People

Nídia Dana Lourenço

Independent Researcher

Research Group
Bioengineering
Position
Independent Researcher (since 2018)
Email
nidia.lourenco@fct.unl.pt
Phone number
212948571 (ext: 10991)
Researcher ID
K-6601-2012
ORCID
0000-0001-5506-4421
Ciência Vitae
4919-8A20-E8BE

Recent publications

  • 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

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

Degrees

  • PhD in Environmental Biotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (2003)