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

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Silva218 (Social media)
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-silva-622823208/ (Social media)
• https://sciprofiles.com/profile/2101335 (Social media)

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)

	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)	17

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
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

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

Publications

Book chapter	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	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.
Newspaper article	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://authors.elsevier.com/c/1hTvK7tGO~O4Lo https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.110610. 10.1016/j.jece.2023.110610 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 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 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	"Metal Activated Persulfate Process Applied to Synthetic Olive Mill Wastewaters Treatment". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2021. https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/handle/10316/95364.

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