Carla Vilela, born in Aveiro (Portugal), graduated in Chemical Engineering in 2004 and obtained a MSc degree in Materials Science and Engineering (EMMS) in 2008 at the University of Aveiro (UAVR, Portugal). During her MSc studies, she was awarded with a merit grant from the Joint European Masters Programme in Materials Science (EMMS). In 2008, CVilela started working as a grant holder on a National project (034/7.1/ADI/NOR) with Association Network for Competence in Polymers (Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, FEUP, Portugal), which set the stage for the beginning of her PhD studies at UAVR (PhD grant SFRH/BD/44884/2008 awarded by the Portuguese Foundation from Science and Technology (FCT)) concerning the valorisation of vegetable oils as sources of novel macromolecular materials derived from renewable resources. After finishing her PhD in 2012, she participated as a grant holder in the National project PTDC/QUI-QUI/120982/2010 – Creating value from bio-wastes: suberin extraction and biotransformation in biocompatible ionic liquids aiming on novel biomaterials and compounds (University NOVA of Lisbon, Portugal). From June 2013 to December 2018, she was a post-doctoral researcher at CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials holding a postdoctoral fellowship (SFRH/BPD/84168/2012) awarded by FCT.
Currently, she is a Principal Researcher (research contract awarded by FCT, CEECIND/00263/2018) and a Principal Investigator of two national R&D projects (PTDC/BII-BIO/1901/2021 and CENTRO-01-0247-FEDER-113565) at CICECO, and her main research interests include the engineering of eco-friendly NANOCELLULOSE-based nanostructured conductive membranes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, and the development of macromolecular-based materials containing BIOPOLYMERS and bioactive molecules for diverse applications (e.g., drug delivery, wound healing and active packaging). She already supervised 30 students (at BSc, MSc and PhD levels), 1 post-doctoral researcher and 3 research fellows. Her current research team includes 1 post-doctoral researcher, and 1 MSc and 6 PhD students.
CVilela is the author of 74 SCI papers (h-index: 27; citations: >2600), 3 books, 5 book chapters, 2 datasets, 4 national patents, 8 abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society, 10 conference proceedings, and more than 100 communications in national and international conferences . She has acted as invited Guest Editor for Applied Science (2018), Materials (2019-2021) and Nanomaterials (2019-2021) journals (MDPI), and is an active reviewer for international journals (e.g. Nature Commun., Carbohydr. Polym., Sci. Reports, Environ. Sci. Technol., ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., ACS Nano).
CVilela is an Associate Editor of Chemisrty Africa (Springer Nature), Editorial Board Member of Cogent Chemistry (Taylor & Francis Group) and Polysaccharides (MDPI), and Topical Advisory Panel Member of Nanomaterials (MDPI). She was a participant of the COST Action FP1405 (ActInPak, 2015-2019), and is a member of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) and the Portuguese Materials Society (SPM).
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Multilayered materials based on biopolymers as drug delivery systemsVilela, C; Figueiredo, ARP; Silvestre, AJD; Freire, CSR 2017, EXPERT OPINION ON DRUG DELIVERY, 14, 2, 189-200.
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Protonic conductivity and fuel cell tests of nanocomposite membranes based on bacterial celluloseGadim, TDO; Loureiro, FJA; Vilela, C; Rosero-Navarro, N; Silvestre, AJD; Freire, CSR; Figueiredo, FML 2017, ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, 233, 52-61.
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Exploiting poly(ionic liquids) and nanocellulose for the development of bio-based anion-exchange membranesVilela, C; Sousa, N; Pinto, RJB; Silvestre, AJD; Figueiredo, FML; Freire, CSR 2017, BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, 100, 116-125.
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Poly(N-methacryloyl glycine)/nanocellulose composites as pH-sensitive systems for controlled release of diclofenacSaidi, L; Vilela, C; Oliveira, H; Silvestre, AJD; Freire, CSR 2017, CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS, 169, 357-365.
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Bioactive chitosan/ellagic acid films with UV-light protection for active food packagingVilela, C; Pinto, RJB; Coelho, J; Domingues, MRM; Daina, S; Sadocco, P; Santos, SAO; Freire, CSR 2017, FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS, 73, 120-128.
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Poly(1,20-eicosanediyl 2,5-furandicarboxylate), a biodegradable polyester from renewable resourcesSoares, MJ; Dannecker, PK; Vilela, C; Bastos, J; Meier, MAR; Sousa, AF 2017, EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL, 90, 301-311.
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Profiling of lipophilic and phenolic phytochemicals of four cultivars from cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.)Santos, SAO; Vilela, C; Camacho, JF; Cordeiro, N; Gouveia, M; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD 2016, FOOD CHEMISTRY, 211, 845-852.
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Nafion (R) and nanocellulose: A partnership for greener polymer electrolyte membranesGadim, TDO; Vilela, C; Loureiro, FJA; Silvestre, AJD; Freire, CSR; Figueiredo, FML 2016, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 93, 212-218.
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Nanocellulose/poly(methacryloyloxyethyl phosphate) composites as proton separator materialsVilela, C; Gadim, TDO; Silvestre, AJD; Freire, CSR; Figueiredo, FML 2016, CELLULOSE, 23, 6, 3677-3689.
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Bioactive Phytochemicals from Wild Arbutus unedo L. Berries from Different Locations in Portugal: Quantification of Lipophilic ComponentsFonseca, DFS; Salvador, AC; Santos, SAO; Vilela, C; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD; Rocha, SM 2015, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 16, 6, 14194-14209.
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Chlorophyta and Rhodophyta macroalgae: A source of health promoting phytochemicalsSantos, SAO; Vilela, C; Freire, CSR; Abreu, MH; Rocha, SM; Silvestre, AJD 2015, FOOD CHEMISTRY, 183, 122-128.
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Biobased polyesters and other polymers from 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid: a tribute to furan excellencySousa, AF; Vilela, C; Fonseca, AC; Matos, M; Freire, CSR; Gruter, GJM; Coelhob, JFJ; Silvestre, AJD 2015, POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 6, 33, 5961-5983.
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Protein-based materials: from sources to innovative sustainable materials for biomedical applicationsSilva, NHCS; Vilela, C; Marrucho, IM; Freire, CSR; Neto, CP; Silvestre, AJD 2014, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B, 2, 24, 3715-3740.
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Nanostructured Bacterial Cellulose-Poly(4-styrene sulfonic acid) Composite Membranes with High Storage Modulus and Protonic ConductivityGadim, TDO; Figueiredo, AGPR; Rosero-Navarro, NC; Vilela, C; Gamelas, JAF; Barros-Timmons, A; Neto, CP; Silvestre, AJD; Freire, CSR; Figueiredo, FML 2014, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 6, 10, 7864-7875.
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Screening of lipophilic and phenolic extractives from different morphological parts of Halimione portulacoidesVilela, C; Santos, SAO; Coelho, D; Silva, AMS; Freire, CSR; Neto, CP; Silvestre, AJD 2014, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 52, 373-379.
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Advanced Nanocellulose-Based Materials: Production, Properties and ApplicationsC. Vilela; C.S.R. Freire 2022, MDPI.
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Advanced Biopolymer-Based Nanocomposites and Hybrid MaterialsArmando J. D. Silvestre; Carmen S.R. Freire; Carla Vilela 2021, Basel: MDPI.
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Polysaccharide Based Hybrid Materials, Metals and Metal Oxides, Graphene and Carbon NanotubesCarla Vilela, Ricardo J. B. Pinto, Susana Pinto, Paula Marques, Armando J. D. Silvestre, Carmen S. R. Freire 2018, Springer.
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Active packagingCarvalho, João P.F.; Freire, Carmen S.R.; Vilela, Carla In Galanakis, Charis (Eds.), Sustainable Food Processing and Engineering Challenges 2021, Academic Press.
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Modification of textiles for functional applicationsAna C. Q. Silva, Armando J. D. Silvestre, Carmen S. R. Freire, Carla Vilela In Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal (Eds.), Fundamentals of Natural Fibres and Textiles 2021, 303-365. Elsevier.
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Development and applications of cellulose nanofibres based polymer nanocompositesCarla Vilela, Ricardo J. B. Pinto, Ana R. P. Figueiredo, Carlos Pascoal Neto, Armando J. D. Silvestre, Carmen S. R. Freire In Ehsan Bafekrpour (Eds.), Advanced Composite Materials: Properties and Applications 2017, 1-65. Warsaw/Berlin: De Gruyter Open.
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Polyethylene Terephthalate: Copolyesters, Composites, and Renewable AlternativesAndreia F. Sousa, Carla Vilela, Marina Matos, Carmen S.R. Freire, Armando J.D. Silvestre, Jorge F.J. Coelho In P. M. Visakh Mong Liang (Eds.), Poly(ethylene Terephthalate) Based Blends, Composites and Nanocomposites. 2015, 111-139. Elsevier Science Ltd.
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2 Bacterial Cellulose-Based Nanocomposites: Roadmap for Innovative MaterialsA. R. P. Figueiredo, C. Vilela, C. Pascoal Neto, A.J.D. Silvestre and C.S.R. Freire Nanocellulose Polymer Nanocomposites: Fundamentals and Applications 2014, Scrivener: Willey.
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Novel multilayered nanostructured drug delivery systems obtained by layer-by-layer assembly of cellulose nanocrystals Maia. M, Vilela. C, Pinto. R, Valente. B, Carvalho. T, Freire. C 2018,
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Biosorbent films based on nanocellulose and lysozyme nanofibers for efficient removal of mercury (II) from natural watersSilva, N; Figueira, P; Vilela, C; Pinto, R; Marrucho, I; Periera, M; Freire, C 2018, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 255,
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Cellulose nanofibrils modified with latex nanoparticles as reinforcement for biodegradable poly(ε-caprolactone)-based compositesC. Vilela, J. Engström, B.F.A. Valente, M. Jawerth, A. Carlmark, C.S.R. Freire
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Biosorbent films based on nanocellulose and lysozyme nanofibers for efficient removal of mercury (II) from natural watersSilva, N; Figueira, P; Vilela, C; Pinto, R; Marrucho, I; Pereira, M; Freire, C 2018, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 255,
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