People

Nídia Dana Lourenço

senior researcher

Research Group
Position
Assistant Professor (since 2024)
Email
nidia.lourenco@fct.unl.pt
Phone number
212948571 (ext: 10991)
Ciência Vitae

Recent publications

  • Rodrigues, AM; Franca, RDG; Dionisio, M; Sevrin, C; Grandfils, C; Reis, MAM; Lourenco, ND. 2022. Polyhydroxyalkanoates from a Mixed Microbial Culture: Extraction Optimization and Polymer Characterization. Polymers, 14, DOI: 10.3390/polym14112155
  • Sousa, BV; Silva, F; Reis, MAM; Lourenco, ND. 2021. Monitoring pilot-scale polyhydroxyalkanoate production from fruit pulp waste using near-infrared spectroscopy. BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 176, DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2021.108210
  • Franca, RDG; Carvalho, VCF; Fradinho, JC; Reis, MAM; Lourenco, ND. 2021. Raman Spectrometry as a Tool for an Online Control of a Phototrophic Biological Nutrient Removal Process. Applied Sciences-Basel, 11, DOI: 10.3390/app11146600
  • Oliveira, J; Belchior, A; da Silva, VD; Rotter, A; Petrovski, Z; Almeida, PL; Lourenco, ND; Gaudencio, SP. 2020. Marine Environmental Plastic Pollution: Mitigation by Microorganism Degradation and Recycling Valorization. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.567126
  • Franca, RDG; Pinheiro, HM; Lourenco, ND. 2020. Recent developments in textile wastewater biotreatment: dye metabolite fate, aerobic granular sludge systems and engineered nanoparticles. REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY, 19, DOI: 10.1007/s11157-020-09526-0
  • Franca, RDG; Vieira, A; Carvalho, G; Oehmen, A; Pinheiro, HM; Crespo, MTB; Lourenco, ND. 2020. Oerskovia paurometabola can efficiently decolorize azo dye Acid Red 14 and remove its recalcitrant metabolite. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, 191, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.110007
  • Rita DGFranca; Helena MPinheiro; Mark CMvan Loosdrecht; Nídia DLourenço. 2018. Stability of aerobic granules during long-term bioreactor operation. BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, 36(1), DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.11.005

Main research interests

  • Environmental biotechnology
  • Production of biopolymers (polyhydroxyalkanoates) from industrial wastes
  • Spectroscopy (UV-Vis, NIR, Raman) and chemometrics for real-time bioreactor monitoring, supervision and diagnosis
  • Biological wastewater treatment with mixed microbial cultures
  • Aerobic granular sludge