Nídia Dana Lourenço
(Post-Doctoral Research Fellow)
Status
at Centre for Biological and Chemical
Engineering:
·
Post-doctoral
research
Education:
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PhD
in Biotechnology (Biochemical Engineering), Instituto Superior Técnico,
Technical
·
Graduation
in Chemical Engineering, Specialization in Biotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical
Positions:
· (06/2007 - present) Post-doctoral fellow, "Multivariate monitoring, supervision and diagnosis of wastewater treatment processes", Enviromental and Ecoprocess Engineering Research Group, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal (supervisor: Prof. Helena Pinheiro)
· (10/2003 - 05/2007) Post-doctoral fellow, "Spectrophotometric techniques and chemometrics for environmental quality monitoring", Enviromental and Ecoprocess Engineering Research Group, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal (supervisor: Prof. Helena Pinheiro)
· (07/2003 - 12/2003) Research-fellow at the Quality Control Sector, "Development and validation of analytical methods with near infrared spectroscopy", ATRAL-CIPAN pharmaceutical group, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal (supervisor: Prof. José Cardoso de Menezes)
· (02/2003 - 07/2003) Collaborator at the Microbiology Department, "Microbiological analyses of water, wastewater and air samples", Laboratory of Analyses of Instituto Superior Técnico (LAIST), Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal (supervisors: Dr. Manuela Cadete and Prof. Maria Cândida Vaz)
· (10/1998 - 03/2003) PhD student, "Azo dye biodegradation in sequencing batch reactors", Enviromental and Ecoprocess Engineering Research Group, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal (supervisor: Prof. Helena Pinheiro)
· (06/1997
- 09/1998) Research-fellow,
"Biological treatment of textile wastewater",
Enviromental and Ecoprocess Engineering Research Group, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon,
· (03/1996 - 08/1996) ERASMUS student, "CPO catalyzed epoxidations - a study on the stability of peroxidases", Technische Universiteit Delf, The Netherlands (supervisors: Doctor Fred van de Velde and Prof. Roger A. Sheldon)
Research
Activities:
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Biological
treatment of industrial wastewater
·
Biodegradation
of textile dyes in Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) systems
·
Aerobic granular sludge for wastewater treatment
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Wastewater,
biosludge and soil
quality monitoring using spectral (UV-Vis, NIR and MIR) data analysis and
chemometrics
·
Multivariate
Statistical Process Control (MSPC) for supervision and diagnosis of wastewater
treatment systems
Grants:
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Post-doctoral scholarship from Fundação para a Ciência e
Tecnologia (SFRH/BPD/31497/2006)
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Post-doctoral scholarship from Fundação para a Ciência e
Tecnologia (SFRH/BPD/12915/2003)
· PhD scholarship from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Praxis XXI/BD/15744/98)
· Bursary from the European research project "Integrated Water Recycling and Emission Abatement in the Textile Industry", IST (96010713)
· ERASMUS scholarship from the Technical University of Lisbon, TU Delft, The Netherlands (96-B-1110)
Supervising experience:
PhD theses
· ongoing - “Aerobic granule bioreactors for industrial wastewater treatment”, Ana Maria Tavares da Mara, PhD in Environmental Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (co-supervision)
MSc theses
· ongoing - “Monitorização da população microbiana na unidade de lamas activadas da ETAR da Mutela (SMAS de Almada)”, Mário Daniel Abreu e Silva Freire, MSc in Biological Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (co-supervision)
· 10/2008 - “Desenvolvimento de testes rápidos para a avaliação da susceptibilidade de corantes sintéticos à descoloração biológica por via redutiva”, Lara da Luz Ferreira Martins Paulo, MSc in Biological Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (co-supervision)
· 03/2008 - “Quality control of agricultural soils with near infrared spectroscopy”, Victor Javier Reguero Sanz, MSc in Chemical Engineering, University of Vallaidolid, Spain (co-supervision)
· 10/2007 – “Desenvolvimento e validação de métodos de espectroscopia no infravermelho próximo e médio para a caracterização de lamas de ETAR para uso agrícola”, Maria de Fátima da Paixão Santos, MSc in Biological Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (co-supervision)
· 03/2007 – “Infrared spectroscopy and chemometric techniques for quality control of agricultural soils”, Neus Casanovas Guell, MSc in Chemical Engineering, Universidade Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain (co-supervision)
Research fellowships
· 10/2007 - present “Biodegradation of aromatic amines by Rhodococcus sp.”, Rita Jorge Mendonça Ferreira, graduate bursary of the project "Aromatic amine monitoring and degradation in the treatment of industrial wastewaters" (PDCT/AMB/59392/2004), ENVERG, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (co-supervision)
· 10/2007 - 02/2008 “Decolorization of synthetic dyes in wastewater treatment bioreactors”, Lara Paulo, undergraduate bursary of the project "Wastewater treatment bioreactor operation for synthetic dye decolourisation" (PDCT/AMB/59388/2004), ENVERG, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (co-supervision)
· 05/2007 – 09/2007 “Apoio ao desenvolvimento de testes rápidos para a avaliação da susceptibilidade de corantes sintéticos à descoloração biológica por via redutiva”, Marta Isabel Coelho, technician bursary of the project "Wastewater treatment bioreactor operation for synthetic dye decolourisation", ENVERG, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (PDCT/AMB/59388/2004) (co-supervision)
· 06/2006 – 12/2006 “Characterization tests of acid azo dyes: UV-Vis spectroscopy and anoxic biodecolorization”, Maria del Mar Pascual Larios, graduate bursary of the project "Wastewater treatment bioreactor operation for synthetic dye decolourisation" (PDCT/AMB/59388/2004), ENVERG, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (co-supervision)
Visiting graduate students
· 2008 - “Effect of the presence of redox mediators on the decolorization of azo dyes in an anaerobic/aerobic SBR”, Elena Velikova, teaching assistant and PhD student from the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia
· 2005 - “Development and validation of analytical methods in NIR spectroscopy for the characterization of sludge from wastewater treatment plants”, Fazli Akyuz, teaching assistant and PhD student from Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Visiting undergraduate students
· 2008 - “Monitoring of municipal wastewater treatment plants with UV-Vis spectroscopy”, Pavlina Pohludkova, trainee from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czeck Republic
· 2007 - “Testing of diode-array UV-visible spectrophotometer system with an optical fiber probe for online monitoring of laboratory-scale activated sludge bioreactors”, Zlata Palkovicova, trainee from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czeck Republic
Participation in research projects:
Publications:
Lourenço, N.D. (2003), “Azo dye biodegradation in Sequencing Batch Reactors”, PhD thesis, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Lourenço, N.D. (1996), "CPO catalyzed epoxidations - a study on the stability of peroxidases", Graduation thesis, TU Delft, The Netherlands
N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais and H.M. Pinheiro (2008), "Effect of the introduction of an anaerobic phase on the protozoa community of an SBR used for biodecolorization of an azo dye", in: Current Research Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, A. Mendez-Vilas (ed.), World Scientific Publishing Co., in press.
Pinheiro, H. M. e Lourenço, N. D. (2007), "Reactores de Tratamento Aeróbio", in: Reactores Biológicos, J. A. Teixeira, M. M. R. Fonseca (coord.), cap. 13, pp. 343-372, Lidel, Lisboa.
N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais and H.M. Pinheiro (2009) “Treatment of colored textile wastewater in SBE with emphasis on the biodegradation of sulfonated aromatic amines”, Water Practice and Technology 4(3)
N.D. Lourenço, J.C. Menezes, H.M. Pinheiro and D. Diniz, (2008) “Development of PLS calibration models from UV-Vis spectra for TOC estimation at the outlet of a fuel park wastewater treatment plant”, Environmental Technology 29, 891-898
N.D. Lourenço, J.C. Menezes, H.M. Pinheiro and D. Diniz, (2008) “Fuel park wastewater monitoring with UV-Vis spectra and partial least squares”, Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 27(1), 19-23
N.D. Lourenço, C.L. Chaves, J.M. Novais, J.C. Menezes, H.M. Pinheiro and D. Diniz (2006), “UV spectra and PCA analysis for water quality monitoring in a fuel park wastewater treatment plant”, Chemosphere 65, 786-791
N.D. Lourenço, J.M Novais and H.M. Pinheiro (2006), “Kinetic studies of reactive azo dye decolorization in anaerobic/aerobic sequencing batch reactors”, Biotechnology Letters 28, 733-739
N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais e H.M. Pinheiro (2003), “Analysis of the secondary metabolite fate during anaerobic-aerobic azo dye biodegradation in a sequential batch reactor”, Environmental Technology 24, 679-686
F. van de Velde, N.D. Lourenço, H.M. Pinheiro e M. Bakker (2002), “Carrageenan: A food-grade and biocompatible support for immobilization techniques”, Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis 344(8), 815-835
N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais e H.M. Pinheiro (2001), “Effect of some operational parameters on textile dye biodegradation in a sequential batch reactor”, Journal of Biotechnology 89, 163-174
N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais e H.M. Pinheiro (2000), “Reactive textile dye color removal in a sequencing batch reactor”, Water Science and Technology 42(5-6), 321-328
F. van de Velde, N.D. Lourenço, M. Bakker, F. van Rantwijk, R.A. Sheldon (2000), “Improved operational stability of peroxidases by coimmobilization with glucose oxidase”, Biotechnology and Bioengineering 69(3): 286-291
C. O’Neill, F.R. Hawkes, D.L. Hawkes, N.D. Lourenço, H.M.Pinheiro e W. Delée (1999), “Colour in textile effluents – sources, measurement, discharge consents and simulation: a review”, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotecnhology 74:1009-1018
N.D. Lourenço, C.L. Chaves, J.C. Menezes, H.M. Pinheiro e D. Diniz (2006), “A espectroscopia ultravioleta-visível na prevenção de descargas não-conformes de águas residuais industriais”, Engenharia Química - Indústria, Ciência e Tecnologia 4, 56-6
A.M.T. Mata, N.D. Lourenço and H.M. Pinheiro (2010)
"Effect of a respiratory inhibitor on the bioconversion of a xenobiotic by activated sludge",
N.D. Lourenço, M.I. Coelho
and H.M. Pinheiro (2008) "Measuring biodecolorization of textile
wastewater with a multivariate approach",
C.F. Almeida, N.D. Lourenço
and H.M. Pinheiro (2008) "Towards the spectrophotometric monitoring of
aromatic amines in textile effluent treatment",
F. Paixão, F. Akyauz, N.D. Lourenço and H.M. Pinheiro (2008) "Characterization of wastewater treatment plant sludges for agricultural use by NIR spectroscopy", Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry - CAC2008 - Volume 2 - Process Analysis, p. 189-193
N.D. Lourenço, C. Carvalho, I. Gonçalves, J. Novais e H. Pinheiro, (2008) “Effect of temperature on the biodecolorization of azo dyes using SBR-grown activated sludge inocula”, Proceedings of the 4th Sequencing Batch Reactor Conference – IWA SBR4 – Poster Presentations, p. 95-98
N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais e H.M. Pinheiro, (2008) “Treatment of colored textile wastewater in SBR with emphasis on the biodegradation of sulfonated aromatic amines”, Proceedings of the 4th Sequencing Batch Reactor Conference – IWA SBR4 – Platform Presentations, p. 399-406
C. Carvalho, N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais e H.M. Pinheiro, (2007) “Principal component analysis of anaerobic azo dye biodecolorization with activated sludge”, Livro de actas do congresso Micro’07 – Biotec’07 – XXXIII JPG, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, p. 148
M.M. Pascual, M.I.M. Coelho, N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais and H.M. Pinheiro, (2007) “Evaluation of abiotic controls for a standard azo dye biodecolorization test”, Livro de actas do congresso Micro’07 – Biotec’07 – XXXIII JPG, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, p. 150
N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais and H.M. Pinheiro, (2007) “Effect of the introduction of an anerobic phase on the protozoa community of an SBR used for biodecolorization of an azo dye”, Proceedings of the II International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology – BioMicro World 2007, World Scientific, in press
N.D. Lourenço, F. Paixão, H.M. Pinheiro, M. Costa and A. Sousa, (2006) “UV spectra and chemometrics for wastewater quality monitoring in a municipal wastewater treatment plant”, Proceedings of the International Water Conference - IWC 2006, p. 309-314
N.D. Lourenço, J.C. Menezes, H.M. Pinheiro and D. Diniz, (2006) “Development of PLS calibration models from UV-Vis spectra for TOC estimation in wastewater samples”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Chemometrics in Analytical Chemistry, p. OP07
N.D. Lourenço, C.L. Chaves, J.M. Novais, J.C. Menezes, H.M. Pinheiro, D. Diniz, (2005) “UV spectra and PCA for wastewater quality monitoring”, Proceedings of the 9th International Chemical Engineering Conference - CHEMPOR 2005, Coimbra, Portugal, p. 400-401
N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais, J.C. Menezes, H.M. Pinheiro and D. Diniz, (2005) “Development of PLS models from UV-Vis spectra for quantitative wastewater monitoring in a fuel park”, in: PLS and Related Methods - Proceedings of the PLS’05 International Symposium, T. Aluja, J. Casanovas, V. Esposito Vinzi, A. Morineau and M. Tenenhaus (eds.), SPAD Groupe Test & Go, Univerisdade Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, p. 463-470
M.G.E. Albuquerque, N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais and H.M. Pinheiro, (2003) “Efeito da redução biológica de sulfato na descoloração de corantes azo em bio-reactores descontínuos-sequenciais”, Actas do X congresso Nacional de Biotecnologia - Biotec’2003, Sociedade Portuguesa de Biotecnologia, p. 32
Lourenço, N.D., J.A. Lopes, C.F. Almeida, M.C. Sarraguça and H.M. Pinheiro (2010) “Bioreactor monitoring with spectroscopy and chemometrics: a review”, in: VII Colloquium Chemiometricum Mediterraneum, CCM VII – 2010, Granada, Spain, 21-24 June
N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais and H.M. Pinheiro, (2008) “Treatment of colored textile wastewater in SBR with emphasis on the biodegradation of sulfonated aromatic amines”, in: IWA - 4th Sequencing Batch Reactor Technology Conference – IWA SBR 4 2008, Rome, Italy, 7-10 September
Albuquerque, G.M., Lourenço, N.D., Novais, J.M. and
Pinheiro, H.M. (2003), “Efeito
da redução biológica de sulfato na descoloração de corantes azo em bio-reactores
descontínuos-sequenciais”, in: BIOTEC’2003, X Congresso Nacional de
Biotecnologia, Sociedade Portuguesa de Biotecnologia, ex-IPIMAR, Algés,
Portugal, 6-8 December
Pinheiro,
H.M and Lourenço, N.D. (2002), “Biodegradation
of textile azo dyes using sequential batch reactors”, in: 2nd Annual
Workshop of the COST Action 847 - Textile Quality and Biotechnology, Como,
Italy, 10-11 September
Lourenço,
N.D., Novais, J.M. and Pinheiro, H.M. (1999), “Reactive textile dye color
removal in a sequencing batch reactor”, in: International Conference
on Waste Minimisation and End of Pipe Treatment in Chemical and Petrochemical
Industries, Mérida, Yukatan, México, 14-18 November
C.F. Almeida, N.D. Lourenço and H.M. Pinheiro (2008) "Towards the spectrophotometric monitoring of aromatic amines in textile effluent treatment", in: 11th International Conference on Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry - CAC 2008, Montpellier, France, 30 June - 4 July
N.D. Lourenço, C. Carvalho, I. Gonçalves, J. Novais and H. Pinheiro, (2008) “Effect of temperature on the biodecolorization of azo dyes using SBR-grown activated sludge inocula”, in: IWA - 4th Sequencing Batch Reactor Technology Conference – IWA SBR 4 2008, Rome, Italy, 7-10 April
N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais and H.M. Pinheiro, (2007) “Effect of the introduction of an anerobic phase on the protozoa community of an SBR used for biodecolorization of an azo dye”, in: II International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology – BioMicroWorld 2007, Sevilla, Spain, 28 November - 1 December
C. Carvalho, N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais and H.M. Pinheiro, (2007) “Principal component analysis of anaerobic azo dye biodecolorization with activated sludge”, in: Congresso Nacional Micro’07 Biotec’07 – XXXIII JPG, Lisboa, Portugal, 30 November - 2 December
M.M. Pascual, M.I.M. Coelho, N.D. Lourenço, J.M. Novais and H.M. Pinheiro, (2007) “Evaluation of abiotic controls for a standard azo dye biodecolorization test”, in: Congresso Nacional Micro’07 Biotec’07 – XXXIII JPG, Lisboa, Portugal, 30 November - 2 December
F. Paixão, F. Akyüz, N.D. Lourenço and H.M. Pinheiro, (2007) “Development of analytical methods in NIR spectroscopy for the caracterization of sludge from wastewater treatement plants for agricultural use”, in: 6º Encontro da Divisão de Química Analítica da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química - SPQ-ANALÍTICA’07, Lisboa, Portugal, 29-30 March
Lourenço,
N. D., Chaves, C. L., Novais, J. M., Menezes, J. C., Pinheiro, H. M., Diniz, D.
(2005), “UV spectra and PCA analysis for wastewater quality monitoring”,
in: CHEMPOR 2005 – 9th International Chemical Engineering Conference, Coimbra,
Portugal, 21-23 September
Albuquerque,
G.M., Lourenço, N.D., Novais, J.M. and Pinheiro, H.M. (2003), “Assessment
of sulfate reduction effects on azo dye decolorization in anaerobic-aerobic
sequencing batch reactors”, in: 11th European Congress on
Biotechnology, Basel, Switzerland, 24-29 August
Lourenço,
N.D., Novais, J.M. and Pinheiro, H.M. (2001), “Analysis of secondary
metabolite fate during anaerobic-aerobic azo dye biodegradation in a Sequential
Batch Reactor”, in: 1st Annual Workshop of the COST Action 847 –
Textile Quality and Biotechnology, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 3-5 October
Contacts:
Telephone: +(351) 218 419 124;
Fax: +(351) 218 419 062
E-mail: Nídia Lourenço
Last updated, sexta-feira, 24 Setembro 2010