PhD students
| GRAQ collaborates in the supervision of PhD students with several academic institutions from Portugal (Polytecnic Institute of Porto (IPP-ISEP), University of Porto (FEUP, FFUP, FCUP, FCNAUP), Portuguese Catholic University (UCP-ESB), University of Minho, University of Aveiro, Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Spain (University of Léon, University of Oviedo, Autonomous University of Barcelona) and Denmark (University of Aarhus). |
| PhD projects - ongoing |
| Ana Margarida Oliveira e Silva |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| From soil to skin: Eco-friendly extract from kiwiberry leaves for prevention of skin aging process |
| Supervisors: Francisca Rodrigues, Cristina Delerue-Matos and Paulo Costa |
| 2020- |
| Diana Sofia Gouveia Mendes Rede |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Occurrence, distribution and effects of micro-, nanoplastics and other contaminants in soil |
| Supervisors: Cristina Delerue-Matos and Virgínia Fernandes |
| 2020- |
| Cátia Filipa Magalhães Peixoto |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Air quality in sport facilities: deep insight on ultrafine particles and on the potential public health risks |
| Supervisors: Simone Barreira Morais and Maria do Carmo Pereira (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) |
| 2019- |
| Maria Aurora Soares da Silva |
| Doctoral program in Ciencia e Tecnoloxía Agroalimentaria (University of Vigo) |
| Characterization of natural products from algae, toward microbiological chemical and biosensors approach |
| Supervisors: Fátima Barroso, Jesús Simal Gándara, Miguel Ángel Prieto Lage (University of Vigo) |
| 2019- |
| Ricarda Daniela Valentim Da Torre |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Electrochemical (bio)sensors for analysis of safety and quality parameters in fish and processed fishery products |
| Supervisors: Cristina Delerue-Matos, Hendrikus Nouws and Estefanía Costa Rama (University of Oviedo) |
| 2019- |
| Diana Andreia Tavares Pinto |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Castanea sativa shells: An industrial by-product as source of active ingredients for functional foods |
| Supervisors: Francisca Rodrigues and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| 2019- |
| Sara Isabel Ribeiro de Sousa |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Vitamin D and Endocrine Disruptors relationship in Breast Cancer Women |
| Supervisors: Valentina Domingues and Conceição Calhau (NOVA University Lisbon) |
| 2018- |
| Andreia Daniela Machado da Silva |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Enhancement of pharmaceuticals removal from domestic wastewater using biological treatments |
| Supervisors: Cristina Delerue-Matos, Sónia Figueiredo and Olga Freitas |
| 2018- |
| Patrícia Catarina Santos Rebelo |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Computer-aided design of molecular imprinted electrochemical sensors for analysis of pharmaceuticals in waters |
| Supervisors: Cristina Delerue-Matos and Maria Natália Dias Soeiro Cordeiro (Faculty of Sciences - Univ. Porto) |
| 2017- |
| Maria da Luz Galante Maia |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Portuguese shrimps: nutricional added value and contaminants evaluation. Risk-benefit. |
| Supervisors: Valentina Domingues, Cristina Delerue-Matos and Conceição Calhau (NOVA Univ. Lisbon) |
| 2017- |
| Pedro Jorge da Silva Carneiro |
| Doctoral program in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Imunossensores eletroquímicos para deteção de biomarcadores de doenças neurodegenerativas |
| Supervisors: Simone Barreira Morais and Maria do Carmo Pereira (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) |
| 2017- |
| Maria João Cerveira Fernandes |
| Doctoral program in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (Univeristy of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)) |
| RASOGLIFOSATO - Reabilitação de Águas e Solos contaminados com glifosato e AMPA com recurso a tecnossolos enriquecidos com composto resultante da compostagem de Resíduos Urbanos |
| Supervisors: Cristina Delerue-Matos and Felipe Macías (Univ. Santiago de Compostela) |
| 2017- |
| PhD projects - concluded |
| Maria Cristina Castro Freitas |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Development of electrochemical immunosensors and immunoassays for breast cancer biomarker analysis |
| Supervisors: Cristina Delerue-Matos and Hendrikus Nouws |
| April 15, 2020 |
| Nádia Filipa Durão da Silva |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Development of innovative electrochemical immunosensing systems for foodborne pathogens detection |
| Supervisors: Cristina Delerue-Matos and Ana Cristina Freire (Faculty of Sciences - Univ. Porto) |
| February 24, 2020 |
| Liliana Filipa da Silva Freitas |
| Doctoral program in Geology - Geological Resources and Environment (Faculty of Sciences and Technology - University of Coimbra) |
| Avaliação integrada de recursos hídricos em áreas urbanas: aplicações para a sustentabilidade e o ordenamento territorial |
| Supervisors: Cristina Delerue-Matos, Hélder I. Chaminé (ISEP-LABCARGA) and Alcides Pereira (University of Coimbra) |
| June 17, 2019 |
| Idalina Aurélia Gomes Bragança |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Pyrethroid pesticides in soils: assessment and environmental impact |
| Supervisors: Valentina Domingues, Cristina Delerue-Matos and Paulo Lemos (NOVA University Lisbon) |
| January 10, 2019 |
| Juliana Beatriz Sousa |
| PhD in Biotechnology (Universidade Federal do Piauí, Brazil) |
| Utilização de nanopartículas magnéticas de Fe3O4@Au como nanoplataforma para o desenvolvimento de genoensaios eletroquímicos para deteção de milho |
| Supervisors: Fátima Barroso and José Ribeiro dos Santos Jr. (Univ. Federal de Piauí, Brazil) |
| December 20, 2018 |
| Filipa Oliveira Gomes |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Nitric Oxide Detection using a Nitric Oxide Reductase-based Biosensor (NObiosenseNOR) |
| Supervisors: Simone Barreira Morais and José J.G. Moura (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) |
| September 17, 2018 |
| Alexandra Patrícia Rego Plácido do Nascimento |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Traceability of genetically modified organisms in the food chain: Development of biosensing devices as new approaches for their detection |
| Supervisors: Cristina Delerue-Matos, Isabel Maria Sousa Gomes Mafra (Faculty of Pharmacy - Univ. Porto) and Noemí de los Santos Álvarez (Universidad Oviedo, Spain) |
| July 26, 2018 |
| Maria Luísa da Silva Ramos Correia de Sá |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Biomonitoring of plasticizers in obese and non-obese children |
| Supervisors: Valentina Domingues and Conceição Calhau (Faculty of Medicine - Univ. Porto) |
| December 22, 2017 |
| Wojciech Stawinski |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Modified clay minerals as high-effective adsorbents for wastewater laden with heavy metals and textile dyestuffs |
| Supervisors: Sónia Figueiredo and Olga Freitas |
| May 26, 2017 |
| Patrícia Maria Oliveira da Silva Leitão |
| Doctoral program in Environmental Engineering (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Microbial bioelectrochemical remediation of chlorinated organics |
| Supervisors: Anthony S. Danko (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto), Frederico Aulenta (Water Research Institute (IRSA-CNR), Italy) and Hendrikus Nouws |
| February 24, 2017 |
| Elsa Maria Carvalheiro Dias |
| Doctoral program in Cellular Biology (University of Aveiro) |
| Pesticidas: caracterização da toxicidade in vivo de carbamatos e desenvolvimento de biossensores para controlo alimentar |
| Supervisors: Maria de Lourdes Pereira (Univ. Aveiro) and Simone Barreira Morais |
| January 26, 2017 |
| Marta Madalena Marques Oliveira |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| PM and PAHs from forest fires: impacts on air quality and occupational risks assessment |
| Supervisors: Simone Barreira Morais and Maria do Carmo Pereira (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) |
| July 11, 2016 |
| Salomé Sousa Teixeira |
| Doctoral program in Environmental Engineering (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Remoção de PPCPs em matrizes aquosas |
| Supervisors: Lúcia Santos (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| July 23, 2015 |
| António Alves Soares |
| Doctoral program in Agriculture, Food and Environment (Aarhus University, Denmark) |
| Environmental Control of Soil Pollutants - Colloid Facilitated Transport and Chemical Retainment [ENCORE] |
| Supervisors: Lis Wollesen De Jonge (Aarhus Univ.), Philipp Mayer (Aarhus Univ.) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| December 12, 2014 |
| Maria Manuela Martins de Carvalho |
| Doctoral program in Mining and Geo-Resources Engineering (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Análise Fenomenológica da Bio-remediação de Solos Contaminados com Compostos Orgânicos – Perspectiva Multidisciplinar |
| Supervisors: António Fiuza (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto), Teresa Oliva-Teles and Cristina Vila (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) |
| April 11, 2014 |
| José Luis Vera |
| Doctoral program in Sustainable Chemistry (REQUIMTE) |
| Endocrine disrupting pesticides in environmental samples |
| Supervisors: José Ferreira Gomes (Faculty of Sciences - Univ. Porto), Valentina Domingues and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| February 26, 2014 |
| Sérgio Alberto Cruz Monteiro de Morais |
| Doctoral program in Environmental Sciences and Technology (Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals - Univ. Aut. Barcelona, Spain) |
| Multimedia Fate Modelling and Impact of Pharmaceutical Compounds on Freshwater Ecosystems |
| Supervisors: Xavier Gabarrell (Aut. Univ. Barcelona) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| January 22, 2014 |
| Thiago Mielle Brito Ferreira Oliveira |
| PhD in Chemistry (Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil) |
| Biossensores Enzimáticos para Detecção e Quantificação de Carbamatos em Amostras de Alimentos |
| Supervisors: Adriana Nunes Correia (Univ. Federal do Ceará) e Simone Barreira Morais |
| December 10, 2013 |
| Lúcia Helena Moreira Lírio Matias dos Santos |
| Doctoral program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Analytical Chemistry specialty (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto) |
| Screening of pharmaceuticals in environmental samples |
| Supervisors: M. Conceição Branco Montenegro (Faculty of Pharmacy - Univ. Porto), Angelina Pena (Univ. Coimbra) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| March 7, 2013 |
| Abel José Assunção Duarte |
| Doctoral program in Chemistry (Faculty of Sciences - University of Porto) |
| Luminescent sensors for reactive oxygen and nitrogen species |
| Supervisors: Joaquim Esteves da Silva (Faculty of Sciences - Univ. Porto) and Maria do Carmo Vaz |
| February 22, 2013 |
| Marta Maria Pereira da Silva Neves |
| Doctoral program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biochemistry specialty (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto) |
| Development of electrochemical immunosensors for celiac disease clinical diagnosis and gluten-free food control |
| Supervisors: Cristina Delerue-Matos, Agustín Costa García (Univ. Oviedo), Alice Santos-Silva (Faculty of Pharmacy - Univ. Porto) and Hendrikus Nouws |
| December 21, 2012 |
| Virgínia Maria Monteiro da Cruz Fernandes |
| Doctoral program in Chemistry (Faculty of Sciences - University of Porto) |
| Biomorango - Caracterização físico-química de morangos produzidos por agricultura biológica |
| Supervisors: Nuno Mateus (Faculty of Sciences - Univ. Porto), Valentina Domingues and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| December 17, 2012 |
| Maria João Dantas Ramalhosa Ferreira |
| Doctoral program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Analytical Chemistry specialty (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto) |
| Avaliação da segurança das espécies de peixe mais consumidas em Portugal no que se refere aos teores de hidrocarbonetos aromáticos policíclicos (PAHs) |
| Supervisors: Beatriz Oliveira (Faculty of Pharmacy - Univ. Porto), Simone Barreira Morais and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| December 22, 2011 |
| Antonio Vega Y de la Fuente |
| Doctoral program in Environmental Engineering (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Fenomenologia, Modelação e Simulação da Acção de Barreiras Reactivas Permeáveis sobre a Água Contaminada com Crómio (VI) |
| Supervisors: António Fiúza (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| December 19, 2011 |
| Maria de Fátima de Sá Barroso |
| Doctoral program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Analytical Chemistry specialty (Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto) |
| Capacidade antioxidante de bebidas aromatizadas: águas e chás |
| Supervisor: Beatriz Oliveira (Faculty of Pharmacy - Univ. Porto) |
| July 25, 2011 |
| José Tomás Veiga Soares de Albergaria |
| PhD in Environmental Engineering (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Previsão do tempo de remediação de solos contaminados usando a Extracção de Vapor |
| Supervisors: Maria Conceição Alvim Ferraz (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| December 21, 2010 |
| Díonisia Maria Oliveira Castro |
| PhD in Environmental Engineering (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Hidrocarbonetos aromáticos policíclicos no ar ambiente |
| Supervisors: Simone Barreira Morais and Maria do Carmo Pereira (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) |
| December 21, 2010 |
| Mónica Alexandra de Oliveira Dias Teixeira |
| PhD (University of León, Spain) |
| Risco de exposição ocupacional ao xileno e ao formaldeído por estudantes de anatomia patológica, citológica e tanatológica |
| Supervisors: Serafín Olea (Univ. León) and Valentina Domingues |
| February 19, 2010 |
| Florinda Figueiredo Martins |
| PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Simulação e Optimização de Processos Químicos com Considerações Ambientais e de Robustez |
| Supervisor: Carlos Costa (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) |
| December 18, 2007 |
| Olga Manuela Matos de Freitas |
| PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Eliminação de iões metálicos em solução aquosa por biossorção em macroalgas marinhas |
| Supervisors: Rui Boaventura (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| December 5, 2007 |
| Hendrikus Petrus Antonius Nouws |
| PhD in Chemistry (Faculty of Sciences - University of Porto) |
| Analysis of Antidepressants using Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry |
| Supervisors: Aquiles Barros (Faculty of Sciences - Univ. Porto) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| March 14, 2007 |
| Valentina Maria Fernandes Domingues |
| PhD in Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Utilização de um Produto Natural (Cortiça) como Adsorvente de Pesticidas Piretróides em Água |
| Supervisors: Arminda Alves (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| December 22, 2005 |
| Maria Teresa Pereira de Oliva Teles Moreira |
| PhD in Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Contaminação Ambiental Associada às Areias Residuais de Fundição |
| Supervisors: Maria Conceição Alvim Ferraz (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| December 20, 2004 |
| Maria Manuela Barbosa Correia |
| PhD in Engineering Sciences (Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto) |
| Desenvolvimento de metodologias analíticas para a determinação de resíduos de produtos fitossanitários em vinhos |
| Supervisors: Arminda Alves (Faculty of Engineering - Univ. Porto) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| May 4, 2004 |
| Jorge Manuel Pinto de Jesus Garrido |
| PhD in Biochemistry, Biochemical Technology (Faculty of Sciences and Technology - University of Coimbra) |
| Mecanismos de oxidação electroquímica e quantificação de drogas de abuso |
| Supervisors: Ana Maria Oliveira Brett (Faculty of Sciences and Technology - Univ. Coimbra) and Cristina Delerue-Matos |
| March 31, 2004 |