Andreia Fernandes de Sousa

Investigador Principal

short cv

ANDREIA F SOUSA is an Assistant Researcher at CICECO, the University of Aveiro Institute of Materials, Portugal, since 2020, where she leads a multidisciplinary team on the design of sustainable polymers (renewable, biodegradable, recyclable & recycling), within a circular economy mind-set. She also has an invited appointment as researcher at CEMMPRE from the University of Coimbra. Her background is in Polymer Chemistry and sustainable chemistry, having completed a PhD in Chemistry (2011).

Sousa is a distinguished scientist with >50 papers, 2 are actually Highly Cited, 5 are covers and 2 are 2022 HOT Green Chemistry papers, accumulating over 2900 citations. Also based on her scientific contributions, she became Associate Editor for Reactive and Functional Polymers (Elsevier) besides being member of several other editorial boards (such as Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy and, Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment, both from Elsevier). Very recently, Sousa was distinguished, from hundreds of applications, as an Early Career Board member of the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering journal.

She coordinates/participates in several EU projects focusing different aspects of her research interests, including Hop On ABSolEU HE, CEEC Grant (2020.02322.CEECIND), CICECO award (POWER, 2022) MIT- Portugal project (MIT¬EXPL/ISF/0021/2017). Since 2019, she Chairs the European interdisciplinary network FUR4Sustain (CA18220) with >100 experts, 59 institutions and 30 countries.

Finally, she is the proud mother of 3 young children!

Supervisões em Curso

Projectos

Publicações

New copolyesters derived from terephthalic and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acids: A step forward in the development of biobased polyesters

Sousa, AF; Matos, M; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD; Coelho, JFJ
2013, POLYMER, 54, 2, 513-519.

Isolation of suberin from birch outer bark and cork using ionic liquids: A new source of macromonomers

Ferreira, R; Garcia, H; Sousa, AF; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD; Rebelo, LPN; Pereira, CS
2013, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 44, 520-527.

Microwave assisted extraction of betulin from birch outer bark

Ferreira, R; Garcia, H; Sousa, AF; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD; Kunz, W; Rebelo, LPN; Pereira, CS
2013, RSC ADVANCES, 3, 44, 21285-21288.

Suberin isolation from cork using ionic liquids: characterisation of ensuing products

Ferreira, R; Garcia, H; Sousa, AF; Petkovic, M; Lamosa, P; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD; Rebelo, LPN; Pereira, CS
2012, NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 36, 10, 2014-2024.

Synthesis of aliphatic suberin-like polyesters by ecofriendly catalytic systems

Sousa, AF; Silvestre, AJD; Gandini, A; Neto, CP
2012, HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMERS, 24, 1, 4-8.

Novel Suberin-Based Biopolyesters: From Synthesis to Properties

Sousa, AF; Gandini, A; Silvestre, AJD; Neto, CP; Pinto, JJCC; Eckerman, C; Holmbom, B
2011, JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 49, 10, 2281-2291.

The Furan Counterpart of Poly(ethylene terephthalate): An Alternative Material Based on Renewable Resources

Gandini, A; Silvestre, AJD; Neto, CP; Sousa, AF; Gomes, M
2009, JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 47, 1, 295-298.

Quercus suber and Betula pendula outer barks as renewable sources of oleochemicals: A comparative study

Pinto, PCRO; Sousa, AR; Silvestre, AJD; Neto, CP; Gandini, A; Eckerman, C; Holmbom, B
2009, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 29, 1, 126-132.

Determination of the Hydroxy and Carboxylic Acid Groups in Natural Complex Mixtures of Hydroxy Fatty Acids by H-1 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Sousa, AF; Gandini, A; Silvestre, AJD; Neto, CP
2009, APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY, 63, 8, 873-878.

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Biopolyesters from Suberin and Model Comonomers

Sousa, AF; Gandini, A; Silvestre, AJD; Neto, CP
2008, CHEMSUSCHEM, 1, 12, 1020-1025.

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