Emanuel V. Capela is currently a PhD student/researcher at the research group "Process and Product Applied Thermodynamics" (PATh), CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal in collaboration with Institute for Bioengeneering and Biosciences (iBB), Department of Bioengeneering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. 
His research activities are mainly focused in the production of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) by mammalian cell technology and in the design of integrated downstream bioprocesses, for the selective extraction and purification of mAbs directly from the complex medium, envisaging the process integration and intensification. Moreover, he has been working with a new class of solvents, ionic liquids, where his scientific interest devoted to these compounds includes the characterization of their properties and the evaluation of their potential in the establishment of extractive platforms for value-added compounds, in particular for biopharmaceuticals.
Born on 24 of June of 1993 at Porto, Portugal, obtained his BSc degree in Biochemistry from University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 2014, and his MSc degree in Biochemistry - Biomolecular Methods from the same institution in 2016.

2017 - ongoing | PhD in Chemical Engineering, specialization in Bioengineering | University of Aveiro and Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon | Thesis title: "Novel platforms for the downstream processing of antibody-based biopharmaceuticals", supervised by Dr. Mara G. Freire (UA) and co-supervised by Dr. Ana M. Azevedo (IST).

2014 - 2016 | MSc in Biochemistry, specialization in Biomolecular Methods | University of Aveiro | Thesis title:"Production and purification of antibodies using aqueous biphasic systems composed of ionic liquids as adjuvants", supervised by Dr. Mara G. Freire (UA) and co-supervised by Dr. Ana M. Azevedo (IST) and Prof. M. Raquel Aires-Barros (IST).

2011 - 2014 | BSc in Biochemistry | University of Aveiro | Project title: "Purification of antibodies using aqueous biphasic systems", supervised by Dr. Mara G. Freire (UA) and co-supervised by Master Mafalda R. Almeida (UA).

2018 | Guest Researcher | Sustainable Research Technology (SPT) group, Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), University of Twente, Netherlands.

2016 - 2017 | Research Assistant | Department of Bioengineering, Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal.

2015 - 2016 | MSc Researcher | Department of Bioengineering, Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal.

2014 | BSc Researcher | Department of Chemistry, CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal.