Zenaida Sobral Mourao (9211-64CB-09BC)

Curriculum Vitae

Zenaida Sobral Mourao

Zenaida Sobral Mourao.(Female, PhD) is a senior researcher in Sustainable Energy Systems at the Centre for Power and Energy at INESTEC. She has a PhD in Chemistry and an Executive Masters in Sustainable Energy Systems. Before joining INESCTEC she worked as the Head of the Energy Unit at INEGI. Before joining INESC TEC, she worked at INEGI from 2017 to 2022, where she managed a team of junior and senior researchers working on projects in energy and health, including investigating the connections between building energy use and healthy indoor environments; sustainable energy use in industry; and, planning of local energy systems. Prior to that she was an Associate Researcher at the Engineering Department of the University of Cambridge and a Visiting Researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, where she analysed the impacts of the UK Energy System decarbonization pathways on wider natural resource management and use, i.e. water and land, and air quality. She was the coordinator of the EU H2020 Project EMB3Rs (Grant No 847121) which aims to develop an open- sourced tool to aid industries in identifying opportunities and business models for waste heat/cold recovery and utilization. She previously worked also on the development of tools for energy systems planning at the municipal level, co-created with local authorities, to implement Sustainable Action Plans of 9 municipalities of the Metropolitan Area of Porto. Since the beginning of 2020 she is also an Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto where she teaches courses on Energy and the Environment, Energy Demand Side Management and Planning of Sustainable Energy systems.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Zenaida Sobral Mourao

Citation names

Sobral Mourao, Zenaida

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9211-64CB-09BC
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6499-3596

Email addresses

Zenaida.mourao@inesctec.pt (Professional)
zenaida.mourao@inesctec.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

222094000 (Professional)

Addresses

RUA DR ROBERTO FRIAS, 4200-465, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.inesctec.pt/en (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2012 Concluded	Executive Master's in Sustainable Energy Systems (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal	15
2011 Concluded	Chemistry (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal "Quantum Mechanics Applied to the Study of Molecular Interactions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved
2003 Concluded	Chemistry (Licenciatura) Major in Chemistry Universidade do Porto Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Portugal	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/01/15 - Current	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

2019/09/02 - 2022/01/14	Coordinating Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
	Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/09/01	Principal Investigator (Research)	Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
	Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
2017/06/01 - 2018/12/31	Postdoc (Research)	Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
	Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
2013/12/01 - 2017/05/31	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, United Kingdom
	University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, United Kingdom
2015/02/01 - 2015/04/30	Visiting Researcher (Research)	University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, United Kingdom
	E O Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/02 - Current	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/10 - 2026/09	sMArt Green Ports as Integrated Efficient multimodal hubs 101036594	European Commission
2020/09 - 2023/08	NUDging consumers towards enerGy Efficiency through behavioral science 957012	European Commission
2020/09 - 2023/02	Community Energy for the uptake of RES in the electricity sector. Connecting long-term visions with short-term actions 953040	European Commission
2019/09/02 - 2022/09/01	User-driven Energy-Matching & Business prospection tool for industrial Excess heat/cold Reduction, Recovery and Redistribution 847121 Principal investigator Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2017/06/01 - 2019/09/01	HEBE - Health, Comfort and Energy in the Built Environment NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000010 Researcher Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2017/06/01 - 2019/06/01	HEALS – Health and Environment-wide Associations based on Large population Surveys 603946 Researcher Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Concluded
2013/07 - 2018/01	Whole Systems Energy Modelling Consortium (WholeSEM) EP/K039326/1 Researcher	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Concluded
2012/02 - 2014/07	INTEGRATED PLATFORM FOR INTELLIGENT INDOOR AIR QUALITY AUDIT MANAGEMENT 286462	European Commission

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2003/12/01 - 2007/11/30	ESTUDO TEÓRICO DE INTERACÇÕES MOLECULARES COM BASE NA ANÁLISE DA DENSIDADE ELECTRÓNICA SFRH/BD/13025/2003 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2016/04 - 2016/09	Drivers of air quality and technology options for a healthier future in London, LA and Beijing IAQ in 3 Cities Principal investigator University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, United Kingdom	BP Plc AdEPorto - Agência de Energia do Porto Concluded
2015/01 - 2015/04	Review of report on future siting of UK nuclear power plants ETI Nuclear Sites Researcher University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, United Kingdom	Concluded
2012 - 2013	Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans for the Municipalities of Porto SEAPS - Porto Metropolitan Area Researcher Universidade do Porto, Portugal	AdEPorto - Agência de Energia do Porto Concluded
2011 - 2012	Energy Matricies for the Municipalities of the Northern Metropolitan Area of Porto Energy Matrices AMP Researcher Universidade do Porto, Portugal	AdEPorto - Agência de Energia do Porto Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Fonseca Gabriel, Marta; Sobral Mourao, Zenaida; de Oliveira Fernandes, E.. "IAQ in households and health for children". In Built environments and health, edited by Eduardo de Oliveira Fernandes; Álvaro Domingues, 197-224. Porto, Portugal, 2019. Published
Conference paper	João Fontoura; Filipe J. Soares; António Coelho; Zenaida Mourão. "Optimal Operation of Gas Networks with Multiple Injections of Green Hydrogen". 2023. 10.1109/sest57387.2023.10257442 Karatayev, M.; Rivotti, P.; Sobral Mourão, Z.; Konadu, D.D.; Shah, N.; Clarke, M.. "The water-energy-food nexus in Kazakhstan: Challenges and opportunities". 2017. 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.08.064
Conference poster	Felgueiras, Fátima; Sobral Mourao, Zenaida; Moreira, André; Gabriel, Marta. "Environmental intervention program for modern Portuguese offices – Study design and preliminary IEQ assessments". Paper presented in SHO 2023 - International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene, 2023. Fonseca Gabriel, Marta; Felgueiras, Fátima; Sobral Mourao, Zenaida; de Oliveira Fernandes, Eduardo. "Mixture of VOCs to which children are exposed in different indoor settings". Paper presented in Indoor Air 2022 - Healthy People in Healthy Indoor Environments, 2022.
Journal article	João Fontoura; Filipe Joel Soares; Zenaida Mourão; António Coelho. "Optimising green hydrogen injection into gas networks: Decarbonisation potential and influence on quality-of-service indexes". Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2024.101543. 10.1016/j.segan.2024.101543 Fátima Felgueiras; Zenaida Mourão; André Moreira; Marta Gabriel. "Indoor Environmental Quality in Portuguese Office Buildings: Influencing Factors and Impact of an Intervention Study". Sustainability (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16219160. 10.3390/su16219160 Fátima Felgueiras; Zenaida Mourão; André Moreira; Marta Fonseca Gabriel. "Characterizing indoor environmental quality in Portuguese office buildings for designing an intervention program". Building and Environment (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111393. 10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111393 António Faria; Tiago Soares; José Maria Cunha; Zenaida Mourão. "Mutual-benefit of district heating market and network operation for prosumers integration". Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15567249.2023.2280568. 10.1080/15567249.2023.2280568 Fátima Felgueiras; Zenaida Mourão; André Moreira; Marta Gabriel. "Indoor environmental quality in offices and risk of health and productivity complaints at work: A literature review". Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100314. 10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100314 Marta Gabriel; João Pedro Cardoso; Fátima Felgueiras; Joana Azeredo; David Filipe; Peter Conradie; Stephanie Van Hove; et al. "Opportunities for Promoting Healthy Homes and Long-Lasting Energy-Efficient Behaviour among Families with Children in Portugal". Energies (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16041872. 10.3390/en16041872 Fátima Felgueiras; Zenaida Sobral Mourao; André Moreira; Marta Fonseca Gabriel. "A systematic review of ventilation conditions and airborne particulate matter levels in urban offices". Indoor Air 32 11 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ina.13148. 10.1111/ina.13148 Zenaida Sobral Mourao; Fátima Felgueiras; Liliana Cunha; Zenaida Mourão; André Moreira; Marta Gabriel. "A systematic review of environmental intervention studies in offices with beneficial effects on workers’ health, well-being and productivity". Atmospheric Pollution Research 13 9 (2022): 101513-101513. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2022.101513. 10.1016/j.apr.2022.101513 "Decarbonization potential of integrating industrial excess heat in a district heating network: The Portuguese case". Cleaner Energy Systems 1 (2022): 100005-100005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cles.2022.100005. 10.1016/j.cles.2022.100005 Sobral Mourao, Zenaida. "Airborne bacterial and fungal concentrations and fungal diversity in bedrooms of infant twins under 1 year of age living in Porto". Environmental Research (2021): 112568-112568. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112568. 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112568 Sobral Mourao, Zenaida. "Liberalized market designs for district heating networks under the EMB3Rs platform". Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks (2021): 100588-100588. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2021.100588. 10.1016/j.segan.2021.100588 Sobral Mourao, Zenaida. "Environmental quality in primary schools and related health effects in children. An overview of assessments conducted in the Northern Portugal". Energy and Buildings 250 (2021): 111305-111305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111305. 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111305 Sobral Mourao, Zenaida. "Analysis of the thermal performance of an uncovered 1-hectare solar pond in Benguela, Angola". Case Studies in Thermal Engineering 27 (2021): 101254-101254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101254. 10.1016/j.csite.2021.101254 Sobral Mourao, Zenaida. "Analysing the water and land system impacts of Germany's future energy system". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 150 (2021): 111469-111469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111469. 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111469 Sobral Mourao, Zenaida. "Evaluation of the occurrence of pathogenic free-living amoeba and bacteria in 20 public indoor swimming pool facilities". MicrobiologyOpen 10 1 (2021): e1159-e1159. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mbo3.1159. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1159 Gabriel, Marta Fonseca; Felgueiras, Fátima; Batista, Raúl; Ribeiro, Cláudia; Ramos, Elisabete; Mourão, Zenaida; de Oliveira Fernandes, Eduardo. "Indoor environmental quality in households of families with infant twins under 1 year of age living in Porto". Environmental Research (2020): 110477. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110477. 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110477 Mourao, Zenaida. "Assessment of indoor air conditions in households of Portuguese families with newborn children. Implementation of the HEALS IAQ checklist". Environmental Research (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108966. 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108966 Mourao, Zenaida. "Comprehensive assessment of the indoor air quality in a chlorinated Olympic-size swimming pool". Environment International (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105401. 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105401 Mourao, Zenaida. "Assessment of the air quality in 20 public indoor swimming pools located in the Northern Region of Portugal". Environment International (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105274. 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105274 Mourao, Zenaida. "Predicting health risk from exposure to trihalomethanes in an Olympic-size indoor swimming pool among elite swimmers and coaches". Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2019.1634383. 10.1080/15287394.2019.1634383 Mourao, Zenaida. "Impact of future energy policy on water resources in Kazakhstan". Energy Strategy Reviews (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2019.04.009. 10.1016/j.esr.2019.04.009 McMahon, R.; Santos, H.; Mourão, Z.S.. "Practical considerations in the deployment of ground source heat pumps in older properties—A case study". Energy and Buildings 159 (2018): 54-65. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85033387239&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.08.067 Price, J.; Zeyringer, M.; Konadu, D.; Sobral Mourão, Z.; Moore, A.; Sharp, E.. "Low carbon electricity systems for Great Britain in 2050: An energy-land-water perspective". Applied Energy 228 (2018): 928-941. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85049420910&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.127 Serrenho, A.C.; Mourão, Z.S.; Norman, J.; Cullen, J.M.; Allwood, J.M.. "The influence of UK emissions reduction targets on the emissions of the global steel industry". Resources, Conservation and Recycling 107 (2016): 174-184. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954204177&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.01.001 Konadu, D.D.; Mourão, Z.S.; Allwood, J.M.; Richards, K.S.; Kopec, G.; McMahon, R.; Fenner, R.. "Land use implications of future energy system trajectories-The case of the UK 2050 Carbon Plan". Energy Policy 86 (2015): 328-337. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84943633603&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.07.008 Konadu, D.; Mourão, Z.S.; Allwood, J.M.; Richards, K.S.; Kopec, G.M.; McMahon, R.A.; Fenner, R.A.. "Not all low-carbon energy pathways are environmentally "no-regrets" options". Global Environmental Change 35 (2015): 379-390. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84945342115&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.10.002 Mourão, Z.S.; Melo, A.. "Energy decomposition analysis of cis and trans isomers of 1,2-dihaloethylenes and 2-butene". Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM 946 1-3 (2010): 7-12. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77649180567&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.theochem.2009.11.020 Fernandes, P.A.; Carvalho, A.T.P.; Marques, A.T.; Pereira, A.L.F.; Madeira, A.P.S.; Ribeiro, A.S.P.; Carvalho, A.F.R.; et al. "New designs for MRI contrast agents". Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design 17 7 (2003): 463-473. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0344271775&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1023/A:1027347527385
Report	Mourao, Zenaida. 2017. Solutions for the Global Water Crisis - The End of ‘Free and Cheap’ Water. https://www.citivelocity.com/citigps/solutions-global-water-crisis. Mourao, Zenaida. 2015. Global Sustainable Development Report, 2015 Edition. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/globalsdreport/2015. Mourao, Zenaida. 2015. How much bioenergy feedstock can be grown sustainably in the UK?. www.wholesem.ac.uk/documents/wholesem_report.pdf.

Other

Other output

Liberalized market designs for district heating networks under the EMB3Rs platform. 2021. Faria, A.; Soares, T.; Cunha, J.M.; Mourão, Z.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85101644084&partnerID=MN8TOARS.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2018/10/25	Assessment of the dynamics of exposure to air trihalomethanes in an indoor Olympic-size swimming pool	ICOetox 2018: 4th International Congress on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology ISPUP (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2016/12	Assessment of environmental co-benefits of energy system decarbonisation – the case of UK air quality using Remote Sensing and Model simulations	2016 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco American Geophysical Society (San Francisco, United States)
2016/11	How do land and water constraints affect the siting of renewable and thermal power generation in the UK?	wholeSEM TopDIP workshop UCL (London, United Kingdom)
2016/07	Soft-linking the UKTM and Foreseer models: an iterative process to assembling energy system pathways that respect wider environmental limits	wholeSEM Annual Conference 2016 University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2014/10	The Foreseer project: a case-study of China and the UK	Invited Talk WWF headquarters UK (Woking, United Kingdom)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019/09/14 - 2019/09/15	Science for Life - Emeritus Professor Program closing (Prof. Eduardo Oliveira Fernandes) with the participation of leading scientists from areas of health, engineering, environment, architecture and geography. (2019/09/14 - 2019/09/15) Conference (President of the Organising Committee)	Instituto de Engenharia Mecanica e Gestao Industrial, Portugal
2014/09 - 2014/09	Land-Energy workshop (LENS) held in Cambridge in September 2014, with stakeholders from academia, business and government to discuss sustainable pathways for future energy and land resource use in the UK. (2014/09) Workshop (Co-organisor)	University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, United Kingdom

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2017/04 - 2017/04	Assessment of air quality and climate co-benefits of decarbonisation of the UK energy system using remote sensing and model simulations-the case for prioritizing end uses in urban areas. - Poster Presentation Conference	EGU General Assembly Conference, 2017
2016/04 - 2016/04	Air quality and future energy system planning - poster presentation. Conference	EGU General Assembly Conference, 2016

Distinctions

Award

2015	WholeSEM Fellowship to visit the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to investigate the role of integrated earth system models (iESM) in the analysis of air quality impacts of future energy system
2008	HPC Europa++ Research Grant to undertake research in aminoacid side-chain interactions and model development at the University of Girona, Spain.
2003	Best Student Award for graduating top of the class in the Chemistry licentiate degree cohort of 2003 Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida, Portugal