ResearcherID: N-5863-2014

ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8360-1404

ResearchGate: Anouk_Duque

LinkedIn: anouk-duque-102ba927

Lab. 505 – Chemistry Department

Ph: +351 212 948 300, ext. 10944

Email: af.duque@fct.unl.pt

Education:

(2012) PhD in Biotechnology by Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

(2003) Degree in Microbiology (4 years) by Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Research interests:

• Production of biopolymers (polyhydroxyalkanoates)
• Wastewater/waste valorization
• Biological wastewater treatment
• Xenobiotics removal
• Microbial ecology
• Microbial diversity

Relevant publications:

Papers:

• Mondal S., Syed U.T., Gil C., Hilliou L., Duque A.F., Reis M.A.M., Brazinha C. "A novel sustainable PHA downstream method". Green Chemistry 25 (2023):1137-1149. DOI: 10.1039/D2GC04261D
• Guarda E.C., Costa E., Gil C., Amorim C.L., Galinha C.F., Duque A.F., Castro P.M.L., Reis M.A.M. "Acidogenic Fermentation of Brewers' Spent Grain Monitored through Two-Dimensional Fluorescence Spectroscopy". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 11(19) (2023):7398-7406. DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c00316
• Carvalheira M., Amorim C.L., Oliveira A.C., Guarda E.C., Costa E., Ribau Teixeira M. Castro P.M.L., Duque A.F., Reis M.A.M. "Valorization of Brewery Waste through Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production Supported by a Metabolic Specialized Microbiome". Life 12(9) (2022): 1347. DOI:10.3390/life12091347
• Costa C.F.F.A., Amorim C.L., Duque A.F., Reis M.A.M., Castro P.M.L. "Valorization of wastewater from food industry: moving to a circular bioeconomy". Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology 21 (2022):269-295. DOI:10.1007/s11157-021-09604-x
• Duque A.F., Campo R., Val del Rio A., Amorim C.L. "Wastewater Valorization: Practice around the World at Pilot- and Full-Scale". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(18) (2021): 9466. DOI:10.3390/ijerph18189466
• Duque A.F., Bessa V.S., van Dongen U., de Kreuk M.K., Mesquita R.B.R., Rangel A.O.S.S., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Castro P.M.L. "Simultaneous nitrification and phosphate removal by bioaugmented aerobic granules treating a fluoroorganic compound". Water Science and Technology 83(10) (2021): 2404-2413. DOI:10.2166/wst.2021.142
• Guarda E.C., Oliveira A.C., Antunes S., Freitas F., Castro P.M.L., Duque A.F., Reis M.A.M. "A Two-Stage Process for Conversion of Brewer's Spent Grain into Volatile Fatty Acids through Acidogenic Fermentation". Applied Sciences 11(7) (2021): 3222. DOI:10.3390/app11073222
• Ribau Teixeira M., Guarda E.C., Freitas E.B., Galinha C.F., Duque A.F., Reis M.A.M. "Valorization of raw brewers' spent grain through the production of volatile fatty acids". New Biotechnology 57 (2020): 4-10. DOI:10.1016/j.nbt.2020.01.007
• Carvalho G., Pedras I., Karst S.M., Oliveira C.S.S., Duque A.F., Nielsen P.H., Reis M.A.M. "Functional redundancy ensures performance robustness in 3-stage PHA-producing mixed cultures under variable feed operation". New Biotechnology 40 (2018): 207-217. DOI:10.1016/j.nbt.2017.08.007
• Gouveia A.R., Freitas E.B., Galinha C.F., Carvalho G., Duque A.F., Reis M.A.M. "Dynamic change of pH in acidogenic fermentation of cheese whey towards polyhydroxyalkanoates production: Impact on performance and microbial population". New Biotechnology 37 (2017):108-116. DOI:10.1016/j.nbt.2016.07.001
• Hilliou L., Teixeira P.F., Machado D., Covas J.A., Oliveira C.S.S., Duque A.F., Reis M.A.M. "Effects of fermentation residues on the melt processability and thermomechanical degradation of PHBV produced from cheese whey using mixed microbial cultures". Polymer Degradation and Stability 128 (2016): 269-277. DOI:10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2016.03.031
• Duque A.F., Bessa V.S., Castro P.M.L. "Characterization of the bacterial communities of aerobic granules in a 2-fluorophenol degrading process". Biotechnology Reports 5 (2015): 98-104. DOI:10.1016/j.btre.2014.12.007
• Duque A.F., Oliveira C.S.S., Carmo I.T.D., Gouveia A.R., Pardelha F., Ramos A.M., Reis M.A.M. "Response of a three-stage process for PHA production by mixed microbial cultures to feedstock shift: Impact on polymer composition". New Biotechnology 31(4) (2014): 276-288. DOI:10.1016/j.nbt.2013.10.010  
• Duque A.F., Bessa V.S., Castro P.M.L. "Bacterial community dynamics in a rotating biological contactor treating 2-fluorophenol-containing wastewater". Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 41(1) (2014): 97-104. DOI:10.1007/s10295-013-1381-4
• Marques A.P.G.C., Duque A.F., Bessa V.S., Mesquita R.B.R., Rangel A.O.S.S., Castro, P.M.L. "Performance of an aerobic granular sequencing batch reactor fed with wastewaters contaminated with Zn²⁺". Journal of Environmental Management 128 (2013): 877-882. DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.06.052
• Amorim C.L., Duque A.F., Afonso C.M.M., Castro P.M.L. "Bioaugmentation for treating transient 4-fluorocinnamic acid shock loads in a rotating biological contactor". Bioresource Technology 144 (2013): 554-562. DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2013.07.010
• Duque A.F., Hasan S.A., Bessa V.S., Carvalho M.F., Samin G., Janssen D.B., Castro, P.M.L. "Isolation and characterization of a Rhodococcus strain able to degrade 2-fluorophenol". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 95(2) (2012): 511-520. DOI:10.1007/s00253-011-3696-2
• Duque A.F., Bessa V.S., Carvalho M.F., de Kreuk M.K., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Castro P.M.L. "2-Fluorophenol degradation by aerobic granular sludge in a sequencing batch reactor". Water Research 45(20) (2011): 6745-6752. DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2011.10.033
• Mesquita R.B.R., Santos I.C., Pedrosa M.F.F., Duque A.F., Castro P.M.L., Rangel A.O.S.S. "Development of flow injection potentiometric methods for the off-line and on-line determination of fluoride to monitor the biodegradation of a monofluorophenol in two bioreactors". Talanta 84(5) (2011): 1291-1297. DOI:10.1016/j.talanta.2011.01.028
• Duque A.F., Bessa V.S., Carvalho M.F., Castro P.M.L. "Bioaugmentation of a rotating biological contactor for degradation of 2-fluorophenol". Bioresource Technology 102(19) (2011): 9300-9303. DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2011.07.003
• Calheiros C.S.C., Teixeira A., Pires C., Franco A.R., Duque A.F., Crispim L.F.C., Moura S.C., Castro, P.M.L. "Bacterial community dynamics in horizontal flow constructed wetlands with different plants for high salinity industrial wastewater polishing". Water Research 44(17) (2010): 5032-5038. DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.017
• Calheiros C.S.C., Duque A.F., Moura A., Henriques I.S., Correia A., Rangel A.O.S.S., Castro P.M.L. "Substrate effect on bacterial communities from constructed wetlands planted with Typha latifolia treating industrial wastewater". Ecological Engineering 35(5) (2009): 744-753. DOI:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.11.010
• Calheiros C.S.C., Duque A.F., Moura A., Henriques I.S., Correia A., Rangel A.O.S.S., Castro P.M.L. "Changes in the bacterial community structure in two-stage constructed wetlands with different plants for industrial wastewater treatment". Bioresource Technology 100(13) (2009): 3228-3235. DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2009.02.033
• Carvalho M.F., Duque A.F., Moura S.C., Amorim C.L., Ferreira Jorge R.M., Castro, P.M.L. "Biological treatment of a contaminated gaseous emission from a leather industry in a suspended-growth bioreactor". Chemosphere 74(2) (2009): 232-238. DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.047
• Carvalho M.F., De Marco P., Duque A.F., Pacheco C.C., Janssen D.B., Castro P.M.L. "Labrys portucalensis sp. nov., a fluorobenzene-degrading bacterium isolated from an industrially contaminated sediment in northern Portugal". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58(3) (2008): 692-698. DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.65472-0
• Moura S.C., Jorge R.F., Duque A., Boaventura R.A.R., Castro P.M.L. "Aerobic biological treatment of waste-waters containing dichloromethane". Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 82(9) (2007): 864-869. DOI:10.1002/jctb.1758
• Carvalho M.F., Duque A.F., Gonçalves I.C., Castro, P.M.L. "Adsorption of fluorobenzene onto granular activated carbon: Isotherm and bioavailability studies". Bioresource Technology 98(18) (2007): 3424-3430. DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2006.11.001

Book chapters:

• Carvalheira M., Duque A.F. From Food Waste to Volatile Fatty Acids towards a Circular Economy. In M. Laranjo (Ed.), Fermentation - Processes Benefits and Risks, IntechOpen (2021). DOI:10.5772/intechopen.96542
• Amorim C.L., Moreira I.S., Duque A.F., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Castro P.M.L. Aerobic Granular Sludge: Treatment of Wastewaters Containing Toxic Compounds. In Á. Val del Rio, J. Campos Gómez, A. Mosquera Corral (Eds.), Technologies for the Treatment and Recovery of Nutrients from Industrial Wastewater, IGI Global (2017):231-263. DOI:10.4018/978-1-5225-1037-6.ch009