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Sofia Sousa is a biological engineering and a scientific researcher with six years of experience. She holds a MSc in Biological Engineering from Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST, 2014). Sofia attended a professional internship at Hikma Pharmaceutical(2015). Since 2016 she works as Research Assistant in Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB; IST), where she participated in two projects (NanoMicroImpact and Smartseaweed). She also participated in the project CAROFUEL where she developed her Master thesis (2013), in Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia(LNEG). Sofia published one article in a peer reviewed scientific paper with a high impact factor (Bioresource Technology) and two research papers (as first author) are currently under revision by the project team. Her work were also presented in three oral communications and three posters in different national and international conferences (Namely XX Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras Professor Nicolau van Uden(Lisboa), BioRemid2019(Porto), CHEMPOR 2018(Aveiro) and IWA Biofilms(Netherlands)). Sofia was a member of the organization of Jornadas de Engenharia Química e/ou Biológica (JEQB(2010) and JEB(2012)) and a monitor at the “Open Laboratories”(2009-2012), from IST. She received the 3rd place on the IST Management Challenge Best of Class (2009). She Volunteered at IST COVID-19 Diagnostics Task (2020). She attended several extracurricular courses (“Safety and Health at Work”, Citeforma; “Water Microbiology” and “Advanced Microbiology for the Food Industry”, CFPSA, Accredited Microbiology Laboratory; English course, Oxford School). Sofia focuses her work on environmentally related projects as she wants to contribute to the creation of a better, fairer and more sustainable world – all her projects aimed for the sustainable use of natural resources and the optimization of green technologies, tackling topics such as the ecologically and economically production of biofuel, the sustainable production of bioactive compounds from different sources, the treatment of textile industrial wastewater and the production of safe and sustainable aquafeed.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Sofia Santos Sousa Isidoro

Citation names

  • Sousa, S

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A712-7E90-63FB

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Biofuels

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016 - 2016
Concluded
 Water Microbiology (25h) (Outros)
CFPSA - Centro de Formação Profissional para o Sector Alimentar, Portugal
 Approved
2016 - 2016
Concluded
 Advanced microbiology for the food industry” from Accredited Microbiology CFPSA Laboratory (150h) (Outros)
CFPSA - Centro de Formação Profissional para o Sector Alimentar, Portugal
 Approved
2016 - 2016
Concluded
 Safety and Health at Work (25h) (Outros)
Citeforma - Centro de Formação Profissional dos Trabalhadores de Escritório, Comércio, Serviços e Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
 19/20
2008/09 - 2014/12
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Produção microbiana de lípidos e carotenóides em culturas da levedura Rhodosporidium toruloides NCYC 921 desenvolvidas em regime semi-descontínuo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 (Master); 12 (Bachelor)
2003/09 - 2008/07
Attended
 Licenciatura em Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/05 - Current Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Portugal
2013/09 - 2014/12 Research Trainee (Research) Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG) , Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/09 - 2016/02 Quality Control Analyst Hikma Pharmaceuticals, S.A., Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/01 - Current Smart Seaweed: Smart Valorization of Macroalgae
FA_05_2017_033
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
 Direção-Geral de Política do Mar - Fundo Azul
Ongoing
2016/05 - 2019/12 NanoMicroImpact: Impact of engineered nanoparticles and microplastics on textile wastewater treatment with aerobic granular sludge technology
PTDC/AAG-TEC/4501/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Sousa, S.; Coelho, M.S.; Franca, Rita D. G.; Cristina A Viegas; Pinheiro, H. M.; Lourenço, Nídia. "Aerobic granular sludge bioreactor performance under different hydrodynamic regimens with or without silver nanoparticles regarding abatement of textile wastewater toxicity". Paper presented in 2nd International Meeting on New Strategies in Bioremediation Processes (BioRemid2019), Porto, 2019.
  2. Coelho, M.S.; Sousa, S.; Rodrigues, A. Marta; Franca, Rita D. G.; Cristina A Viegas; Pinheiro, H. M.; Lourenço, Nídia. "Comparing the operation of aerobic granular sludge bioreactors under different hydrodynamic regimens during the treatment of textile wastewater containing silver nanoparticles". Paper presented in 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (CHEMPOR 2018), Aveiro, 2018.
Conference poster
  1. Sousa, S.; Coelho, M.S.; Franca, Rita D. G.; Cristina A Viegas; Pinheiro, H. M.; Lourenço, Nídia. "Effect of engineered silver nanoparticles on the performance of aerobic granular sludge regarding the potential for abatement of textile wastewater toxicity.". Paper presented in 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (CHEMPOR 2018), 2018.
  2. Sousa, S; Dias, C; Caldeira, J.; Nobre, B.; Reis, Alberto; Lopes da Silva T. "Third generation biofuels and high value added products from the yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides NCYC 921: A possible approach for reducing the current fossil oil dependence". Paper presented in XX Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras Professor Nicolau van Uden, 2014.
  3. Sousa, S.; Costa, C.. "Cell sorting techniques". Paper presented in Jornadas de Engenharia Biológica do Instituto Superior Técnico, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Sousa S.; Almeida, C; Franca, Rita D. G.; Cristina A Viegas; Pinheiro, H. M.; Lourenço, Nídia. "Effect of engineered silver nanoparticles and variations in feed composition on long-term operation of aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactor regarding potential for abatement of textile wastewater toxicity". Science of the Total Environment (2023): (currently under revision by NanoMicroImpact team).
  2. Sousa S.; Almeida C.; Franca, Rita D. G.; Cristina A Viegas; Pinheiro, H. M.; Lourenço, Nídia. "Comparing performance of textile wastewater treatment with aerobic granular sludge bioreactor under two different hydrodynamic regimens regarding potential abatement of effluent toxicity". Science of the Total Environment (2023): (currently under revision by NanoMicroImpact team).
  3. Dias, C.; Sousa, S.; Caldeira, J.; Reis, Alberto; Teresa Lopes da Silva. "New dual-stage pH control fed-batch cultivation strategy for the improvement of lipids and carotenoids production by the red yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides NCYC 921". Bioresource Technology 189 (2015): 309-318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.04.009.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Produção microbiana de lípidos e carotenóides em culturas da levedura Rhodosporidium toruloides NCYC 921 desenvolvidas em regime semi-descontínuo". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2014.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/10 Aerobic granular sludge bioreactor performance under different hydrodynamic regimens with or without silver nanoparticles regarding abatement of textile wastewater toxicity 2nd International Meeting on New Strategies in Bioremediation Processes (BioRemid2019)
Almeida Garrett Library (Porto, Portugal)
2018/10 Comparing the operation of aerobic granular sludge bioreactors under different hydrodynamic regimens during the treatment of textile wastewater containing silver nanoparticles 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (CHEMPOR 2018)
Centro de Congressos de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014/07 Third generation biofuels and high value added products from the yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides NCYC 921: A possible approach for reducing the current fossil oil dependence XX Jornadas de Biologia de Leveduras Professor Nicolau van Uden
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2012 - 2012 Jornadas de Engenharia Biológica (JEB) (2012)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Jornadas de Engenharia Química e Biológica (JEQ) (2010)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/04 - 2020/05 Volunteer at COVID-19 Diagnostics Task (Main tasks: RNA extraction to detect SARS-CoV-2 infections)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/06/01 - 2016/11/30 Voluntary work at Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, iBB (Main tasks: Operation of SBR bioreactors for industrial wastewater treatment. Analysis of wastewater quality)
Other
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2009 - 2012 Monitor at IST Open Laboratories (Teaching middle and high school students various experiments and techniques on the fields of chemistry, biology and genetics)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2009 IST Management Challenge Best of Class – competição de Estratégia e Gestão (3rd place)
SDG Simuladores e Modelos de Gestão, S.A. , Portugal