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- University of Minho
Universidade do Minho - Escola de Engenharia

Madalena Alves
Professor Associado com Agregação

Departamento de Engenharia Biológica
Universidade do Minho
Campus de Gualtar 4710-057 Braga

E-Mail: madalena.alves@deb.uminho.pt





Carreira

  • Professor Associado com Agregação, Universidade do Minho, 2010
  • Director Adjunto de subunidade de I&D, Universidade do Minho, 2010
  • Professor Associado, Universidade do Minho, 2005-2010



Ensino

  • Engenharia da Reação Química I (Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica)



Investigação

  • Docente integrado em Centro EEUM no Centro de Engenharia Biológica


Publicações Seleccionadas

1. Amaral, A.L.; Pereira, M.A.; Motta, M.; Pons, M.-N.; Mota, M.; Ferreira, E.C.; Alves, M.M.
  Development of image analysis techniques as a tool to detect and quantify morphological changes in anaerobic sludge: II. Application to a granule deterioration process triggered by contact with oleic acid
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 87(2), 194-199, 2004.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 14   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,700   SCImago SJR: 0,304
 
 
2. Araya-Kroff, P.; Amaral, A.L.; Neves, L.; Ferreira, E.C.; Pons, M.-N.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Development of image analysis techniques as a tool to detect and quantify morphological changes in anaerobic sludge: I. Application to a granulation process
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 87(2), 184-193, 2004.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 9   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,700   SCImago SJR: 0,304
 
 
3. Pereira, M.A.; Sousa, D.Z.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Mineralization of LCFA associated with anaerobic sludge: kinetics, enhancement of methanogenic activity, and effect of VFA
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 88(4), 502-511, 2004.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 55   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,700   SCImago SJR: 0,304
 
 
4. Pereira, M.A.; Roest, K.; Stams, A.J.M.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.; Akkermans, A.D.L.
  Molecular monitoring of microbial diversity in expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactors treating oleic acid
  FEMS Micriobiology Ecology, 41(2), 95-103, 2002.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 26   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,456   SCImago SJR: 0,204
 
 
5. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, R.M.A.; Vieira, J.A.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.
  Effect of lipids and oleic acid on biomass development in anaerobic fixed-bed reactors. Part I: biofilm growth and activity
  Water Research, 35(1), 255-263, 2001.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 41   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,546   SCImago SJR: 0,234
 
 
6. Alves, M.M.; Vieira, J.A.M.; Pereira, R.M.A.; Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.
  Effects of lipids and oleic acid on biomass development in anaerobic fixed-bed reactors. Part II: oleic acid toxicity and biodegradability
  Water Research, 35(1), 264-270, 2001.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 54   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,546   SCImago SJR: 0,234
 
 
7. Pereira, M.A.; Pires, O.C.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Anaerobic biodegradation of oleic and palmitic acids: evidence of mass transfer limitations caused by long chain fatty acid accumulation onto the anaerobic sludge
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 92(1), 15-23, 2005.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 57   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,700   SCImago SJR: 0,304
 
 
8. Neves, L.; Oliveira, R.; Alves, M.M.
  Anaerobic co-digestion of coffee waste and sewage sludge
  Waste Management, 26(2), 176-181, 2006.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 26   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 2,358   SCImago SJR: 0,107
 
 
9. Cirne, D. G.; Paloumet, X.; Björnsson, L.; Alves, M.M.; Mattiasson, B.
  Anaerobic digestion of lipid-rich waste—effects of lipid concentration
  Renewable Energy, 32(6), 965-967, 2007.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 53   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 2,554   SCImago SJR: 0,122
 
 
10. Abreu, A.A.; Costa, J.C.; Araya-Kroff, P.; Ferreira, E.C.; Alves, M.M.
  Quantitative image analysis as a diagnostic tool for identifying structural changes during a revival process of anaerobic granular sludge
  Water Research, 41(7), 1473-1480, 2007.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 13   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,546   SCImago SJR: 0,234
 
 
11. Sousa, D.Z.; Pereira, M.A.; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.; Smidt, Hauke
  Microbial communities involved in anaerobic degradation of unsaturated or saturated long-chain fatty acids
  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73(4), 1054-1064, 2007.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 28   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,778   SCImago SJR: 0,306
 
 
12. Costa, J.C.; Abreu, A.A.; Ferreira, E.C.; Alves, M.M.
  Quantitative image analysis as a diagnostic tool for monitoring structural changes of anaerobic granular sludge during detergent shock loads
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 98(1), 60-68, 2007.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 12   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,700   SCImago SJR: 0,304
 
 
13. Sousa, D.Z.; Pereira, M.A.; Smidt, Hauke; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.
  Molecular assessment of complex microbial communities degrading long chain fatty acids in methanogenic bioreactors
  FEMS Micriobiology Ecology, 60(2), 252-265, 2007.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 26   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,456   SCImago SJR: 0,204
 
 
14. Ordaz, A.; Oliveira, C.S.; Aguilar, Ricardo; Carrión, Manuel; Ferreira, E.C.; Alves, M.M.; Thalasso, F.
  Kinetic and stoichiometric parameters estimation in a nitrifying bubble column through "in-situ" pulse respirometry
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 100(1), 94-102, 2008.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 4   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,700   SCImago SJR: 0,304
 
 
15. Cavaleiro, A.J.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.
  Enhancement of methane production from long chain fatty acid based effluents
  Bioresource Technology, 99(10), 4086-4095, 2008.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 15   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,365   SCImago SJR: 0,219
 
 
16. Harrelkas, F.; Paulo, A.; Alves, M.M.; Khadir, L.; Zahara, O.; Pons, M.-N.; Van der Zee, F.P.
  Photocatalytic and combined anaerobic–photocatalytic treatment of textile dyes
  Chemosphere, 72(11), 1816-1822, 2008.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 21   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,155   SCImago SJR: 0,155
 
 
17. Neves, L.; Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Detection and quantification of long chain fatty acids in liquid and solid samples and its relevance to understand anaerobic digestion of lipids
  Bioresource Technology, 100(1), 91-98, 2009.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 14   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,365   SCImago SJR: 0,219
 
 
18. Costa, J.C.; Alves, M.M.; Ferreira, E.C.
  Principal component analysis and quantitative image analysis to predict effects of toxics in anaerobic granular sludge
  Bioresource Technology, 100(3), 1180-1185, 2009.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 6   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,365   SCImago SJR: 0,219
 
 
19. Neves, L.; Oliveira, R.; Alves, M.M.
  Co-digestion of cow manure, food waste and intermittent input of fat
  Bioresource Technology, 100(6), 1957-1962, 2009.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 13   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,365   SCImago SJR: 0,219
 
 
20. Costa, J.C.; Moita, I.; Abreu, A.A.; Ferreira, E.C.; Alves, M.M.
  Advanced monitoring of high-rate anaerobic reactors through quantitative image analysis of granular sludge and multivariate statistical analysis
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 102(2), 445-456, 2009.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 7   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,700   SCImago SJR: 0,304
 
 
21. Cavaleiro, A.J.; Salvador, A.F.; Alves, J.I.; Alves, M.M.
  Continuous high rate anaerobic treatment of oleic acid based wastewater is possible after a step feeding start-up
  Environmental Science and Technology, 43(8), 2931-2936, 2009.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 17   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,825   SCImago SJR: 0,305
 
 
22. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Sousa, D.Z.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Picavet, M.A.; Smidt, H.; Stams, A.J.M.
  Waste lipids to energy: how to optimize methane production from long-chain fatty acids (LCFA)
  Microbial Biotechnology, 2(5), 538-550, 2009.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 22   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: -1,000   SCImago SJR: 0,227
 
 
23. Neves, L.; Oliveira, R.; Alves, M.M.
  Fate of LCFA in the co-digestion of cow manure, food waste and discontinuous addition of oil
  Water Research, 43(20), 5142-5150, 2009.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 5   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,546   SCImago SJR: 0,234
 
 
24. Gonçalves, M.R.; Costa, J.C.; Marques, I.P.; Alves, M.M.
  Inoculum acclimation to oleate promotes the conversion of olive mill wastewater to methane
  Energy, 36(4), 2138-2141, 2011.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 6   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,565   SCImago SJR: 0,113
 
 
25. Cavaleiro, A.J.; Sousa, D.Z.; Alves, M.M.
  Methane production from oleate: assessing the bioaugmentation potential of Syntrophomonas zehnderi
  Water Research, 44(17), 4940-4947, 2010.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 3   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,546   SCImago SJR: 0,234
 
 
26. Pereira, L.; Pereira, R.; Pereira, M.F.R.; Van der Zee, F.P.; Cervantes, F.J.; Alves, M.M.
  Thermal modification of activated carbon surface chemistry improves its capacity as redox mediator for azo dye reduction
  Journal of Hazardous Materials, 183(1-3), 931-939, 2010.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 10   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,723   SCImago SJR: 0,179
 
 
27. Pereira, R.; Pereira, L.; Van der Zee, F.P.; Alves, M.M.
  Fate of aniline and sulfanilic acid in UASB bioreactors under denitrifying conditions
  Water Research, 45(1), 191-200, 2011.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 8   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,546   SCImago SJR: 0,234
 
 
28. Sousa, D.Z.; Alves, J.I.; Alves, M.M.; Smidt, H.; Stams, A.J.M.
  Effect of sulfate on methanogenic communities that degrade unsaturated and saturated long chain fatty acids (LCFA)
  Environmental Microbiology, 11(1), 68-80, 2009.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 10   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 5,537   SCImago SJR: 0,554
 
 
29. Sousa, D.Z.; Smidt, H.; Alves, M.M.; Stams, A.J.M.
  Ecophysiology of syntrophic communities that degrade saturated and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids
  FEMS Micriobiology Ecology, 68(3), 257-272, 2009.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 19   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,456   SCImago SJR: 0,204
 
 
30. Sousa, D.Z.; Balk, M.; Alves, M.M.; Schink, B.; McInerney. M.J.; Smidt, H.; Plugge, C.M.; Stams, A.J.M.
  Degradation of long-chain fatty acids by sulfate-reducing and methanogenic communities
  Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology, Springer, 2010, (ISBN: 978-3-540-77588-1).
  ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: -1,000   SCImago SJR: -1,000
 
 
31. Martín-González, Lucia; Castro, A.R.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.; Font, X.; Vicent, T.
  Thermophilic co-digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid wastes with FOG wastes from a sewage treatment plant: reactor performance and microbial community monitoring
  Bioresource Technology, 102(7), 4734-4741, 2011.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 10   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,365   SCImago SJR: 0,219
 
 
32. van Gelder, A.H.; Aydin, R.; Alves, M.M.; Stams, A.J.M.
  1,3-Propanediol production from glycerol by a newly isolated Trichococcus strain
  Microbial Biotechnology, 5(4), 573-578, 2012.
  ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: -1,000   SCImago SJR: 0,227
 
 
33. Abreu, A.A.; Dimitar Karakashev; Irini Angelidaki; Sousa, D.Z.; Alves, M.M.
  Biohydrogen production from arabinose and glucose using extreme thermophilic anaerobic mixed cultures
  Biotechnology for Biofuels, 5(6), 1-12, 2012.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 1   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,146   SCImago SJR: 0,296
 
 
34. Stams, Alfons; Worm P.; Sousa, D.Z.; Alves, M.M.; Plugge, C.M.
  Syntrophic degradation of fatty acids by methanogenic communities
  Microbial Technologies in Advanced Biofuels Production, Springer, Berlin, 127-142, Springer, 2012, (ISBN: 978-1-4614-1207-6).
  ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: -1,000   SCImago SJR: -1,000
 
 
35. Alves, M.M.; Picavet, Merijn; Pereira, M.A.; Cavaleiro, Ana; Sousa, D.Z.
  Novel anaerobic reactor for the removal of long chain fatty acids from fat containing wastewater
  Patent WO/2007/058557, 2011.
  ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: -1,000   SCImago SJR: -1,000
 
 
36. Costa, J.C.; Gonçalves, P.R.; Nobre, A.M.; Alves, M.M.
  Biomethanation potential of macroalgae Ulva spp. and Gracilaria spp. and in co-digestion with waste activated sludge
  Bioresource Technology, 114, 320-326, 2012.
  ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,365   SCImago SJR: 0,219
 
 
37. Costa, J.C.; Barbosa, S.G.; Alves, M.M.; Sousa, D.Z.
  Thermochemical pre- and biological co-treatments to improve hydrolysis and methane production from poultry litter
  Bioresource Technology, 111, 141-147, 2012.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 1   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,365   SCImago SJR: 0,219
 
 
38. Eiroa, M.; Costa, J.C.; Alves, M.M.; Kennes, C.; Veiga, M.C.
  Evaluation of the biomethane potential of solid fish waste
  Waste Management, 32(7), 1347-1352, 2012.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 1   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 2,358   SCImago SJR: 0,107
 
 
39. Alves, J.I.; Pereira, F.R.; Sousa, D.Z.; Alves, M.M.
  Mixed culture biotechnology for syngas conversion
  34th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, New Orleans, USA, April 30 - May 3, 2012.
  ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: -1,000   SCImago SJR: -1,000
 
 
40. Salvador, A.F.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Sousa, D.Z.; Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.
  Endurance of methanogenic archaea in anaerobic bioreactors treating oleate-based wastewater
  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 97(5), 2211-2218, 2013.
  ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 3,280   SCImago SJR: 0,180
 
 
41. Pereira, Luciana; Pereira, Sónia; Oliveira, Catarina; Apostol, Laura; Gavrilescu, M.; Pons, M.-N.; Zahara, O.; Alves, M.M.
  UV/TiO2 photocatalytic degradation of xanthene dyes
  Photochemistry and Photobiology, 89(1), 33-39, 2013.
  ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 2,679   SCImago SJR: 0,277
 
 
42. Palatsi, J.; Affes, R.; Fernandez, B.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.; Flotats, X.
  Influence of adsorption and anaerobic granular sludge characteristics on long chain fatty acids inhibition process
  Water Research, 46(16), 5268-5278, 2012.
  ISI Web of Science® Times Cited: 2   ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,546   SCImago SJR: 0,234
 
 
43. Pozdniakova, T.A.; Costa, J.C.; Santos, R.J.; Alves, M.M.; Boaventura, R.A.R.
  Anaerobic biodegradability of category 2 animal by-products: methane potential and inoculum source
  Bioresource Technology, 124, 276-282, 2012.
  ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,365   SCImago SJR: 0,219
 
 
44. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C.E.; Jelic, A.; Pereira, M.A.; Sousa, D.Z.; Petrovic, M.; Alves, M.M.; Barceló, D.; Caminal, G.; Vicent, T.
  Bioaugmentation of sewage sludge with Trametes versicolor in solid-phase biopiles produces degradation of pharmaceuticals and affects microbial communities
  Environmental Science and Technology, 46(21), 12012-12020, 2012.
  ISI Web of Knowledge JCR: 4,825   SCImago SJR: 0,305