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Talita Fernandes 

Bolseira Mestre

Doutoramento em Engenheria Ambiental                       

Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa

 

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Education and Training

PhD in Environmental Engineering. Instituto Superior de Agronomia/Universidade de Lisboa (ISA/UL). Lisbon, Portugal (2015).

MSc in Industrial Biotechnology. Escola de Engenharia de Lorena/Universidade de São Paulo (EEL/USP). Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil (2006). 

Graduation in Chemistry Industrial Engineering. Faculdade de Engenharia Química de Lorena (FAENQUIL). Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil (2003).

Research and Professional Experience

Since 2017/03

Research Fellow at Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo – CEBAL (Group of Process Engineering). Project: SelecTEcoli - Selection and characterization of E. coli strains presenting high tolerance to multi-inhibitors derived from lignocellulosic biomass pre-treatments. Beja, Portugal.

2016/02-2017/01

Post-doc Researcher at Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas – CIEMAT (Biofuels Unit/ Renewable Energy Division). Project: Study of integration process for bioethanol production from a mixture of straw and sugarcane bagasse. Madrid, Spain.

2015/06-2016/01

Post-doc Researcher at EEL/USP (Group of Applied Microbiology and Bioprocess/Biotechnology Department). Project: Integrated use of straw and sugarcane bagasse in the pretreatment with dilute acid. Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil.

2009/07-2015/03

PhD student. Thesis: Bioethanol production from lignocellulosic materials mixtures using recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Instituto Superior de Agronomia/Universidade de Lisboa (ISA/UL) and Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG). Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Lisbon, Portugal.

2013/12-2014/03

Research Fellow at LNEG (Bioenergy Unit). Project: BioBlocks - Conception of bio-based products as precursors for bioindustry of chemical synthesis and biomaterials from renewable lignocellulosic. Lisbon, Portugal.

2008/07-2009/06

Research Fellow at Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Tecnologia e Inovação (INETI) (Unit of Microbial Physiology and Bioprocess/Biotechnology Department). Project: Biorefino - Demonstrating the feasibility of wheat straw and sweet sorghum biomass fermentation to ethanol using the biorefinery approach. Lisbon, Portugal.

2007/04-2008/06

Research Fellow at INETI (Unit of Microbial Physiology and Bioprocess/Biotechnology Department). Project: CEBio - Competence Network for Bioenergy. Lisbon, Portugal.

2004/01-2006/12

Master's Degree student. Thesis: Evaluation of vegetable-origin polymer in the treatment of sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate to xylitol production. FAENQUIL. Funded by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil.

2001/11-2002/11

Junior Researcher at FAENQUIL (Group of Fermentative Process/Biotechnology Department). Project: Evaluation of actived charcoals reutilization used in the treatment of sugarcane bagasse hemicellulose hydrolysate for microbiological production of xylitol. Funded by: Fundação de Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil.

2000/11-2001/10

Research Trainee at FAENQUIL (Group of Fermentative Process/Biotechnology Department). Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil.

Current interests of research

Biorefinery, Microbial Physiology, Fermentative processes, Biomass deconstruction

Selected Publications

Papers in peer reviewed journals

Silva-Fernandes, T., Marques, S., Rodrigues, R.C.L.B., Loureiro-Dias, M.C., Fonseca, C., Gírio, F. Enzymatic hydrolyses of pretreated eucalyptus residues, wheat straw or olive tree pruning, and their mixtures towards flexible sugar-based biorefineries. 2016. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. DOI 10.1007/s13399-016-0201-2. 

Silva-Fernandes, T., Duarte, L.C., Carvalheiro, F., Marques, S., Loureiro-Dias, M.C., Fonseca, C., Gírio, F., Biorefining strategy for maximal monosaccharide recovery from three different feedstocks: eucalyptus residues, wheat straw and olive tree pruning. 2015. Bioresource Technology. 183:203-212. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.01.136.

Silva-Fernandes, T., Duarte, L.C., Carvalheiro, F., Loureiro-Dias, M.C., Fonseca, C., Gírio, F., Hydrothermal pretreatment of several lignocellulosic mixtures containing wheat straw and two hardwood residues available in Southern Europe. 2015. Bioresource Technology. 183:213-220. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.01.059.

Duarte, L.C., Silva-Fernandes, T., Carvalheiro, F., Gírio, F.M., Dilute acid hydrolysis of wheat straw oligosaccharides. 2009. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 153:84-93. DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8426-6.

Carvalheiro, F., Silva-Fernandes, T., Duarte, L.C., Gírio, F.M., Wheat straw autohydrolysis: Process optimization and products characterization. 2009. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 153:116-126. DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8448-0.

Thesis

Fernandes, T. (2015) Bioethanol production from lignocellulosic materials mixtures using recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Instituto Superior de Agronomia/Universidade de Lisboa).

Silva, T. (2006) Evaluation of vegetable-origin polymer in the treatment of sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate to xylitol production. (Faculdade de Engenharia Química de Lorena).