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I am Cláudia Amorim (PhD in Bioengineering), a PostDoc researcher and former invited Professor who strongly believes that innovation through R&D is the key to foster economic, environmental and social prosperity. I am committed to solve scientific and technological challenges, combining technical and research skills with economic literacy and creative thinking. I have been fascinated about from-waste-to-market ideas, particularly in exploring lignocellulosic residues to create value added products and incorporate them in food products. Currently, my research is focused on prebiotics: production from sustainable sources, health benefits and potential applications. The outputs of my research include 2 book chapters, 13 papers published and 2 under review in Q1 journals: 8 as 1st author, h-index 9, 440 citations Scopus. I established relevant collaborations with Academia: MIT (USA), UA (PT), USC (Spain); Industry: Tetra Pak (Sweden), DSM (Netherlands), The Navigator Company Inc.; and national Institutions for Diabetes (APDP) and Ulcerative colitis (APDI). My work has been drawing the media attention: national TV news, newspapers and radios. I was recently granted a competitive research position at CEB-UM from FCT-Scientific Employment (2021-27); a SantanderBank scholarship: MIT leading digital transformation (2021); the awards: Entrepreneurship&Innovation (Crédito Agrícola Bank) and IACOBUS paper (GNP-AECT, Spain-Portugal), drawing attention from media (Bussiness Journal); and co-organized the BioFHE international workshop. I gathered >1M€ for R&D through research projects, scholarships, awards and scientific contracts. During my PhD, I acquired competences in tech transfer and started to develop a food application containing prebiotics, after being granted with financial support from the NEWFOOD project, in which I worked as PI at UM and USC. I became team member of the FOSYNBIO, LIGNOZYMES and B3iS projects. As Post-Doc, I developed recombinant yeasts to produce prebiotics under the FOSYNBIO scope. As supervisor, I count with 1 BSc/1 MSc/1 PhD students, and as co-supervisor 2 MSc/1 PhD. I became a collaborator member at P-Bio Industry and coordinated a team of Marketing MSc students to develop a go-to-market business plan for a prebiotic application. While still an undergrad student (2012-13), I collaborated in 2 projects at UM: 1) "Valorization of oil-contaminated cork waste" led by the BRIDGE Group in partnership with the world leader in the cork market, Corticeira Amorim Inc. The main goal of that project was to produce added-value products (e.g. bacterial lipids) from hydrocarbon-contaminated cork waste; 2) "Cr(III) sorption onto brewery spent grains: equilibrium and kinetics". Plus, as member of the Biological Eng. students, I co-organized a symposium and supervised a scientific research project for undergrads. I concluded both cycles of studies of the Integrated MSc in Biological Eng. (2009-14) with specialization on Chemical&Food Technol. at UM with the final grade of 18 out of 20, being awarded as honor roll MSc student in Engineering. During my MSc studies, I did a 6-month internship at DSM Biotech. Center (Netherlands) where I worked on dairy fermentations and computer programming. My MSc thesis was entitled "Influence of urea and sodium formate on milk acidification". From 9-12/2014, I was a research assistant on the project "Identification of bacteria using fluorescence spectroscopy" focused on discriminate Acinetobacter spp. linked to hospital-acquired infections. My PhD "Bioprocess for the production of XOS" was developed at UM and MIT, in collaboration with UA. I was a visiting PhD student at MIT where she developed the genetic tasks and was a teaching assistant at the Fermentation Technol. Course with Prof. Wang (2017). I am strongly motivated to solve scientific and technological challenges with her team to create a strong research axis towards industry.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cláudia Amorim
Date of birth
1991/07/04

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9618-D811-7254
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0999-0405

Email addresses

  • claudiacv23@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/01/01 - 2019/01/21
Concluded
 PhD in Bioengineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
"Development of a bioprocess for the production of xylooligosaccharides" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Academic courses: 19 (out 20); PhD Thesis: Approve
2009/09 - 2014/07
Concluded
 Integrated Master in Biological Engineering (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

DSM Biotechnology Center, Netherlands
"Influence of Urea and Sodium Formate on Milk Acidification" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/03/01 - 2021/02/28 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/02/01 - 2021/06/30 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/02/01 - 2014/02/01 Coordinator of the Pedagogical Department of the Nucleus of Biological Engineering Students Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/06/17 - 2019/06/30 Visiting Pos-Doc Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2017/02/01 - 2017/12/30 PhD visiting student Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2017/07/24 - 2017/07/30 Teaching Assistant: Fermentation Technology Summer Course Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2015/06/01 - 2015/08/01 Laboratory rotation on quality assessment of beer production Grupo SuperBock, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2014/12/01 Research assistant: "Identification of bacteria using fluorometry techniques" Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2014/01/01 - 2014/07/01 Internship Programme via Erasmus Placement/Leonardo da Vinci. DSM Biotechnology Center, Netherlands
2013/01/01 - 2013/07/01 Research assistant: "Valorization of oil-contaminated CorkSorb" in collaboration with Corticeira Amorim Company Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2012/02/01 - 2012/07/31 Research assistant: "Cr(III) Sorption onto Brewery Spent Grains: Equilibrium and Kinetics" Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/03/01 - 2021/02 FOSYNBIO - Synthetic biology approaches to design and construct microbial cell factories for the production of fructooligossacharides
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029549
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2015/01 - 2018 Development of a sustainable bioprocess for the production of novel xylooligosaccharides and their potential application
PD/BD/105870/2014
 Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior

Contract

Designation Funders
2021 - 2027 Scientific Employment Stimulus - Individual Call: Sustainable production of prebiotic xylooligosacharides and their application in a synbiotic jelly for patients with Ulcerative colitis
2020.00293.CEECIND
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - 2019 NEWFOOD - food technologies valorization in traditional foods sector.
NORTE-01-0246-FEDER-000043
Supervisor
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021 - 2023 B3iS - Biodiversity and Bioprospection of Biosurfactants in Saline environments
PTDC/BII-BIO/5554/2020
Post-doc
2018/01/01 - 2020/01/01 LIGNOZYMES - Metagenomics approach to unravel the potential of lignocellulosic residues towards the discovery of novel enzymes
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029773
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Cardoso, Beatriz B.; Amorim, Cláudia; Silvério, Sara C.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Novel and emerging prebiotics: Advances and opportunities". In Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, 41-95. Elsevier, 2021.
    10.1016/bs.afnr.2020.08.001
  2. Gudiña, Eduardo J.; Amorim, Cláudia; Braga, Adelaide; Costa, Ângela; Rodrigues, Joana L.; Silvério, Sara; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Biotech Green Approaches to Unravel the Potential of Residues into Valuable Products". In Sustainable Green Chemical Processes and their Allied Applications, 97-150. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-42284-4_5
Conference abstract
  1. Cordeiro, Ana; Fernandes, Andreia; Peres, António Manuel; Rodrigues, Lígia R.; Amorim, Cláudia. "Olive oil by-products as potential alternative substrates for xylooligosaccharides production". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2023 - 14th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Bragança, 2023.
    Published
  2. Braga, A.; Gomes, D.; Rainha, J.; Amorim, C.; Silverio, S. C.; Alves, J.; Cardoso, B. B.; Fernandez-Lobato, M., Rodrigue. "Zymomonas mobilis an emerging microbial cell factory to produce prebiotics". Paper presented in EFB2022 - European Federation of Biotechnology, online, 2022.
    Published
  3. Gautério,G.V.; Amorim,C. ; Silverio, S. C.; Cardoso, B.B.; Alves, J. I.; Pereira, M. A.; Kalil, S. J.; Rodrigues, L. R.. "Prebiotic potential of hydrolysates containing xylooligosaccharides produced by different approaches". Paper presented in 14th SLACA (Latin American Symposium of Food Science), Rio de Janeiro, 2021.
    Published
  4. Adelaide Braga, Daniela Gomes , João Rainha, Beatriz B. Cardoso, Cláudia Amorim , Sara C. Silvério, Joana L. Rodrigues ,. "Engineering Zymomonas mobilis to produce tailor-made fructooligosaccharides". Paper presented in The 2nd International BioDesign Research Conference, doi: 10.12236/ibdrc2020-a-0040, 2021.
    Published
  5. Adelaide Braga; Daniela Gomes; João Rainha; Cláudia Amorim, Beatriz B. Cardoso, Eduardo J. Gudiña; Sara C. Silvério; Joa. "Zymomonas mobilis: a promising microorganism for prebiotic production". Paper presented in MicroBiotec'21 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2021 (book of abstracts), 2021.
    Published
  6. Amorim, C. (9618-D811-7254); Silvério, S.C.; Rodrigues, L.R.. "(Oral Presentation) Integrated bioprocess approach for the production of xylooligosaccharides". Paper presented in MicroBiotec'19 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019 (Book of Abstracts), 2019.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Cordeiro, Ana; Fernandes, Andreia; Sousa, Joana; Cardoso, Beatriz; Alves, Joana; Silvério, Sara; Peres, António M.; Rodrigues, Ligia Raquel Marona ; Amorim, Cláudia. "Assessing the prebiotic potential of xylooligosaccharides produced by one-step fermentation using agro-residues". Paper presented in Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023, 2023.
  2. Fernandes, Andreia; Cordeiro, Ana; Rodrigues, Lígia R.; Amorim, Cláudia. "Valorization of coffee agro-industry residues for prebiotic production by one-pot fermentation". Paper presented in Biotechnology for a Circular Bioeconomy (AFOB-EFB Virtual Conference), 2023.
  3. Braga, Adelaide; Maia, Ana B.; Gomes, Daniela; Rainha, João; Cardoso, B.; Amorim, Cláudia; Silvério, Sara C.; Rodrigues,. "Agro-industrial wastes as alternative substrates for the production of prebiotic with Zymomonas mobilis". Paper presented in Biotechnology for a Circular Bioeconomy (AFOB-EFB Virtual Conference)., 2023.
  4. Amorim, C.; Silvério, S. C.; Cardoso, B. B.; Alves, J. I.; Pereira, M. A.; Rodrigues, L. R.. "Beneficial impact of raffinose on human intestinal microbiota". Paper presented in BioIberoAmerica 22, Book of Abstracts, pp. 208, 2022.
  5. Amorim, C.; Braga, A.; Rodrigues, J.L.; Cardoso, B.B.; Rainha, J.; Gudiña, E.J.; Silvério, S.C.; Rodrigues, L.R.. "Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a microbial biocatalyst for the one-step production of prebiotic fructooligosaccharides". Paper presented in Biocatalysis Open day 2020, 2020.
  6. Gomes, D.; Braga, A.; Rainha, J.; Amorim, C.; Cardoso, B.B.; Gudiña, E.J.; Silvério, S.S.; Rodrigues, J.L.; Rodrigues, L.R.. "Synthetic biology approaches to improve the production of fructooligosaccharides using Zymomonas mobilis as a chassis". Paper presented in 5th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe, 2020.
  7. Braga, A.; Amorim, C. (9618-D811-7254); Rodrigues, J.L.; Cardoso, B.B.; Rainha, J.; Gudiña, E.J.; Silvério, S.C.; Rodrigues, L.R.. "Zymomonas mobilis as a whole-cell biocatalyst for the production of prebiotics". Paper presented in MicroBiotec'19 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019 (Book of Abstracts). No. P417, 2019.
  8. Moreira, R.; Amorim, C. (9618-D811-7254); Cardoso, B.B.; Silvério, S.C.; Rodrigues, L.R.. "Evaluation of the prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides addition in the traditional Portuguese cake “bolo-de-arroz"". Paper presented in XXV Encontro Galego-Português de Química. No. ALM39, 2019.
  9. Amorim, C. (9618-D811-7254); Silvério, S.C.; Rodrigues, L.R.. "Development of a sustainable bioprocess for the production of novel xylooligosaccharides (XOS)". Paper presented in ESBES 2018 - 12th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Sciences, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Beatriz B. Cardoso; Cláudia Amorim; Ricardo Franco-Duarte; Joana I. Alves; Sónia G. Barbosa; Sara C. Silvério; Lígia R. Rodrigues. "Epilactose as a Promising Butyrate-Promoter Prebiotic via Microbiota Modulation". Life (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/life14050643.
    10.3390/life14050643
  2. Victoria Gautério, Gabrielle; Amorim, Cláudia; Silvério, Sara C.; Cardoso, Beatriz B.; Ballesteros, Lina F.; Alves, Joana I.; Alcina Pereira, Maria; et al. "Hydrolysates containing xylooligosaccharides produced by different strategies: Structural characterization, antioxidant and prebiotic activities". Food Chemistry 391 (2022): 133231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133231.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133231
  3. Amorim, Cláudia; Rodrigues, Joana L.; Braga, Adelaide; Gomes, Daniela; Rainha, João; Silvério, Sara C.; Cardoso, Beatriz B.; Fernández-Lobato, María; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the one-step production of a functional sweetening mixture towards food applications". Food and Bioproducts Processing (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2022.07.006.
    10.1016/j.fbp.2022.07.006
  4. Braga, Adelaide; Gomes, Daniela; Amorim, Cláudia; Silvério, Sara C.; Alves, Joana; Rainha, João; Cardoso, Beatriz B.; Rodrigues, Joana L.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "One-step production of a novel prebiotic mixture using Zymomonas mobilis ZM4". Biochemical Engineering Journal 183 (2022): 108443. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2022.108443.
    10.1016/j.bej.2022.108443
  5. Braga, Adelaide; Gomes, Daniela; Rainha, João; Cardoso, Beatriz B.; Amorim, Cláudia; Silvério, Sara C.; Fernández-Lobato, María; Rodrigues, Joana L.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Tailoring fructooligosaccharides composition with engineered Zymomonas mobilis ZM4". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 106 12 (2022): 4617-4626. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-022-12037-3.
    10.1007/s00253-022-12037-3
  6. Braga, Adelaide; Gomes, Daniela; Rainha, João; Amorim, Cláudia; Cardoso, Beatriz B.; Gudiña, Eduardo J.; Silvério, Sara C.; Rodrigues, Joana L.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Zymomonas mobilis as an emerging biotechnological chassis for the production of industrially relevant compounds". Bioresources and Bioprocessing 8 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40643-021-00483-2.
    10.1186/s40643-021-00483-2
  7. Amorim, Cláudia; Cardoso, Beatriz B.; Silvério, Sara C.; Silva, Jessica C.; Alves, Joana I.; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Moreira, Ramón; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Designing a functional rice muffin formulated with prebiotic oligosaccharides and sugar reduction". Food Bioscience 40 (2021): 100858. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbio.2020.100858.
    10.1016/j.fbio.2020.100858
  8. Amorim, Cláudia; Silvério, Sara C.; Cardoso, Beatriz B.; Alves, Joana I.; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "In vitro fermentation of raffinose to unravel its potential as prebiotic ingredient". LWT (2020): 109322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2020.109322.
    10.1016/j.lwt.2020.109322
  9. Amorim, Cláudia; Silvério, Sara C.; Cardoso, Beatriz B.; Alves, Joana I.; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "In vitro assessment of prebiotic properties of xylooligosaccharides produced by Bacillus subtilis 3610". Carbohydrate Polymers 229 (2020): 115460. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115460.
    10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115460
  10. Amorim, Cláudia; Silvério, Sara C.; Prather, Kristala L.J.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "From lignocellulosic residues to market: Production and commercial potential of xylooligosaccharides". Biotechnology Advances 37 7 (2019): 107397. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.05.003.
    10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.05.003
  11. Amorim, C.; Silvério, S.C.; Gonçalves, R.F.S.; Pinheiro, A.C.; Silva, S.; Coelho, E.; Coimbra, M.A.; Prather, K.L.J; Rodrigues, L.R.. "Downscale fermentation for xylooligosaccharides production by recombinant Bacillus subtilis 3610". Carbohydrate Polymers 205 (2019): 176-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.09.088.
    10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.09.088
  12. Amorim, Cláudia; Silvério, Sara C.; Silva, Soraia P.; Coelho, Elisabete; Coimbra, Manuel A.; Prather, Kristala L.J.; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Single-step production of arabino-xylooligosaccharides by recombinant Bacillus subtilis 3610 cultivated in brewers’ spent grain". Carbohydrate Polymers 199 (2018): 546-554. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.07.017.
    10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.07.017
  13. Amorim, C. (9618-D811-7254); Silvério, S.C.; Rodrigues, L.R.. "One-step process for producing prebiotic arabino-xylooligosaccharides from Brewer's spent grain employing Trichoderma species". Food Chemistry (2018): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.07.080.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.07.080
  14. Ferraz, A. I.; Amorim, C.; Tavares, T.; Teixeira, J. A.. "Chromium(III) biosorption onto spent grains residual from brewing industry: equilibrium, kinetics and column studies". International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 12 5 (2014): 1591-1602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13762-014-0539-6.
    10.1007/s13762-014-0539-6
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/05/10 Innovative Traditional Pastry - Baking healthier choices BioFHE - Biotechnology to build a brighter future: Food, Health and Environmental Applications
University of Minho (Online workshop )
2019/12/06 Integrated bioprocess approach for the production of xylooligosaccharides MicroBiotec'19 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/10/03 Xylooligosaccharides: research progress Seminar in Cellular and Metabolic Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ca, United States)
2015/11/27 Biological Engineering & Prebiotics XXII Jornadas de Engenharia Biológica
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/02 - 2025/01 Development of a sustainable xylooligosaccharides production bioprocess from olive pomace
Supervisor
 PhD in Bioengineering (PhD)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/12 Biological production and characterization of xylooligosaccharides obtained from agro-residues
Supervisor
 Master in Biochemistry (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/06 - 2021/12 Integrated bioproduction of prebiotic fructooligosaccharides using yeast in co-culture
Supervisor of Marta Filipa Teles Caçador
 Biotechnology (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2020/03/01 - 2020/06/29 Brain-gut-microbiota axis: future perspectives and review
Supervisor of Cecília Carina Saraiva do Nascimento
 Biochemistry (Degree)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/05/10 - Current BioFHE - Biotechnology to build a brighter future: Food, Health and Environmental Applications. International scientific workshop organized by CEB/UM with speakers from both Industry (e.g. DSM, The Navigator Company, Lipor) and Academia (Wageningen Univ., Univ. Denmark, Univ. Vigo, Federal Univ. Rio de Janeiro). https://cebconference.wixsite.com/biotechnology (2021/05/10)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016/06/30 - Current MIT Portugal Annual Conference - 10 Years Engineering a Better Future. (2016/06/30)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
2013/11/21 - 2013/11/23 Organization of a Biological Engineering Symposium Three days’ symposium integrated in the NEEB’s activities. NEEB is the association of Biological Engineering students from University of Minho. (2013/11/21 - 2013/11/23)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2013/02/01 - 2013/02/01 Volunteer project: Introduction of undergraduate students to the scientific research While coordinator of the Pedagogical Department of the Nucleus of Biological Engineering students (NEB), I promoted for the first time the volunteer project in scientific research which aimed to provide an experience on scientific research for undergraduate students. (2012/02/01 - 2013/02/01)
Other (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/11/30 - Current Scientific Divulgation: Science for Society
Exhibition
 Open Day at CEB 19
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2019/05/21 - Current Agro-residues for health maintenance - science for society Pint of Science
2017/12/05 - Current Workshop on "Behavioral Economics" to help students to realize the critical importance of incorporating knowledge from behavioral sciences into our Graduate Programs.
Workshop
 MIT-Portugal Bioengineering-EGOS Forum
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/10/05 - Current How Immune Cells Help Wire the Brain
Seminar
 MIT BE Seminar series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2017/05/12 - Current Biopolymer conjugates for the production of responsive biomaterials
Seminar
 ChemE Seminar Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2020/01/03 - 2020/02/03 This training provided the knowledge and tools to implement quality methodologies within the ISO 9001: 2015 framework.
Other
 Quality Management System (9001:2015)
XZ Consultores, Portugal
2017/03/16 - 2017/03/16 Going With the Flow: A Multi-scale Approach to the Gut Microbiota During Osmotic Disturbance
Seminar
 MIT BE Seminar series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2017/02/24 - 2017/02/24 Development of tools enabling tunable, in situ delivery of therapeutics using probiotics
Seminar
 Development of tools enabling tunable, in situ delivery of therapeutics using probiotics
Washington University in Saint Louis, United States
2016/06/28 - 2016/06/29 Poster: Amorim, C.; Prather, K. L. J.; Rodrigues, L. R. Development of a sustainable bioprocess for the production of novel Xylooligosaccharides (XOS) and their potential application
Conference
 2016 MIT Portugal Annual Conference - 10 Years Engineering a Better Future
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/06/22 - 2016/06/22 Basic concepts on metrology NP EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005
Seminar
 Basic concepts on metrology NP EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014/02/19 - 2014/02/22 Working safety with GMO (Genetic Modified Microrganisms) Working safety with Genetic Modified Microrganisms
Fermentation DBC (DSM Biotechnological Center), Netherlands

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/06 Encapsulation of Synbiotics for the microbiota-gut-brain-axis modulation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bernardo Almeida (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/06/01 Pretreatments evaluation for the production of oligosaccharides from brewer's spent grain for food applications
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Solciaray Soares (PhD)
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Brazil

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Member of the Portuguese Society of Microbiology
Member
 Portuguese Society of Microbiology, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2017/01/01 Student membership of SFAM Society for applied microbiology
Member
 Society for Applied Microbiology, United Kingdom

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/01 - 2021/07 Consulting and technical service for The Navigator Company Inc. - Evaluation of the prebiotic potential of the XOS produced by the Company Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/03/01 - 2021/07/31 Bioprocess Engineering Laboratories Biotecnology (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/07/30 Biochemical engineering Chemical and Biological Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2022/03/10 InovPastel project Jornal de Negócios
2017/02/01 Jornal de Notícias Jornal de Notícias
2016/10/31 Diário do Minho Diário do Minho

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2017/01/13 - Current SIC Notícias Food bark can prevent certain diseases
2020/01/27 - 2020/01/27 90 segundos de Ciência EP. 777 Cláudia Amorim – Projeto usa cascas de frutos para desenvolver complementos nutricionais com benefícios para a saúde

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/03 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Nature
2022/02 - Current Biotechnology Advances (0734-9750) Elsevier
2021 - Current Renewable Energy (0960-1481) Elsevier
2020 - Current Process Biochemistry (1359-5113) Elsevier
2020 - Current Food Bioscience (2212-4292) Elsevier
2019/09/11 - Current Carbohydrate Polymers (0144-8617) Elsevier

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2020/02 - 2020/06 Incorporation of prebiotics in different products applications Team of Marketing students
2019/11/01 - 2019/12/22 PhD thesis: Production and characterization of xylanolytic enzymes and xylooligosaccharides from agro-industrial substrates Gabrielle Victória Gautério (423285/2018-1), Universidade Federal Rio Grande
2018/05/01 - 2019/10/04 Master Thesis: Development of a novel food application using mixtures of commercial prebiotics Jessica Costa da Silva
Distinctions

Award

2022 IACOBUS paper award: Portugal-Spain partnership 1k€
Agrupación Europea de Cooperación Territorial Galicia–Norte de Portugal (GNP, AECT),, Spain
2022 Best presentation award - CEB's Bienal Scientific Meeting 600€
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2021 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Biotechnology Award 5k€
Crédito Agrícola Bank, Portugal
2018 Innovative traditional pastry - Baking healthier choices 15k€
FEDER; NORTE 2020; NewFood contest, Portugal
2015 Honor Roll Master Student of Engineering 1k€
Associação Industrial do MInho, Portugal
2007 Honor roll student (Informatic course) 200€
Unicenter, Portugal

Other distinction

2021 Santander Scholarship Tech - MIT leading digital transformation
Banco Santander Portugal, Portugal