Curriculum Vitae
SOFIA CANTEIRO APARÍCIO
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- SOFIA CANTEIRO APARÍCIO
Citation names
- Aparício, Sofia
- Sofia C. Aparício
- Aparício, Sofia C.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- E61F-7F0A-B4CC
- ORCID iD
- 0009-0000-6937-4797
- Researcher Id
- JPL-1083-2023
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2025/03 - 2029/02
Ongoing
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Engenharia Química (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2024/02
Concluded
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MOOC: Economia Circular (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021/09/14 - 2023/12/13
Concluded
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Engenharia Química (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Development of New Sustainable Solvent and Antisolvent Systems for HDPE Recycling: Dissolution and Precipitation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 |
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2022/09/05 - 2022/09/08
Concluded
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Hydrogen Summer School (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
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2022/02/15 - 2022/07/15
Concluded
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Chemical and Process Engineering (Erasmus placement for Masters Degree) (Outros)
Technische Universität Graz Fakultät für Technische Chemie Verfahrenstechnik und Biotechnologie, Austria
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2018/09/14 - 2021/07/14
Concluded
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Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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18 |
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2015 - 2018
Concluded
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Ciências e Tecnologias - Ensino Secundário (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundária Doutor Ginestal Machado, Portugal
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19 |
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2018
Concluded
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Curso Suplementar de Música (Ensino secundário)
Major in Instrumento - Piano
Conservatório de Música de Santarém, Portugal
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16 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/10/01 - Current | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal | ||
| 2021/07 - 2021/07 | Research Trainee (Research) | Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Biblioteca, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/03 - Current | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Engenharia Química, Portugal | ||
| 2022/11/22 - 2023/01/22 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/03 - 2025/02 | Research grant (BL28/2024-IST-ID): Tecnologias Sustentáveis para remoção de Micropoluentes de Água
PTDC/EAMB-AMB/2023/2021
Research Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Conference poster |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2025/02/19 | My Master Thesis: Development of New Sustainable Solvent and Antisolvent Systems for HDPE Recycling: Dissolution and Precipitation | Jornadas de Engenharia Química IST
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal)
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| 2024/11/21 | Closed-loop recycling of mixed plastic waste: natural and deep eutectic solvents for dissolution-precipitation | 7th Edition of the Iberoamerican Meeting on Ionic Liquids
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2024/09/12 | Natural solvent systems for plastic recycling: dissolution-precipitation | XIII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Évora, Portugal)
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| 2024/06/19 | Green solvents for physical recycling of polyolefins | CQE Days 2024
CQE (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2022 | Poly(ethyleneterphtalate) and polyethylene targeted solubilization and recovery with green solvents | 9th IUPAC International Conference On Green Chemistry
(Athens, Greece)
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| 2022 | Poly(ethyleneterphtalate) and polyethylene targeted solubilization and recovery with green solvents | 20th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes
(Bragança, Portugal)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2024/11/20 - 2024/11/22 | 7th Edition of the Iberoamerican Meeting on Ionic Liquids
Conference
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7th Edition of the Iberoamerican Meeting on Ionic Liquids |
| 2024/09/09 - 2024/09/12 | XIII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design
Conference
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XIII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
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| 2024/06/18 - 2024/06/19 | CQE Days 2024
Conference
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CQE Days 2024
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
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| 2024/03/05 - 2024/03/06 | Poster presentation in conference RSC Poster 2024, entitled "Greener recycling of HDPE: Dissolution-precipitation with natural
solvents"
Conference
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RSC Poster
Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
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| 2023/05/25 - 2023/05/26 | CQE days 2023 and presented a poster entitled "Selective dissolution and reprecipitation of
mixed plastic waste: development ofnsustainable solvent systems"
Conference
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CQE Days
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
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| 2023/04/04 - 2023/04/05 | 15º Encontro Nacional de Química Física and presentation of a poster entitled "Selection of green solvent and antisolvent
systems for targeted solubilization and reprecipiation of PET and HDPE"
Conference
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15º Encontro Nacional de Química Física
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2024/04 - Current | Associação Voar das Artes | Vice-president |
| 2023 - Current | Núcleo de Arte Fotográfica | Colaboradora |
| 2020 - 2022 | Núcleo de Engenharia Química do Instituto Superior Técnico | Colaboradora |
| 2020 - 2021 | Associação dos Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico | Colaboradora para os Serviços e Associados do IST |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/03 - 2025/07 | Operações em Sistemas Multifásicos | Engenharia Química (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| 2022/11 - 2023/01 | Química-Física | Engenharia Química (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2024/10 - Current | Tutoring of laboratory work on "Recycling of plastics through dissolution-precipitation" | Diana Marques |
| 2025/02 - 2025/07 | Tutoring of laboratory work on "Recycling of textiles through dissolution-precipitation" | Filippo Biagi |
| 2024/10 - 2025/04 | Tutoring of laboratory work on "Recycling of PP through dissolution-precipitation" | Martina Silaco |
| 2024/02 - 2024/12 | Tutoring of laboratory work on "Development of green solvent systems for Polypropylene recycling" | Isadora Pires |
| 2023/09 - 2024/02 | Tutoring of laboratory work on "Development of green solvent systems for Polypropylene recycling" | Afonso Coalho |
Distinctions
Award
| 2024 | 1ª Menção Honrosa do Prémio SPM 2024
Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais, Portugal
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| 2024 | Prémio Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo - Young Alumna
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2023 | Diploma de Excelência Académica
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2021 | Diploma de Excelência Académica
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2020 | Diploma de Excelência Académica
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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| 2019 | Diploma de Excelênica Académica
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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