Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Renata Vardanega
Citation names
- Vardanega, Renata
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 9011-7E90-AD74
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3746-674X
- Researcher Id
- P-3874-2014
- Scopus Author Id
- 25932322600
Email addresses
- renata.vardanega@ceb.uminho.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies - Food and Beverages
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2013/03/05 - 2016/03/17
Concluded
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Engenharia de Alimentos (Doutoramento)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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2011/03/01 - 2013/02/22
Concluded
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Engenharia de Alimentos (Mestrado)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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2006/03/01 - 2011/01/22
Concluded
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Engenharia de Alimentos (Bacharelato)
Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, Brazil
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2022/10/17 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal |
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal | ||
2022/04/10 - 2022/07/10 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile |
2019/09/09 - 2021/11/01 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Entourage Phytolab, Brazil |
2019/07/01 - 2019/08/31 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile |
2018/09/01 - 2019/06/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brazil |
2017/12/01 - 2018/08/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Fundação de Desenvolvimento da Unicamp, Brazil |
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil | ||
2016/09/01 - 2017/11/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Conselho Nacional das Fundações Estaduais de Amparo à Pesquisa, Brazil |
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/04/10 - 2022/07/10 | Desarrollo de procesos integrados para la obtención de compuestos bioactivos en residuos de frutos empleando tecnologías limpias
ANT 1999
Invited Scientist Fellow
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Ministerio de Educacion
Concluded
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2019/07/01 - 2019/08/31 | Extracción de compuestos bioactivos a partir de microalgas, frutos y vegetales por extracción sub- y supercrítica
ANT1856
Invited Scientist Fellow
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Ministerio de Educacion
Concluded
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2018/09/01 - 2019/06/30 | Supercritical fluid chromatography as green alternative for analysis and purification of natural compounds
CAPES-PNPD
Post-doc Fellow
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Concluded
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2018/11/16 - 2018/12/16 | Extracción de compuestos bioactivos a partir de microalgas y vegetales por extracción sub- y supercrítica
ANT1855
Invited Scientist Fellow
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Ministerio de Educacion
Concluded
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2016/09/01 - 2017/10/30 | Valorization of coproducts from annatto seeds by fractionating the oil and using the residues of the process
CNPQ-PDJ 152148/2016
Post-doc Fellow
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
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2013/03/01 - 2016/03/17 | Use of clean technologies to obtain biosurfactants and prebiotic carbohydrates from Brazilian Gingeng (Pfaffia glomerata).
FAPESP 2013/17260-5
PhD Student Fellow
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Concluded
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2011/03/01 - 2013/02/22 | Ultrasound-assisted extraction of saponins from Brazilian Ginseng roots (Pfaffia glomerata).
CNPQ-MSC
Master Student Fellow
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
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2007/08/01 - 2010/08/01 | Purificaçao de enzimas utilizando processos de separaçao com membranas e cromatográficos
CNPQ-IC
Scientific Initiation Fellow
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/10/17 - Current | Strategies to modulate the bioavailability of cannabinoids in edible products: in vitro tests, cytotoxicity, and pre-clinical
assessment to generate reliable data for regulatory agencies
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2018/02/01 - 2019/12/20 | Desarrollo de processos limpios para la extracción de compuestos bioactivos a partir de microalgas, hortalizas y frutas con
fluidos subcríticos y supercríticos.
FONDEQUIP – EQM 160073
Researcher
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Concluded
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2017/06/01 - 2019/06/30 | Process for obtaining crude oil from Cannabis sativa rich in cannabidiol
FUNCAMP-CBD
Research Fellow
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Concluded
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2016/04/01 - 2019/06/30 | Use of residual extract of Artemisia annua L., resulting from the extraction of antimalarial sesquiterpene, in cosmetic applications
PIPE-FAPESP 2016-10639-7
Researcher
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Journal issue |
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Intellectual property
Patent |
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Provisional application for patent |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2024/11/26 | Nanostructured Lipid Carriers for Enhanced Cannabidiol Bioaccessibility: In vitro Digestion Study and Cytotoxicity Assessment | 10th International Conference on Food Chemistry & Technology
(Valencia, Spain)
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2024/09/12 | Nanostructured lipid carriers for simultaneous delivery of cannabidiol and the bioenhancer piperine | 22nd World Congress of Food Science and Technology
(Rimini, Italy)
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2020/09/09 | Óleo de Cannabis na Indústria de Alimentos | 39a edição da Semana Acadêmica da Engenharia de Alimentos da Unicamp
(Campinas, Brazil)
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2018/07/22 | Tecnologia supercrítica para obtenção de compostos de alto valor agregado para indústria de alimentos | 37a edição da Semana Acadêmica da Engenharia de Alimentos da Unicamp
(Campinas, Brazil)
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2018/07/18 | Tecnologia Supercrítica |
Faculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba (Sorocaba, Brazil)
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2018/05/04 | Tecnologia supercrítica: Uma alternativa inovadora para obtenção de princípios ativos de Cannabis | III Semana Acadêmica de Engenharia Química
(Francisco Beltrão, Brazil)
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2014/11/05 | Compostos bioativos: agregando valor a matérias primas vegetais através de processos limpos | I Congresso Sul-Brasileiro de Engenharia de Alimentos e VII Semana Semana Acadêmica de Engenharia de Alimentos da UDESC
(Pinhalzinho, Brazil)
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2008/05/08 | Estabilidade da lipase de Penicillium sp. produzida por fermentação em estado sólido frente à temperatura e tensão de cisalhamento | XIII Encontro Regional de Engenharia de Alimentos e IX Encontro de Iniciação Científica de Engenharia de Alimentos
(Erechim, Brazil)
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2007 | Caracterização parcial de lipase de Peniccillium sp. produzida por fermentação em estado sólido | XII Encontro Regional de Engenharia de Alimentos
(Erechim, Brazil)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2024/09 - Current | Development of advanced oral delivery system to improve and modulate cannabinoids absorption.
Co-supervisor
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Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e Biológica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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2017/09/01 - 2019/01/27 | Supercritical non-thermal pasteurization of functional apple juice enriched with Brazilian ginseng roots extract
Supervisor
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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2018/02/01 - 2018/07/31 | Fractionating of annatto seed oil by supercritical fluid extraction and development of a geranylgeraniol-based functional
product
Supervisor
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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2018/01/01 - 2018/07/31 | Development of an encapsulating system for chamomile extract aiming to the application in phytoterapic formulations
Supervisor
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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2016/10/11 - 2017/10/11 | Extraction of volatile compounds from Genipa americana by supercritical fluids technology
Supervisor
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2016/09/29 - 2017/09/29 | Evaluation of drying methods for obtaining granulated instant tea from Brazilian ginseng (Pfaffia glomerata) roots
Supervisor
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2018/09/02 - 2019/09/06 | V Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids (2019/09/02 - 2019/09/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil |
2018/10/22 - 2018/10/26 | Training on Emerging Extraction Techniques and Analyses of Extracts (2018/10/22 - 2018/10/26)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 | Exposition of the activity "Therapeutical benefits of Cannabis: How to improve the absorption of beneficial compounds added
to foods" in the European Researchers' Night in Braga
Exhibition
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European Researchers' Night |
2023/11/22 - 2023/11/22 | CEB in Exposition as part of the Science and Technology Week
Exhibition
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Science and Technology Week
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
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2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 | Actividade "Biotecnologia Alimentar no CEB: Inovação e Segurança alimentar para todos" na Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
em Braga
Exhibition
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European Researchers' Night |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2024/09/30 | Biorrefinaria do limão através da utilização de tecnologias inovadoras para obtenção de
compostos bioativos: Um estudo da extração, análise e bioatividade destes compostos
(Thesis) Arguer
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Vitor Lacerda Sanches (PhD)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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2022/11/21 | Obtenção de extrato rico em compostos fenólicos da casca do limão (Citrus limon L.) usando métodos
emergentes de extração e solventes alternativos
(Thesis) Arguer
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Jaísa Oliveira Chaves (PhD)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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2022 | Extração supercrítica de compostos bioativos em farelo de sorgo (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench), milheto (Pennisetum glaucum (L.)
R. BR.) e feijão carioca (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
(Thesis) Arguer
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André Leonardo dos Santos (PhD)
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2022 | Valorização dos resíduos do abacaxi (Ananas comosus L. Merril) através da extração de compostos bioativos por técnicas de
alta pressão
(Thesis) Arguer
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Felipe de Andrade Maia (Master)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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2020 | Géis mistos como veículo de compostos bioativos do Hibiscus sabdariffa L extraídos por tecnologias sustentáveis
(Thesis) Arguer
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Gabriela Clímaco (PhD)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/09 - Current | Termodinámica Química | Engenharia Química e Biológica (Bacharelato) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal |
2019 - 2019 | Unit Operations for Pharmaceutical Sciences | Farmácia (Bacharelato) | Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil |
2019 - 2019 | Unit Operations II | Engenharia de Alimentos (Bacharelato) | Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2019 - 2019 | V Iberoamerican conference on Supercritical Fluids
Evaluator
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil | |
2018 - 2018 | 4th International Conference on Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Evaluator
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2013 - 2017 | Congress of Scientific Initiation of Unicamp
Evaluator
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil | |
2014 - 2014 | XX Brazilian Congress of Chemical Engineering
Evaluator
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2023/11/27 | Interview about the results obtained in the CBDHIGHBIO project to Horizon Magazine, titled "High hopes: the quest to turn cannabis into a potent medicine" | Horizon Magazine |
2013 | Interview about the results obtained in the Master Thesis to Jornal da Unicamp, titled " As potencialidades do ginseng brasileiro" | Jornal da Unicamp |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2023 - Current | Industrial Crops and Products | |
2023 - Current | Food Hydrocolloids | Elsevier |
2019 - Current | Journal of Food Engineering | |
2018 - Current | Food Research International | |
2018 - Current | Journal of Supercritical Fluids | |
2018 - Current | Journal of CO2 Utilization | |
2017 - Current | Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies | |
2017 - Current | Food Science and Technology | |
2016 - Current | Food Chemistry |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2019 - 2024 | Processing of Brazilian hops and investigation of its effects on isohumulones losses | Mariana Barreto Carvalhal Pinto |
2018 - 2020 | Obtaining and purification of a and ß-amirin from uvaia leaves (Eugenia pyriformis Cambess | Elissandro Jair Klein |
2016 - 2018 | The use of clean technologies to obtain bioactive compounds from unripe genipap fruit (Genipa americana L.) | Grazielle Náthia Neves |
2016 - 2018 | Evaluating of environmentally friendly technologies for bioactive compounds extraction | Michelle Fernanda Faita Rodrigues |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2024 - Current | Evaluator of proposals presented to the Regular Call for Projects 2024 (FONDECYT 2024) of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation of Chile |
Distinctions
Award
2021 | UNICAMP INVENTORS - Category Technology in the market
Agencia de Inovaçao da Unicamp, Brazil
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2020 | UNICAMP INVENTORS - Category Licensed technology
Agencia de Inovaçao da Unicamp, Brazil
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2018 | UNICAMP INVENTORS - Category Licensed technology
Agencia de Inovaçao da Unicamp, Brazil
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2017 | UNICAMP INVENTORS - Category Licensed technology
Agencia de Inovaçao da Unicamp, Brazil
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