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

• 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 the water and effluents control, where I was doing measurements of the appropriated parameters

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