Main Collaborators
João Manuel Costa Pereira Araújo Coutinho
University of Aveiro
His research interests range from the exploration and fossil fuel transport, to the production and formulation of biofuels, the characterization of non-conventional solvents (fluorinated chemicals and ionic liquids) for the development of new products and chemical processes, the characterization of biodegradable polymers and biotechnology. On this last domain he was one of the responsible people for the creation of the BSc and MSc in Biotechnology at the University of Aveiro. He is currently adressing most of its research time to the characterization and development of new applications ofr ionic liquids.
Leonel Carlos dos Reis Tomás Pereira
University of Coimbra
Prof. Dr. Leonel Pereira is an associate professor with Habilitation at the University of Coimbra. He completed his PhD studies at the University of Coimbra in 2005. He has 153 publications with 4212 citations and an h-index of 37 (Scopus, September 2024). His main scientific interests are phycology, marine biotechnology, biodiversity and taxonomy, bioinformatics and databases, environmental assessment, nutrition, and thalassotherapy. He has received several awards, such as the “Francisco de Holanda” Award (Honorable Mention) in 1998, the “Sea Award King Carlos” in 2013, and the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award in 2016.
Juan Carlos Otero Fernández de Molina
University of Málaga
Prof. Dr. Juan Carlos Otero Fernàndez de Molina is a professor at the Department of Physical Chemistry (University of Málaga).
Andreia Fernandes de Sousa
University of Aveiro
Andreia F. Sousa has been an Assistant Researcher at CICECO, University of Aveiro, Portugal, since 2020. She leads a multidisciplinary team dedicated to the development of sustainable polymers—renewable, biodegradable, recyclable, and designed for circular economy applications. Additionally, she holds an invited research appointment at CEMMPRE, University of Coimbra. Dr. Sousa’s expertise lies in Polymer and Sustainable Chemistry, with a PhD in Chemistry completed in 2011. A distinguished scientist, she has published over 60 research papers, including 3 Highly Cited Papers, 5 featured on journal covers, and 2 selected as HOT Green Chemistry papers in 2022. Her work has garnered over 2,700 citations. Building on her contributions to the field, Dr. Sousa serves as Associate Editor for Reactive and Functional Polymers (Elsevier) and is an editorial board member for journals like Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy and Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment (Elsevier). She actively coordinates and participates in numerous European research projects, including Hop On ABSolEU HE, CEEC Grant (2020.02322.CEECIND), CICECO’s POWER award (2022), and the MIT-Portugal project (MIT-EXPL/ISF/0021/2017). Since 2019, she has chaired the European interdisciplinary network FUR4Sustain (CA18220), a collaboration of over 100 experts across 59 institutions in 30 countries.
Ana Maria Pissarra Coelho Gil
University of Aveiro
Ana M. Gil obtained her PhD in Chemistry at the University of East Anglia, UK, in 1992. She is currently Associate Professor with “Habilitation” at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, and a member of CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials. Her main research interests are centered in NMR metabolomics, applied to biological systems (biofluids, intact tissue, tissue/material systems, 2D/3D cell cultures) subjected to disease (cancer, prenatal diseases, rare metabolic diseases, degenerative diseases), therapeutics, toxicological, environmental stresses, or differentiation cues (stem cell metabolism), for identification of novel biomarkers with possible clinical use. Other interests relate to environmental and food research areas, namely the use of metabolomics in nutritional studies (biofluids and gut microflora) to assess the effect of new diets, and in the development of new food products or food quality control processes. In terms of mentoring, her track record is (Mar2022): 10 Postdocs finished and 1 ongoing; 12 PhD theses finished (8 as supervisor, 4 as co-supervisor) and 8 ongoing; 22 Master theses finished and 3 ongoing; Other researchers: 13 completed and 1 ongoing. She has published (Mar2022) ca. 150 SCI papers, 26 book chapters, ca. 30 other papers, and presented ca. 270 conference communications (98 talks, including 42 invited talks; 170 posters). Her metrics are (Mar2022): h-index=46, 5950 citations (source: Scopus).
