Alumni
Senior Researchers
(2024) Anouk Duque
(2017) Adrian Oehmen
(2017) Gilda Carvalho
(2016) Christophe Roca
Research Managers
(2025) Bárbara Almeida
PostDoctoral Researchers
(April 2021) Yen Nguyen
(April 2021) Rita Franca
(December 2020) Jorge Santos
(October 2020) Nilay Uçar
(June 2019) Ricardo Marques
(June 2017 - May 2019) Daniel Dias "Scale-up of low-carbon footprint material recovery techniques in existing wastewater treatment plants" - SMART-Plant H2020 project
(March 2012 - December 2018) Catarina S. S. Oliveira "Integrated process for cheese whey valorisation through biopolymer production and protein recovery" & "Eco-efficient bioprocess for valorisation of saline resources towards the production of PHA biopolymer"
(January 2010 – October 2011) Graça Albuquerque "Sustainable production of succinic acid from renewable feedstocks"
(January 2008 – August 2009) Cristina Matos "Development and Validation of Integrated Water Treatment Processes in Portugal and Norway"
(July 2007 – October 2008) Luísa Alexandra Seuanes Serafim "Production of Bioplastics from Cheese Whey –Valorisation of an Industrial By-product"
(January 2006 – December 2008) Vítor Alves "Production of media chain length PHA using glycerol to produce biodegradable films"
(May 2005 – March 2006) Marta Eiroa "Production of PHA from cane sugar molasses"
(2004 - 2007) Paulo Costa Lemos "Metabolism and characterization of mixed cultures in biological phosphorus removal processes and drinking water"
(October 1999 - September 2002) Svetlozar Velizarov "Development of extractive membrane bioreactors"
(January 1997 - September 1998) Olga Nunes "Biodegradation of the herbicide Molinate"
(September 1995 - November 1997) Eduardo Limbert "Biological degradation of volatile organic compounds"
Technicians
2025
- Elisabate Freitas - Master in Biotechnology
Ph.D. Students
2024
- Bruno Guerreiro - PhD in Biochemistry, NOVAFCT.
- Juliana Almeida - PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering, NOVAFCT.
- Mafalda Trovão - PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering, NOVAFCT.
- João Pereira - PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering, NOVAFCT.
- Inês Ferreira - PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering, NOVAFCT.
- Ana Rita Bernardinho - PhD in Biochemical Engineering, NOVAFCT.
2023
- Eliana Guarda - PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering, NOVAFCT.
- Catarina Rangel - PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering, NOVAFCT.
- Diana Araújo - PhD in Biotechnology, NOVAFCT.
2022
- Fernando Silva - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL.
- Silvia Freches - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL.
- Patricia Reis - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL.
- Rafaela Cruz - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL.
- Srdjana Kolakovic - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL.
- Virginia Carvalho - PhD in Sustainable Chemistry, FCT-UNL.
- Mariana Matos - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, FCT-UNL.
2021
- Rita Valério - PhD in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering, FCT-UNL.
2020
- Jorge Santos - PhD in Bio-Engineering Systems (MIT- Portugal Doctoral Program, FCT-UNL).
2018
- Inês Farinha - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Process optimization of cell-wall polysaccharides production by Komagataella pastoris"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/46807
- Phi Yen Nguyen - PhD in Sustainable Chemistry - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Bioaugmentation for the removal of the antiobiotic sulfamethoxazole in wastewater"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/45215
- Sílvia Antunes - PhD in Sustainable Chemistry - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Biological conversion of industrial by-products/wastes into value-added bacterial exopolysaccharides"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/47866
- Xiaofei Wang - PhD in Sustainable Chemistry - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Impact of dissolved oxygen on PHA production and integration with biological nutrient removal processes"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/36290
2016
- Ricardo Marques - PhD in Sustainable Chemistry - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Assessment of the metabolism and N2O producing capacity of Biological Removal Systems"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/19079
- Rodolfo Marques - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Modeling and Optimization of Extracellular Polysaccharides Production by Enterobacter A47"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/16539
2015
- Bárbara Chagas - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Production and characterization of polymers from cellular wall of fungi and yeasts: development and validation at pilot scale"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/16311
- Madalena Cruz - PhD in Sustainable Chemistry - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates from oil - containing substrates"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/16312
- Margarida Carvalho - PhD in Sustainable Chemistry - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Bioproduction of succinic acid from renewable feedstocks by actinobacillus succinogenes 13OZ"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/16314
2014
- Filipa Pardelha - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Constraint-based modelling of mixed microbial populations: Application to polyhydroxyalkanoates production"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/13111
- Mónica Carvalheira - PhD in Sustainable Chemistry - FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently as Researcher in our lab.)
Thesis title: "The effect of key process operational conditions on enhanced biological phosphorus removal from wastewater"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/14295
2013
- Joana Pais - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Bioconversion of cheese whey into polyhydroxyalkanoates"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/12043
- Joana Fradinho - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently as Researcher in our lab.)
Thesis title: "Polyhydroxyalkanoates production by photosynthetic mixed cultures"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/16804
2012
- Ana Ricardo - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Modelling and optimization of the ion exchange membrane bioreactor for removal of anionic pollutants from drinking water streams"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/7972
- Claudia Galinha - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Monitoring and modelling of membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment incorporating 2D fluorescence spectroscopy"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/13108
- Ana Lanham - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Full-scale biological phosphorus removal: quantification of storage polymers, microbial performance and metabolic modelling"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/8052
- Cristiana Torres - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal (currently as Researcher in our lab.)
Thesis title: "Engineering of bacterial exopolysaccharides: from synthesis to properties"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/8950
2011
- Ricardo Salgado - PhD in Biological Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "The removal of xenobiotic compounds from wastewater through the use of biological processes and advanced oxidation technologies"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/6918
2009
- Maria Albuquerque - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Production of bioplastics by mixed microbial cultures from molasses"
2008
- João Dias - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Optimization and control of biopolymer production processes"
2007
- Cristina Matos - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Biological removal of perchlorate and bromate from drinking water using an Ion Exchange Membrane Bioreactor"
2004
- Raquel Fortunato - PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Transport mechanism in ionic liquid membranes and the study of thiomersal biodegradation"
https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/1070
- Luísa Serafim - PhD in Biological Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Production of biopolymers by phosphorus accumulating bacteria"
- Filomena Freitas - PhD in Biological Engineering - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Optimization of intermittent aeration processes for nutrients removal"
2003
- Christine Gundula Wolf - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Monitoring and control of biofilm supported membrane bioreactors for the treatment of industrial effluents"
- Anabela Fonseca - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Study of biofilm supported membrane bioreactors for pollutant removal"
2002
- Ana Maria Barreiros - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Denitrification of drinking waters using membrane bioreactors"
2001
- Paulo Costa Lemos - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Engineering of the biological phosphorus removal process"
1995
- Jonas Silva de Almeida - FCT-UNL, Portugal
Thesis title: "Kinetics of denitrification"
Research assistants
2020
- Cláudia Henriques
2019
- Neuza Duarte
- Joana Martinho
- David Lopes
- Bruno Oliveira
- Sara Mateus
- Nuno Marques
- Daniela Pequito
2018
- David Liebermann
- José Pedro Santos
- Pedro Cardoso
2016
- Emanuel Lopes
2015
- Ana Gouveia
- Carlos Silva
- Joana Campos
- Sofia Pereira