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Alice Ferreira is a passionate researcher with an MSc in Biological Engineering from IST (2016) and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from ISA (2025). She is currently working as a Research Fellow at LNEG under the BBRI – Biomass and Bioenergy Research Infrastructure. With nearly a decade of experience in microalgae cultivation, Alice has worked at the interface of academia and applied research, focusing on wastewater valorisation, bioproduct development, and the circular bioeconomy. Alice has authored 31 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 5 book chapters, and 37 conference abstracts, reflecting her deep engagement with the advancement of sustainable microalgae biotechnology.
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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Alice Maria Garcia Ferreira

Nomes de citação

  • Ferreira, Alice

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
D115-8FF3-9097
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2397-3943

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • alice.ferreira@lneg.pt (Profissional)

Moradas

  • Estrada Paço do Lumiar, 22 - Edifício G R/C, 1649-038, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Profissional)

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador elementar (A1)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2020/02/03 - 2025/06/27
Concluído
 Engenharia do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"Development of agricultural bioproducts (biofertilizers, biostimulants, and biopesticides) from piggery wastewater treatment-based microalgae" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 Aprovado com Distinção e Louvor
2014 - 2016
Concluído
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"CO2-supplemented brewery wastewater treatment by microalgae and biomass upgrading for bioenergy production" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 17
2011 - 2014
Concluído
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"n/a" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 14
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2024/09/23 - Atual Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
2019/07/22 - 2020/01/31 Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
2017/05/15 - 2019/01/15 Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação) Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal

Outros

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2020/02/01 - 2024/04/30 PhD Student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
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2015/09 - 2015/09 Summer Trainee Governo dos Açores, Portugal
Laboratório Regional de Enologia, Portugal
2014/08/01 - 2014/09/01 Summer Trainee Governo dos Açores, Portugal
Cooperativa Vitivinícola da Ilha do Pico (CVIP), Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2025/07/01 - Atual Biomass and Bioenergy Research Infrastructure
LISBOA2030-FEDER-01318200
Bolseiro de Investigação
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia Infraestrutura de Investigação para a Biomassa e a Bioenergia, Portugal
Em curso
2024/09/01 - 2025/04/30 FRONTSH1P - A FRONTrunner approacTransition to a circular & resilient future: deployment of systemic solutions with the support of local clusters and the development of regional community-based innovation schemes
101037031
10.3030/101037031
Bolseiro de Investigação
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
 European Commission
Em curso
2020/02/01 - 2024/04/30 Development of agricultural bioproducts (biofertilizers, biostimulants and biopesticides) from piggery wastewater treatment-based microalgae
SFRH/BD/144122/2019
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
2019/07/22 - 2020/01/30 ALGAVALOR - MicroALGAs: produção integrada e VALORização da biomassa e das suas diversas aplicações
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-035234
LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-035234
ALG-01-0247-FEDER-035234
Bolseiro de Investigação
Em curso
2017/05/15 - 2019/01/15 GREENBIOREFINERY – Processing of brewery wastes with microalgae for producing valuable compounds
ERANETLAC/0001/2014
Bolseiro de Investigação
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
Em curso

Outro

Designação Financiadores
2022 - Atual WCAlgaeKIT+- Combination of Vertical Wetlands, Microalgae Photobioreactor and Microbial Fuel Cell (KIT) for wastewater treatment in small pig production farms
DRI/ India/0609/2020
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Campus do Lumiar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência
  1. Butzke, Valéria Louzada Leal; Ferreira, Alice; Corrêa, Diego Oliveira; de Souza Schneider, Rosana de Cassia ; Corbellini, Valeriano Antonio. "Avaliação do potencial de Euglena gracilis para redução de nutrientes das águas residuárias da suinocultura". Trabalho apresentado em 3º Congresso Internacional de Engenharia Ambiental, Porto Alegre, 2024.
  2. Ferreira, Alice; Belachqer-El Attar, Solaima; Ciardi, Martina; Villaró-Cos, Silvia; Soriano-Molina, Paula; Lafarga, Tomás; Marques-dos-Santos, Claudia; Acien, Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Ferreira, Alice. "Solar photo-Fenton as a pre-treatment for improving microalgae-based treatment of piggery wastewater". Trabalho apresentado em 1st International Conference on Novel Photorefineries for Resource Recovery, Valladolid, 2024.
Artigo em revista
  1. Corrêa, Diego Oliveira; Ferreira, Alice; Ribeiro, Belina; Gogoi, Jayanta; Na, Karan; Nalwad, Abhishek; Ganguly, Anasuya; Mutnuri, Srikanth; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Gouveia, Luisa. "Assessment of piggery wastewater treatment in vertical flow constructed wetlands: role of plants and aeration". Journal of Water Process Engineering 80 (2025): 109168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.109168.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.109168
  2. Sanchez-Zurano, Ana; Vilaró-Cos, Silvia; Figueiredo, Daniel; Melkonyan, Lusine; Ferreira, Alice; Acien, Gabriel; Lafarga, Tomas; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Sanchez-Zurano, Ana. "Optimizing Chlorella vulgaris production and exploring its impact on germination through microalga-N2-fixing bacteria consortia". Journal of Biotechnology 408 (2025): 244-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2025.09.018.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2025.09.018
  3. Baldanta, Sara; Ferreira, Alice; Marco Vinuesa, Arantxa; García García, Isabel; Gouveia, Luisa; Navarro Llorens, Juana María; Guevara, Govinda. Autor correspondente: Guevara, Govinda. "A solar panel-origin microalga, Coelastrella thermophila D14, with high potential for wastewater biotechnology". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 109 1 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-025-13618-8.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.1007/s00253-025-13618-8
  4. Manoel, João Artur Câmara; Šterbová, Karolína; Saini, Mohit Kumar; Bárcenas-Pérez, Daniela; Cheel, José; Grivalský, Tomáš; Lakatos, Gergely Erno; et al. Autor correspondente: Saurav, Kumar. "Microalgae-associated Stenotrophomonas maltophilia enhances lutein production and biostimulant activity in Monoraphidium sp.". Algal Research 91 (2025): 104250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2025.104250.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.algal.2025.104250
  5. Melkonyan, Lusine; Ferreira, Alice; Bastos, C.R.V.; Figueiredo, Daniel; da Silva, Teresa Lopes; Avetisova, Gayane; Karapetyan, Zhaneta; Toplaghaltsyan, Anna; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Gouveia, Luisa. "Reducing nutrient requirement using nitrogen-fixing bacteria for microalgae cultivation". Bioresource Technology Reports 31 (2025): 102180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2025.102180.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.biteb.2025.102180
  6. Gouveia, Luisa; Ferreira, Alice; Bastos, Carolina Vela; Avetisova, Gayane; Karapetyan, Zhaneta; Toplaghaltsyan, Anna; Melkonyan, Lusine. Autor correspondente: Melkonyan, Lusine. "Consortium of microalgae/nitrogen-fixing bacteria as a next-generation biofertilizer, biostimulant and biopesticide". Journal of Applied Phycology 37 5 (2025): 3703-3713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-025-03587-w.
    Publicado • 10.1007/s10811-025-03587-w
  7. Ferreira, Alice; Belachqer-El Attar, Solaima; Villaró-Cos, Silvia; Ciardi, Martina; Soriano-Molina, Paula; López, José Luis Casas; Lafarga, Tomás; et al. Autor correspondente: Ferreira, Alice. "Piggery wastewater treatment by solar photo-Fenton coupled with microalgae production". Water Research 271 (2025): 122869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122869.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122869
  8. Ferreira, Alice; Corrêa, Diego Oliveira; Ribeiro, Belina; da Silva, Teresa Lopes; Marques-dos-Santos, Cláudia; Acien, Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Ferreira, Alice. "Bioprocess to produce biostimulants/biofertilizers based on microalgae grown using piggery wastewater as nutrient source". Bioresource Technology 414 (2024): 131619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131619.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131619
  9. Ferreira, Alice; Vladic, Jelena; Corrêa, Diego de Oliveira; Butzke, Valéria Louzada Leal; Martins, Pedro Louro; Ribeiro, Belina; Marques-dos-Santos, Cláudia; Acien, Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Ferreira, Alice. "Innovative approach in sustainable agriculture: Harnessing microalgae potential via subcritical water extraction". Environmental Technology & Innovation 36 (2024): 103797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2024.103797.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.1016/j.eti.2024.103797
  10. Ferrera, Elvira; Ruigómez, Ignacio; Bastos, Carolina Vela; Ferreira, Alice; Gouveia, Luisa; Vera, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Vera, Luisa. "Resources recovery from domestic wastewater by a combined process: anaerobic digestion and membrane photobioreactor". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 31 37 (2024): 49560-49573. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-34468-3.
    Publicado • 10.1007/s11356-024-34468-3
  11. Butzke, Valéria Louzada Leal; Ferreira, Alice; de Oliveira Corrêa, Diego; Furlan, Júnior Mendes; Gouveia, Luisa; Schneider, Rosana de Cássia de Souza; Corbellini, Valeriano Antonio. "Unlocking the potential of Euglena gracilis cultivated in piggery wastewater: biomass production, nutrient removal, and biostimulant potential in lettuce and tomato plants". Journal of Applied Phycology 36 5 (2024): 2681-2702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-024-03286-y.
    Publicado • 10.1007/s10811-024-03286-y
  12. Goyal, Shubham; Dhanker, Raunak; Hussain, Touseef; Ferreira, Alice; Gouveia, Luisa; Kumar, Krishna; Mohamed, Heba I.. "Modern Advancement in Biotechnological Applications for Wastewater Treatment through Microalgae: a Review". Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 234 7 (2023): 417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06409-2.
    Publicado • 10.1007/s11270-023-06409-2
  13. Ferreira, Alice; Bastos, Carolina Vela; Marques-dos-Santos, Cláudia; Acien, Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Ferreira, Alice. "Algaeculture for agriculture: from past to future". Frontiers in Agronomy 5 (2023): 1064041. https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1064041.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3389/fagro.2023.1064041
  14. Ferreira, Alice; Figueiredo, Daniel; Ferreira, Francisca; Marujo, Ana; Bastos, Carolina Vela; Martin-Atanes, Guillermo; Ribeiro, Belina; et al. Autor correspondente: Ferreira, Alice. "From piggery wastewater to wheat using microalgae towards zero waste". Algal Research 72 (2023): 103153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103153.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.algal.2023.103153
  15. Vladic, Jelena; Jazic, Jelena Molnar; Ferreira, Alice; Maletic, Snežana; Cvetkovic, Dragoljub; Agbaba, Jasmina; Vidovic, Senka; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Gouveia, Luisa. "Application of Green Technology to Extract Clean and Safe Bioactive Compounds from Tetradesmus obliquus Biomass Grown in Poultry Wastewater". Molecules 28 5 (2023): 2397. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28052397.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3390/molecules28052397
  16. Mendes, Madalena; Navalho, Sofia; Ferreira, Alice; Paulino, Cristina; Figueiredo, Daniel; Silva, Daniel; Gao, Fengzheng; et al. "Algae as Food in Europe: An Overview of Species Diversity and Their Application". Foods 11 13 (2022): 1871. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11131871.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3390/foods11131871
  17. Vladic, Jelena; Jerkovic, Igor; Radman, Sanja; Molnar Jazic, Jelena; Ferreira, Alice; Maletic, Snežana; Gouveia, Luisa. "Supercritical CO2 Extract from Microalga Tetradesmus obliquus: The Effect of High-Pressure Pre-Treatment". Molecules 27 12 (2022): 3883. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27123883.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3390/molecules27123883
  18. Abreu, Mariana; Silva, Luís; Ribeiro, Belina; Ferreira, Alice; Alves, Luís; Paixão, Susana M.; Gouveia, Luísa; et al. "Low Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) Energy Crops to Bioenergy and Biofuels—A Review". Energies 15 12 (2022): 4348. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15124348.
    Publicado • 10.3390/en15124348
  19. Ferreira, Alice; Molnar Jazic, Jelena; Gouveia, Luisa; Maletic, Snežana; Tomic, Milan; Agbaba, Jasmina; Vladic, Jelena. Autor correspondente: Vladic, Jelena. "Valorisation of microalga Tetradesmus obliquus grown in brewery wastewater using subcritical water extraction towards zero waste". Chemical Engineering Journal 437 (2022): 135324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.135324.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.cej.2022.135324
  20. Ferreira, Alice; Figueiredo, Daniel; Ferreira, Francisca; Ribeiro, Belina; Reis, Alberto; da Silva, Teresa Lopes; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Gouveia, Luisa. "Impact of High-Pressure Homogenization on the Cell Integrity of Tetradesmus obliquus and Seed Germination". Molecules 27 7 (2022): 2275. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27072275.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3390/molecules27072275
  21. Ferreira, Alice; Figueiredo, Daniel; Cardeiras, Rodrigo; Nabais, Rui; Ferreira, Francisca; Ribeiro, Belina; Marques-dos-Santos, Cláudia; Acien, Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Ferreira, Alice. "Exploring Different Pretreatment Methodologies for Allowing Microalgae Growth in Undiluted Piggery Wastewater". Agronomy 12 3 (2022): 580. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12030580.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3390/agronomy12030580
  22. Figueiredo, Daniel; Ferreira, Alice; Gama, Florinda; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Gouveia, Luisa. "Nannochloropsis oceanica biomass enriched by electrocoagulation harvesting with promising agricultural applications". Bioresource Technology Reports 17 (2022): 100979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2022.100979.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.biteb.2022.100979
  23. Figueiredo, Daniel; Ferreira, Alice; Quelhas, Pedro; Schulze, Peter S.C.; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Gouveia, Luisa. "Nannochloropsis oceanica harvested using electrocoagulation with alternative electrodes – An innovative approach on potential biomass applications". Bioresource Technology 344 (2022): 126222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126222.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126222
  24. Gouveia, Luisa; Molnar Jazic, Jelena; Ferreira, Alice; Maletic, Snežana; Cvetkovic, Dragoljub; Vidovic, Senka; Vladic, Jelena. Autor correspondente: Vladic, Jelena. "Green approach for the valorization of microalgae Tetradesmus obliquus". Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy 24 (2021): 100556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2021.100556.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.scp.2021.100556
  25. Ferreira, Alice; Melkonyan, Lusine; Carapinha, Sofia; Ribeiro, Belina; Figueiredo, Daniel; Avetisova, Gayane; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Gouveia, Luisa. "Biostimulant and biopesticide potential of microalgae growing in piggery wastewater". Environmental Advances 4 (2021): 100062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2021.100062.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.1016/j.envadv.2021.100062
  26. Khemiri, Sheyma; Khelifi, Nadia; Nunes, Maria Cristiana; Ferreira, Alice; Gouveia, Luisa; Smaali, Issam; Raymundo, Anabela. Autor correspondente: Raymundo, Anabela. "Microalgae biomass as an additional ingredient of gluten-free bread: Dough rheology, texture quality and nutritional properties". Algal Research 50 (2020): 101998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2020.101998.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.algal.2020.101998
  27. Ferreira, Ana Filipa; Ferreira, Alice; Dias, Ana Paula S.; Gouveia, Luísa. Autor correspondente: Gouveia, Luísa. "Pyrolysis of Scenedesmus obliquus Biomass Following the Treatment of Different Wastewaters". BioEnergy Research 13 3 (2020): 896-906. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-020-10102-1.
    Publicado • 10.1007/s12155-020-10102-1
  28. Navarro-López, Elvira; Ruíz-Nieto, Angela; Ferreira, Alice; Acien, Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. "Biostimulant Potential of Scenedesmus obliquus Grown in Brewery Wastewater". Molecules 25 3 (2020): 664. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25030664.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3390/molecules25030664
  29. Ferreira, Alice; Ribeiro, Belina; Ferreira, Ana Filipa; Tavares, Marileide L. A.; Vladic, Jelena; Vidovic, Senka; Cvetkovic, Dragoljub; et al. Autor correspondente: Gouveia, Luísa. "Scenedesmus obliquus microalga-based biorefinery – from brewery effluent to bioactive compounds, biofuels and biofertilizers – aiming at a circular bioeconomy". Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining 13 5 (2019): 1169-1186. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2032.
    Publicado • 10.1002/bbb.2032
  30. Ferreira, Alice; Marques, Paula; Ribeiro, Belina; Assemany, Paula; de Mendonça, Henrique Vieira; Barata, Ana; Oliveira, Ana Cristina; et al. Autor correspondente: Gouveia, Luisa. "Combining biotechnology with circular bioeconomy: From poultry, swine, cattle, brewery, dairy and urban wastewaters to biohydrogen". Environmental Research 164 (2018): 32-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.02.007.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.envres.2018.02.007
  31. Ferreira, Alice; Ribeiro, Belina; Marques, Paula; Ferreira, Ana Filipa; Dias, Ana Paula; Pinheiro, Helena M.; Reis, Alberto; Gouveia, Luisa. Autor correspondente: Gouveia, Luisa. "Scenedesmus obliquus mediated brewery wastewater remediation and CO2 biofixation for green energy purposes". Journal of Cleaner Production 165 (2017): 1316-1327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.232.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.232
Capítulo de livro
  1. Gouveia, Luisa; Vitorino, Rafael; Carvalho, Bernardo; Figueiredo, Daniel; Ferreira, Alice; Pereira, Hugo; Varela, João. "A simple and alternative screening method to rapidly assess enzymatic hydrolysis of algal biomass". In Microalgae Protocols II, editado por Álvarez-Montero, Xavier; Mercado-Reyes, Ingrid, 85-94. Espanha: CYTED - Programa Iberoaméricano de Ciencia y Tecnolgía para el Desarrollo, 2024.
    Publicado
  2. Figueiredo, Daniel; da Silva, Teresa Lopes; Ferreira, Alice; Reis, Alberto; Gouveia, Luisa. "Flow cytometry-assisted method for cell disruption of microalgae". In Protocolos deMicroalgas de la Red RENUWAL I, editado por Llorens, Juana Maria Navarro; Gouveia, Luisa, 18-28. Espanha: CYTED - Programa Iberoaméricano de Ciencia y Tecnolgía para el Desarrollo, 2022.
    Publicado
  3. Ferreira, Alice; Guerra, Inês; Costa, Margarida; Silva, Joana; Gouveia, Luisa. "Future perspectives of microalgae in the food industry". In Cultured Microalgae for the Food Industry, editado por Lafarga, Tomas; Acien, Gabriel, 387-433. Elsevier, 2021.
    Publicado • 10.1016/b978-0-12-821080-2.00008-3
  4. Ferreira, Alice; Gouveia, Luisa. "Microalgal biorefineries". In Handbook of Microalgae-Based Processes and Products, editado por Jacob-Lopes, Eduardo; Maroneze, Mariana Manzoni; Queiroz, Maria Isabel; Zepka, Leila Queiroz, 771-798. Elsevier, 2020.
    Publicado • 10.1016/b978-0-12-818536-0.00028-2
  5. Ferreira, Alice; Reis, Alberto; Vidovic, Senka; Vladic, Jelena; Gkelis, Spyros; Melkonyan, Lusine; Avetisova, Gayane; et al. "Combining Microalgae-Based Wastewater Treatment with Biofuel and Bio-Based Production in the Frame of a Biorefinery". In Grand Challenges in Biology and Biotechnology, editado por Hallmann, Armin; Rampelotto, Pabulo Henrique, 319-369. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-25233-5_9
Poster em conferência
  1. Spyropoulou, Kirki-Konstantina; Duarte, Ana Rita Cruz; Gouveia, Luisa; Ferreira, Alice; Vladic, Jelena. "Improving Nutrient Accessibility from Tetraselmis chuii via Deep Eutectic Solvent-Assisted Cell Wall Disruption". Trabalho apresentado em 4th International Meeting on Deep Eutectic Systems (IMDES), 2025.
  2. Ferreira, Alice; Vladic, Jelena; Duarte, Ana Rita Cruz; Gouveia, Luisa. "Novel Green Extraction Strategy for Microalgae: Combining High-Pressure Homogenization and Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents". Trabalho apresentado em 1st International Congress on Algae Biotechnology (ICAB), 2025.
  3. Ferreira, Alice; Corrêa, Diego Oliveira; Ribeiro, Belina; da Silva, Teresa Lopes; Acien, Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. "Biostimulants/biofertilizers based on microalgae grown using piggery wastewater as a nutrient source". Trabalho apresentado em . IV Congresso Brasileiro do Potencial Energético das Microalgas: empreendedorismo e inovação & Conferência RENUWAL, 2024.
  4. Guevara, Govinda; Baldanta, Sara; Vinuesa, Arantxa; Ferreira, Alice; Gouveia, Luisa; Llorens, Juana Maria Navarro. "Biotechnological Potential of Coelastrella thermophila D14". Trabalho apresentado em IV Congresso Brasileiro do Potencial Energético das Microalgas: empreendedorismo e inovação & Conferência RENUWAL, 2024.
  5. Ferreira, Alice; Vladic, Jelena; Corrêa, Diego Oliveira; Butzke, Valéria Louzada Leal; Martins, Pedro Louro; Ribeiro, Belina; Marques-dos-Santos, Cláudia; Acien, Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. "Revealing the Potential of Subcritical Water Extraction in Microalgae for Sustainable Agriculture Practices". Trabalho apresentado em 8th Congress of the International Society of Applied Phycology (ISAP), 2024.
  6. Belachqer-El Attar, Solaima; Ferreira, Alice; Villaró-Cos, Silvia; Ciardi, Martina; Soriano-Molina, Paula; Lafarga, Tomas; Marques-dos-Santos, Cláudia; et al. "Piggery wastewater treatment by solar photo-Fenton coupled with microalgae-based process". Trabalho apresentado em Piggery wastewater treatment by solar photo-Fenton coupled with microalgae-based process, 2024.
  7. Ferreira, Alice; Belachquer-El Attar, Solaima; Ciardi, Martina; Villaró-Cos, Silvia; Soriano-Molina, Paula; Lafarga, Tomas; Marques-dos-Santos, Cláudia; Acién, F. Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. "Optimization of photo-Fenton as a pre-treatment step for microalgae-based piggery wastewater to reduce water inputs.". Trabalho apresentado em XII Simposio de Ciencias Experimentales, 2023.
  8. Melkonyan, Lusine; Ferreira, Alice; Bastos, Carolina; Figueiredo, Daniel; Avetisova, Gayane; Toplaghaltsyan, Anna; Gouveia, Luisa. "Creating a Consortium of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium and Microalga for Healthier Organic Food". Trabalho apresentado em 31st International Conference of Functional Food Center (FFC) - 19th International Symposium of Academic Society for Functional Foods and Bioactive Compounds (ASFFBC), 2023.
  9. Vladic, Jelena; Simic, Sinisa; Pereira, Hugo; Besu, Irina; Ferreira, Alice; Gouveia, Luisa. "Chlorella vulgaris and Tetradesmus obliquus: Impact of pretreatments on supercritical CO2 extraction yield and cytotoxic activity of extracts". Trabalho apresentado em 2nd Greenering Conference, 2023.
  10. Ferreira, Alice; Ferreira, Francisca; Marujo, Ana; Bastos, Carolina Vela; Ribeiro, Belina; Figueiredo, Daniel; Ranglová, Karolina; et al. "Microalga promoting circular economy – from pig waste to crop production". Trabalho apresentado em YAS - Young Algaeneers Symposium, 2023.
  11. Figueiredo, Daniel; Ribeiro, Tiago; Ferreira, Alice; Carvalho, Bernardo; Pereira, Hugo; Gouveia, Luisa. "Cellular disruption of 4 commercial microalgae species using High-Pressure Homogenization: a comparison and optimization study.". Trabalho apresentado em YAS - Young Algaeneers Symposium, 2023.
  12. Gouveia, Luisa; Ferreira, Alice; Ferreira, Francisca; Marujo, Ana; Bastos, Carolina Vela; Ribeiro, Belina; Figueiredo, Daniel; et al. "PIG 2 WHEAT - Microalgae closing the cycle". Trabalho apresentado em AlgaEurope, 2022.
  13. Vladic, Jelena; Simic, Sinisa; Ferreira, Alice; Pereira, Hugo; Gouveia, Luisa. "Influence of ultrasound, microwave, and enzyimatic pretreatments on supercritical CO2 extraction of Tetraselmis sp. and Chlorococcum sp.". Trabalho apresentado em ~2nd International Conference on Advanced Production and Processing (ICAPP), 2022.
  14. Vidovic, Senka; Molnar Jazic, Jelena ; Vladic, Jelena; Gouveia, Luisa; Ferreira, Alice; Maletic, Snezana; Agbaba, Jasmina; Radic, Maja. "Valorisation of microalgae biomass obtained from poultry wastewater treatment". Trabalho apresentado em BioTech 2020 & 8th Czech-Swiss Symposium with Exhibition, 2021.
  15. Vladic, Jelena; Molnar Jazic, Jelena; Vidovic, Senka; Gouveia, Luisa; Ferreira, Alice; Maletic, Snezana; Agbaba, Jasmina; Simic, Sinisa. "Application of high-pressure technologies for processing of microalgae biomass from brewery wastewater treatment". Trabalho apresentado em BioTech 2020 & 8th Czech-Swiss Symposium with Exhibition, 2021.
  16. Vladic, Jelena; Molnar Jazic, Jelena; Gouveia, Luisa; Maletic, Snezana; Vidovic, Senka; Agbaba, Jasmina. "Application of subcritical water extraction for processing microalgae biomass from wastewater treatment". Trabalho apresentado em 1st Greenering International Conference,, 2021.
  17. Vladic, Jelena; Gouveia, Luisa; Ferreira, Alice; Vidovic, Senka. "Wastewater treatment with microalgae and characterization of the obtained biomass". Trabalho apresentado em 25th International Symposium on Analytical and Environmental Problems, 2019.
  18. Vladic, Jelena; Ferreira, Alice; Vidovic, Senka; Cvetkovic, Dragoljub; Gouveia, Luisa. "Microalgal-based wastewater treatment coupled with subcritical water extraction technology". Trabalho apresentado em Microalgal bioeconomy in modern society (EUALGAE COST Action), 2019.
  19. Martins, Pedro Louro; Duarte, Luís Chorão; Ferreira, Alice; Gouveia, Luisa; Pereira, Helena; Reis, Alberto; Carvalheiro, Florbela. "Hydrothermal pre-treatment of the microalgae Scenedesmus obliquus: An approach for selective fractionation for biorefinery applications". Trabalho apresentado em EUBCE 2019 - 27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, 2019.
  20. Khemiri, Sheyma; Graça, Carla; Ferreira, Alice; Nunes, Maria Cristiana; Sousa, Isabel; Gouveia, Luisa; Smaali, Issam; Raymundo, Anabela. "Structural Properties of Gluten-Free Bread Fortified with Microalgae Biomass". Trabalho apresentado em XIV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, 2018.
Resumo em conferência
  1. Reis, Alberto; Ferreira, Alice; Moura, Patrícia. "The FRONTSH1P Project: Developing Circular Systemic Solutions Based in Water and Nutrients with Microalgae Towards a Greener and Resilient Circular Economy, Accelerating Territorial Regeneration". Trabalho apresentado em 2nd International Conference on Resilience and Sustainable Regions (ICRSR), Barreiro, 2025.
  2. Ferreira, Alice; Bastos, Carolina; Ribeiro, Belina; Gouveia, Luisa. "Photosynthetic microalgae for sustainable wastewater treatment and agriculture". Trabalho apresentado em Green Christmas Session – Photosynthetic Microorganisms for Sustainable Development, Rome, 2023.
  3. Ferreira, Alice. "Microalgas: Pequenas Soluções para Grandes Problemas". Trabalho apresentado em ISEC Sustainable Week, Lisboa, 2022.
  4. Vladic, Jelena; Simic, Sinisa; Ferreira, Alice; Pereira, Hugo; Gouveia, Luisa. "Influence of ultrasound, microwave, and enzyimatic pretreatments on supercritical CO2 extraction of Tetraselmis sp. and Chlorococcum sp.". Trabalho apresentado em 2nd International Conference on Advanced Production and Processing (ICAPP), Novi Sad, 2022.
  5. Ferreira, Alice; Carapinha, Sofia; Melkonyan, Lusine; Avetisova, Gayane; Gouveia, Luisa. "Microalgae for Energy, Water Resources, Environment, Climate, Food and Feed. Example: Wastewater treatment through microalgae and its use for a sustainable agriculture". Trabalho apresentado em 9º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia. Desafios da Engenharia na Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento e Combate às Alterações Climáticas, Maputo, 2022.
  6. Ferreira, Alice; Figueiredo, Daniel; Ferreira, Francisca; Ribeiro, Belina; Ranglová, Karolina; Marques-dos-Santos, Cláudia; Acién, F. Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. "Effect of microalga grown in pre-treated piggery wastewater in wheat seed germination and growth". Trabalho apresentado em 13th IWA Specialist conference on Wastewater Ponds and Algal Technologies (IWALGAE), Melbourne, 2022.
  7. Ferreira, Alice; Figueiredo, Daniel; Passarinho, Paula; Ribeiro, Belina; Marques-dos-Santos, Claudia; Acien, Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. "Combination of Photo-Fenton Oxidation with Microalgae Cultivation for the Bioremediation of Piggery Wastewater". Trabalho apresentado em AlgaEurope, 2021.
  8. Figueiredo, Daniel; Gama, Florinda; Ferreira, Alice; Gouveia, Luisa. "Electrocoagulation to harvest and enrich Nannochloropsis oceanica biomass for agricultural applications". Trabalho apresentado em AlgaEurope, 2021.
  9. Ferreira, Alice; Figueiredo, Daniel; Ferreira, Francisca; Passarinho, Paula; Ribeiro, Belina; Marques-dos-Santos, Cláudia; Acién, F. Gabriel; Gouveia, Luisa. "Combination of Photo-Fenton Oxidation with Microalgae Cultivation for the Bioremediation of Piggery Wastewater". Trabalho apresentado em AlgaEurope, 2021.
  10. Figueiredo, Daniel; Gama, Florinda; Ferreira, Alice; Gouveia, Luisa. "Electrocoagulation to harvest and enrich Nannochloropsis oceanica biomass for agricultural applications". Trabalho apresentado em AlgaEurope, 2021.
  11. Figueiredo, Daniel; Ferreira, Alice; Quelhas, Pedro; Gouveia, Luisa. "Using electrocoagulation-flocculation to harvest and enrich microalgae for targeted applications". Trabalho apresentado em AlgaEurope, Online, 2020.
  12. Ferreira, Alice; Melkonyan, Lusine; Carapinha, Sofia; Ribeiro, Belina; Figueiredo, Daniel; Avetisova, Gayane; Gouveia, Luisa. "Assessment of biostimulant and biopesticide potential of microalgae following piggery wastewater treatment". Trabalho apresentado em AlgaeEurope, 2020.
  13. Ferreira, Alice; Carapinha, Sofia; Vladic, Jelena; Vidovic, Senka; Cvetkovic, Dragoljub; Melkonyan, Lusine; Avetisova, Gayane; Gouveia, Luisa. "Tiny microalgae for huge applications. Biorefinery approach". Trabalho apresentado em 1st International Conference on Advanced Production and Processing, Novi Sad, 2019.
  14. Vladic, Jelena; Ferreira, Alice; Vidovic, Senka; Cvetkovic, Dragoljub; Gouveia, Luisa. "Refining microalgae biomass obtained through wastewater treatment with subcritical water extraction". Trabalho apresentado em EUALGAE Final Conference - European Recent Advances in the Microalgae Field, Madrid, 2019.
  15. Reis, Alberto; Ferreira, Alice; Neves, André; Martins, Pedro; Ribeiro, Belina; Ramalho, Luis; Eusébio, A; et al. "Microalgae-mediated wastewater conversion to biofuels with emphasis on brewery effluents: the lneg approach". Trabalho apresentado em 4th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries (4-CIAB), Jaen, 2018.
Tese / Dissertação
  1. "Development of agricultural bioproducts (biofertilisers, biostimulants, and biopesticides) from piggery wastewater treatment-based microalgae". Doutoramento, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/116530.
  2. Ferreira, Alice. "CO2-supplemented brewery wastewater treatment by microalgae and biomass upgrading for bioenergy production". Mestrado, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2016. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/downloadFile/1407770020545040/IST-THESIS-AliceFerreira.pdf.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2025/07 The FRONTSH1P Project: Developing Circular Systemic Solutions Based in Water and Nutrients with Microalgae Towards a Greener and Resilient Circular Economy, Accelerating Territorial Regeneration The FRONTSH1P Project: Developing Circular Systemic Solutions Based in Water and Nutrients with Microalgae Towards a Greener and Resilient Circular Economy, Accelerating Territorial Regeneration
(Barreiro, Portugal)
2025/04 Integrating Microalgae Cultivation with Wastewater Treatment: The FRONTSHIP Project’s Technological Innovation 1st International Congress on Algae Biotechnology (ICAB)
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/11 Avaliação do potencial de Euglena gracilis para redução de nutrientes das águas residuárias da suinocultura 3º Congresso Internacional de Engenharia Ambiental
(Porto Alegre, Brasil)
2024/09 Solar photo-Fenton as a pre-treatment for improving microalgae-based treatment of piggery wastewater 1st International Conference on Novel Photorefineries for Resource Recovery
(Valladolid, Espanha)
2023/12 Photosynthetic microalgae for sustainable wastewater treatment and agriculture Green Christmas Session 2023
2023/11/15 Optimization of photo-Fenton as a pre-treatment step for microalgae-based piggery wastewater to reduce water inputs XII Simposio de Ciencias Experimentales
Universidad de Almería (Almeria, Espanha)
2023/07/12 How can microalgae promote circular economy? Workshop “Pacto da Bioeconomia Azul – Algae Vertical”
FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/02 PIG TO WHEAT Algae Nexus Conference
(Istanbul, Turquia)
2022/12/05 Microalgas: Pequenas Soluções para Grandes Problemas ISEC Sustainable Week
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências (ISEC) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/11/25 PIG TO WHEAT – Microalgae closing the cycle Webinar ALGAVALOR WP5: Circular Bioeconomy – from effluents to novel products through microalgae
Allmicroalgae (Online, Portugal)
2022/08 Microalgae for Energy, Water Resources, Environment, Climate, Food and Feed. Example: Wastewater treatment through microalgae and its use for a sustainable agriculture 9º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia. Desafios da Engenharia na Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento e Combate às Alterações Climáticas
(Maputo, Moçambique)
2022/07 Effect of microalga grown in pre-treated piggery wastewater in wheat seed germination and growth 13th IWA Specialist conference on Wastewater Ponds and Algal Technologies
International Water Association (Melbourne, Austrália)
2021/12 Combination of Photo-Fenton Oxidation with Microalgae Cultivation for the Bioremediation of Piggery Wastewater AlgaEurope
EABA - European Algae Biomass Association
2021/12 Electrocoagulation to harvest and enrich Nannochloropsis oceanica biomass for agricultural applications AlgaEurope
EABA - European Algae Biomass Association
2020/12 Assessment of biostimulant and biopesticide potential of microalgae following piggery wastewater treatment AlgaEurope
EABA - European Algae Biomass Association
2020/12 Using electrocoagulation-flocculation to harvest and enrich microalgae for targeted applications AlgaEurope
EABA - European Algae Biomass Association
2020/09 Microalgae - the golden crop I Simpósio de Meio Ambiente e Energia (SiMAE)
(Brasil)
2019/10 Tiny microalgae for huge applications. Biorefinery approach 1st International Conference on Advanced Production and Processing
(Novi Sad, Sérvia)
2019/07 Industrial wastewater-grown Scenedesmus obliquus biomass-to-fuels and biofertilizers production: an integrative approach 2nd IWA Conference on Algal Technologies and Stabilisation Ponds for Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery (IWALGAE)
(Valladolid, Espanha)
2019/02 Refining microalgae biomass obtained through wastewater treatment with subcritical water extraction EUALGAE Final Conference - European Recent Advances in the Microalgae Field
(Madrid, Espanha)
2018/10 Microalgae-mediated wastewater conversion to biofuels with emphasis on brewery effluents: the LNEG approach 4th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries (4-CIAB)
(Jaen, Espanha)
2018/09 Microalgae-circular bio-economy–from wastewater treatment to biofuels and bioproducts Algae Tech Conference
(Munich, Alemanha)
2017/03/05 Microalgae: a sustainable alternative for wastewater treatment IV Semana de Bioengenharia
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação) 		Instituição / Organização
2014/10 - 2015/05 I Semana de Bioengenharia: Member of the Logistics Deapartment, responsible for organizing the resources, equipment and spaces for the conferences, and contacting sponsors. (2015/05/16 - 2015/05/21)
Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2013/11 - 2014/05 IX Jornadas de Engenharia Biológica: Member of the Cientific Department, responsable for contacting speakers and organizaing workshops. (2014/05/17 - 2014/05/19)
Conferência (Membro da Comissão Científica)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Júri de grau académico

Tema
Tipo de participação 		Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau)
Instituição / Organização
2023 De efluente de suinicultura a biomassa para aplicação na agricultura. Tratamento com Tetradesmus obliquus
Arguente principal
 Ana Patrícia Marquês Cavaco Marujo (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal