pickering imprimíveis por 3D em suplementos nutricionais personalizados". Paper presented in Encontro com a Ciência e a Tecnologia em Portugal, 2024. Ghirro, Larissa; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart; Dias, Madalena M.; Barreiro, Filomena. "Development of Pickering stabilizers from plant-based proteins". Paper presented in 10th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces, 2024. Ghirro, L. C.; Rezende, Stephany; Andreia S. Ribeiro; Bogdan Demczuk, Jr.; A Santamaria-Echart; Barreiro, Filomena. "The role of curcumin-based particles produced by solid dispersion technique as Pickering stabilisers". Paper presented in 7th Young Polymer Scientist Seminar – SEJIPOL2023, 2023. Lucas Iwamura; Ghirro, L. C.; Ramalhosa, Elsa; Bogdan Demczuk, Jr.; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart; Barreiro, Filomena. "Structured foods based on Pickering emulsions as vitamin D3 vehicles". Paper presented in International Chemical and Biological Conference – Chempor2023, 2023. Ribeiro, Andreia; Martins, Isabel; Relvas, Maria Eduarda; Ghirro, Larissa; Lopes, José Carlos B.; Barreiro, Filomena; Dias, Madalena M.. "Hydroxyapatite Pickering emulsions loaded with olive leaf extract as an innovative alternative to traditional mayonnaise-lie food sauces". Paper presented in XXII Congress EuroFoodChem - European Food Chemistry, 2023. Ghirro, L. C.; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart; Barreiro, Filomena. "New strategies for the incorporation of hydroethanolic extracts into hydrophilic polymeric matrices". Paper presented in VII Encontro de Jovens Investigadores EJI 2022, 2022. Ghirro, Larissa C.; Rezende, Stephany; Ribeiro, Andreia; Bogdan Demczuk Jr; Barreiro, Maria Filomena; Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart. Corresponding author: Ghirro, Larissa C.. "Curcumin solid dispersion particles as novel Pickering stabilizers.". Paper presented in 9th ICGC - IUPAC International Conference on Green Chemistry, 2022. Ghirro, Larissa. "Otimização da remoção da variável clorofila na etapa de clarificação do óleo de soja". Paper presented in XXIII Seminário de Iniciação Científica e Tecnológica, 2018. Ghirro, Larissa; Marangoni, R. F.. "Otimização do Processo de Clarificação de Óleos Vegetais Utilizando Planejamento Composto Central". Paper presented in III Congresso de Óleos e Gorduras - International Meeting On Fats And Oils, 2018.
Journal article	Relvas, Maria Eduarda; Ghirro, Larissa C.; Martins, Isabel M.; Lopes, Jose Carlos B.; Dias, Madalena M.; Barreiro, Maria Filomena; Ribeiro, Andreia. "Nano-hydroxyapatite Pickering emulsions as edible mayonnaise-like food sauce templates: A novel approach for food design". Journal of Food Engineering 381 (2024): 112181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2024.112181. Published • 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2024.112181 Larissa C. Ghirro; Stephany Rezende; Andreia S. Ribeiro; Nuno Rodrigues; Márcio Carocho; José Alberto Pereira; Lillian Barros; et al. "Pickering Emulsions Stabilized with Curcumin-Based Solid Dispersion Particles as Mayonnaise-like Food Sauce Alternatives". Molecules 27 4 (2022): 1250-1250. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041250. 10.3390/molecules27041250
Thesis / Dissertation	Ghirro, Larissa Camargo. "Desenvolvimento de Emulsões Pickering para Aplicação Alimentar". Master, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10198/23181.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/02/12	Thesis project: Development of 3D-printable Pickering Emulsions as base systems for customized nutrition supplements	Doctoral Research Showcase Seminar Mountains of Research (Bragança, Portugal)
2021/07/16	Innovative fat-reduced food solutions based on Pickering emulsions	XXVII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2018/09	"Otimização da remoção da variável clorofila na etapa de clarificação do óleo de soja"	Pré-SICITE (Scientific and Technological Initiation Seminar) (Campo Mourão, Brazil)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/09/12 - 2023/09/15	Member of the Local Organization Team of the 14th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference - ChemPor2023 (2023/09/12 - 2023/09/15) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/05/03 - 2023/05/05	Volunteering in the organization of the science communication congress SciComPT 2023 (2023/05/03 - 2023/05/05) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/01/27 - 2025/01/31	IN2COP - Co Creation Processes in Higher Education - Final Oral Presentation of the Demola Project Conference	IN2COP - International Conference Co Creation Processes in Higher Education Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/10/23 - 2025/01/30	DEMOLA Global project: Innovative food structures for customized nutrition Other	DEMOLA Global project Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2024/10/08 - 2024/10/11	14th Microencapsulation Training School Other	14th Microencapsulation Training School Université de Lorraine Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Biomolécules, France
2024/01/30 - 2024/02/01	Co-Creation Processes in Higher Education Conference	Co-Creation Processes in Higher Education – IN2COP 2024 Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2023/12/07 - 2023/12/07	Participation in STEP Workshop - Literature review through the integration of qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques Workshop	STEP Project – STEM Research and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2022/06/05 - 2022/06/15	Certification course Lean Six-Sigma White Belt Other	Certificação White Belt em Lean Six-Sigma EDTI Treinamentos e Melhoria de Processos, Brazil
2021/09/14 - 2021/10/01	Web of Science online course for Portugal Other	Web of Science online course for Portugal Clarivate Analytics UK Limited, United Kingdom
2021/08/04 - 2021/08/06	IX SIMTEA e I SIMEQ - IX Simpósio de Tecnologia e Engenharia de Alimentos e I Simpósio de Engenharia Química: Participation in lectures Symposium	IX SIMTEA e I SIMEQ - IX Simpósio de Tecnologia e Engenharia de Alimentos e I Simpósio de Engenharia Química Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - Campus Campo Mourão, Brazil
2020/05/19 - 2020/05/20	Science Camp Virtual: Participation in lectures "Climate change" and "Vaccines"	Science Camp Virtual Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
2018/09/18 - 2018/09/21	VIII Food Technology and Engineering Symposium: Participation in lectures and mini-courses "Preparation of sweets: Formulation, development and technological aspects" and "Technological processes in the manufacture of meat sausages". Symposium	VIII Simpósio de Tecnologia e Engenharia de Alimentos - SIMTEA 2018 Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
2018/07/23 - 2018/07/27	37ª Food Engineering Academic Week: Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages course Other	37ª Semana Acadêmica da Engenharia de Alimentos Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
2018/05/15 - 2018/05/17	III International Meeting On Fats And Oils: Participation in lectures and presentation of work in poster format Congress	III Congresso de Óleos e Gorduras - International Meeting On Fats And Oils Sociedade Brasileira de Óleos e Gorduras, Brazil

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2019 - 2019	Associação Atlética Acadêmica de Engenharia da UTFPR-CM	Deputy Director of the Cheerleading Team
2015 - 2016	Diretório Acadêmico de Alimentos (DAAli)	Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2022/11/22 - 2022/11/24	Member of the scientific committee at I Encontro Consórcio Montanha para o Conhecimento de Jovens investigadores - STEM e VII Encontro de Jovens Investigadores Member	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2023/09/20 - 2023/09/22	Evaluator at the X Simpósio de Tecnologia e Engenharia de Alimentos (SIMTEA) & II Simpósio de Engenharia Química (SIMEQ) event Evaluator	Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - Campus Campo Mourão, Brazil

Distinctions

Award

2021	Team member "NatSauce - Da natureza para a mesa através da inovação" winner of the innovative ideas competition "Promove 2020". https://fundacaolacaixa.pt/documents/728273/1775192/concurso-promove-resultados-concurso-2020-2021.pdf Fundação "la caixa", Spain Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2011	Honorable Mention in the 7th "Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática das Escolas Públicas" Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada - IMPA, Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática – SBM, Brazil

Other distinction

2019	International Mobility within the scope of the Dual Degree Program between UTFPR (Brazil) and IPB (Portugal) - Duration: 1 year Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil