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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria João Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Maria João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
911E-8C06-0F6B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0745-1555

Email addresses

  • mariaj@eq.uc.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese gestual language Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/09 - 2026/11
Ongoing
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Química (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal
2021
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Processo, Ambiente e Energia
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Metal Activated Persulfate Process Applied to Synthetic Olive Mill Wastewaters Treatment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024 - Current Bolsiera de Investigação Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais Ambiente e Sociedade, Portugal
2022/12/01 - Current Bolseiro de Investigação Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Engenharia dos Processos Químicos e dos Produtos da Floresta, Portugal
2021/09/20 - 2022/11/30 Bolseiro de Investigação Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Engenharia dos Processos Químicos e dos Produtos da Floresta, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/06 Voluntariado - Voluntária Banco Local de Voluntariado Entroncamento, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/06 Voluntariado - Assistente Catequista Paróquia da Sagrada Família, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/09 - 2022/09 Desenvolvimento de sistemas catalíticos suportados para tratamento de efluentes por oxidação foto-assistida
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047545
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2021/02 - 2021/06 Development of a SludgE fRee FEnton iNtegrated treatment methodology for olive mill wAstewaters: a water recoVEry strategy
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033193
Aluno de Mestrado cuja dissertação foi realizada no âmbito do projeto
European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Silva, Maria João; Alves, R.; Patricia Alves; Gomes, João; Martins, Rui C.; Ferreira, Paula. "Photocatalytic degradation of parabens by P25 support in PET sheets from water bottles". In WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities IV, 135-140. CRC Press, 2023.
    Published • 10.1201/9781003345084-22
Conference poster
  1. Silva, Maria João; Patricia Alves; Gomes, João; Ferreira, Paula; Martins, Rui C.. "Polymer-based Photocatalysts for Parabens Degradation through Light-driven Processes". Paper presented in CERES talks: Students Edition 2025, 2025.
  2. Silva, Maria João; Chichorro, Teresa; Patricia Alves; Gomes, João; Ferreira, Paula; Martins, Rui C.. "Polyaniline as a Potential Material for the Removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern from Wastewaters". Paper presented in Winter School on Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) and Disinfection by-Products (DBPs): Occurence, Impact and Elimination, 2024.
  3. Silva, Maria João; Chichorro, Teresa; Ferreira, Paula; Patricia Alves; Gomes, João; Martins, Rui C.. "Application of Polyaniline as an Adsorbent and a Photocatalyst for the Removal of Parabens from Wastewaters". Paper presented in 6th Iberoamerican Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies, 2024.
  4. Silva, Maria João; Chichorro, Teresa; Patricia Alves; Gomes, João; Ferreira, Paula; Martins, Rui C.. "Application of Polyaniline as an Adsorbent and a Photocatalyst for the Removal of Parabens from Wastewaters". Paper presented in CERES talks: Students Edition 2024, 2024.
  5. Silva, Maria João; Rita Alves; Teresa Chichorro; Patricia Alves; Gomes, João; Ferreira, Paula; Martins, Rui C.. "Porous PDMS Membranes as P25 Supports for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Parabens". Paper presented in 14th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Maria João Silva; Teresa Chichorro; Rita Alves; Paulo Rocha; Patrícia Alves; Paula Ferreira; Rui C. Martins; João Gomes. "Removal of parabens from water using reusable polyaniline: Adsorption and photocatalytic self-regeneration under visible light". Journal of Water Process Engineering 80 109041 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.109041.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.109041
  2. Silva, Maria João; Chichorro, Teresa; Alves, Patrícia; Martins, Rui C.; Gomes, João; Ferreira, Paula. "Synthesis Procedures and Their Implications on PANI Activity from a Wastewater Treatment Perspective". Polymer Reviews (2025): 1-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/15583724.2025.2580651.
    Open access • Published • 10.1080/15583724.2025.2580651
  3. Silva, Maria João; Alves, Ana Rita; Chichorro, Teresa; Patricia Alves; Ferreira, Paula; Martins, Rui C.; Gomes, João. Corresponding author: Silva, Maria João. "Abatement of parabens by porous, hydrophilic and photocatalytic P25/PDMS membranes". Separation and Purification Technology 354 (2025): 129048. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2024.129048.
    10.1016/j.seppur.2024.129048
  4. Maria João Silva; Patrícia Alves; João Gomes; Paula Ferreira; Rui C. Martins. "Evaluation of the reusability of photocatalytic P25/PDMS membranes when hindering their hydrophobic recovery". Catalysis Today (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114580.
    10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114580
Newspaper article
  1. Silva, Maria João; Patricia Alves; Gomes, João; Martins, Rui C.; Ferreira, Paula. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Paula. "Optimization of P25/PDMS Supported Catalysts Preparation for the Photocatalytic Oxidation of Parabens", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.110610.
    10.1016/j.jece.2023.110610
  2. Silva, Maria João; Gomes, João; Ferreira, Paula; Martins, Rui C.. Corresponding author: Martins, Rui C.. "An Overview of Polymer-Supported Catalysts for Wastewater Treatment through Light-Driven Processes", Water, 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14050825.
    10.3390/w14050825
  3. Domingues, Eva; Maria João Silva; Telma Vaz; João Manuel Ferreira Gomes; Martins, Rui C.. "Sulfate radical based advanced oxidation processes for agro-industrial effluents treatment: a comparative review with Fenton's peroxidation", Science of The Total Environment, 2022
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155029
  4. Domingues, Eva; Silva, Maria João; Vaz, Telma; Gomes, João; Martins, Rui C.. Corresponding author: Domingues, Eva. "Persulfate Process Activated by Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts for Synthetic Olive Mill Wastewater Treatment", Water, 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13213010.
    10.3390/w13213010
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Metal Activated Persulfate Process Applied to Synthetic Olive Mill Wastewaters Treatment". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2021. https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/handle/10316/95364.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/06/30 Polymer-based Photocatalysts for Wastewater Treatment through Light-driven Processes 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering
FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2023/09/08 Photocatalytic Degradation of Parabens by P25 Support in PET Sheets from Water Bottles 6th International Conference Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023 Compostos de preocupação emergente – O que são, como nos afetam e como eliminar? Soapbox Science Coimbra
2022/11 Optimization of P25-PDMS supported catalysts preparation for photocatalytic oxidation of emerging contaminants 5th Iberoamerican Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies
(Peru)
Distinctions

Award

2020 Prémio 3% Melhores Estudantes 2018/2019
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 Prémio 3% Melhores Estudantes 2017/2018
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other distinction

2023 Quadro por Mérito UC 2020/2021
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 Quadro por Mérito UC 2018/2019
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal