Maria Adelaide A. Almeida

(PhD. Student)

Status at Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering:

·         Researcher of the Environmental and Ecoprocess Engineering Research Group

Education:

·         Msc. in  Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and  Technology of the New University  of Lisboa , Portugal , 1999.

·         Graduation in Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and   Technology of the University of Coimbra , Portugal , 1987.  

Positions:

·         PhD. student in Environmental Engineering, since 2005, in the Environmental and Ecoprocess Research Group, IST, UTL, Lisbon, Portugal, under the supervision of Professor  Susete Martins Dias.

·         Professor (Adj.) at Agrarian School of Beja,  Polytechnic Institute of Beja.

Research Activities:

·         Swine  wastewater  treatment  in constructed wetlands using  Vetiver zizanioides.

Publications:

• Theses:

Almeida,  M. A. , 1999. "Study of functioning efficiency of the wastewater treatment system stabilization ponds of Beja". Master thesis, Faculty of Sciences and   Technology of the University Nova de Lisboa.

 Almeida, M. A. , 1987. "Formaldehyde analysis methods in commercial textile tissues". Faculty of Sciences and   Technology of the University of Coimbra.

• Papers in international scientific journals with referees:

M. A. Almeida, R. M. Fernandes, L. C. Davies, J. M. Novais and S. Martins-Dias, “Swine wastewater nitrification and denitrification in a vertical flow constructed wetland with Vetiveria zizanioides” Water Science and Technology (submitted).