Andreia Fernandes de Sousa

Investigador Principal

short cv

ANDREIA F SOUSA is a Principal Researcher at CICECO, the University of Aveiro Institute of Materials, Portugal, since 2024, where she leads a multidisciplinary team on the design of sustainable polymers (renewable, biodegradable, recyclable & recycling), within a circular economy mind-set. Her background is in Polymer Chemistry and sustainable chemistry, having completed a PhD in Chemistry (2011).

Sousa is a distinguished scientist with >60 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

Closing the Loop: Greener and Efficient Hydrolytic Depolymerization for the Recycling of Polyesters Using Biobased Eutectic Solvents

Vinícius de Paula, Simão V. Pandeirada, Paulo J. A. Ribeiro-Claro, Armando J. D. Silvestre, Andreia F. Sousa
2025, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

Enhancing plastic waste recycling: Evaluating the impact of additives on the enzymatic polymer degradation

Aguiar, MIS; Sousa, AF; Teixeira, G; Tavares, APM; Ferreira, AM; Coutinho, JAP
2024, CATALYSIS TODAY, 429.
ISBN: 1873-4308

Unraveling The Impact of Isomerism on Enzymatic Polymerization of Furanic Polyesters

Silvianti, F; Maniar, D; Agostinho, B; de Leeuw, TC; Pelras, T; Dijkstra, L; Woortman, AJJ; van Dijken, J; Thiyagarajan, S; Sousa, AF; Loos, K
2024, ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS, 8, 5.

Enzymatic Synthesis of Copolyesters with the Heteroaromatic Diol 3,4-Bis(hydroxymethyl)furan and Isomeric Dimethyl Furandicarboxylate Substitutions

Silvianti, F; Maniar, D; Agostinho, B; de Leeuw, TC; Woortman, AJJ; van Dijken, J; Thiyagarajan, S; Sousa, AF; Loos, K
2024, BIOMACROMOLECULES, 25, 5, 2792-2802.
ISBN: 1526-4602

Beyond 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid: status quo, environmental assessment, and blind spots of furanic monomers for bio-based polymers

Annatelli, M; Sánchez-Velandia, JE; Mazzi, G; Pandeirada, SV; Giannakoudakis, D; Rautiainen, S; Esposito, A; Thiyagarajan, S; Richel, A; Triantafyllidis, KS; Robert, T; Guigo, N; Sousa, AF; García-Verdugo, E; Aricò, F
2024, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 26, 16.
ISBN: 1463-9270

Enzymatic synthesis of biobased aliphatic-hetero-aromatic furanic copolyesters: Influence of furan dimethyl ester isomerism

Silvianti, F; Maniar, D; Agostinho, B; Leeuw, TCD; Lan, XH; Woortman, AJJ; van Dijken, J; Thiyagarajan, S; Sousa, AF; Loos, K
2024, POLYMER, 309.
ISBN: 1873-2291

Crystal structure of poly(trimethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) redux - a new model supported by computational spectroscopy

Araújo, CF; Pandeirada, SV; Oliveira, IM; Rosa, GB; Agostinho, B; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF; Rudic, S; Vaz, PD; Nolasco, MM; Ribeiro-Claro, P
2024, POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 15, 42, 4349-4363.
ISBN: 1759-9962

The key role of pretreatment for the one-step and multi-step conversions of European lignocellulosic materials into furan compounds

Kammoun, M; Margellou, A; Toteva, VB; Aladjadjiyan, A; Sousa, AF; Luis, SV; Garcia-Verdugo, E; Triantafyllidis, KS; Richel, A
2023, RSC ADVANCES, 13, 31, 21395-21420.

Highly Flexible Poly(1,12-dodecylene 5,5' -isopropylidene-bis(ethyl 2-furoate)): A Promising Biobased Polyester Derived from a Renewable Cost-Effective Bisfuranic Precursor and a Long-Chain Aliphatic Spacer

Zaidi, S; Bougarech, A; Abid, M; Abid, S; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF
2023, MOLECULES, 28, 10.

Biobased Semi-Crystalline Polyesteramides from 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid and 5,5′-Isopropylidene Bis(2-furfurylamine): Synthesis toward Crystallinity and Chemical Stability

Rihab, K; Bougarech, A; Zaidi, S; Althobaiti, IO; Abid, M; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF; Abid, S
2023, ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 11, 28, 10344-10351.

Usamos cookies para atividades de marketing e para lhe oferecer uma melhor experiência de navegação. Ao clicar em “Aceitar Cookies” você concorda com nossa política de cookies. Leia sobre como usamos cookies clicando em "Política de Privacidade e Cookies".