Career

• • Researcher in Chemical Engineering

    • "Rethinking plastic waste recycling: Enhancing the depolymerization process by additives removal using alternative solvents"

    • Process and Product Applied Thermodynamics, (PATh)

    • Chemistry Department, CICECO ‐ Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal

• • Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemistry:

    • "Zwitterions as hydrotropes for poorly water-soluble drugs solubility enhancement"

    • Prof. Kosuke Kuroda, (Kuroda group)

    • Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Japan

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• • Researcher in Chemical Engineering

    • "Chiral resolution of drugs in centrifugal partition chromatography using enantioselective aqueous biphasic systems"

    • Process and Product Applied Thermodynamics, (PATh)

    • Chemistry Department, CICECO ‐ Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal

• Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemical Engineering

  • “Sustainable economy: Innovative approach for recovery of critical metals from light emitting diodes” and  “Purification of value added compounds from microalgae using liquid-liquid systems”

  •  Prof. Mirjana Minceva

  • TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Germany

• • Researcher as PhD student in Chemical Engineering 

    • Specialization in Bioengineering 

    • "Ionic liquids aqueous solutions as sustainable solvents in separation processes"

      •   Dr. Mara G. Freire  and Prof. João A. P. Coutinho

    • Chemistry Department, CICECO ‐ Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal

• • Researcher as PhD student in Chemical Engineering 

    • Development of new thermoreversible aqueous biphasic systems composed of hydrophilic zwitterions

    • Prof. Hiroyuki Ohno

    • Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

• • Researcher as PhD student in Chemical Engineering 

    • The role of temperature in aqueous biphasic systems composed of polymer and cholinium-based ionic liquids

    • Prof. Jorge F. B. Pereira

    • Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas  Universidade Estadual Paulista, S. Paulo, Brazil

• • Integrated MSc in Chemical Engineering

    • Master thesis: "Separation of dyes with reversible aqueous biphasic systems"

      • Prof. Ana M. Fernandes and Dr. Mara G. Freire

    • BSc project: “Extraction of Caffeine from Guaraná seed”

    • Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

• • Voluntary student in Chemical Engineering  

    • “Critical assessment on the formation of ionic-liquid-based aqueous two-phase systems in acidic media” and “Optimization of the gallic acid extraction using ionic-liquid-based aqueous two-phase systems” 

    • Process and Product Applied Thermodynamics, (PATh)

    • Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

• • Trainee student in quality control

    • I worked in the laboratories for water and effluent control, where I measured the relevant parameters

    • Celbi – Celulose Beira Industrial, S.A., Figueira da Foz, Coimbra, Portugal