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
- 
                           - 225081650 (Professional)
 
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | 
Education
            | Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/03/04 Concluded | Environmental Engineering (Título de Agregado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | |
| 1990/09/01 - 1995/11/24 Concluded | Chemistry- Inorganic Chemistry (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | |
| 1986 Concluded | Farmácia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal | 
Affiliation
            Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution | Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing | 
| 2020 - 2023 | Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry - Clean Technologies and Processes UIDP/50006/2020 and UIDB/50006/2020 Researcher
                                     REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal | Ongoing | 
| 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 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing | 
| 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 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded | 
| 2019 - 2019 | Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry – Clean Technologies and Processes LAQV (UID/ QUI/50006/2019 Researcher
                                     REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded | 
| 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 | Horizon 2020 Concluded | 
| 2015 - 2018 | Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry – Clean Technologies and Processes LAQV (UID/ QUI/50006/2013 Researcher
                                     REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded | 
| 2011 - 2014 | Chemometrics-assisted electroanalytical methods for simultaneous metal ions quantification using green electrodes PTDC/QUI-QUI/112439/2009 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded | 
| 2011 - 2014 | Potential environmental-friendly chelating agents for agriculture and industrial practices PTDC-AAC-AMB-111206-2009 Principal investigator
                                     REQUIMTE, Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded | 
| 2011 - 2014 | Strategic Project: REQUIMTE - Rede de Química e Tecnologia PEST-C/EQB/LA0006/2011 Researcher
                                    
                                  | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded | 
| 2010 - 2011 | Microbiological production of chelating agents 180 Principal investigator
                                     REQUIMTE, Portugal | Universidade do Porto Concluded | 
| 2005 - 2010 | New potentially biodegradable chelating agents for industrial and domestic environment-friendly applications POCI/QUI/57891/2004 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  | 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 | Universidade do Porto Concluded | 
| 2005 - 2008 | Development of a clean technology for removing and recovery of heavy metals from industrial effluents POCTI/CTA/47875/2002 Researcher
                                    
                                  | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded | 
| 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 | REQUIMTE Concluded | 
| 2005 - 2006 | Integrated use of a chemical and biological approach in the removal of metals from industrial effluents UP-CGD Principal investigator
                                    
                                  | Universidade do Porto Concluded | 
| 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 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded | 
| 2003 - 2004 | Recycling of aluminium from aluminium industry University of Porto/Fundação Ilídio Pinho/2003 Principal investigator
                                     REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal | Universidade do Porto Concluded | 
Outputs
            Publications
| Book chapter | 
 | 
| Conference abstract | 
 | 
| Conference paper | 
 | 
| Journal article | 
 | 
Intellectual property
| Provisional application for patent | 
 | 
Other
| Other output | 
 | 
Activities
            Supervision
| Thesis Title Role | Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/02 - Current | Sustainable recycling of precious and critical metals from waste mobile phones Supervisor of Márcia Andreia Dias da Silva | Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering (PhD) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2020/05 - Current | RECY-SMART-Sustainable approaches for recycling  discarded mobile phones Supervisor | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 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 | Environmental Engineering (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2022/03/02 - 2022/07/31 | Recycling of critical metals from waste light-emitting diodes Supervisor of Loïc Vervaecke  | Chemical Engineering (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 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 | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2021/02 - 2021/07/30 | Recovery of precious metals from spent autocatalysts Supervisor of  Michiel De Brauwer | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2021 | Chiral chelators for industrial and domestic applications: synthetic, complexation and biodegradation studies (Pós-Doc) Supervisor of Hari B. Boppudi | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 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 | Universidade do Porto, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2020 | Selective recycling of metals from secondary resources Supervisor of Seyedehmaryam Sadeghi | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2019 | Impact of nanoparticles in fresh water aquatic systems: physic-chemical characteristics versus ecotoxicological effects Supervisor of Cátia Filipa Assunção de Sousa | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2019 | A simple and sustainable approach to recover metals from spent printed circuit boards Supervisor of Isabel Fernanda Franco Neto | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2014 - 2019 | Biological production of siderophores and its application for correction of iron deficiencies in agronomic conditions Supervisor of Carlos Miguel Henriques Ferreira | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2018/04/01 - 2018/12/31 | Recovery of metals from secondary sources (Pós-Doc) Supervisor of João Manuel Oliveira Máximo de Jesus | REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2018 | Recovery and purification of indium from a simulated multi-metal leached solution from LCD panels Supervisor of Tanguy Heireman | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2018 - 2018 | An alternative approach for recovering metals from spent printed circuit boards Supervisor of Mike Bonheure | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2017/02 - 2017/07 | Recovery and Purification of Palladium from a Low Grade Palladium Solution Containing Multi-metals Supervisor of Jeroen Bauwens | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 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 | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2016/02 - 2016/07 | Recovery of manganese and zinc from alkaline batteries Supervisor of Simon Lannoo  | |
| 2015 - 2015 | Selective recovery of zinc from spent alkaline batteries Supervisor of Guillaume Vanpeteghem | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2015 | Selective recycling of metals from spent hydrodesulphurisation catalysts using environmental-friendly approaches Supervisor of Isabel Soares Silva Pinto | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2014 | Alternative chelating agents: evaluation of ready-biodegradability, complexation properties and suitability for agronomic
                                 aplications Supervisor of João Pedro Graça Martins | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 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 | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2012 - 2012 | Siderophores production by the bacterium Bacillus megaterium Co-supervisor of Sofia Isabel Silva Moreira dos Santos  | Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2010 | Determination of stability constants between metal ions and biological buffers Supervisor of Steven Van Acker | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2010 - 2010 | Evaluation of new chelating agents potentially biodegradable Supervisor of Isabel Soares Silva Pinto | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2006 - 2010 | Removal and selectively recovery of heavy metals from industrial effluents Supervisor of Maria Manuela Dias Machado | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2007 - 2009 | Study of metal complexation properties of potential environment-friendly ligands for Food Industry Supervisor of João Pedro Costa Graça Martins | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal | 
| 2008 - 2008 | Synthesis and metal complexation studies of a chelant agents potentially biodegradable Supervisor of Mónica Sofia Freitas dos Santos | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2008 - 2008 | Evaluation of metal complexation properties of “Good” and “Better” pH buffers Supervisor of Eliat-Eliat Maxime | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2002 - 2006 | Interaction of biological pH buffers, used in biological and environmental studies, with metal ions Supervisor of Carina Madalena Martins Machado | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2002 - 2003 | Heavy metals speciation of fluvial sediments. Application to the Ave river basin Supervisor of Cristina Maria Rodrigues Ferreira Alves | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | 
Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role | Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/12 | Biometallurgical approaches for the selective recovery of metals contained in bioleaching solutions from electronic waste (Thesis) Main arguer | Alexandre Kompalitch (PhD) Université Paris Cité, France | 
| 2023/11/27 | Development of alternative processes for the recovery of critical and strategic metals from secondary sources (Thesis) Main arguer | Ana Rita Futre Carreira (PhD) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | 
| 2023/10/16 | Recovery and separation of platinum group metals from used automobile catalytic converters (Thesis) Main arguer | 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 | Kun ZHENG (PhD) Université Paris Cité, France | 
| 2023/05/15 | Innovative combination of chemical and biological strategies for the recovery of metals from metal-bearing wastewaters and
                                 leachates (Thesis) Main arguer | Amir Nobahar (PhD) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal | 
| 2022/11/10 | Precipitation of gold from an acidic e-waste leachate using a quaternary ammonium salt (Thesis) Main arguer | André Filipe Marques Nogueira (Master) | 
| 2020/06/02 | Titanium behavior in marine ecosystems and impact on target organisms. (Thesis) Arguer | Rui Jorge Rodrigues Monteiro (PhD) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | 
| 2019/12/17 | Treatment of water contaminated with potentially toxic and non-essential metals using biosorbents and zeolitic materials (Thesis) Arguer | Elaine Fabre (PhD) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | 
| 2016/07/07 | Biological and chemical strategies for the recovery of precious metals as nanoparticles (Thesis) Main arguer | Ana Filipa Benedito da Assunção (PhD) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal | 
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/06 - 2023/09 | Scientific Evaluator and Rapporteur of the ERA-MIN Joint Call 2023, which is a Transnacional Call for projects. Evaluator | ||
| 2017 - 2017 | Project Evaluator of Advanced Fellowships and Grants (USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USA) Evaluator | ||
| 2017 - 2017 | Project Evaluator of Advanced Fellowships and Grants (ISF, Israel Science Foundation, Israel) Evaluator | ||
| 2016 - 2016 | Project Evaluator of Advanced Fellowships and Grants  (National Research Foundation, South Africa) Evaluator | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2015 - 2015 | 2014 Call for Bilateral Cooperation (FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology from Portuguese Government) Evaluator | ||
| 2015 - 2015 | Program Alentejo 2020 - scientific research projects and technological development (FCT- Foundation for Science and Technology
                                 from Portuguese Government) Evaluator | ||
| 2013 - 2013 | 2013 Call for PhD and Post-Doctoral fellowships (FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology from Portuguese Government) Evaluator | ||
| 2011 - 2011 | Project Evaluator of Advanced Fellowships and Grants  (FONDECYT - Chilean Government Research Funding Agency,  Chile) Evaluator | ||
| 2011 - 2011 | Pluridisciplinary Projects -  IJUP 2011  (University of Porto) Evaluator | ||
| 2003 - 2003 | Call FP6: Global -2-Priority 6.3. "Global Change and Ecosystems" (European Comission) Evaluator | 
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 
| 2021 | Scientific Innovation Award Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2020 | Scientific Innovation Award Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2019 | Scientific Innovation Award | 
| 2018 | Scientific Innovation Award Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2015 | Scientific Innovation Award Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2013 | Scientific Innovation Award Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2012 | Scientific Innovation Award Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 2011 | Scientific Innovation Award Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal | 
| 1987 | Natália Gomes Ferreira Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal | 
