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Agostinho Almeida (b. 1962) is a Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto, Portugal, in the areas of Analytical/Bioanalytical Chemistry and Instrumental Methods of Analysis, namely instrumentation, techniques and methodologies in the Clinical Laboratory1. He graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences (1986), with a specialization in Clinical Analysis, and received a PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry (2000) from the University of Porto. He is a researcher at LAQV/REQUIMTE2, a Portuguese research centre for Sustainable Chemistry, where he leads a trace element analysis unit. His main research interests are trace elements in health and disease, with a focus on the development and validation of analytical procedures using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and environmental, pharmaceutical, clinical/toxicological and forensic applications. He has authored over 160 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and presented more 100 lectures and oral communications.
Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto |
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ANA RITA LADO |
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Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro (ARLR) is Principal researcher at Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering – Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LSRE-LCM), Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). Her research focuses on the environmental fate, behavior, and removal of contaminants of emerging concern, with a particular emphasis on chiral pharmaceuticals. She works on the development of LC-MS/MS methods to detect organic microcontaminants, occurrence and risk assessment studies, and water and wastewater treatment technologies. Her research interests also include antimicrobial resistance and ecotoxicological effects of chiral pharmaceuticals, as well as eco-friendly sample preparation techniques and the identification of transformation by-products in environmental matrices. ARLR co-authored more than 250 publications, including 10 chapters in books or in book series with peer review, more than 100 publications in international peer reviewed ISI indexed journals, and more than 150 communications in conference proceedings, having a h-index of 44. She has experience in leading projects (European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant (ERA-ARE, Project Ref. 101039270; national financed projects (STAR, Ref. 2022.02842.PTDC, ongoing; SAMPREP, Ref. POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030521, concluded)). ARLR has participated as team member in several national and international research projects and is Portuguese representative in the Management Committee of Water4Reuse COST Action. Moreover, she is Executive Editor of Chemical Engineering Sciences (Elsevier) and Special Issues Editor of Chemical Engineering Journal Advances(Elsevier).
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, LSRE-LCM, ALiCE |
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CRISTINA AZEVEDO |
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Cristina Azevedo, PhD, is Director of the New Biopesticides Department at InnovPlantProtect, leading a research team developing bio-based solutions for major plant diseases. She holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering (ISA, Lisbon) and an international Master’s in Biotechnology, with her thesis completed at UC Davis, USA. She earned her PhD at the John Innes Centre (UK), where she contributed to the discovery of SGT1, a key regulator of plant disease resistance. At the MRC-LMCB (UCL, London), she expanded her expertise in biochemistry and identified a new post-translational modification, protein polyphosphorylation. She has published in high-impact journals, supervised MSc and PhD students, and collaborated with leading international institutions. At InnovPlantProtect, she manages projects that have resulted in four patent applications in biopesticides and biostimulants. She is also actively engaged in laboratory sustainability and science outreach.
InnovPlantProtect |
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NUNO BORGES |
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Available soon.
Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences of the University of Porto |
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TERESA TAVARES |
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Teresa Tavares is a Chemical Engineer, Porto University, 1982, and after spending one year as Production Engineer in the Aromatics Unity at the Petrogal Refinery in Leça da Palmeira, Portugal, started her research career in the Research Labs of Engineering Sciences of the University of Minho and later in the Centre of Biological Engineering, CEB, of the same University. Defended her Master’s thesis in Materials Sciences in 1986 and her PhD thesis in Heterogeneous Catalysis in 1991. Most of her thesis on the production, characterization and optimization of bi-metallic catalysts for SNG production was prepared in Haldor-Topsøe A/S, Denmark. At present, she is an associated professor with tenure at the University of Minho and at CEB she is responsible for the Chemical Engineering Lab within the Env2B group, also under her responsibility. Her research focus has been the Rehabilitation of Contaminated Systems through Biosorption, Biodegradation and Environmental Catalysis, within a Circular Economy perspective. The Biorecovery of strategic resources as rare-earth elements is also one of her research focuses. Nowadays, the Centre of Biological Engineering, rated as Excellent by FCT, is part of LABBELS, an Associate Laboratory on Biotechnology, Bioengineering and Microelectromechanical Systems. She is or has been the leading researcher of 10 Research Projects with financial support from national and international institutions. She has supervised circa 40 Master’s dissertations and 15 PhD theses. Published 1 book, 10 book chapters, 100 peer-reviewed papers in international journals and 120 communications/posters in international conferences. Her researcher ID profile indicates more than 4700 citations, with circa 70 citations per year during the last 5 years. It also indicates an h-index of 42. She has assumed several institutional responsibilities such as Director of the Master Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Associate Director of the Centre of Biological Engineering, Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Centre of Biological Engineering, Director of the PhD Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Department of Biological Engineering, Vice-Head of the Department of Biological Engineering, Member of Program Studies Steering Committee of the PhD Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering.
University of Minho, Environmental Bioresources and Bioremediation Technology Research Group (Env2B) |
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TONY WALKER |
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Dr. Tony Walker is a Professor at the School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University in Canada. Tony has studied the impacts of plastic pollution for over 30 years. His first exposure to the devastating impacts of plastic pollution was removing plastic nets, rope and packaging bands from entangled Antarctic fur seals in Antarctica in the early 1990s. Since then, he has become increasingly involved in research and helping to develop policies to help curb plastic and microplastic pollution. He helped participate in a Leaders and Experts Roundtable on Plastics and Marine Litter to help develop the Ocean Plastics Charter for Canada’s 2018 G7 presidency. He participated in the Canadian Science Symposium on Plastics to inform represented Canada at the G7 Science Meeting on Plastic Pollution in Paris, France. He has published extensively on policies to reduce the impact of plastic pollution. He was Associate Editor for Marine Pollution Bulletin for five years and is currently an Editor for Cambridge Prisms: Plastics.
Dalhousie University, Canada |
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VÍTOR VASCONCELOS |
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Available soon. Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, CIIMAR |
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