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Ana Júlia Cavaleiro

Post-Doc

Research Line: Environmental Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Research Group: BRIDGE
Lab.: Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory
Supervisor: MA
253 604 423 (office) / 253 601 963 (lab)
acavaleiro@deb.uminho.pt
http://ceb.uminho.pt/People/Profile/anacavaleiro

Career

2013 - 2018: Invited Assistant Researcher, Universidade do Minho
2012 - 2013: Invited Assistant Professor, Universidade do Minho
2000 - 2006: Lecturer (Equivalent), Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra

Qualifications

2010: PhD Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho
2000: Mestrado em Tecnologias Ambientais, Universidade do Minho
1997: Licenciatura em Engenharia do Ambiente, Universidade de Aveiro

Laboratory Management

Associate Director at Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory (LBA)

Honors and Awards

2014: Best Oral Presentation (2nd place) at the 12th International Workshop on Environment and Alternative Energy - NASA/ESA/C3P
2008: Prémio Melhor Poster do Dia da Escola de Engenharia 2008
2007: Best poster on the 11th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion, Brisbane, Australia

Courses

Environmental Technology Laboratory ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )

2018 - 2018: Novel Anaerobes
2013 - 2018: Novel Anaerobes
2011 - 2013: Ecophysiology of anaerobic communities degrading aliphatic hydrocarbons coupled to methanogenesis, sulfate and Fe(III) reduction
2006 - 2010: New perspectives for methane production from long-chain fatty acids
1998 - 2000: Efeito de sobrecargas de ácido oleico na actividade de consórcios microbianos anaeróbios desenvolvidos em processos de leito fixo

Projects

Research Students

Erika Sinisgalli - Trainee
João Carlos Sequeira da Costa - Research Grant

Recent Publications

1	Oliveira, João V.; Duarte, Tiago; Costa, José Carlos; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Pereira, M. Alcina; Alves, M. Madalena Improvement of biomethane production from sewage sludge in co-digestion with glycerol and waste frying oil, using a design of experiments Bioenergy Research, (In Press), 2018
2	Paulo, Ana M.S.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Alves, Joana I.; Castro, Rita; Langenhoff, A.A.M.; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia Enhancement of methane production from 1-hexadecene by additional electron donors Microbial Biotechnology, 11(4), 657-666, 2018
3	Duarte, Maria Salomé; Silva, Sérgio A.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Pereira, M. Alcina Insight into the role of facultative bacteria stimulated by micro-aeration in continuous bioreactors converting LCFA to methane Environmental Science and Technology, 52(11), 6497-6507, 2018
4	Salvador, Andreia F.; Martins, Gilberto; Melle-Franco, Manuel; Serpa, Ricardo; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Pereira, M. Alcina; Alves, M. Madalena Carbon nanotubes accelerate methane production in pure cultures of methanogens and in a syntrophic coculture Environmental Microbiology, 19(7), 2727-2739, 2017
5	Paulo, Ana M.S.; Aydin, Rozelin; Dimitrov, Mauricio R.; Vreeling, Harm; Cavaleiro, Ana J.; García-Encina, Pedro A.; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Plugge, Caroline M. Sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) degradation by nitrate-reducing bacteria Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 101(12), 5163-5173, 2017
6	Silva, Sérgio A.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Sousa, Diana Z. Toxicity of long chain fatty acids towards acetate conversion by Methanosaeta concilii and Methanosarcina mazei Microbial Biotechnology, 9(4), 514-518, 2016
7	Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Guedes, Ana P.; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Sousa, Diana Z. Conversion of Cn-Unsaturated into Cn-2-Saturated LCFA Can Occur Uncoupled from Methanogenesis in Anaerobic Bioreactors Environmental Science and Technology, 50(6), 3082-3090, 2016
8	Silva, Sérgio; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Pereira, M.A.; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.; Sousa, D.Z. Long-term acclimation of anaerobic sludges for high-rate methanogenesis from LCFA Biomass and Bioenergy, 67(31), 297-303, 2014
9	Cavaleiro, A.J.; Ferreira, T.; Pereira, F.M.; Giovana Tommaso; Alves, M.M. Biochemical Methane Potential of raw and pre-treated meat-processing wastes Bioresource Technology, 129, 519-525, 2013
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Pereira, M.A.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M. Accumulation of long chain fatty acids onto anaerobic sludge under steady state and shock loading conditions: effect on acetogenic and methanogenic activity Water Science and Technology, 48(6), 33-40, 2003
16	Cavaleiro, A.J.; Alves, M.M.; Mota, M. Microbial and operational response of an anaerobic fixed bed digester to oleic acid overloads Process Biochemistry, 37(4), 387-394, 2001
17	Alves, M.M.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Ferreira, E.C.; Amaral, A.L.; Mota, M.; Motta, M.; Vivier, H.; Pons, M.-N. Characterisation by image analysis of anaerobic sludge under shock conditions Water Science and Technology, 41(12), 207-214, 2000

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