Office 414 | Lab. 133, 407 - Chemistry Department
Ph: +351 212948300, ext. 10947
Email: jra.pereira@campus.fct.unl.pt
LinkedIn: joao-ricardo-pereira
Orcid ID: 0000-0001-9721-0968
Education:
(2024) PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at NOVA School of Science and Technology
(2016) MSc in Biotechnology at NOVA School of Science and TechnologyFCT-UNL
(2014) Bachelor in Biochemistry at FCT-UNLNOVA School of Science and Technology
Research interests:
- Biological processes
- Bioreactor operation (Lab and Pilot scale)
- Biopolymer production, extraction, purification and characterization (Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and Exopolysaccharides (EPS))
- Development and characterization of biomaterials based on natural polymers
- Biopolymer applications
Publications:
Papers:
- Pereira, J. R., Rafael, A. M., Esmail, A., Morais, M., Matos, M., Marques, A. C., Reis, M. A. M., & Freitas, F. (2023). Preparation of Porous Scaffold Based on Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) and FucoPol. Polymers, 15(13), 2945. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15132945
- Pereira, J. R., Araújo, D., Freitas, P., Marques, A. C., Alves, V. D., Sevrin, C., Grandfils, C., Fortunato, E., Reis, M. A. M., & Freitas, F. (2021). Production of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates by Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. aurantiaca: Cultivation on fruit pulp waste and polymer characterization. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 167, 85–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.11.162
- Pereira, J. R., Araújo, D., Marques, A. C., Neves, L. A., Grandfils, C., Sevrin, C., Alves, V. D., Fortunato, E., Reis, M. A. M., & Freitas, F. (2019). Demonstration of the adhesive properties of the medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate produced by Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. aurantiaca from glycerol. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 122, 1144–1151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.09.064
- Baptista, S., Pereira, J. R., Gil, C. v., Torres, C. A. V., Reis, M. A. M., & Freitas, F. (2022). Development of Olive Oil and α-Tocopherol Containing Emulsions Stabilized by FucoPol: Rheological and Textural Analyses. Polymers, 14(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14122349
- Baptista, S., Pereira, J. R., Guerreiro, B. M., Baptista, F., Silva, J. C., & Freitas, F. (2023). Cosmetic emulsion based on the fucose-rich polysaccharide FucoPol: Bioactive properties and sensorial evaluation. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113252
- Concórdio-Reis, P., Pereira, J. R., Alves, V. D., Nabais, A. R., Neves, L. A., Marques, A. C., Fortunato, E., Moppert, X., Guézennec, J., Reis, M. A. M., & Freitas, F. (2022). Characterisation of Films Based on Exopolysaccharides from Alteromonas Strains Isolated from French Polynesia Marine Environments. Polymers, 14(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14204442
- Concórdio-Reis, P., Pereira, J. R., Torres, C. A. V., Sevrin, C., Grandfils, C., & Freitas, F. (2018). Effect of mono- and dipotassium phosphate concentration on extracellular polysaccharide production by the bacterium Enterobacter A47. Process Biochemistry, 75, 16–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2018.09.001
- Concórdio-Reis, P., Serafim, B., Pereira, J. R., Moppert, X., Guézennec, J., Reis, M. A. M., & Freitas, F. (2023). Exopolysaccharide production by the marine bacterium Alteromonas macleodii Mo169 using fruit pulp waste as the sole carbon source. Environmental Technology and Innovation, 30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2023.103090
- de Meneses, L., Pereira, J. R., Sevrin, C., Grandfils, C., Paiva, A., Reis, M. A. M., & Freitas, F. (2020). Pseudomonas chlororaphis as a multiproduct platform: Conversion of glycerol into high-value biopolymers and phenazines. New Biotechnology, 55, 84–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2019.10.002
- Esmail, A., Pereira, J. R., Sevrin, C., Grandfils, C., Menda, U. D., Fortunato, E., Oliva, A., & Freitas, F. (2021). Preparation and characterization of porous scaffolds based on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate). Life, 11(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/life11090935
- Esmail, A., Pereira, J. R., Zoio, P., Silvestre, S., Menda, U. D., Sevrin, C., Grandfils, C., Fortunato, E., Reis, M. A. M., Henriques, C., Oliva, A., & Freitas, F. (2021). Oxygen plasma treated-electrospun polyhydroxyalkanoate scaffolds for hydrophilicity improvement and cell adhesion. Polymers, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13071056
- Nabais, A. R., Ahmed, S., Younis, M., Zhou, J. X., Pereira, J. R., Freitas, F., Mecerreyes, D., Crespo, J. G., Huang, M. H., Neves, L. A., & Tomé, L. C. (2022). Mixed matrix membranes based on ionic liquids and porous organic polymers for selective CO2 separation. Journal of Membrane Science, 660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120841
- Rebocho, A. T., Pereira, J. R., Freitas, F., Neves, L. A., Alves, V. D., Sevrin, C., Grandfils, C., & Reis, M. A. M. (2019). Production of medium-chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates by Pseudomonas citronellolis grown in apple pulp waste. Applied Food Biotechnology, 6(1), 71–82. https://doi.org/10.22037/afb.v6i1.21793
- Rebocho, A. T., Pereira, J. R., Neves, L. A., Alves, V. D., Sevrin, C., Grandfils, C., Freitas, F., & Reis, M. A. M. (2020). Preparation and characterization of films based on a natural p(3hb)/mcl-pha blend obtained through the co-culture of cupriavidus necator and pseudomonas citronellolis in apple pulp waste. Bioengineering, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering7020034
- Silva, J. B., Pereira, J. R., Marreiros, B. C., Reis, M. A. M., & Freitas, F. (2021). Microbial production of medium-chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates. In Process Biochemistry (Vol. 102, pp. 393–407). Elsevier Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2021.01.020
Book Chapters:
- Concórdio-Reis, P., Pereira, J. R., Esmail, A., Ramos K., Araújo, D., Freitas, F. (2025) Wound healing approaches based on polysaccharide-nanoparticles biocomposites. In Recent advances in nanomedicines mediated wound healing. Prashant Kesharwani Ed. (1st Ed.). Elsevier
- Freitas, F., Torres, C. A. V., Araújo, D., Farinha, I., Pereira, J. R., Concórdio‐Reis, P., & Reis, M. A. M. (2021). Advanced Microbial Polysaccharides. In Biopolymers for Biomedical and Biotechnological Applications (pp. 19–62). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527818310.ch2
- Rebocho, A. T., Pereira, J. R., Torres, C. A. v., Freitas, F., & Reis, M. A. M. (2020). Linking the Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) to Current and Prospective Applications. In M. Koller (Ed.), The Handbook of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003087663