João Rafael Pedra Trindade Silva (C414-5C15-7764)

Curriculum Vitae

João Rafael Pedra Trindade Silva

João Rafael Pedra Trindade Silva is a dedicated researcher and educator in the field of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. He earned his Master's degree in Chemical and Biological Processes from the Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (ISEC) in 2018. As part of his Master’s studies, he participated in the Erasmus program, completing an internship at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, in 2016. Prior to this, he completed his Bachelor's degree in Biological Engineering at the same institution in 2014. As part of his undergraduate studies, he participated in the ERASMUS program, spending a formative period at Politechnika Opolska, Poland, in 2014. Since 2021, João has been pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the Universidade de Coimbra, where he continues to advance his expertise and contribute to cutting-edge research. Alongside his doctoral studies, he serves as an Invited Assistant at ISEC, where he is actively involved in teaching and mentoring students. Integrated researcher at Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Centro de Natural Resources Studies, Environment and Society and Researcher at the University of Coimbra Research Center for Chemical Engineering and Renewable Resources for Sustainability. João's research spans multiple disciplines within Engineering and Technology, with a strong focus on Environmental and Chemical Engineering. His work also extends into Natural Sciences, emphasizing Biological Sciences, Microbiology, and Earth and Environmental Sciences, particularly Water Resources. His research interests are diverse and impactful, encompassing nanoparticle technologies, biofilms, wastewater and waste gas treatment, biological systems, electrocoagulation, and physicochemical analysis. João’s dedication to interdisciplinary research reflects his commitment to addressing complex environmental challenges through innovative solutions.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: João Rafael Pedra Trindade Silva

Citation names

Silva, João R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: C414-5C15-7764
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3639-6583
Scopus Author Id: 57221107203

Email addresses

joao.silva@isec.pt (Professional)
joao.silva@isec.pt (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Environmental Engineering
Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Electrochemistry
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Bioremediation
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Water Resources
Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021 - 2025 Ongoing	Engenharia Química (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014/10/01 - 2018/04/04 Concluded	Processos Químicos e Biológicos (Mestrado) Major in Engenharia Química e Biológica Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal "Study of the effect of natural compounds and metal nanoparticles on microorganisms growing in suspension and biofilm" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009/10/01 - 2014/10/02 Concluded	Engenharia Biológica (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/07/06 - 2014/07/31 Concluded	ERASMUS Graduation (Graduado) Politechnika Opolska, Poland

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/07/28 - 2020/10/31	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2016/07/31	Research Trainee (Research)	Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze, Czech Republic
	Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze, Czech Republic

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/11/01 - Current	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/09/30	Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024 - Current	Research center	Centro de Estudos de Recursos Naturais Ambiente e Sociedade, Portugal

2022 - Current	Research center	CERES - Chemical Engineering and Renewable Resources for Sustainability, Portugal

2018/09 - 2020/07	"AmbiPAPEL" and "BioCOV" Projects	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020/01 - 2020/02	SYMBIOSIS II - Estrategia transfronteriza para la promoción de la gestión eficiente de las explotaciones agropecuarias mediante su integración a través del desarrollo tecnológico y la innovación 0745_SYMBIOSIS_II_3_E Collaboration with University of Coimbra	Interreg VA España-Portugal (POCTEP) Concluded
2019/10/15 - 2019/12/15	SYMBIOSIS I: Estrategia Transfronteiriza para la Promoción de la Gestión Eficiente de las Expploiationes Agropecuarias mediante su integratión a través del Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación 0340_SYMBIOSIS_3_E Collaboration with University of Coimbra	Interreg VA España-Portugal (POCTEP) Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/10 - Current	Pegada Hídrica Mendes Gonçalves: Realização de um estudo conducente à otimização do sistema de tratamento de efluentes e da gestão do recurso água nas instalações fabris da empresa NA Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal	Ongoing
2022/06 - Current	IKEA-H2O: Projeto de Redução da Pegada Hídrica da IKEA NA Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal	Ongoing
2019/01 - 2020/07	AmbiPAPEL Projeto Vale Oportunidades de Investigação n.º 04142 Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal	Fábrica de Papel Ponte Redonda, SA IAPMEI, I.P. - Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação Concluded
2018/09 - 2019/09	BioCOV Projeto Vale I&D 22968 Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal	Westfield Technologies Produtos e Tecnologias Industriais, Lda IAPMEI, I.P. - Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Silva, João F. C.; Vicente, Carolina; Silva, João R.; Moreira, Anabela M.; Castro, Luís M.. "Determination and Quantification of Nitrogen Species During the Different Stages of Dairy Wastewater Treatment in a Sequencing Batch Reactor". In The 9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, 429-437. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. 10.1007/978-3-031-43559-1_41 Vicente, Carolina; Ascenção, Dânia S.; Silva, João R.; Castro, Luís M.. "The Carbon Footprint of a Furniture Industry Facility: Evaluation of the Impact Progress Over 2013–2019". In The 9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, 153-161. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. 10.1007/978-3-031-43559-1_15 Santos, A.D.; Silva, J.R.; Castro, L.M.; Shyshka, I.; Quinta-Ferreira, R.M.. "Anaerobic-aerobic system for sustainable pig slurry wastewater treatment". In WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities IV, 240-245. CRC Press, 2023. 10.1201/9781003345084-39 Silva, J.R.; Santos, A.D.; Castro, L.M.; Varandas, J.; dos Santos, R.; Quinta-Ferreira, R.M.. "Activated sludge reactor efficiency for low pH and nutrients winery wastewater". In WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities IV, 234-239. CRC Press, 2023. 10.1201/9781003345084-38
Conference paper	Lyudmyla Symochko; Luis Roseiro; Nazaré Coelho Pinheiro; Luís Castro; Silva, João R.. Corresponding author: Lyudmyla Symochko. "Reducing the contamination of human pathogenic bacteria with a biomechanical device". Figueira da Foz, 2023. Andreia Patrícia Duarte Santos; Silva, João Rafael Pedra Trindade; F. A. Nuno; Quinta-Ferreira, Rosa M.; Luis M. Castro. "Mixing Effect on Anaerobic Digestion of Wine Vinasse Wastewater for Energy Production". Paper presented in The 9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, Porto, 2022. Published Silva, João R.; Ascensão, Dânia S.; Castro, Luis (E91C-FE4F-B67E). Corresponding author: Castro, Luis (E91C-FE4F-B67E). "MBBR Bioscrubber Combination for Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds From Waste Air Stream of a Furniture Factory". Paper presented in The 8th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research (ICEER 2021), 2021. Published Vicente, Carolina; Silva, João R.; Ascensão, Dânia S.; Castro, Luis (E91C-FE4F-B67E). Corresponding author: Castro, Luis (E91C-FE4F-B67E). "Estimating a Carbon Footprint of a Furniture Industry Facility: Evaluation of the Impact Policies over 2013-2019". Paper presented in 8th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, 2021. Published João F. C. Silva; Vicente, Carolina; Silva, João R.; Anabela M. Moreira; Castro, Luis (E91C-FE4F-B67E). Corresponding author: Castro, Luis (E91C-FE4F-B67E). "Determination and Quantification of Nitrogen Species During the Different Stages of Dairy Wastewater Treatment in a Sequencing Batch Reactor". Paper presented in The 8th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research (ICEER 2021), 2021. Published
Conference poster	Andreia Patrícia Duarte Santos; Inna Shyshka; Castro, Luis (E91C-FE4F-B67E); Quinta-Ferreira, Rosa M.; Silva, João R.. "Produção In-Situ de Biometano: Redução da Dependência de Energia Estrangeira". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2024, 2024. Ana Sofia dos Santos Fajardo; S. Jozic; Silva, João R.; B. Lela; D. Bajic; Castro, Luis (E91C-FE4F-B67E); Cândida Maria dos Santos Pereira Malça. "Innovative Use of Recycled Aluminum Alloys in Treating Cork Industry Wastewater". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2024, 2024.
Journal article	Vicente, Carolina; Silva, João R.; Santos, Andreia D.; Silva, João F.; Mano, Jorge T.; Castro, Luis M.. "Electrocoagulation treatment of furniture industry wastewater". Chemosphere 328 (2023): 138500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138500. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138500 Silva, João F.; Silva, João R.; Santos, Andreia D.; Vicente, Carolina; Dries, Jan; Castro, Luis M.. "Continuous-Flow Aerobic Granular Sludge Treatment of Dairy Wastewater". Water 15 6 (2023): 1066. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15061066. Published • 10.3390/w15061066 Silva, João R.; Carvalho, Francisco; Vicente, Carolina; Santos, Andreia D.; Quinta-Ferreira, Rosa M.; Castro, Luís M.. "Electrocoagulation treatment of cork boiling wastewater". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10 3 (2022): 107750. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.107750. 10.1016/j.jece.2022.107750 Vicente, Carolina; Silva, João R.; Santos, Andreia D.; Quinta-Ferreira, Rosa M.; Castro, Luis M.. "Combined Electrocoagulation and Physicochemical Treatment of Cork Boiling Wastewater". Sustainability 14 7 (2022): 3727. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14073727. Open access • 10.3390/su14073727 Santos, Andreia Duarte; Silva, João R.; Quinta-Ferreira, Rosa M.; Castro, Luis (E91C-FE4F-B67E). Corresponding author: Santos, Andreia Duarte. "Kinetic prediction of biochemical methane potential of pig slurry". Energy Reports 8 3 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.01.128. Open access • Published Santos, Andreia Duarte; Silva, João R.; Quinta-Ferreira, Rosa M.; Castro, Luis (E91C-FE4F-B67E). Corresponding author: Santos, Andreia Duarte. "A biochemical methane potential of pig slurry". Energy Reports 8 3 (2022): DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2022.01.127. Open access • Published Rui Boavida Dias; Silva, João R.; Andreia Patrícia Duarte Santos; Martins, Rui C.; Castro, Luis (E91C-FE4F-B67E); Quinta-Ferreira, Rosa M.. Corresponding author: Quinta-Ferreira, Rosa M.. "A comparison of biosolids production and system efficiency between Activated Sludge, Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor, and Sequencing Batch Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor treating dairy wastewater". Sustainability 14 5 (2022): DOI: 10.3390/su14052702. Open access • Published Silva, João R.; Ascensão, Dânia S.; Castro, Luis. "Removal of volatile organic compounds from Waste air stream of a furniture factory". Energy Reports 6 (2020): 250-255. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2020.11.139. Published • 10.1016/j.egyr.2020.11.139
Thesis / Dissertation	Silva, João Rafael Pedra Trindade. "Study of the effect of natural compounds and metal nanoparticles on microorganisms growing in suspension and biofilm". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/25452.

Intellectual property

Patent

Silva, João R.; Santos, Andreia Duarte; Quinta-Ferreira, Rosa M.; Castro, Luis. 2024. "Digestor anaeróbio do tipo floating drum, com agitação mecânica vertical de fundo, totalmente automatizado". Portugal.
Granted/Issued

Other

Other output

Swine industry in the Central Region of Portugal, waste characterization and valorization. Poster for CIEPQPF 2019 seminar - with Luís M. Castro, Andreia Santos, Rosa Q. Ferreira and Rui Martins. 2019. Silva, João R..

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/06/21	Removal Of Volatile Organic Compounds From Waste Air	Webinar VOCAdvanced University of Porto
2021/10	MBBR bioscrubber combination for removal of volatile organic compounds from waste air stream of a furniture factory	The 8th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research (ICEER 2021)
2020/10/16	Removal of volatile organic compounds from waste air stream of a furniture factory	The 7th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research (ICEER 2020) International Conference on Energy and Environment Research (Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/02 - 2022/07	Otimização do tratamento biológico de COV proveniente da indústria da madeira e mobiliário Co-supervisor	Bioengenharia (Degree) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/07 - 2021/10	Study and economic evaluation of physical-chemical and electrocoagulation treatments for the treatment of cork cooking water, in collaboration with Carolina Vicente Co-supervisor	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2018 - Current	Collaboration with other professors in the organization of experiments to instill in children and teenagers a passion for engineering and science (2018) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/03	Scientific Writing Workshop for the community of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (2024/02 - 2024/03) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/07/19 - 2021/07/30	Summer Engineering Academy - Interactive laboratory experiences for 7th to 9th grade students, in order to understand the importance of studying microorganisms; relevance of proteins and lipids in foods; detect the presence of starch in plants; make an ice cream (cryoscopic effect); understand cellular respiration (2021/07/19 - 2021/07/30) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Organization in partnership with other teachers of a 4 km walk with a treasure hunt to not only welcome new students, but also increase awareness of healthy eating habits, environment protection and the value of the Periodic Table. (2019 - 2019) Other (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Preparation of a one-day event which has as a final goal to educate and raise awareness to the ISEC community of the importance of microorganisms in our life. (2018 - 2018) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2018	A fun day to celebrate the 150 years of the Periodic Table. (2018 - 2018) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/04 - 2024/04	Science show about water treatment at Science is Wonderful Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Workshop	Science is Wonderful! European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium
2024/04 - 2024/04	Science is Wonderful! Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Exhibition	Science is Wonderful! European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium
2023 - 2023	Outreach activity: "Desvendando o Poder da Eletroquímica" in European Researchers' Night 2023 Exhibition	European Researchers' Night
2022/06 - 2022/06	Invited speaker "Biological Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds from Gaseous Streams" Seminar	VOCAdvanced: Volatile Organic Compounds - from Problem to Treatment Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/07	Relatório de Estágio desenvolvido no âmbito da componente de formação em contexto de trabalho (Thesis) Main arguer	Carolina Skrypnichuk Couceiro Pimenta (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/04	Micropropagação de espécies comercialmente relevantes: a importância da fase de enraizamento (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Rita da Silva dos Santos Sargaço (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09	Estágio na Indústria Farmacêutica - Validação do método de esterilidade (Thesis) Main arguer	Cláudia Sofia Gomes Veiga (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09	Avaliação do ciclo de azoto num processo de tratamento biológico e efluentes da indústria de lacticínios (Thesis) Main arguer	Joaquina Alexandra Sebastião de Brito (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09	Acompanhamento de metodologia de análise e controlo na indústria vínica (Thesis) Main arguer	Fred Alexandre Almeida Martins (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/07	Relatório de Estágio desenvolvido no âmbito da Componente de Formação em Contexto de Trabalho - Celulose Beira Industrial (Celbi), S.A. (Thesis) Main arguer	Inês Sofia Ramos Pereira (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/07	Relatório de Estágio desenvolvido no âmbito da Componente de Formação em Contexto de Trabalho - Águas da Região de Aveiro, S.A. (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Beatriz Fernandes da Silva (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/07	Relatório de Estágio desenvolvido no âmbito da Componente de Formação em Contexto de Trabalho - Laboratório de Fitossanidade do Instituto Pedro Nunes - FitoLab (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Teresa Guimarães Leandro (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/07	Relatório de Estágio desenvolvido no âmbito da Componente de Formação em Contexto de Trabalho - Greendet (Thesis) Main arguer	Marina Isabel Cruz Maximino (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/07	Relatório de Estágio desenvolvido no âmbito da Componente de Formação em Contexto de Trabalho - Laboratório Tomaz (Thesis) Main arguer	Érica Isabel Moreira Ruivo (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/11/29	Bioprospecção de probióticos bacteriocinogénicos a partir do trato intestinal de frangos (Gallus gallus domesticus): Atividade antimicrobiana contra Listeria monocytogenes (Thesis) Main arguer	Luana Calaça Seixas (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/30	Contributos para a sustentabilidade ambiental da WOODCAP Indústria de Cápsulas de Madeira, Lda (Thesis) Main arguer	Levi Amaral Amorim (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/30	Tratamento físico-químico de efluentes de uma unidade industrial de reciclagem de plásticos (Thesis) Main arguer	Carolina Craveiro Mendes Barata (Other) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/02 - Current	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Engenharia Biomédica (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/02 - 2024/07	Metrology and Instrumentation	Análises Químicas e Biológicas (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/26 - 2023/02/24	Chemistry	CTeSP de Análises Químicas e Biológicas (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/26 - 2023/02/24	Laboratory of environmental technologies	Bioengenharia (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/02 - 2022/07	Integrated Laboratory II	Bioengenharia (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/27 - 2022/02/24	Chemistry	CTeSP de Análises Químicas e Biológicas (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/27 - 2022/02/24	Environmental Technologies Laboratory	Environmental Technologies Laboratory (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/03 - 2021/07	Integrated Laboratory II	Bioengenharia (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021/02	Environmental Quality Control Laboratory	Análises Químicas e Biológicas (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021/02	Environmental Technologies Laboratory	Bioengenharia (Licenciatura)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/10	Metrology and Instrumentation	Análises Químicas e Biológicas (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/10 - 2019/02	Microbiology Laboratory	Análises Químicas e Biológicas (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/10 - 2019/02	Biochemistry	Análises Químicas e Biológicas (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)	Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/02 - Current	Water Science and Technology (0273-1223)
2022/09 - Current	International Journal of Water and Wastewater Treatment

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2021/10 - Current	Aerobic Granular Sludge study for dairy wastewater treatment, for Maria Duarte master thesis project, an Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra student	Maria Duarte
2021/03 - Current	Electrochemical treatments of wastewater from the cork industry, for the master thesis Domingos Cortez an University of Coimbra student	Domingos Martins Cortez
2022/10 - 2023/12	Operacionalização da estação de tratamento de água residual industrial e cálculo da sua pegada hídrica da Casa Mendes Gonçalves	Gonçalo Jorge Martins Cordeiro
2022/03 - 2022/12	Aerobic granular sludge in activated sludge instalations for continuos feed for the master thesis of João Silva, an Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra Student	João Silva
2021/10 - 2022/12	Iron-Stainless steel electrocoagulation for the treatment of furniture wastewater	Carolina Vicente Reis
2022/02 - 2022/07	Valorização anaeróbia de efluentes de suinicultura	Inna Shyshka
2021/03 - 2021/12	Aerobic Granular Sludge study for domestic wastewater treatment, for Maria Duarte bachelor degree project an Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra student	Maria Duarte
2021/02 - 2021/12	Electrochemical and physicochemical treatments of washing cork, for bachelor project of Francisco José an Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra student	Francisco José
2020/10 - 2021/09	Quantitative study of the granules of an aerobic granular sludge system from the treatment of a dairy industry effluent	Marlene Cruz
2019/04 - 2020/09	Engenharia Biológica	Diana Vale
2018/09 - 2019/12	Experimental Study in Continuous Flow For Dairy Wastewater with AS, IFAS and MBBR Systems: Treatment and Microbiology -	Vanessa Faúlha Viveiros
2019/02 - 2019/07	Treatment of a gaseous effluent contaminated with volatile organic compounds using an absorption column	Filipa Fonseca and Maria Duarte
2018/03 - 2018/11	Simulated milk effluent anaerobic digestion capacity and biogas production, for bachelor thesis João Cruz an Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra student	João Cruz

Distinctions

Award

2020	ICEER 2020 Best Paper in the field of Environment

Title

2019	Cambridge English Level 2 Certificate in ESOL International (Advanced) Cambridge English Language Assessment Spain and Portugal, Spain

Other distinction

2021	Avaliação Docente 2021 - Excelente Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal