André M. da Costa Lopes

External Researcher

short CV

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

Ongoing Supervisions

Publications

Green and Sustainable Solutions for Fractionating Lignocellulosic Biomass

D Millan, U Novak, A. M. Da Costa Lopes
2021, FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY, 9, 803431.

Biomass delignification with green solvents towards lignin valorisation: ionic liquids vs deep eutectic solvents

A. M. da Costa Lopes
2021, ACTA INNOVATIONS, 40: 64-78.

Fast and Efficient Method to Evaluate the Potential of Eutectic Solvents to Dissolve Lignocellulosic Components

Sosa, FHB; Dias, RM; Lopes, AMD; Coutinho, JAP; da Costa, MC
2020, SUSTAINABILITY, 12, 8.
ISBN: 2071-1050

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 performance

Lopes, AMD; Gomes, JRB; Coutinho, JAP; Silvestre, AJD
2020, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 22, 8, 2474-2487.
ISBN: 1463-9270

Uncovering the potentialities of protic ionic liquids based on alkanolammonium and carboxylate ions and their aqueous solutions as non-derivatizing solvents of Kraft lignin

Dias, RM; Lopes, AMD; Silvestre, AJD; Coutinho, JAP; da Costa, MC
2020, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 143.
ISBN: 1872-633X

Investigation of Kraft Lignin Solubility in Protic Ionic Liquids and Their Aqueous Solutions

Dias, RM; Petrin, LCG; Sosa, FHB; Lopes, AMD; Coutinho, JAP; da Costa, MC
2020, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 59, 40, 18193-18202.

Use of Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents in Polysaccharides Dissolution and Extraction Processes towards Sustainable Biomass Valorization

Morais, ES; Lopes, AMD; Freire, MG; Freire, CSR; Coutinho, JAP; Silvestre, AJD
2020, MOLECULES, 25, 16.
ISBN: 1420-3049

Kraft Lignin Solubility and Its Chemical Modification in Deep Eutectic Solvents

Sousa, FHB; Abranches, DO; da Costa Lopes, AM; Coutinho, JAP; da Costa, MC
2020, 8, 50.

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