Bioreactors for Health and Sustainability

Author Biographies

Joaquim M. S. Cabral

Professor of Biological Engineering in the Department of Bioengineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. He was the founder and is the current Head of Department of Bioengineering and the Director of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, a Research Laboratory Associated to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education in Portugal. His research aims to contribute to biochemical engineering science through novel developments in Bioprocess Engineering and Stem Cell Bioengineering.

Carlos A. V. Rodrigues

Completed an MSc in Biological Engineering in 2007 from Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, and a PhD (Doutoramento) in Bioengineering (Bioengenharia) in 2011 from Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico. Currently a Senior Researcher at Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Bioengenharia e Biociências (iBB). He has published 36 articles in journals and 11 book chapters. He has received 2 awards or honors, and has participated as Principal Investigator in 3 projects and as a Researcher in 9 projects. His work is in the area(s) of Medical and Health Sciences, with emphasis on Medical Biotechnology and Biomaterials.

Carla C. C. R. de Carvalho

Associate Professor at IST, Portugal. She holds a 5-year Diploma degree in Chemical Engineering, an MSc, and a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (now Universidade de Lisboa). Following two postdoctoral grants (at IST, Portugal, and UFZ-Leipzig, Germany), she held positions as Assistant Researcher (2008-2013), Principal Investigator (2014-2019), and Assistant Professor (2019-2023) at IST. Her research focuses on biomolecular and bioprocess engineering, employing a multidisciplinary approach that includes bacteriology, lipidomics, culturomics, microscopy, and image analysis. She has supervised numerous postdoctoral fellows, PhD, and MSc students. She is a co-author of over 100 manuscripts and 14 book chapters, has received several awards, and has been recognized in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists list” since 2017. She has led research teams in several European and national projects.

Frederico C. Ferreira

Completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2004 at Imperial College London (IC), followed by an industrial post-doc with IC and GlaxoSmithKline (2004-2006). He also holds an MBA from New University of Lisbon (2006-2008) and was a visiting scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in December 2009, L’Institut Européen des Membranes, Montpellier in the summer of 2007, and Politecnico di Milano during his sabbatical (February to August 2017). Frederico C. Ferreira is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, a member of the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, and an Associate Laboratory, Institute for Health and Bioeconomy. He has published approximately 120 SCI papers, with around 2500 citations, and is a co-author of 7 patent applications and 5 book chapters. He has received 5 awards and/or honors. Frederico Ferreira’s current research interests are focused on Tissue Engineering, Sustainable Separations and Biorefineries, and Cellular Agriculture.

Francisco Lemos

Holds an Habilitation in Chemical Engineering (1997) from the Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico, a PhD in Chemical Engineering (1989) from the Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico, a Master’s degree in Chemistry of Catalytic Processes (1984) from the Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico, and a Degree in Chemical Engineering (1981) from the Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico. He is a Full Professor at the University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico. He has published 118 articles in specialized journals. His research interests include Zeolites, Waste Recovery, Tertiary Recycling, Fuels, Circular Economy, Molecular Modeling, Polymerization, Copolymerization, Kinetic Modeling, Process Modeling, Systems Dynamics, and Process Control.

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