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Biotechnology Scientist with 10+ years of experience in biomass conversion and applied microbiology. Proven ability to develop and apply innovative technologies to produce biofuels, bioproducts, and biofertilizers. Ph.D. in Industrial Biotechnology, Biomass Conversion from the University of São Paulo, Brazil; Master's in Cellular Biology and Biotechnology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Graduated from a pre-Bologna university program in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. 5+ years of experience at the National Laboratory of Energy and Geology in the field of biomass conversion and applied microbiology, focusing on biofuels and bioproducts. 2+ years of experience at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, in the field of applied microbiology, focusing on biofertilizers. Expertise in biocatalysis, fermentation, and cell culture. Strong research and analytical skills. Excellent communication and teamwork skills. Passionate about using biotechnology to solve global challenges.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Evandro Brandão Tavares

Citation names

  • Tavares, JEB.
  • João Tavares
  • Tavares J.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9B16-17EF-EBEE
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8671-0331
Google Scholar ID
HRHFYm8AAAAJ
Researcher Id
A-4832-2018
Scopus Author Id
57273564000

Email addresses

  • f7694@ulusofona.pt (Professional)
  • joao.tavares@lneg.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Fermentation
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Biofuels
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioproducts Biomaterials
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioprocessing Technologies
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/04
Concluded
 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (PhD) (Doutoramento)
Major in Chemical Engineering
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/02 - 2015/03
Concluded
 Doctor of Science, Biomass Conversion (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Industrial Biotechnology
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
"Effects of sulfite pretreatment on composition, enzymatic digestibility and fermentability of pretreated sugarcane bagasse" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007 - 2009
Concluded
 Master's Degree in Cellular Biology and Biotechnology (Mestrado)
Major in Applied Phycology
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Cultivo de microalgas do género Botryococcus visando a produção de biodiesel" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2001 - 2005
Concluded
 Degree in Biology, Scientific Branch (Licenciatura)
Major in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/03/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Portugal
2023/10 - 2025/02/28 Science and Technology Management Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
RCM2+ (Centro de Investigação em Gestão de Ativos e Engenharia de Sistemas), Portugal
2017/07/16 - 2022/12/15 Contracted Researcher (Research) Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
2015/06 - 2017/05 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/02 - 2015/03 Research Trainee (Research) Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
2009/09 - 2012/02 Research Assistant (Research) Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/02 - 2014/07 Internship in University Teaching (Environmental Sciences) Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
2013/07 - 2013/12 Internship in University Teaching (Biomass Chemistry) Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
2011/02 - 2011/05 Census taker - XV General Population Census and V General Housing Census (Censos 2011) Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Portugal
2008/10 - 2009/07 Research Trainee (Research) Omnidea, Lda., Portugal
Omnidea, Lda., Portugal
2005/10 - 2007/11 Secondary School Teacher (Natural Sciences) Escola Secundária Dr. Teixeira de Sousa, Cape Verde
2006/10 - 2007/07 Secondary School Teacher (Natural Sciences) Escola Secundária Acadêmica do Fogo , Cape Verde
2005/06 - 2005/08 Trainee (Education and Awareness: Environmental monitoring) Associação de Cultura, Ambiente, Desporto e Educação, Portugal
2002/04 - 2005/03 Trainee (Student Support Program) Morna - Associação Cultural Luso - Africana, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2012/02 - 2015/03 Avaliação dos efeitos do pré-tratamento com sulfito na composição, digestibilidade enzimática e fermentabilidade do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar pré-tratado
5523-11-7-PEC-PG 2011
PhD Student Fellow
Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Concluded
2007/10 - 2009/03 Cultivo de microalgas do género Botryococcus visando a produção de biodiesel
1
Master Student Fellow
IPAD
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/10/01 - 2022/09/30 GreenFuel - Sistema de baixas emissões para a produção de combustíveis verdes e de compostos bioactivos de elevado valor comercial baseado na biorrefinaria de Gordonia alkanivorans estirpe 1B
PTDC/EAM-AMB/30975/2017
Researcher
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais
UID/BIA/00329/2019
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/02 - 2019/08/31 BABET-REAL5 New technology and strategy for a large and sustainable deployment of second generation biofuel in rural areas
Ref.: 654365
Post-doc
Laboratório de Energia, Portugal
 Horizon 2020
Concluded
2015 - 2017 NOVINOC - Novos inoculantes microbianos para pastagens em sistemas Agro-silvo-pastoris
BI-MESTRE-PRODER - Nº 54972
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal

Fertiprado Lda., Portugal
Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 199 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/MAR/UI0199/2011
Instituto do Mar, Portugal

Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Oceanografia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/06/01 - 2012/02/29 Delineação de Procedimentos e Tarefas com Vista à Organização e Gestão de Colecções Zoológicas e Botânicas Eistentes no JBT/IICT
SFRH/BGCT/51499/2011
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006 - 2011 Projecto IMBAMBA: Implementar o Acesso à Informação sobre Biodiversidade e a Gestão de Colecções Botânicas em Angola
PTDC/BIA-QOR/66702/2006
Research Fellow
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009 - 2010 Plantas exóticas e invasoras de Cabo Verde
IICT-CAI-JBT-7
Research Fellow
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Tiago P. Silva; João Tavares; Carla Silva; Susana M. Paixão; Luis Alves. "Biodesulfurization biorefinery using Gordonia alkanivorans strain 1B: Life cycle inventory of the integrated process". Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Sustainable Chemical and Environmental Engineering – Suseng2022, Rethymno, 2022.
    Published
  2. Tiago P. Silva; Susana M. Paixão; João Tavares; Luís Alves. "A novel microbial biosurfactant/bioemulsifier: Production and characterization". Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Sustainable Chemical and Environmental Engineering – Suseng2022, 2022.
  3. Luís Alves; João Tavares; Tiago P. Silva; Susana M. Paixão. "A fast and effective analytical method to quantify the emulsifying activity: design and validation". Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Sustainable Chemical and Environmental Engineering – Suseng2022, 2022.
  4. T.P. Silva; S.M. Paixão; J. Tavares; L. Alves. Corresponding author: S.M. Paixão. "A novel biosurfactant and its biotechnological potential". Paper presented in ICEESEN2020 - International conference on energy, environment and storage of energy, Kayseri, 2020.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Tiago P. Silva; João Tavares; Paixão, Susana M.; Alves, Luís. "A novel bench-scale photobioreactor for continuous cultivation of microalgae". Paper presented in 19th edition of the International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries, 2023.
  2. Maria José Leandro; Lei Yang; Susana M. Paixão; Luís Alves; Margarida Monteiro; João Tavares; Susana Marques; et al. "Development of efficient industrial xylose-fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains using genes from native xylose-utilizing yeasts". Paper presented in Microbiotec21 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2021, 2021.
  3. T.P. Silva; S.M. Paixão; J. Tavares; C.V. Gil; C.A.V. Torres; F. Freitas; L. Alves. "Production and characterization of a novel microbial biosurfactant". Paper presented in ECCE-ECAB 2021 - 13th European Congress of Chemical Engineering and 6th European Congress of Applied Biotechnology, 2021.
  4. Pereira Silva, Tiago; Susana Paixão Alves; João Tavares; Luís Alves. "A Novel Biosurfactant and its Biotecnological Potential". Paper presented in ICEESEN 2020-International Conference on Energy, Environment and Storage of Energy, 2020.
  5. Susana Marques; Ekaterina Vorobieva; Tavares, JEB.; Nuno Faria; César Fonseca; Francisco Gírio. "In-situ xylanase production using agro-industrial residues for lignocellulosic ethanol". Paper presented in 4th IBEROAMERICAM CONGRESS ON BIOREFINERIES - 4-CIAB, 2018.
  6. João Tavares; Ekaterina Vorobieva; Francisco Gírio; Nuno Torres Faria; César Fonseca; Susana Marques. "On-Site Production of Xylanases by Moesziomyces Aphidis Using Barley Straw as Feedstock Towards Lignocellulosic Ethanol". Paper presented in 27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE 2019), 2018.
  7. Tavares J; Vorobieva E; Faria NT; Fonseca, C; Marques, Susana; Gírio FM.. "Cultivation of Moesziomyces aphidis using agro-industrial residues for the production of hemicellulases and their use in boosting enzymatic hydrolysis of the same lignocellulosic feedstock". Paper presented in 29th International Carbohydrate Symposium, 2018.
  8. Tavares, JEB.; Manuela Carolino; Cristina Cruz. "Microbial inoculants as a strategy for improving grassland productivity". Paper presented in 16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2017.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.12105.85608
  9. João Tavares; Carla Bran; Manuela Carolino; Cristina Cruz. "Effects of new microbial consortia on Avena strigosa growth parameters". Paper presented in Frontiers in E3: cE3c 2nd Annual Meeting 2016, 2016.
    10.13140/RG.2.1.2197.6561
  10. João Tavares; Iuri Ribeiro Rios; Isabela Campos de Andrade; Flávio Teixeira da Silva. "Avaliação da sacarificação enzimática de bagaço de cana-de-açúcar pré-tratado pelo processo hidrotérmico catalisado com sulfito alcalino/Evaluation of enzymatic saccharification of sugarcane bagasse pretreated by the alkaline sulfite hydrothermolysis process". Paper presented in V Semana de Biotecnologia Industrial, 2014.
    10.13140/2.1.3466.6886
  11. Tavares, J.; Tavares, João; Iuri Ribeiro Rios; Teresa Cristina Brazil de Paiva; Flávio Teixeira da Silva. "Effects of Sulfite Pretreatment on Chemical Composition of Pretreated Sugarcane Bagasse". Paper presented in 16th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition, 2014.
  12. Romeiras, Maria M; Figueira, R.; Tavares, J.; Catarino, L.; Duarte, M.C.. "Colectores botânicos e esforço de colheita: contribuição para o conhecimento da diversidade vegetal em Angola". Paper presented in Colóquio Internacional Ciência nos Trópicos: olhares sobre o passado, perspectivas de futuro, 2012.
  13. Catarino, L.; Figueira, R.; Correia, A.I.; Abreu, J.I.A.; Silva, M.I.; Sousa, F.; Tavares, J.; et al. "Valuing and giving access to the botanical collections of Angola: The IMBAMBA project.". Paper presented in Iº Encontro Nacional sobre a Flora e Vegetação de Angola, 2011.
  14. Ribeiro, A.; Romeiras, Maria M; Tavares, J.; Faria, Maria T. "Levantamento etnobotânico na vila de Canhane, Distrito de Massingir, Moçambiue: Plantas medicinais e conhecimento tradicional". Paper presented in 1ª Conferência Internacional de Etnobotânica, 2011.
  15. Tavares, J.; Romeiras, Maria M; Duarte, M.C.. "Cape Verde medicinal plants: build an ethnobotanical catalogue for the native flora". Paper presented in 1ª Conferência Internacional de Etnobotânica, 2011.
  16. Romeiras, Maria M; Tavares, J.; Torrão, M.M.; Catarino, L.; Duarte, M.C.. "Ethnobotany of Cape Verde Islands: diversity and uses of exotic species". Paper presented in International symposium about the Macaronesian flora., 2010.
  17. Romeiras, Maria M; Tavares, J.; Torrão, M.M.; Catarino, L.; Duarte, M.C.. "Preservation and knowledge of medicinal plants in Cape Verde Islands: diversity and uses of exotic species since the colonization of this archipelago". Paper presented in XIXth AETFAT Congress, 2010.
Journal article
  1. João Tavares; Susana M. Paixão; Tiago P. Silva; Luís Alves. "New Insights on Gordonia alkanivorans Strain 1B Surface-Active Biomolecules: Gordofactin Properties". Molecules (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30010001.
    10.3390/molecules30010001
  2. Montiel, Carmina; Hernández-Meléndez, Oscar; Marques, Susana; Gírio, Francisco; João Tavares; Ontañon, Ornella; Campos, Eleonora; Bárzana, Eduardo. "Application of In-House Xylanases as an Addition to a Commercial Cellulase Cocktail for the Sustainable Saccharification of Pretreated Blue Agave Bagasse Used for Bioethanol Production". Sustainability 16 16 (2024): 6722. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16166722.
    10.3390/su16166722
  3. Tiago P. Silva; Paixão, Susana M.; Tavares, JEB.; Paradela, Filipe; Crujeira, Teresa; Roseiro, José C.; Alves, Luís. "Streamlining the biodesulfurization process: development of an integrated continuous system prototype using Gordonia alkanivorans strain 1B". RSC Advances 14 (2024): 725-742. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2024/ra/d3ra07405f?page=search.
    Open access • Published
  4. Rai, Abdelwahab; Santana, Margarida M.; Maia, Rodrigo Nascimento; Tavares, João; Nabti, Elhafid; Cruz, Cristina. "Bacterial Inoculation and Extracts of Opuntia Rackets or Marine Algae Trigger Distinct Proline Balances in Tomato Salt Stress Alleviation". Agronomy 13 12 (2023): 2921. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13122921.
    10.3390/agronomy13122921
  5. João Tavares; Tiago P. Silva; Susana M. Paixão; Luís Alves. "Development of a bench-scale photobioreactor with a novel recirculation system for continuous cultivation of microalgae". Journal of Environmental Management (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117418.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117418
  6. Virgílio Vieira; Luísa Oliveira; António Soares; Paulo Borges; Isabel Borges; João Tavares. "Diversity of Lepidoptera (Insecta) recorded in a forest nursery of Nordeste County on São Miguel Island (Azores)". Biodiversity Data Journal (2022): https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e89971.
    10.3897/BDJ.10.e89971
  7. Silva, Tiago P.; Paixão, Susana M.; Tavares, João; Gil, Cátia V.; Torres, Cristiana A. V.; Freitas, Filomena; Alves, Luís. "A New Biosurfactant/Bioemulsifier from Gordonia alkanivorans Strain 1B: Production and Characterization". Processes 10 5 (2022): 845. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr10050845.
    10.3390/pr10050845
  8. João Tavares; Luís Alves; Tiago P. Silva; Susana M. Paixão. "Design and validation of an expeditious analytical method to quantify the emulsifying activity during biosurfactants/bioemulsifiers production". Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 208 (2021): 112111-112111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.112111.
    10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.112111
  9. Tavares, João Evandro Brandão; Lukasik, Rafal Marcin; Paiva, Teresa C.B.; da Silva, Flávio T.; João Evandro Brandão Tavares; Rafal Marcin Lukasik; Teresa C.B. Paiva; Flávio T. da Silva. "Hydrothermal alkaline sulfite pretreatment in the delivery of fermentable sugars from sugarcane bagasse". New Journal of Chemistry 0 (2018): 0-0. https://doi.org/10.1039%2Fc7nj04975g.
    Published • 10.1039/C7NJ04975G
  10. Tavares Joao; Pardal Tiago; Melo Ricardo; Joao, Tavares; Tiago, Pardal; Ricardo, Melo. "Evaluation of two Portuguese strains of Botryococcus braunii as biofuel feedstock". International Journal of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Research 8 2 (2017): 20-29. https://doi.org/10.5897%2Fijbmbr2017.0274.
    Published • 10.5897/ijbmbr2017.0274
  11. Ribeiro, Ana; Romeiras, Maria M; Tavares, João; Faria, Maria T. "Ethnobotanical survey in Canhane village, district of Massingir, Mozambique: medicinal plants and traditional knowledge". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 6 1 (2010): 33-33.
    Published • 10.1186/1746-4269-6-33
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Tavares, João Evandro Brandão. "Avaliação dos efeitos do pré-tratamento com sulfito na composição, digestibilidade enzimática e fermentabilidade do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar pré-tratado". PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/t.97.2016.tde-20092016-102122.
    10.11606/t.97.2016.tde-20092016-102122
  2. Tavares, JEB.. "Cultivo de microalgas do género Botryococcus visando a produção de biodiesel/Cultivation of Botryococcus microalgae aiming biodiesel production". Master, Universidade de Lisboa, 2009. http://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/1819.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. João Tavares. Momentos. 2014.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. João Tavares; Pereira Silva, Tiago; Paixão, Susana M.; Luís Manuel Gonçalves Alves. 2024. "Development of a novel bench-scale photobioreactor for continuous cultivation of microalgae". Portugal.
    Pending
  2. João Tavares; Tiago P. Silva; Susana M. Paixão; Luís Alves. 2023. "Método para a determinação da atividade emulsificante de compostos surfactantes e/ou emulsificantes". Portugal.
    Granted/Issued
Provisional application for patent
  1. 2023. "Development of a bench-scale continuous biodesulfurization system prototype".
    Protected
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2017 - 2017 Phenotypic characteristics of nitrogen-fixing bacteria: growth profile, sensitivity to antibiotics and siderophores production
Co-supervisor of Joana Margarida Lopes Roque
 Biologia Molecular e Genética (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Efeito do quitosano na viabilidade de culturas microbianas (Effect of chitosan on microbial cultures viability)
Co-supervisor of Pedro Rafael Vila Cerqueira
 Biologia Celular e Biotecnologia (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Evaluation of the fermentability of hydrolyzates from sugarcane bagasse pre-treated by hydrothermal alkaline sulfite
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Química (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
2014 - 2014 Enzymatic digestibility assessment of sugarcane bagasse pretreated with sulfite
Co-supervisor of Isabella Campos de Andrade
 Engenharia Química (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
2014 - 2014 Optimization of conditions for sugarcane bagasse pretreatment by steam explosion catalyzed by alkaline sulfite
Co-supervisor of Iuri Ribeiro Rios
 Engenharia Química (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
2014 - 2014 Fermentability assessment of hydrolyzates from sugarcane bagasse pre-treated with steam explosion catalyzed by sulfite
Co-supervisor of Alexandre Kotchenko Lucchesi Rangel
 Engenharia Química (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2012 - 2012 Coletores Botânicos e Esforço de Colheita: contribuição para o conhecimento da diversidade vegetal em Angola (2012 - 2012) Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2014 - 2014 Evaluation of enzymatic saccharification of sugarcane bagasse pre-treated by the hydrothermal alkaline sulfite
Symposium
 V Semana de Biotecnologia Industrial
Departamento de Biotecnologia, Brazil
2008 - 2008 AlgaeSun - Projeto Empresarial em Biotecnologia de Microalgas
Conference
 Conferência em Empreendedorismo e criação de Empresas
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Journal of Plant Nutrition Taylor and Francis Ltd.
2022 - Current Environmental Science and Pollution Research journal Springer
2022 - Current Process Biochemistry Elsevier BV
2021 - Current Asian Journal of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
2021 - Current African Journal of Food Science Academic journals
2020 - Current RSC Advances Royal Society of Chemistry
2019 - Current African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry Academic journals
2018 - Current Revista de Ciências Agrárias Sociedade de Ciências Agrárias de Portugal
2017 - Current Journal Bioresource Technology ELSEVIER
2017 - Current Bragantia SciELO / Instituto Agronômico de Campinas
2020 - 2020 Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Society for Biology and Biotechnology

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2014/02 - 2014/07 Ciências do Meio Ambiente (Environmental Sciences) Engenharia Ambiental (Licenciatura) Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
2013/07 - 2013/12 Química de Biomassa (Biomass Chemistry) Engenharia Química (Doutoramento) Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
2005/10 - 2007/11 Ciências Naturais (Outros) Escola Secundária Dr. Teixeira de Sousa, Cape Verde
2006/10 - 2007/07 Ciências Naturais (Outros) Escola Secundária Acadêmica do Fogo , Cape Verde
2005/06 - 2005/08 Educação Ambiental (Outros) Associação de Cultura, Ambiente, Desporto e Educação, Portugal
2002/04 - 2005/03 Acompanhamento escolar (Outros) Morna - Associação Cultural Luso - Africana, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2015 - Current Feira Brasileira de Ciências e Engenharia, FEBRACE 2016 Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
2013 - Current Feira Brasileira de Ciências e Engenharia, FEBRACE 2014
Evaluator
 Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
2013 - Current 21st International Scientific Initiation Symposium at USP - SICUSP, 2013
Evaluator
 Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Distinctions

Award

2017 Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing
The Editors of ELSEVIER- Journal BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2001 Merit scholarship
Instituto da Cooperação Portuguesa (ICP), Portugal

Other distinction

2008 Honorable mention/Menção Honrosa
Conferência de Empreendedorismo e Criação de Empresas - ISCTE, Portugal