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Vânia Ferreira. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado em Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica - Ramo Tecnologias Ambientais em 2008 pelo(a) Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia. Frequenta o(a) Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e Biológica pelo(a) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica. Publicou 3 artigos em revistas especializadas. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Activated sludge; Filamentous bacteria; Environmental parameters; Correlations; PCA; Ciências Naturais:Ciências Biológicas; Engenharia e Tecnologia:Biotecnologia Ambiental; Science & Technology; Poster presentation; Biological indicators; Protozoa; Textile industrial sewage; Bulking sludge; Biological selector; Sphaerotilus natans; Wastewater treatment; Environmental bacterial isolates; Antibiotic resistance; Biofilm formation; Virulence profiles; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vânia Ferreira

Citation names

  • Ferreira, Vânia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A018-5E24-76BD
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6078-6696

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Environmental Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Environmental Biotechnology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020
Ongoing
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
"Optimization of the performance of activated-sludge processes: effect of emergent biocides in the control of the filamentous populations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica - Ramo Tecnologias Ambientais (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"Avaliação da co-compostagem de chorume de vacarias" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/01/16 - 2020/10/31 Research Fellow in the project INOVCONTROLFIL (Innovative Strategies to Control Filamentous Overgrowth in Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment) (PTDC/AAGTEC/3331/2014) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2016/07/01 - 2016/09/30 Research Fellow Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2012/01/01 - 2015/12/31 PhD student Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2009/02/01 - 2011/05/31 Research Fellow in the project PROTOFILWW (Study of the relations between the protozoa, metazoan and filamentous bacteria communities in activated sludge and the physico-chemical and operation para Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/03/19 - 2020/10/31 INOVCONTROLFIL: Innovative Strategies to Control Filamentous Overgrowth in Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment
PTDC/AAG-TEC/3331/2014
Research Fellow
Ongoing
2016/01/16 - 2017/06/16 INOVCONTROLFIL: Innovative Strategies to Control Filamentous Overgrowth in Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment
PTDC/AAGTEC/3331/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2010/02/01 - 2011/05/31 PROTOFILWW: Estudo das relações entre as comunidades de protozoários, metazoários e filamentosas das lamas ativadas e os parâmetros físico-químicos e de operação dos sistemas de tratamento de águas residuais por lamas ativadas
PTDC/AMB/68393/2006
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Ferreira, Vânia; Cortez, Susana; Padrão, Jorge; Mesquita, Daniela; Dias, Nicolina; Duarte, Maria Salomé; Ferreira, Eugénio Campos; et al. "Impact of professional cleaning agent used in fish-canning industry in wastewater treatment". Paper presented in 4th International Congress on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology - ICOETOX 2018, Matosinhos, 2018.
  2. Nicolau, Ana; Neto, Marta; Santos, Liliana; Ferreira, Vânia; Mota, Manuel. "PROTOFILWW: two year-sampling of protozoa, little metazoa and filamentous bacteria in 37 Portuguese wastewater treatment plants". 2015.
  3. Ferreira, Vânia; Santos, Liliana; Neto, Marta Martins; Fernandes, José Manuel da Silva; Pereira, M. A.; Lourenço, Anália; Mota, M.; Lima, Nelson; Nicolau, Ana. "New insights on the roles of bacteria and protozoa in activated-sludge processes". 2012.
  4. Martins, Tânia Maria Correia; Lopes, Susana Patrícia; Ferreira, Vânia; Pereira, Maria Olívia; Nicolau, Ana. "Characterization of the virulence and the antibiotic susceptibility profiles in bacteria isolated from wastewater treatment final effluents". Paper presented in Biofilms 5 - International Conference, No. 162, Paris, 2012.
  5. Santos, Liliana; Neto, Marta Martins; Ferreira, Vânia; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Nicolau, Ana. "Characterization of the filamentous bacteria Eikelboom Type 0581 in Portuguese activated-sludge systems". 2011.
  6. Ferreira, Vânia; Martins, Catarina; Pereira, maria Olivia; Nicolau, Ana. "Use of an aerobic selector to overcome filamentous bulking in activated sludge". 2011.
  7. Silva, J. C.; Ferreira, Vânia; Nicolau, Ana. "Influence of the sewage composition in the development of the microfauna in a bench-scale activated-sludge system". 2011.
  8. Santos, Liliana; Ferreira, Vânia; Silva, Joana; Silva, Carla; Pereira, maria Olivia; Nicolau, Ana. "Assessment of the performance of wastewater treatment plant through the observation of protozoa community in activated sludge systems". Paper presented in IWA Specialist Conference, Valladolid, 2011.
  9. Santos, Liliana; Neto, Marta Martins; Ferreira, Vânia; Nicolau, Ana. "Prokaryotic and eukaryotic populations in activated-sludge". 2010.
  10. Neves, Lúcia; Ferreira, Vânia; Oliveira, Rosário. "Co-composting of cow manure with food waste: the influence of lipids content". Venice, 2009.
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Vânia; Cortez, Susana; Padrão, Jorge; Mesquita, Daniela; Dias, Nicolina; Duarte, Maria Salomé; Ferreira, Eugénio Campos; et al. "Impact of professional cleaning agent used in fish-canning industry in wastewater treatment". Paper presented in 4th International Congress on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology - ICOETOX 2018, 2018.
  2. Ferreira, Rute; Amado, Rui; Padrão, Jorge; Santos, Sílvio; Ferreira, Vânia; Cortez, Susana; Azeredo, Joana; Mota, Manuel; Nicolau, Ana. "Isolation and preliminar characterization of a new bacteriophage against Sphaerotilus natans". Paper presented in CHEMPOR 2018, 2018.
  3. Ferreira, Vânia; Dias, Nicolina; Pereira, maria Olivia; Mota, Manuel; Nicolau, Ana. "Use of biocides in the control of filamentous bulking in activated-sludge". Paper presented in CEB Annual Meeting, 2017.
  4. Padrão, Jorge; Ferreira, Vânia; Duarte, Maria Salomé; Alves, Maria Madalena; Nicolau, Ana. "Optimizing lab-scale wastewater treatment reactors operation for enhanced assays". Paper presented in CEB Annual Meeting, 2017.
  5. Ferreira, Vânia; Martins, Catarina; Pereira, Maria Olívia; Nicolau, Ana. "Use of an aerobic selector to overcome filamentous bulking in activated sludge". Paper presented in ISME 14, 2012.
  6. Ferreira, Vânia; Martins, Catarina; Pereira, maria Olivia; Nicolau, Ana. "Use of an aerobic selector to overcome filamentous bulking in activated sludge". Paper presented in Microbiotec ’11, 2011.
  7. Santos, Liliana; Neto, Marta; Ferreira, Vânia; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Nicolau, Ana. "Characterization of the filamentous bacteria Eikelboom Type 0581 in Portuguese activated-sludge systems". Paper presented in Microbiotec ’11, 2011.
  8. Silva, João; Ferreira, Vânia; Mina, Isabel; Nicolau, Ana. "Influence of the sewage composition in the development of the microfauna in a bench-scale activated-sludge system". Paper presented in Microbiotec ’11, 2011.
  9. Santos, Liliana; Neto, Marta; Ferreira, Vânia; Nicolau, Ana. "Prokaryotic and eukaryotic populations in activated-sludge". Paper presented in 2nd Scientific Meeting of the Institute for Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Ferreira, Rute; Amado, Rui; Padrão, Jorge; Ferreira, Vânia; Dias, Nicolina; Melo, Luís; Santos, Sílvio; Nicolau, Ana. "The first sequenced Sphaerotilus natans bacteriophage - Characterization and potential to control its filamentous bacterium host". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 97 4 (2021): 1-43. https://academic.oup.com/femsec/advance-article/doi/10.1093/femsec/fiab029/6136272?login=true.
    Published
  2. Santos, Liliana; Ferreira, Vânia; Neto, Marta Martins; Pereira, M. A.; Mota, M.; Nicolau, Ana. "Study of 16 Portuguese activated sludge systems based on filamentous bacteria populations and their relationships with environmental parameters". (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/35374.
    10.1007/s00253-015-6393-8
  3. Santos, Liliana; Ferreira, Vânia; Pereira, Maria Olívia; Nicolau, Ana. "Relationship between protozoan and metazoan communities and operation and performance parameters in a textile sewage activated sludge system". (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/31791.
    10.1016/j.ejop.2014.03.005
  4. Ferreira, Vânia; Martins, Catarina; Pereira, Maria Olívia; Nicolau, Ana. "Use of an aerobic selector to overcome filamentous bulking in an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant". (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/31893.
    10.1080/09593330.2013.872196
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/09/24 Isolation and characterization of a new bacteriophage against Rhodococcus erythropolis European Biotechnology Congress 2020
(Praga, Croatia)
2012 New insights on the roles of bacteria and protozoa in activated-sludge processes 3rd Scientific meeting of Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2011 Assessment of the performance of wastewater treatment plant though the observation of protozoa community in activated sludge systems IWA International Conference
Water & Industry (Valladolid, Spain)
2009/10 Co-composting of cow manure with food waste: the influence of lipids content World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
(Venice, Italy)