Ana Maria da Conceição Ferreira Takahashi

Investigador Júnior

Short CV

Ana M. Ferreira is currently a Junior Researcher at the Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO), University of Aveiro, and Principal Investigator of the FCT-funded project GreenPATH (2023.15169.PEX), which focuses on developing sustainable strategies for polymer recycling.

Her career has been shaped by international research experiences, including PhD stays at Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brazil) and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Japan), as well as postdoctoral fellowships at the Technical University of Munich (Germany, as a TUM University Foundation Fellow) and Kanazawa University (Japan, as a JSPS Fellow).

Her research focuses on the development of sustainable processes using eco-friendly solvents for the valorization of biomass and the recycling of plastic waste. She integrates green chemistry and biotechnology tools in circular economy contexts, with a particular interest in bio-based solvents and enzyme-assisted strategies.

Ana has authored 43 peer-reviewed publications, 4 book chapters, and 1 patent, with an h-index of 20 and over 1,400 citations. She has participated in 7 research projects within European initiatives such as FUR4Sustain and ABSolEU, leading two as Principal Investigator. Her work involves close collaboration with both academic and industrial partners, such as the company Mistolin.

In addition to her research, she has supervised over 25 students and is actively involved in scientific dissemination. She contributed to the organization of international events such as IMIL2024 and the Plastic 360º workshop (2024). Her work has been recognized with several Best Poster Awards at international conferences and, most recently, with the CICECO Young Researcher Award (2024).

Background

2014-2018: PhD in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

2011-2013: MSc in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

2008-2011: BSc in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Personal Webpage

Visit https://sites.google.com/site/anamariaconceicaoferreira0113/ for more information about Ana M. Ferreira's research activities, publications, projects, and academic background.

Scientific Interests

Ana M. Ferreira's current research focuses on the development of sustainable processes through the use of eco-friendly solvents, with a particular emphasis on the valorization of biomass and the recycling of plastic waste. Her work targets the extraction of bioactive compounds from biomass and the selective recovery of polymers from plastic waste, including the removal of additives. She uses computational tools such as COSMO-RS to support the rational selection of green solvents, including ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents, and biosolvents. She also explores enzyme-assisted approaches for depolymerization, extraction, and transformation, integrating green chemistry and biotechnology within circular economy frameworks.

Supervisões em Curso

Projectos

Publicações

Enhanced tunability afforded by aqueous biphasic systems formed by fluorinated ionic liquids and carbohydrates

Ferreira, AM; Esteves, PDO; Boal-Palheiros, I; Pereiro, AB; Rebelo, LPN; Freire, MG
2016, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 18, 4, 1070-1079.

Improving the extraction and purification of immunoglobulin G by the use of ionic liquids as adjuvants in aqueous biphasic systems

Ferreira, AM; Faustino, VFM; Mondal, D; Coutinho, JAP; Freire, MG
2016, JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, 236, 166-175.

Extração e Purificação de Produtos de Valor Acrescentado Utilizando Sistemas Aquosos Bifásicos Constituídos por Líquidos Iónicos

Ferreira, AM; Freire, MG
2015, Química - Boletim da SPQ, 139, 23-34.

Complete removal of textile dyes from aqueous media using ionic-liquid-based aqueous two-phase systems

Ferreira, AM; Coutinho, JAP; Fernandes, AM; Freire, MG
2014, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 128, 58-66.

Enhanced extraction of caffeine from guarana seeds using aqueous solutions of ionic liquids

Claudio, AFM; Ferreira, AM; Freire, MG; Coutinho, JAP
2013, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 15, 7, 2002-2010.

Optimization of the gallic acid extraction using ionic-liquid-based aqueous two-phase systems

Claudio, AFM; Ferreira, AM; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD; Freire, MG; Coutinho, JAP
2012, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 97, 142-149.

Critical Assessment of the Formation of Ionic-Liquid-Based Aqueous Two-Phase Systems in Acidic Media

Claudio, AFM; Ferreira, AM; Shahriari, S; Freire, MG; Coutinho, JAP
2011, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 115, 38, 11145-11153.

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