Alchemy Project (UCP|Porto-Amyris joint collaboration project)

Research interests: Microbial biopolymers production (PHA); Wastewater biological treatment; Industrial wastes valorisationPrincipal Investigator:-SaltiPHA- Bioprocesso eco-eficiente para a valorização de recursos salinos através da produção de biopolímeros PHA (PTDC/BTA-BTA/30902/2017 Projeto 3599 - Promover a Produção Científica, o Desenvolvimento Tecnológico e a Inovação).Team Member (developing practical laboratorial activities, application and development of analytical and processing techniques, processes scale-up, activities of team managing, elaboration of technical reports and deliverables and financial managing activities):-YPACK: High Performance Polyhydroxyalkanoates Based Packaging to Minimise Food Waste (Project ID:773872 Funded under: H2020-EU.3.2.2.3.) https://www.ypack.eu/-SALTGAE: Demonstration project to prove the techno-economic feasibility of using algae to treat saline wastewater from the food industry (Contract-No H2020-WATER-2015-two-stage-689785) http://saltgae.eu/ -NEWPOLYSEA: Biovalorization of Marine Raw Rest Materials into Polyhydroxyalkanoate-Based Products (Financed by the Norwegian Research Council, BIOTEK2021) https://nofima.no/en/prosjekt/newpolysea/-MULTIBIOREFINERY: Multi-purpose strategies for broadband agro-forest and fisheries by-products valorisation: a step forward for a truly integrated biorefinery (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016403) http://multibiorefinery.web.ua.pt/ -ECOBIOCAP: Ecoefficient Biodegradable Composite Advanced Packaging (Contract-No FP7-265669) www.ecobiocap.eu-PACK4COMPOST: exploring new bioplastics, fillers, formulations and film processing routes to produce high added value compostable food packaging (PTDC/AGR-ALI/122741/2010)

"Respirometric techniques applied to aerobic microbial processes"

ONCOFIRE (On-Line Control of Fixed Bed Reactors Applied to Aerobic Wastewater Treatment)Funded by European Union (contract number 006647 – MIRG-CT-2004)

"Respirometry applied to a Nitrifying System""Respirometry applied to a Pure Culture"

Studying the performance of a MBR (membrane bioreactor) and of a IBA (activated sludge process) treating black water, within the DESAR (Decentralised Sanitation and Reuse) conceptIn association with Norit Nederland BV.