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Gilberto Martins

Post-Doc

Research Line: Environmental Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Research Group: BRIDGE
Lab.: Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory
Supervisor: MA
253 601 986 (office) / 253 601 963 (lab)
gilberto.martins@deb.uminho.pt
http://ceb.uminho.pt/People/Profile/gilbertomartins

Career

2014 - 2015: Invited Assistant Professor, Universidade do Minho
2013 - 2014: Invited Assistant Professor, Universidade do Minho
2012 - 2012: Invited Assistant Professor, Universidade do Minho

Qualifications

2011: PhD Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho
2005: Licenciatura em Engenharia Biológica, Universidade do Minho

Honors and Awards

2012: 1º Prémio Nacional de Inovação Ambiental 2012, pelo desenvolvimento de SAPHIR | Solution for Algae-Phosphorus Interaction Rupture, desenvolvido por ION e Universidade do Minho
2012: 3º Prémio European Environmental Press Award 2012, pelo desenvolvimento de SAPHIR | Solution for Algae-Phosphorus Interaction Rupture, parceria entre ION e Universidade do MInho

Ongoing: Unravelling the role of conductive materials in the enhancement of waste conversion to methane
2018 - 2018: New strategies for improving the conversion of waste organic matter to methane
2015 - 2018: New strategies for improving the conversion of waste organic matter to methane
2012 - 2015: Competition between biotic and abiotic iron reduction processes in sediments: effects on eutrophication

Projects

Past Students

Ana Margarida Gonçalves Araújo - Trainee
João Miguel Sousa Cardoso - Trainee
Ricardo Fontes Serpa - Master Student

Recent Publications

1	Martins, Gilberto; Salvador, Andreia F.; Pereira, Luciana; Alves, M. Madalena Methane production and conductive materials: a critical review Environmental Science and Technology, 52(18), 10241-10253, 2018
2	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
3	Faria, Ana; Gonçalves, Liliana; Peixoto, João M.; Peixoto, Luciana; Brito, António G.; Martins, Gilberto Resources recovery in the dairy industry: bioelectricity production using a continuous microbial fuel cell Journal of Cleaner Production, 140, Part 2, 971-976, 2017
4	Martins, G.; Peixoto, L.; Brito, A.G.; Nogueira, R. Phosphorus–iron interaction in sediments: can an electrode minimize phosphorus release from sediments? Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology, 13(3), 265-275, 2014
5	Martins, Gilberto; Peixoto, Luciana; Teodorescu, S.; Parpot, Pier; Nogueira, Regina; Brito, António G. Impact of an external electron acceptor on phosphorus mobility between water and sediments Bioresource Technology, 151, 419-423, 2014
6	Ribeiro, D.C.; Martins, G.; Nogueira, R.; Brito, A.G. Mineral cycling and pH gradient related with biological activity under transient anoxic–oxic conditions: Effect on P mobility in volcanic lake sediments Environmental Science and Technology, 48(16), 9205-9210, 2014
7	Peixoto, Luciana; Rodrigues, Alexandrina L.; Martins, Gilberto; Nicolau, Ana; Brito, António G.; Silva, M.M.; Parpot, Pier; Nogueira, Regina A flat microbial fuel cell for decentralized wastewater valorization: process performance and optimization potential Environmental Technology, 34(13-14), 1947-1956, 2013
8	Martins, G.; Brito, A.G.; Nogueira, R.; Ureña, M.; Fernández, D.; Luque, F.J.; Alcácer, C. Water resources management in southern Europe: clues for a research and innovation based regional hypercluster Journal of Environmental Management, 119, 76-84, 2013
9	Martins, G.; Henriques, Isabel; Ribeiro, D.C.; Correia, António; Bodelier, P.L.; Cruz, José Virgílio; Brito, A.G.; Nogueira, R. Bacterial diversity and geochemical profiles in sediments from eutrophic Azorean lakes Geomicrobiology Journal, 29(8), 704-715, 2012
10	Peixoto, Luciana; Min, B.; Martins, Gilberto; Brito, António G.; Kroff, P.; Parpot, Pier; Angelidaki, I.; Nogueira, Regina In situ microbial fuel cell-based biosensor for organic carbon Bioelectrochemistry, 81(2), 99-103, 2011
11	Martins, G.; Terada, A.; Ribeiro, D.C.; Corral, A.M.; Brito, A.G.; Smets, B.F.; Nogueira, R. Structure and activity of lacustrine sediment bacteria involved in nutrient and iron cycles FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 77(3), 666-679, 2011
12	Martins, Gilberto; Peixoto, Luciana; Ribeiro, D.C.; Parpot, Pier; Brito, António G.; Nogueira, Regina Towards implementation of a benthic microbial fuel cell in lake Furnas (Azores): phylogenetic affiliation and electrochemical activity of sediment bacteria Bioelectrochemistry, 78(1), 67-71, 2010
13	Martins, G.; Ribeiro, D.C.; Pacheco, Dina; Cruz, J. Virgílio; Cunha, R.; Gonçalves, V.; Nogueira, R.; Brito, A.G. Prospective scenarios for water quality and ecological status in Lake Sete Cidades (Portugal): the integration of mathematical modelling in decision processes Applied Geochemistry, 23(8), 2171-2181, 2008
14	Ribeiro, D.C.; Martins, G.; Nogueira, R.; Cruz, J. Virgílio; Brito, A.G. Phosphorus fractionation in volcanic lake sediments (Azores – Portugal) Chemosphere, 70(7), 1256-1263, 2008

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