André Miguel da Costa Lopes received both B.Sc. (2010) and M.Sc. (2012) degrees in Biotechnology from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He gained experience in using alternative solvents for the valorisation of agriculture and industrial wastes, particularly processing of lignocellulosic biomass using ionic liquids and hydrogenation of animal fat residues in supercritical carbon dioxide. He holds a PhD degree in Sustainable Chemistry (2017) and he is specialised in the development of green and sustainable paths for the valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass using alternative solvents (e.g. ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents, supercritical carbon dioxide, among others) towards the integration in biorefineries. He has been participating in several research projects and is co-author of 17 peer-review papers in high impact factor journals, 3 book chapters and 2 national patents, with more than 700 citations and h-index = 12 (Scopus database).
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Unveiling Modifications of Biomass Polysaccharides during Thermal Treatment in Cholinium Chloride : Lactic Acid Deep Eutectic SolventMorais, ES; Lopes, AMD; Freire, MG; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD 2021, CHEMSUSCHEM, 14, 2, 686-698.
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Wood delignification with aqueous solutions of deep eutectic solventsSoares, B; Lopes, AMD; Silvestre, AJD; Pinto, PCR; Freire, CSR; Coutinho, JAP 2021, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 160,
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Fast and Efficient Method to Evaluate the Potential of Eutectic Solvents to Dissolve Lignocellulosic ComponentsSosa, FHB; Dias, RM; Lopes, AMD; Coutinho, JAP; da Costa, MC 2020, SUSTAINABILITY, 12, 8,
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Novel insights into biomass delignification with acidic deep eutectic solvents: a mechanistic study of beta-O-4 ether bond cleavage and the role of the halide counterion in the catalytic performanceLopes, AMD; Gomes, JRB; Coutinho, JAP; Silvestre, AJD 2020, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 22, 8, 2474-2487.
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Uncovering the potentialities of protic ionic liquids based on alkanolammonium and carboxylate ions and their aqueous solutions as non-derivatizing solvents of Kraft ligninDias, RM; Lopes, AMD; Silvestre, AJD; Coutinho, JAP; da Costa, MC 2020, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 143,
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Investigation of Kraft Lignin Solubility in Protic Ionic Liquids and Their Aqueous SolutionsDias, RM; Petrin, LCG; Sosa, FHB; Lopes, AMD; Coutinho, JAP; da Costa, MC 2020, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 59, 40, 18193-18202.
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Use of Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents in Polysaccharides Dissolution and Extraction Processes towards Sustainable Biomass ValorizationMorais, ES; Lopes, AMD; Freire, MG; Freire, CSR; Coutinho, JAP; Silvestre, AJD 2020, MOLECULES, 25, 16,
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