Eliana Guarda

Researcher

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ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9338-328X

CiênciaID: A417-66BF-2A36

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eliana-Guarda

LinkedIn:  elianaguarda

Office 612 / Lab 610 - Chemistry Department

Ph: +351 212 948 300, ext. 10998

Email: e.guarda@fct.unl.pt

Education:

(2023) PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering – NOVA.FCT, Portugal

(2017)  MSc in Biotechnology - NOVA.FCT, Portugal

(2015)  BSc in Biochemistry - NOVA.FCT, Portugal

Research interests:


  • Wastes valorization
  • Bioreactors operation, monitoring and control (lab and pilot scale)
  • Bioproducts production (organic acids, biogas, polyhydroxyalkanoates)
  • Spectroscopy and chemometric tools towards real-time bioreactors monitoring and control.

Research publications:
  • Eliana C. Guarda, Claudia F. Galinha, Anouk F. Duque., Maria A.M. Reis, 2024. Non-invasive and real-time monitoring of polyhydroxyalkanoates production using two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy. J. Environ. Manage. 370, 122545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122545
  • Eliana C. Guarda, Catarina L. Amorim, Gabriele Pasculli, Paula M.L. Castro, Claudia F. Galinha, Anouk F. Duque, Maria A.M. Reis, 2024. Polyhydroxyalkanoates production from a waste-derived feedstock driven by the reactor operating conditions: The role of biomass microbiome and its reactivation capacity. J. Clean. Prod. 451, 141810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141810
  • Eliana C. Guarda, Eunice Costa, Cátia Gil, Catarina L. Amorim, Claudia F. Galinha, Anouk F. Duque, Paula M. L. Castro and Maria A.M. Reis, 2023. Acidogenic fermentation of brewers' spent grain monitored through two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c00316
  • Mónica Carvalheira; Catarina L. Amorim; Ana Catarina Oliveira; Eliana C. Guarda; Eunice Costa; Margarida Ribau Teixeira; Paula M. L. Castro; Anouk F. Duque; Maria A. M. Reis. "Valorization of Brewery Waste through Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production Supported by a Metabolic Specialized Microbiome". Life (2022), https://doi.org/10.3390/life12091347.
  • Carvalheira, Mónica; Hilliou, Loic; SS Oliveira, Catarina; Guarda, Eliana C.; Reis, Maria A.M. "Polyhydroxyalkanoates from industrial cheese whey: production and characterization of polymers with differing hydroxyvalerate content". Current Research in Biotechnology (2022), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crbiot. 2022.03.004
  • Eliana C. Guarda; Ana Catarina Oliveira; Sílvia Antunes; Filomena Freitas; Paula M. L. Castro; Anouk F. Duque; Maria A. M. Reis. "A Two-Stage Process for Conversion of Brewer's Spent Grain into Volatile Fatty Acids through Acidogenic Fermentation". Applied Sciences 11 7 (2021): 3222-3222. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073222
  • Ribau Teixeira, Margarida; Guarda, Eliana C.; Freitas, Elisabete B.; Galinha, Claudia F.; Duque, Anouk F.; Reis, Maria A.M. "Valorization of raw brewers’ spent grain through the production of volatile fatty acids". New Biotechnology 57 (2020): 4-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2020.01.007