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Joana Dias is a Biological Engineer, who graduated from the University of Minho - Portugal in 2018. During her studies, she conducted a semester-long Erasmus+ mobility period at the University of Chemistry and Technology, in Prague - Czech Republic. From 2019 to 2021 she was involved in two research projects in the Centre of Biological Engineering - University of Minho (AlgaePlas - Biorefinery of macroalgae for the valorization of the carbohydrate fraction to sustainable bioplastics and cLabel+ - Innovative natural, nutritious and consumer-oriented clean label foods). Currently, she is conducting her PhD research entitled "Green strategies for the valorization of algae's polysaccharides for food applications".
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Sofia Gomes Dias

Citation names

  • Gomes-Dias, Joana S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AA1C-BA52-8488
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1322-2978

Email addresses

  • joana.dias@ceb.uminho.pt (Professional)

Websites

Education
Degree Classification
2020/10/01 - 2024/07/01
Ongoing
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Estratégias verdes para a valorização de polissacarídeos de algas para aplicações alimentares" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/09/01 - 2018/12/04
Concluded
 Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Tecnologia Química e Alimentar
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Avaliação de Processos Alternativos de Inativação de Leveduras de Decomposição do Vinho" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01/01 - 2021/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2019/01/14 - 2020/12/28 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2018/01/03 - 2018/10/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2021/12/31 cLABEL+ - Innovative natural, nutritious and consumer-oriented clean label foods
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046080
Research Fellow
Concluded
2019/01/14 - 2020/12/28 AlgaePlas - Biorefinery of macroalgae for valorization of the carbohydrate fraction to sustainable bioplastics
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-029242
Research Fellow
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Recovery of functional fractions from the diatom Phaeodactylum Tricornutum using autohydrolysis". Paper presented in ISAP 2024 - 8th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology, 2024.
  2. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Subcritical water hydrolysis for the production of gelling and bioactive algae extracts". Paper presented in FHNS RAPID FIRE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM - International Trainee Symposium in Agri-Food, Nutrition and Health, 2024.
  3. Pereira, Sara; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Pereira N. Ricardo; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. Corresponding author: Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Agar recovery from agarophytes using combined subcritical water and moderate electric fields processing". Paper presented in International Congress on Engineering and Food (ICEF14) - Oral presentation, Nantes, 2023.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Algal fractions for food applications: sustainable strategies to obtain functional fractions". Paper presented in 38th EFFoST International Conference, 2024.
  2. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Pereira, Sara G.; Colunga, Alondra; Gonçalves, Clarisse S; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, C.M.R.. "Production of food ingredients from red seaweeds using subcritical water hydrolysis". Paper presented in LABBELS Scientific Meeting 2024, 2024.
  3. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira-Guedes, Catarina; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Cascading extraction: a way to simultaneously increase market value and decrease the environmental constraints of hydrocolloid recovery from red seaweeds". Paper presented in ICEF14 - International Congress on Engineering and Food, 2023.
  4. Teixeira-Guedes, Catarina; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Gonçalves-Lima, Beatriz; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Co-production of fermentable sugars and added value compounds from chestnut husks using sequential hydrothermal treatments". Paper presented in ICEF14 - International Congress on Engineering and Food, 2023.
  5. Teixeira-Guedes, Catarina; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Biorefinery approaches for the integral valorization of chestnut shells from the agrifood industry". Paper presented in 4th International Conference for Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts & Environmental Sustainability, 2023.
  6. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira-Guedes, Catarina; Pereira, Sara; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Green strategies for Gelidium biomass use: enhancing hydrocolloid extraction and by-product valorization in a zero-waste approach". Paper presented in 4th International Conference for Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts & Environmental Sustainability, 2023.
  7. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Sequential extractions of red seaweed biomass: a cascading biorefinery approach to the recovery of multiple value-added products from Gracilaria vermiculophylla". Paper presented in XVI Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, 2022.
  8. Gonçalves-Lima, Beatriz; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira-Guedes, Catarina; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Combination of hydrothermal treatments and enzymes for the valorization of chestnut shell residues". Paper presented in XVI Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, 2022.
  9. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira-Guedes, Catarina; Pereira N. Ricardo; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Use of moderate electric fields for the extraction of bioactive and texturizing food ingredients from macroalgae: a biorefinery approach to clean label foods". Paper presented in Dare2Change - Innovation-Driven Agrifood Business, 2021.
  10. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Pereira, Sara G.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Autohydrolysis as a promising alternative for agar extraction from Gelidium sesquipedale". Paper presented in ChemBioGels 2021: Advances in hydrogels for biomedical applications, 2021.
  11. Pereira, Sara G.; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Pereira, R. N.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Combination of electric fields and subcritical water conditions for sustainable hydrocolloid recovery from red seaweeds". Paper presented in ChemBioGels 2021: Advances in hydrogels for biomedical applications, 2021.
  12. Pereira, Sara G.; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Pereira, R. N.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Hydrocolloid extraction from red seaweeds using autohydrolysis". Paper presented in Algal BBB2021 - International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels & Bioproducts, 2021.
  13. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Aloia Romaní; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Autohydrolysis: a first step in the valorisation of residues from the hydrocolloid industry". Paper presented in International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health (BSAEH 2021), 2021.
  14. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Aloia Romaní; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Autohydrolysis for the valorization of seaweed carbohydrates". Paper presented in AlgaEurope2020, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Influence of hydrothermal processing conditions on the functionality of Phaeodactylum tricornutum extracts". Algal Research (2024): 103667. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2024.103667.
    10.1016/j.algal.2024.103667
  2. Sánchez, Marta; Ferreira-Santos, Pedro; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Laca, Amanda; Rocha, Cristina M. R.. "Cascading Recovery of Added-Value Cocoa Bean Shell Fractions Through Autohydrolysis Treatments". Food and Bioprocess Technology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11947-024-03500-2.
    10.1007/s11947-024-03500-2
  3. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira-Guedes, Catarina I.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Red seaweed biorefinery: The influence of sequential extractions on the functional properties of extracted agars and porphyrans". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 257 (2024): 128479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128479.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128479
  4. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Valorization of residual biomass from the hydrocolloid industry: The role of hydrothermal treatments in the recovery of high-value compounds". Bioresource Technology Reports 25 (2024): 101720. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2023.101720.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biteb.2023.101720
  5. Leandro, Tânia; Teles, Marco; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Marques, Mafalda; Rocha, Cristina M. R.; da Fonseca, M. Manuela R.; Cesário, M. Teresa. "Ulva rigida Valorization into Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), Organic Acids and Functional Ingredients". Marine Drugs 21 10 (2023): 537. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md21100537.
    Published • 10.3390/md21100537
  6. Sánchez, Marta; Ferreira-Santos, Pedro; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Botelho, Cláudia; Laca, Amanda; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Ohmic heating-based extraction of biocompounds from cocoa bean shell". Food Bioscience 54 (2023): 102886. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbio.2023.102886.
    10.1016/j.fbio.2023.102886
  7. Teixeira-Guedes, Catarina; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Cunha, Sara A.; Pintado, Manuela E.; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Enzymatic approach for the extraction of bioactive fractions from red, green and brown seaweeds". Food and Bioproducts Processing 138 (2023): 25-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2022.12.005.
    Published • 10.1016/j.fbp.2022.12.005
  8. Pereira, Sara G.; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Innovative processing technology in agar recovery: Combination of subcritical water extraction and moderate electric fields". Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 84 (2023): 103306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2023.103306.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ifset.2023.103306
  9. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Pereira, Sara G.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina.M.R.. "Hydrothermal treatments - A quick and efficient alternative for agar extraction from Gelidium sesquipedale". Food Hydrocolloids 132 (2022): 107898. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2022.107898.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2022.107898
  10. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M. R.. Corresponding author: Rocha, Cristina M. R.. "Recent Advances in the Valorization of Algae Polysaccharides for Food and Nutraceutical Applications: a Review on the Role of Green Processing Technologies". Food and Bioprocess Technology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11947-022-02812-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s11947-022-02812-5
  11. Castro-Ferreira, Catarina; Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Ferreira-Santos, Pedro; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Vicente, António A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Phaeodactylum tricornutum extracts as structuring agents for food applications: Physicochemical and functional properties". Food Hydrocolloids 124 (2021): 107276. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2021.107276.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2021.107276
  12. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.; Aloia Romaní; Teixeira, José A.; Rocha, Cristina M.R.. Corresponding author: Rocha, Cristina M.R.. "Valorization of Seaweed Carbohydrates: Autohydrolysis as a Selective and Sustainable Pretreatment". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c05396.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c05396
  13. Pablo G. del Río; Joana S. Gomes-Dias; Cristina M.R. Rocha; Aloia Romaní; Gil Garrote; Lucília Domingues. "Recent trends on seaweed fractionation for liquid biofuels production". Bioresource Technology (2019): 122613-122613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122613.
    10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122613
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Gomes-Dias, Joana S.. "Avaliação de processos alternativos de inativação de leveduras de decomposição do vinho". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2018.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06/20 Recovery of functional fractions from the diatom Phaeodactylum Tricornutum using autohydrolysis ISAP 2024 - 8th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology, 2024
(Porto, Portugal)
2024/01/25 Subcritical water hydrolysis for the production of gelling and bioactive algae extracts FHNS RAPID FIRE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM - International Trainee Symposium in Agri-Food, Nutrition and Health
Food and Human Nutritional Sciences Department - University of Manitoba (Canada)
2021/04/04 Autohydrolysis: a first step in the valorisation of residues from the hydrocolloid industry (Flash Talk number 1806) International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health (BSAEH 2021)
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (Jaipur, India)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/10/01 - 2022/09/02 The 3rd edition of CBEDS - Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium followed the theme "Biotechnology to shape the future", focusing on the contribution of chemical and biological engineering to four fields of biotechnology: health, food, environmental, and industrial biotechnology. The event was held in person, in the School of Engineering of the University of Minho and was composed of 12 lectures, a round table discussion and a poster session. (2022/09/21 - 2022/09/22)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2021/09/30 The second edition of CBEDS - Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium (organized by the students of the Doctoral Programme in Chemical and Biological Engineering of the University of Minho), followed the theme "Tomorrow Needs Sustainability". The three-day online symposium focused on the contribution of chemical and biological engineering to a more efficient utilization of resources and included key presentations from industry and academia members and round table discussions. (2021/09/22 - 2021/09/24)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/10 - 2025/01 A 6-week program, dedicated exclusively to R&D projects in the marine bioeconomy, aiming to support innovative R&D projects that sustainably use marine bioresources, going from lab to market (including a practical understanding of business and entrepreneurial concepts, active and individual mentoring, group activities, workshops and practical cases with experts from different sectors and backgrounds (CEOs, entrepreneurs, investors, professors) and pitch practice oportunities). Blue Bio Value Ideation 2024
Oceano Azul Foundation, Portugal
2024/04/19 - 2024/04/19 Open day at the University, where all the community can come in and get to know the research being developed - orientation of the visitors to the Clean Technologies Laboratory at the Center of Biological Engineering. UPA - UMinho de Portas Abertas
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/11/25 - 2023/11/25 Open day at the Centre of Biological Engineering, where all the community can come in and get to know the research being developed in Biotechnology and Bioengineering - orientation of the visitors to the Clean Thechnologies Laboratory.
Exhibition
 OPEN DAY @ CEB
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2023/06 - 2023/06 7-hours training focused on the improvement of rhetorical and listener engagement skills and strategies delivered by Impulsplus
Workshop
 PhD Cup 2023 -Training and Competition in Science Communication
Distinctions

Award

2024 First place in Session V: Agriculture at the 2 nd International Trainee Symposium in Agri-Food, Nutrition, and Health
2023 Best poster award for the work "Green strategies for Gelidium biomass use: enhancing hydrocolloid extraction and by-product valorization in a zero-waste approach" at BIORESTEC

Other distinction

2024 Among the six finalists for the Student of the Year Award - Popular Vote at EFFoST 2024
European Federation of Food Science and Technology, Netherlands