André M. da Costa Lopes

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André Miguel da Costa Lopes received both B.Sc. (2010) and M.Sc. (2012) degrees in Biotechnology from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Since December 2017, he holds a PhD degree in Sustainable Chemistry from New University of Lisbon. His PhD thesis covered the application of ionic liquids in the valorization of agriculture and industrial wastes. In 2018 he had returned to University of Aveiro as postdoctoral researcher associated to CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials and was involved in the BBI project PROVIDES - PROcesses for Value added fibres by Innovative Deep Eutectic Solvents. In 2020, he got a researcher position at CECOLAB-Collaborative Laboratory Towards Circular Economy in collaboration with CICECO.

His current research is focused on the development of green and sustainable technologies for the valorization of biomass and technical lignin using alternative solvents (e.g. ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents) into bio-based chemicals and materials towards the integration in biorefineries.

He is co-author of 33 peer-review papers published in leading international journals and his work has been highly cited (>2100) with h-index = 17. He is also the co-author of 5 book chapters and he is an inventor of 3 Portuguese patents. He is PI of 1 international project (BIOSURPLIER) and research member in other 2 (PRIDES, BIOVINO).

Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8855-6406

Publications

Evaluating the integration of olive tree pruning fractionation with ternary eutectic solvent after aqueous pre-extraction or dilute acid pre-treatment

Gómez-Cruz, I; Sosa, F; Alfieri, ML; Esposito, R; Panzella, L; Labidi, J; Goodfellow, B; Castro, E; Silvestre, AJD; Lopes, AMD
2025, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 372.

COSMO-RS assisted selection of eutectic solvents for lignin dissolution and enhanced laccase activity

Pontes, PVA; Ferreira, AM; Coutinho, JAP; Andreaus, J; Lopes, AMC; Sosa, FHB
2025, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, 320.

Repurposing Kraft black Liquor as Reductant for Enhanced Lithium-Ion Battery Leaching

Carreira, ARF; Nogueira, AFM; Rocha, ILD; Sosa, F; Lopes, AMD; Passos, H; Schaeffer, N; Coutinho, JAP
2024, CHEMSUSCHEM, 17, 12.
ISBN: 1864-564X

Role of Deep Eutectic Solvent Precursors as Hydrotropes: Unveiling Synergism/Antagonism for Enhanced Kraft Lignin Dissolution

Sosa, FHB; Abranches, DO; Lopes, AMD; da Costa, MC; Coutinho, JAP
2024, ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 12, 23, 8930-8940.

Sustainable Tailoring of Lignin Nanoparticles Assisted by Green Solvents

Almeida, F; Margarida, A; Seixas, N; Pinto, RJB; Silvestre, AJD; Lopes, AMD
2024, CHEMNANOMAT, 10, 5.

Delignification of Olive Tree Pruning Using a Ternary Eutectic Solvent for Enhanced Saccharification and Isolation of a Unique Lignin Fraction

Gómez-Cruz, I; Seixas, N; Labidi, J; Castro, E; Silvestre, AJD; Lopes, AMD
2024, ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 12, 41, 15012-15023.

Enhanced biomass processing towards acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation using a ternary deep eutectic solvent

Poy, H; Lopes, AMD; Lladosa, E; Gabaldón, C; Loras, S; Silvestre, AJD
2023, RENEWABLE ENERGY, 219.

On the path to improve lignin depolymerization and functionalization into bio-based platform chemicals: A short review

Lopes, AMD; Silvestre, AJD; Coutinho, JAP
2023, CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, 43.

Deep eutectic solvents for improved biomass pretreatment: Current status and future prospective towards sustainable processes

Contreras-Gámez, MD; Galán-Martín, A; Seixas, N; Lopes, AMD; Silvestre, A; Castro, E
2023, BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, 369.

Conversion of Organosolv and Kraft lignins into value-added compounds assisted by an acidic deep eutectic solvent

Sosa, FHB; Bjelic, A; Coutinho, JAP; Costa, MC; Likozar, B; Jasiukaityte-Grojzdek, E; Grilc, M; Lopes, AMD
2022, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS, 6, 20, 4800-4815.

Deep eutectic solvents vs. ionic liquids: Similarities and differences

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Deep Eutectic Solvent Fund Emerging Applications
Sosa, F.H., Coutinho, J.A. and da Costa Lopes, A.M.
2022, 105-138, Elsevier.

Deep Eutectic Solvents for Sustainable Separation Processes

In Gyorgy Szekely, Dan Zhao (Eds.), Sustainable Separation Engineering: Materials, Techniques and Process Development
Filipe H. B. Sosa, Mariana C. da Costa, Armando J. D. Silvestre, André M. da Costa Lopes
2022, 605-652, Willey.
ISBN: 978-1-119-74008-7

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