Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Helena Maria Vieira Monteiro Soares
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 9217-AB59-AD85
Email addresses
- hsoares@fe.up.pt (Professional)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 225081650 (Professional)
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2022/03/04
Concluded
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Environmental Engineering (Título de Agregado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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1990/09/01 - 1995/11/24
Concluded
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Chemistry- Inorganic Chemistry (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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1986
Concluded
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Farmácia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
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Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2024/12/27 - Current | Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
1995/11/25 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
1990/07/31 - 1995/11/24 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
1987/09/27 - 1990/07/31 | Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal |
Projects
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/01/02 - 2025/06/30 | RECY-SMART-Sustainable approaches for recycling discarded mobile phones
PTDC/CTA-AMB/3489/2021
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2020 - 2023 | Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry - Clean Technologies and Processes
UIDP/50006/2020 and UIDB/50006/2020
Researcher
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2018 - 2021 | ZeroWaste-PCBs - A sustainable and nearly zero-waste technology for recycling waste printed circuit boards
PTDC/EAM-MIN/31041/2017ª
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2016 - 2020 | ECOFERT- Production of environmental-friendly iron-fertilizers products and evaluation of its efficacy for correcting iron
chlorosis of soybean plants grown in calcareous soils
PTDC/AGR-TEC/0458/2014
Principal investigator
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2019 - 2019 | Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry – Clean Technologies and Processes
LAQV (UID/ QUI/50006/2019
Researcher
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2015 - 2019 | RECREEW-European network for innovative recovery strategies of rare earth and other Critical metals from electrical and electronic
waste
COST Action ES1407
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Horizon 2020
Concluded
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2015 - 2018 | Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry – Clean Technologies and Processes
LAQV (UID/ QUI/50006/2013
Researcher
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011 - 2014 | Chemometrics-assisted electroanalytical methods for simultaneous metal ions quantification using green electrodes
PTDC/QUI-QUI/112439/2009
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011 - 2014 | Potential environmental-friendly chelating agents for agriculture and industrial practices
PTDC-AAC-AMB-111206-2009
Principal investigator
REQUIMTE, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011 - 2014 | Strategic Project: REQUIMTE - Rede de Química e Tecnologia
PEST-C/EQB/LA0006/2011
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2010 - 2011 | Microbiological production of chelating agents
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Principal investigator
REQUIMTE, Portugal
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Universidade do Porto
Concluded
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2005 - 2010 | New potentially biodegradable chelating agents for industrial and domestic environment-friendly applications
POCI/QUI/57891/2004
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2007 - 2008 | Synthesis and complexation studies of an environment-friendly and ready-biodegradable complexing agent
IPG-52
Principal investigator
REQUIMTE, Portugal
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Universidade do Porto
Concluded
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2005 - 2008 | Development of a clean technology for removing and recovery of heavy metals from industrial effluents
POCTI/CTA/47875/2002
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2005/01/02 - 2006/12/30 | CHIRAL CHELATORS FOR INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC APPLICATIONS: SYNTHETIC, COMPLEXATION AND BIODEGRADATION STUDIES
REQ-CHI/2004
Principal investigator
REQUIMTE, Portugal
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REQUIMTE
Concluded
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2005 - 2006 | Integrated use of a chemical and biological approach in the removal of metals from industrial effluents
UP-CGD
Principal investigator
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Universidade do Porto
Concluded
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2002 - 2005 | Interaction between metal ions and buffers for the environmental and biological pH range
POCTI/QUI/39950/2001
Principal investigator
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2003 - 2004 | Recycling of aluminium from aluminium industry
University of Porto/Fundação Ilídio Pinho/2003
Principal investigator
REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
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Universidade do Porto
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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Journal article |
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Intellectual property
Provisional application for patent |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2021/02 - Current | Sustainable recycling of precious and critical metals from waste mobile phones
Supervisor of Márcia Andreia Dias da Silva
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Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2020/05 - Current | RECY-SMART-Sustainable approaches for recycling discarded mobile phones
Supervisor
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2023/11/01 - 2024/07/31 | Recovery of platinum group metals from end-of-life car catalytic converters.
Supervisor of Eduardo Luís Rebelo de Araújo Oliveira
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Environmental Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2022/03/02 - 2022/07/31 | Recycling of critical metals from waste light-emitting diodes
Supervisor of Loïc Vervaecke
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Chemical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2019/09 - 2022/06/30 | WasteZero-PCBs - A sustainable and nearly waste-zero technology for recycling waste printed circuit boards (Pós-Doc)
Supervisor of Liliana Marques Martelo
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2021/02 - 2021/07/30 | Recovery of precious metals from spent autocatalysts
Supervisor of Michiel De Brauwer
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2010 - 2021 | Chiral chelators for industrial and domestic applications: synthetic, complexation and biodegradation studies (Pós-Doc)
Supervisor of Hari B. Boppudi
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2020 - 2020 | Correction of Fe-induced chlorosis of soybean plants grown in calcareous soil by a freeze-dried iron fertilizer of Rhizobium
radiobacter bacterial origin (Pós-Doc).
Supervisor
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Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2014 - 2020 | Selective recycling of metals from secondary resources
Supervisor of Seyedehmaryam Sadeghi
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2015 - 2019 | Impact of nanoparticles in fresh water aquatic systems: physic-chemical characteristics versus ecotoxicological effects
Supervisor of Cátia Filipa Assunção de Sousa
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2014 - 2019 | A simple and sustainable approach to recover metals from spent printed circuit boards
Supervisor of Isabel Fernanda Franco Neto
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2014 - 2019 | Biological production of siderophores and its application for correction of iron deficiencies in agronomic conditions
Supervisor of Carlos Miguel Henriques Ferreira
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2018/04/01 - 2018/12/31 | Recovery of metals from secondary sources (Pós-Doc)
Supervisor of João Manuel Oliveira Máximo de Jesus
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REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | Recovery and purification of indium from a simulated multi-metal leached solution from LCD panels
Supervisor of Tanguy Heireman
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2018 - 2018 | An alternative approach for recovering metals from spent printed circuit boards
Supervisor of Mike Bonheure
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2017/02 - 2017/07 | Recovery and Purification of Palladium from a Low Grade Palladium Solution Containing Multi-metals
Supervisor of Jeroen Bauwens
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2016 - 2017 | Is biotic ligand model suitable to explain chronic toxicity effects observed in superficial waters
containing metals at realistic environmental concentrations? (Pós-Doc)
Supervisor of Luciana Sarabando Rocha
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2016/02 - 2016/07 | Recovery of manganese and zinc from alkaline batteries
Supervisor of Simon Lannoo
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2015 - 2015 | Selective recovery of zinc from spent alkaline batteries
Supervisor of Guillaume Vanpeteghem
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2010 - 2015 | Selective recycling of metals from spent hydrodesulphurisation catalysts using environmental-friendly approaches
Supervisor of Isabel Soares Silva Pinto
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2010 - 2014 | Alternative chelating agents: evaluation of ready-biodegradability, complexation properties and suitability for agronomic
aplications
Supervisor of João Pedro Graça Martins
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2009 - 2013 | Multi-element Determination of Metal(loid)s in Surface Waters, at Trace Levels, Using Greener Voltammetric Approaches
Supervisor of Georgina Maria da Silva Alves
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2012 - 2012 | Siderophores production by the bacterium Bacillus megaterium
Co-supervisor of Sofia Isabel Silva Moreira dos Santos
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Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
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2010 - 2010 | Determination of stability constants between metal ions and biological buffers
Supervisor of Steven Van Acker
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2010 - 2010 | Evaluation of new chelating agents potentially biodegradable
Supervisor of Isabel Soares Silva Pinto
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2006 - 2010 | Removal and selectively recovery of heavy metals from industrial effluents
Supervisor of Maria Manuela Dias Machado
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2007 - 2009 | Study of metal complexation properties of potential environment-friendly ligands for Food Industry
Supervisor of João Pedro Costa Graça Martins
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2008 - 2008 | Synthesis and metal complexation studies of a chelant agents potentially biodegradable
Supervisor of Mónica Sofia Freitas dos Santos
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2008 - 2008 | Evaluation of metal complexation properties of “Good” and “Better” pH buffers
Supervisor of Eliat-Eliat Maxime
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2002 - 2006 | Interaction of biological pH buffers, used in biological and environmental studies, with metal ions
Supervisor of Carina Madalena Martins Machado
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2002 - 2003 | Heavy metals speciation of fluvial sediments. Application to the Ave river basin
Supervisor of Cristina Maria Rodrigues Ferreira Alves
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Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2016/04/11 - 2016/04/12 | 2nd ReCreew Meeting” of COST Action ES1407 - European network for innovative recovery strategies of rare earth and other
critical metals from electric and electronic waste (ReCreew) (Porto, Portugal) (2016/04/11 - 2016/04/12)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2024/12 | Biometallurgical approaches for the selective recovery of metals contained in bioleaching solutions from electronic waste
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Alexandre Kompalitch (PhD)
Université Paris Cité, France
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2023/11/27 | Development of alternative processes for the recovery of critical and strategic metals from secondary sources
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Ana Rita Futre Carreira (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2023/10/16 | Recovery and separation of platinum group metals from used automobile catalytic converters
(Thesis) Main arguer
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António José da Rocha Coelho (Master) |
2023/06/14 | Application of siderophores in selective leaching of Technology Critical Elements (Indium (In) and Gallium (Ga)) from end-of-life
products
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Kun ZHENG (PhD)
Université Paris Cité, France
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2023/05/15 | Innovative combination of chemical and biological strategies for the recovery of metals from metal-bearing wastewaters and
leachates
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Amir Nobahar (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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2022/11/10 | Precipitation of gold from an acidic e-waste leachate using a quaternary ammonium salt
(Thesis) Main arguer
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André Filipe Marques Nogueira (Master) |
2020/06/02 | Titanium behavior in marine ecosystems and impact on target organisms.
(Thesis) Arguer
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Rui Jorge Rodrigues Monteiro (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2019/12/17 | Treatment of water contaminated with potentially toxic and non-essential metals using biosorbents and zeolitic materials
(Thesis) Arguer
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Elaine Fabre (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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2016/07/07 | Biological and chemical strategies for the recovery of precious metals as nanoparticles
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Ana Filipa Benedito da Assunção (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
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Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2023/08/30 - 2023/09/02 | CEST 2023 - 18th International Conference on Environmental and Science Technology | |
2021 - 2021 | CEST 2021- 17th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology | https://cest.gnest.org/ |
2019 - 2019 | CEST 2019- 16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (Rhodes-Greece) | |
2008 - 2008 | International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (Houston-Texas, USA) |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2023/06 - 2023/09 | Scientific Evaluator and Rapporteur of the ERA-MIN Joint Call 2023, which is a Transnacional Call for projects.
Evaluator
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2017 - 2017 | Project Evaluator of Advanced Fellowships and Grants (USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USA)
Evaluator
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2017 - 2017 | Project Evaluator of Advanced Fellowships and Grants (ISF, Israel Science Foundation, Israel)
Evaluator
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2016 - 2016 | Project Evaluator of Advanced Fellowships and Grants (National Research Foundation, South Africa)
Evaluator
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2006 - 2016 | Project Evaluator of Advanced Fellowships and Grants (National Research Foundation, South Africa) | ||
2015 - 2015 | 2015 Call for PhD and Post-Doctoral fellowships (FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology from Portuguese Government)
Evaluator
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2015 - 2015 | 2014 Call for Bilateral Cooperation (FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology from Portuguese Government)
Evaluator
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2015 - 2015 | Program Alentejo 2020 - scientific research projects and technological development (FCT- Foundation for Science and Technology
from Portuguese Government)
Evaluator
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2013 - 2013 | 2013 Call for PhD and Post-Doctoral fellowships (FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology from Portuguese Government)
Evaluator
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2011 - 2011 | Project Evaluator of Advanced Fellowships and Grants (FONDECYT - Chilean Government Research Funding Agency, Chile)
Evaluator
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2011 - 2011 | Pluridisciplinary Projects - IJUP 2011 (University of Porto)
Evaluator
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2003 - 2003 | Call FP6: Global -2-Priority 6.3. "Global Change and Ecosystems" (European Comission)
Evaluator
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Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2023/01 | In January 2023, the work related with recycling of raw materials (namely, gold and copper) from electronic waste printed circuit boards, was highlighted on page 9 (Innovation and Future Section) in the number 63 of the ENGENHARIA magazine (FEUP's official magazine). | |
2022/08/23 | On 18th September 2022, the Magazine of the newspaper "Jornal de Notícias" 2022/Number 1582, promoted the dissemination of the RecyGold project in the FUTURES section under the title ¿Saving the gold and copper in our equipment¿, which won the first prize at the 8th edition of the U. Porto Business Ideas Competition - iUP25k. | Magazine Jornal de Noticias |
2021/09/21 | By invitation of the U.Porto Inovation, the author was interviewed in the 32nd Edition of September 2021 in the section "Conversation with inventors", which aims to highlight a person from the University of Porto for their work and academic career, under the theme "I oriented my research for topics that would contribute to solve societal issues". |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2022 - 2022 | By invitation of TSF Rádio Notícias, in the Portugal Fair Program of TSF Rádio Notícias, the author promoted the dissemination of the E-RecyGold project, which received the first prize in the 8th edition of the U. Porto Business Ideas Competition - iUP25k. | |
2012 - 2012 | "Engineering in a Minute" , a program promoted by FEUP for scientific and technological dissemination aimed at the general public through Social Communication, broadcast on public TV and available in the online platform of the newspaper "Público" . | Metals Recycling |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2022 - Current | Frontiers in Plant Science | |
2021/07 - Current | Frontiers in Plant Science (1664-462X) | Frontiers Media SA |
2020/01 - Current | Recycling (2313-4321) | MDPI AG |
Distinctions
Award
2022 | iUP25k - The Business Ideas Competition of the University of Porto - First Prize
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2021 | Scientific Innovation Award
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2020 | Scientific Innovation Award
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2019 | Scientific Innovation Award |
2018 | Scientific Innovation Award
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2015 | Scientific Innovation Award
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2013 | Scientific Innovation Award
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2012 | Scientific Innovation Award
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2011 | Scientific Innovation Award
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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1987 | Natália Gomes Ferreira
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
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