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I am Maria Salomé Lira Duarte. In 2013 I completed a Master degree at the University of Minho in Biological Engineering, specifically in Environmental Technology In the last semester of my master I have done an internship (equivalent to the master thesis) for a period of 6 months at Wetsus - Center of excellence for sustainable water technology, placed in Leeuwarden (The Netherlands). In November of 2018, I completed the PhD in Bioengineering (MIT Portugal Program) at the University of Minho. During my PhD I have integrated the research team of the ERC Project "Novel Anaerobes for a Biobased Economy" that has funded my PhD project entitled "Microbial interactions in the transformation of long-chain fatty acids in anaerobic reactors". At the moment I am a Junior Researcher in the Center of Biological Engineering (University of Minho). In 2022 I was awarded with a granted proposal within the scope of the Individual CEEC of the FCT. My work is focused on AD systems, especially in continuous anaerobic processes. I have participated in 2 European and 6 National projects. I also had several oral and poster presentations at national and international conferences. I published 3 book chapters and 18 papers in high-impact journals: 7 as 1st author and 4 as corresponding author. I recently participated in a granted patent (PT 118140 A) on a biotechnological approach to treat hydrocarbon-containing wastewater with biofuel production. I am the co-supervisor of three PhD student and one Master student, and I have mentored 4 research fellows, 2 MSc and 5 PhD students. In parallel with the research project, I also do laboratory management for a team of 20 researchers with 2 laboratories. I consider myself a persistent and persevering person, very committed with my work, and above of all very motivated for research. I am always trying to do more and better, with the focus on a continuous improvement of myself and of my work.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Salomé Lira Duarte
Date of birth
1990/05/25
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Duarte, M. Salomé

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
361B-7B8F-366A
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4645-908X
Researcher Id
D-2849-2019
Scopus Author Id
57202454059

Email addresses

  • salomeduarte@ceb.uminho.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 253601963 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Gualtar, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/01/01 - 2018/11/23
Concluded
 Bioengenharia (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Microbial Interactions in the Transformation of Long-Chain Fatty Acids in Anaerobic Reactors" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2008/09 - 2013/10
Concluded
 Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Sulfur and Polysulfides biological reduction at high pH and salinity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/01/14 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2024/10/01 - 2024/10/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture l'Alimentation et l'Environnement Centre Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux, France
2013/03/01 - 2013/08/31 Research Trainee (Research) Wetsus, Netherlands
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/04 - 2021/06/30 PEst UIDB/04469/2020 - Strategic Funding FCT 2020-2023
PEst UIDB/04469/2020
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/01 - 2020/03 iWATERMAP - Water Technology Innovation Roadmaps
PGI05062
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2019/08 - 2019/12 UID/BIO/04469/2019 - Strategic funding 2019
UID/BIO/04469/2019
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2019/04 - 2019/06 MORE - Enhanced microbial oil bioremediation by ferricminerals
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016575
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2018/11 - 2019/03 UID/BIO/04469/2019 - Strategic funding 2019
UID/BIO/04469/2019
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2014/01 - 2018/03 Novel anaerobes for a biobased economy
ERC Advanced Grant Reference 323009
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 European Research Council
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/05/01 - 2029/04/30 Tuning oxidation-reduction potential and microbial interactions to boost methane production from organic wastes/wastewaters
2022.06569.CEECIND
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Laboratório Associado em Biotecnologia, Bioengenharia e Sistemas microELetromecânicos
LA/P/0029/2020
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/07/01 - 2023/04/30 Predictive and Analytic Models for the Optimization of Multi-municipal Water Systems
DSAIPA/Al/0099/2019
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Hybrid models implementation to reduce the impact of wastewaters treatment in receiving waters (Team Member)
2022.06822.PTDC
Team Member
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Associate Laboratory on Biotechnology, Bioengineering and microELectromechanical Systems
10.54499/LA/P/0029/2020
Other
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Labbels, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/01/10 - 2025/01/09 Avaliação De Substratos Externos Para Codigestão Em Digestores Anaeróbios
PCR_0322/2022_EXP
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Águas do Norte, S.A.
Concluded
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 Methane mitigation strategies based on photosynthetic microorganisms (Team Member)
2022.05196.PTDC
Team Member
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01 - 2021/10 SaltiPHA - Eco-efficient bioprocess for valorisation of saline resources towards the production of biopolymers (Team Member)
02/SAICT/2017 - Projetos de Investigação Científica e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico (IC&DT)
Team Member
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Magalhães, Carla Pereira; Costa, Luís; Duarte, M. Salomé; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Cavaleiro, A. J.. "Micro-aeration in anaerobic microbial communities". 2025.
    Submitted
Conference abstract
  1. Braga, Cátia S. N.; Martins, Gilberto; Duarte, M. Salomé; Sequeira, João C.; Soares, O. Salomé G. P.; Pereira, M. Fernando; Pereira, Inês A. C.; et al. "Deciphering the impact of activated carbon, magnetite and zeolite on the activity of syntrophic cultures and pure cultures of methanogens". Paper presented in 18th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion, Istambul, 2024.
    Published
  2. Madureira, Leandro; Soares, Ana; Duarte, M. Salomé; Maciel, Filipe; Vicente, Antonio A.; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Geada, Pedro. "A cyanobacteria-methanotroph co-culture approach for simultaneous removal of methane and carbon dioxide from biogas". Paper presented in 8th Congress of the International Society of Applied Phycology, Porto, 2024.
    Published
  3. Pedro Esperanço; Costa, Luís; Duarte, M. Salomé; Oliveira, Verónica; Rodrigues, Carla; Cavaleiro, A. J.. "SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK WASTE MANAGEMENT: ANAEROBIC DIGESTION TO MINIMIZE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS". Paper presented in 21 ENaSB - Transformação Tecnológica para a Sustentabilidade, Braga, 2024.
    Published
  4. Martins Pinheiro, Aline; Duarte, M. Salomé; Teresa Tavares; M. Madalena Alves. "Preliminary analysis of the metal speciation in anaerobic granular sludge by modified tessier procedure". Paper presented in WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities 6th International Conference 2023, Coimbra, 2023.
    Published
  5. Pereira, Luciana; Ana Rita Silva; Duarte, M. Salomé; Alves, M. Madalena. Corresponding author: Pereira, Luciana. "Carbon Materials increase the anaerobic biodegradability of a sewage sludge contaminated with Perfluoroalkyl Substances". Paper presented in WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities 6th International Conference 2023, Coimbra, 2023.
  6. Silva, Sérgio A.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Amaral, A.L.; Ferreira, E.C.; Lucas, M.S.; Alves, M.M.; Mesquita, D.P.. "The effect of oleate in the biological nitrogen removal". Paper presented in 8th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, Vila Real, 2023.
  7. Silva, Ana Rita; Duarte, M. Salomé; Alves, M. Madalena; Pereira, Luciana. "Anaerobic digestion supplemented with carbon materials as a sustainable approach for the bioremediation of PFAS". Paper presented in 17th World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Ann Arbor, 2022.
  8. Magalhães, Carla P.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Pereira, M. Alcina; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Alves, M. Madalena. "Pseudomonas make syntrophic fatty acid degradation go beyond foreseen". Paper presented in 17th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion, Ann Arbor, 2022.
  9. Duarte, Maria Salomé; Martins, Gilberto; Oliveira, João V.; Oliveira, Pedro; Silva, Sérgio A.; Novais, Paulo; Pereira, M. Alcina; Alves, M. Madalena. "Modelling anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge: mechanistic models vs machine learning". Paper presented in 17th World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Ann Arbor, 2022.
    Published
  10. Duarte, M. Salomé; Salvador, Andreia F.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Pereira, M. Alcina; Alves, M. Madalena; Stams, Alfons J. M.. "Oleate degradation in a continuous microaerophilic bioreactor by a syntrophic co-culture together with facultative anaerobic bacteria". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology - ICBM4, Braga, 2022.
    Published
  11. Braga, Cátia S.N.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Martins, Gilberto; Pereira, Luciana; Soares, O. Salomé G. P.; Pereira, M. Fernando R.; Pereira, Inês C.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Differential effects of carbon-based and iron-based conductive materials in anaerobic butyrate-degrading enrichments". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology - ICBM4, Braga, 2022.
    Published
  12. Magalhães, Carla P.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Pereira, M. Alcina; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Alves, M. Madalena. "Pseudomonas empower syntrophic fatty acids degradation in the presence of oxygen". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology - ICBM4, Braga, 2022.
    Published
  13. Magalhães, Carla P.; Duarte, Maria Salomé; Pereira, M. Alcina; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Alves, M. Madalena. "Facultative anaerobic bacteria: key players in syntrophic fatty acids degradation under microaerophilic conditions". Paper presented in Microbiotec 21 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, UNL Online, 2021.
    Published
  14. Magalhães, Carla P.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Pereira, M. Alcina; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Alves, M. Madalena. "The protective effect of Pseudomonas in syntrophic fatty acids degradation under microaerophilic conditions". Paper presented in ISAM 2021 Online - International Symposium on Anaerobic Microbiology, Innsbruck, 2021.
    Published
  15. Magalhães, Carla P.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Alves, M. Madalena. "Micro-aeration to drive bioconversion of organic wastes to methane". Paper presented in DCE21 - Doctoral Congress in Engineering - 4th Symposium on Chemical and Biological Engineering, Porto, 2021.
    Published
  16. Magalhães, Carla P.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Alves, M. Madalena. "Fine-tune of redox potential through micro-aeration to drive bioconversion of organic wastes to methane". Paper presented in 1st Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium, Braga, 2020.
    Published
  17. Duarte, M. Salomé; Oliveira, João V.; Magalhães, C. P.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Castro, Rita; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Pereira, M. Alcina; Alves, M. Madalena. "Aerobic and facultative bacteria: working horses at the service of Anaerobic Digestion". Paper presented in AD16 - IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Delft, 2019.
    Published
  18. Cavaleiro, Ana. J.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Silva, Sérgio A.; Guedes, Ana P.; Ribeiro, Joaquim; Sousa, Diana Z.; Pereira, M. Alcina; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Energy production from lipids by novel anaerobes". Paper presented in MicroBiotec'15 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2015, Évora, 2015.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Pedro Esperanço; Luis Costa; Duarte, M. Salomé; Oliveira, Verónica; Carla Rodrigues; Ana Júlia Cavaleiro. "Gestão sustentável de resíduos pecuários: digestão anaeróbia minimizando emissão de gases de estufa". Paper presented in 21.º Encontro de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental (21.º ENaSB), 2024.
    Published
  2. Pedro Oliveira; Francisco S. Marcondes; M. Salomé Duarte; Dalila Durães; Gilberto Martins; Paulo Novais. "Assessment of LSTM and GRU Models to Predict the Electricity Production from Biogas in a Wastewater Treatment Plant". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-60218-4_7
  3. Pereira, João; Oliveira, Pedro; Duarte, M. Salomé; Martins, Gilberto; Novais, Paulo. "Using Deep Learning Models to Predict the Electrical Conductivity of the Influent in a Wastewater Treatment Plant". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-48232-8_13
  4. Oliveira, Pedro; Duarte, M. Salomé; Novais, Paulo. "Applying Anomaly Detection Models in Wastewater Management: A Case Study of Nitrates Concentration in the Effluent". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-22419-5_6
Conference poster
  1. Rodrigues, A. C.; Martins, Daniela; Montenegro, P.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Silva-Carvalho, Ricardo; Marques, S.; Cavaleiro, A. J.; Dourado, F.; Gama, M.. "Microbial Synthesis of Nanocellulose and its High Value-added Applications". Paper presented in 6th International Symposium on Bacterial Nanocellulose (ISBNC2024), 2024.
  2. Costa, Luís; Magalhães, Carla Pereira; Duarte, M. Salomé; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia. "Understanding the limiting step in waste lipids conversion to biomethane". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2024, 2024.
  3. Leandro Madureira; Ana Soares; Duarte, M. Salomé; José Filipe Gonçalves Maciel; António A. Vicente; Vítor Vasconcelos; M. Alcina Pereira; Geada, Pedro. "Screening of microalgae-based approaches for CH4 biofixation". Paper presented in AlgalBBB, 2024.
  4. Magalhães, Carla P.; Duarte, M. Salomé; M. Alcina Pereira; Alfons Stams; Cavaleiro, Ana J.; M. Madalena Alves. "Micro-aeration to improve oleate degradation in bioreactors". Paper presented in 18th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion, 2024.
  5. Gilberto Martins; Duarte, M. Salomé; Pedro Oliveira; Ana Dias; Francisco Marcondes; M. Alcina Pereira; Paulo Novais. "New decision support system for biogas and electricity forecast in wastewater treatment plants". Paper presented in 18th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion,, 2024.
  6. Joana P. Monteiro; Cruzeiro C; Tânia F.C.V. Silva; Duarte, M. Salomé; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Vítor J.P. Vilar. Corresponding author: Cruzeiro C. "Advanced pre-treatment for enhanced anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: low thermal combined with solar radiation". Paper presented in zone and Advanced Oxidation. Science, technologies and applications for a better world - International Conference & Exhibition (EA3G2024), 2024.
  7. Joana P. Monteiro; Cruzeiro C; Duarte, M. Salomé; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Vítor J.P. Vilar. Corresponding author: Joana P. Monteiro. "Advanced Pre-Treatment for Waste Activated Sludge: Low Thermal combined with Solar Radiation". Paper presented in 18th IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Instanbul Turkey, 2024.
  8. Madureira, Leandro; Soares, Ana; Duarte, M. Salomé; Vicente, A.A.; Vasconcelos, Vitor; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Geada, Pedro. Corresponding author: Madureira, Leandro. "Can microalgae or cyanobacteria metabolize CH4?". Paper presented in European Congress of Marine Biotechnology, 2023.
  9. Pereira, E; Fernandes, J-M; Gonçalves, R; Pinheiro, A. C; Duarte, M. Salomé; Alves, M; Meirelles, A. J. A; et al. "In vitro digestion simulation of medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) using static and dynamic protocols". Paper presented in 35th EFFoST International Conference 2021 Healthy Individuals, Resilient Communities, and Global Food Security,, 2021.
  10. Salvador, Andreia F.; Braga, Cátia S. N.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Martins, Gilberto; Pereira, Luciana; Pereira, M. Fernando R.; Soares, O. Salomé G. P.; Pereira, Inês C.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Modulation of butyrate-degrading methanogenic communities by conductive materials". Paper presented in Electromicrobiology 2021, 2021.
  11. Pereira, Ericsem; Fernandes, Jean-Michel; Gonçalves, Raquel F.S.; Pinheiro, Ana Cristina; Duarte, M. Salomé; Alves, M. Madalena; Meirelles, António J.A.; Máximo, Guilherme J.; Vicente, António A.. "In vitro digestion simulation of medium chain fatty acids using static and dynamic protocols". Paper presented in 35th EFFoST International Conference 2021 - Healthy Individuals, Resilient Communities, and Global Food Security, 2021.
  12. Faria, Juliana; Rocha, Ana; Duarte, M. Salomé; Braga, Cátia S. N.; Fonseca, António M.; Neves, Isabel C.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Effect of zeolite nanomaterials in methanogenic communities". Paper presented in XXVII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, 2021.
  13. Ferreira, V.; Cortez, Susana; Padrão, Jorge; Mesquita, Daniela P.; Dias, Nicolina M.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Ferreira, Eugénio C.; et al. "Impact of professional cleaning agent used in fish-canning industry in wastewater treatment". Paper presented in ICOETox 2018 - 4th International Congress on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology, 2018.
  14. Duarte, M. Salomé; Holohan, B. C.; Corbacho, M. A. Szabo; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Salvador, Andreia F.; Frijters, C.; Pacheco-Ruiz, S.; et al. "Perspectives in anaerobic digestion of lipid-rich wastewater". Paper presented in AD15 -World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion, 2017.
  15. Padrão, Jorge; Ferreira, V.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Alves, M. Madalena; Mota, Manuel; Nicolau, Ana. "Optimizing lab-scale wastewater treatment reactors operation for enhanced assays". Paper presented in CEB Annual Meeting 2017, 2017.
  16. Duarte, M. Salomé; Silva, Sérgio A.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Pereira, M. Alcina; Alves, M. Madalena. "Untangling the role of facultative bacteria in LCFA conversion to methane". Paper presented in CEB Annual Meeting 2017, 2017.
  17. Duarte, M. Salomé; Silva, Sérgio A.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Sousa, Diana Z.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Pereira, M. Alcina; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Breakthroughs in Anaerobic Digestion of fat, oil, and grease (FOG)". Paper presented in International Workshop on Environment and Alternative Energy (organized by NASA, ESA and C3P), 2016.
  18. Duarte, M. Salomé; Silva, Sérgio A.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia Viana; Sousa, Diana Z.; Pereira, M. Alcina; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Alves, M. Madalena. "What is the role of Pseudomonas sp. in the anaerobic digestion of long-chain fatty acids?". Paper presented in MIT Portugal Annual Conference: 10 years engineering a better future, 2016.
  19. Duarte, M. Salomé; Silva, Sérgio A.; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia; Pereira, M. Alcina; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Alves, M. Madalena. "Comparison of oleate conversion under microaerophilic and anaerobic conditions". Paper presented in MIT Portugal Annual Conference -Light: Designed by Nature, Transformed by Science, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Ana Cristina Rodrigues; Daniela Martins; M. Salomé Duarte; Ricardo Silva-Carvalho; Susana Marques; Ana Júlia Cavaleiro; Miguel Gama; Fernando Dourado. "Optimizing bacterial nanocellulose production from eucalyptus bark: A circular approach to wastewater management and resource recovery". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.115442.
    10.1016/j.jece.2025.115442
  2. Silva, Sérgio A.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Amaral, António L.; Ferreira, Eugénio C.; Alves, M. Madalena; Mesquita, Daniela P.. "Monitoring the stability of aerobic granular sludge under increasing fractions of slowly biodegradable substrate using quantitative image analysis". Chemosphere 374 (2025): 144233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144233.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144233
  3. Magalhães, Carla Pereira; Duarte, M. Salomé; Pereira, M. Alcina; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Cavaleiro, Ana J.. "Facultative anaerobic bacteria enable syntrophic fatty acids degradation under micro-aerobic conditions". Bioresource Technology 417 (2025): 131829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131829.
    10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131829
  4. Braga, Cátia S.N.; Martins, Gilberto; Duarte, M. Salomé; Soares, O. Salomé G.P.; Pereira, M. Fernando R.; Pereira, Inês A.C.; Alves, M. Madalena; Pereira, Luciana; Salvador, Andreia F.. "Microbial activity of the inoculum determines the impact of activated carbon, magnetite and zeolite on methane production". Science of The Total Environment 960 (2025): 178340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178340.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178340
  5. Costa, Luís; Duarte, M. Salomé; Magalhães, Carla Pereira; Pereira, Maria Alcina; Cavaleiro, A. J.. "Micro-Aeration for Improving Anaerobic Treatment and Biogas Production from Organic Pollutants". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2025):
    Submitted
  6. Duarte, M. Salomé; Fernandes, Ricardo J.C.; Sousa, João; Pereira, Carla; Mesquita, Daniela P.; Madalena Alves, M.. Corresponding author: Duarte, M. Salomé. "Influence of micro-aeration in the production of volatile fatty acids (VFA) from wastewaters with high salinity". Fuel 375 (2024): 132566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132566.
    Published • 10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132566
  7. Monteiro, Joana P.; Cruzeiro, C.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Alcina Pereira, M.; Vilar, Vítor J.P.. "Innovative waste activated sludge pre-treatment using a raceway pond Reactor: Integration of Low-Temperature and solar radiation". Chemical Engineering Journal (2024): 155324. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.155324.
    10.1016/j.cej.2024.155324
  8. Duarte, M. Salomé; Martins, Gilberto; Oliveira, Pedro; Fernandes, Bruno; Ferreira, Eugénio C.; Alves, M. Madalena; Lopes, Frederico; Pereira, M. Alcina; Novais, Paulo. Corresponding author: Duarte, M. Salomé. "A Review of Computational Modeling in Wastewater Treatment Processes". ACS ES&T Water (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00117.
    10.1021/acsestwater.3c00117
  9. Silva, Ana R. ; Mesquita, Daniela P.; M. Salomé Duarte; Ribeiro, Ana R. Lado ; Pereira, M. Fernando; Alves, M. Madalena; Sílvia Monteiro; et al. "Exploring the correlations between epi indicators of COVID-19 and the concentration of pharmaceutical compounds in wastewater treatment plants in Northern Portugal". Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100315.
    10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100315
  10. Pereira, Ana S.; Lopes, Marlene; Duarte, M. Salomé; Alves, M. Madalena; Belo, Isabel. "Integrated bioprocess of microbial lipids production in Yarrowia lipolytica using food-waste derived volatile fatty acids". Renewable Energy 202 (2023): 1470-1478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.12.012.
    10.1016/j.renene.2022.12.012
  11. Martins, Gilberto; Campos, Sara; Ferreira, Ana; Castro, Rita; Duarte, M. Salomé; Cavaleiro, Ana J.. "A Mathematical Model for Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils". Applied Sciences 12 21 (2022): 11069. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app122111069.
    Published • 10.3390/app122111069
  12. Pereira, Ericsem; Fernandes, Jean-Michel; Gonçalves, Raquel; Pinheiro, Ana C.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Madalena Alves, M.; J. A. Meirelles, Antonio; Maximo, Guilherme J.; Vicent, Antonio A.. "Evaluating the in vitro digestion of lipids rich in medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) using dynamic and static protocols". Food Chemistry (2022): 135080. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.135080.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.135080
  13. Padrão, Jorge; Ferreira, Vânia; Mesquita, Daniela P.; Cortez, Susana; Dias, Nicolina; Duarte, M. Salomé; Tortella, Gonzalo; et al. "Negative impacts of cleaning agent DEPTAL MCL® on activated sludge wastewater treatment system". Science of The Total Environment 838 (2022): 155957. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155957.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155957
  14. Silva, Ana Rita; Duarte, Maria Salomé; Alves, Maria Madalena; Pereira, Luciana. "Bioremediation of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) by Anaerobic Digestion: Effect of PFAS on Different Trophic Groups and Methane Production Accelerated by Carbon Materials". Molecules 27 6 (2022): 1895. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27061895.
    Published • 10.3390/molecules27061895
  15. Holohan, B. Conall; Duarte, M. Salomé; Szabo-Corbacho, M. Alejandra; Cavaleiro, Ana J.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Pereira, M. Alcina; Ziels, Ryan M.; et al. "Principles, Advances, and Perspectives of Anaerobic Digestion of Lipids". Environmental Science & Technology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c08722.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.est.1c08722
  16. Duarte, M. Salomé; Oliveira, João V. ; Pereira, Carla; Carvalho, Miguel ; Mesquita, Daniela P.; Alves, M. Madalena. Corresponding author: Duarte, M. Salomé. "Volatile Fatty Acids (VFA) Production from Wastewaters with High Salinity - Influence of pH, Salinity and Reactor Configuration". Fermentation (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation7040303.
    Published • 10.3390/fermentation7040303
  17. Duarte, M. Salomé; Sinisgalli, Erika; Cavaleiro, Ana J.; Bertin, Lorenzo; Alves, M. Madalena; Pereira, M. Alcina. Corresponding author: Duarte, M. Salomé. "Intensification of methane production from waste frying oil in a biogas-lift bioreactor". Renewable Energy 168 (2021): 1141-1148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.12.114.
    Published • 10.1016/j.renene.2020.12.114
  18. Duarte, M. Salomé; Salvador, Andreia F.; Cavaleiro, Ana J.; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Pereira, M. Alcina; Alves, M. Madalena. "Multiple and flexible roles of facultative anaerobic bacteria in microaerophilic oleate degradation". Environmental Microbiology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15124.
    Published • 10.1111/1462-2920.15124
  19. Duarte, M. Salomé; Silva, Sérgio A.; Salvador, Andreia F.; Cavaleiro, Ana J.; Stams, Alfons J. M.; Alves, M. Madalena; Pereira, M. Alcina. "Insight into the Role of Facultative Bacteria Stimulated by Microaeration in Continuous Bioreactors Converting LCFA to Methane". Environmental Science & Technology 52 11 (2018): 6497-6507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00894.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.est.8b00894
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Microbial Interactions in the Transformation of Long-Chain Fatty Acids in Anaerobic Reactors". PhD, Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/1822/59062.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Pereira, M. Alcina; Oliveira, Renata F.; Silva, Ana R. M.; Duarte, M. Salomé; Carvalho, Ana R. C. ; Cavaleiro, Ana J.. 2024. "Método para o tratamento de águas residuais com óleos minerais com produção de biocombustível". Portugal.
    Pending
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/23 Super-microrganismos que transformam resíduos em energia CEB Talk2023 at Fnac Braga
Semana da Ciência & Tecnologia @ CEB-DEB-UMinho (Braga, Portugal)
2022/05/05 Gerar valor a partir de resíduos: o mundo dos microrganismos anaeróbios Pint of Science
Pint of Science Portugal (Braga, Portugal)
2020/11/25 Tornar visível um valor escondido: digestão anaeróbia de resíduos Webinar "A Outra Vida dos Resíduos" - Atividade da Semana Europeia da Prevenção de Resíduos 2020
Câmara Municipal de Braga (Braga, Portugal)
2016/10/18 Breakthroughs in Anaerobic Digestion of fat, oil, and grease (FOG) International Workshop on Environment and Alternative Energy (organized by NASA, ESA and C3P)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) ( Pasadena, CA, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/02 - Current Análise hidrodinâmica e de qualidade de águas residuais no SIDVA (Sistema Integrado de Despoluição do Vale do Ave)
Supervisor of Sofia Salgado
 Mestrado em Engenharia Química e Biológica (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/01 - Current Biogas as an intermediary in the circularity of food waste through its one-step valorisation into a sustainable protein source for aquafeeds
Co-supervisor of Maria Clara Dantas Lopes Macedo Moura
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/10/01 - Current Novel hybrid system combining micro/nano-aeration and anaerobiosis to intensify biomethane production from waste-lipids
Co-supervisor of Luís Costa
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2020/03/01 - Current Metal speciation in anaerobic digesters: toxicity and recovery focused on Cobalt and Manganese
Supervisor
 Doctoral Program in Waste Management and Treatment (PhD)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/02/11 - Current Peer Mentoring Circles
Workshop
International Mentoring Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education, United States
2025/01/22 - Current Becoming an Exceptional PhD Supervisor
Workshop
International Mentoring Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education, United States
2024/09 - 2024/12 Blue BioValue Ideation Program. The programme aims to support innovative R&D projects that use marine bioresources in a sustainable way, going from lab to market. To connect science and entrepreneurship ocean enthusiasts, the R&D project teams are matched with Business Mentors. These multidisciplinary teams will be equipped to tackle the challenges of technology transfer and will be capacitated to transform blue biotechnology research into viable market applications.
Other
 Blue BioValue Ideation Program
Oceano Azul Foundation, Portugal
2024/01/25 - 2024/01/25 Training in Good Practices in Doctoral Supervision
Workshop
 Colégio Doutoral UMinho
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/04/19 - 2023/04/19 Participation on the LabtoMarket workshop
Workshop
 1st Braga Biotechnology week
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Câmara Municipal de Braga, Portugal

Startup Braga, Portugal
2023/04/17 - 2023/04/17 Participation on the Communicating Biotechnology through Art Workshop
Workshop
 1st Braga Biotechnology week
Universidade do Minho Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Câmara Municipal de Braga, Portugal

Startup Braga, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/07/02 O uso de modelos mecanísticos e baseados em inteligência artificial no processo de otimização de sistemas de co-digestão de lamas
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Paula Azevedo Dias (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/12/13 Comparative analysis of microbial communities from full scale anaerobic digesters
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Carolina Matos Inácio (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Informática, Portugal
2023/12/04 Potencial redox como parâmetro de monitorização e controlo da etapa de pré-oxidação com ozono no tratamento de água para consumo humano.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Alexandra Simões Almeida (Master)
2022/12/12 Biocomposites based on PHBV and a lignocellulosic residue
(Thesis) Arguer
 Marta Carolina Lemos Mendes (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal
2022/03/18 Estudo da avaliação de Risco em Águas para Consumo Humano
(Thesis) Arguer
 Vítor Hugo Pedrosa Miranda (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/05 - Current Bioresource Technology (0960-8524) ELSEVIER SCI LTD
2021/12 - Current Renewable Energy (0960-1481) PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
2021/05 - Current Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2213-2929) ELSEVIER SCI LTD
2021/01 - Current Waste Management (0956-053X) PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/06 - Current FEBS - Federation of European Biochemical Societies Associated member
2024/02 - Current ANICT - Associação Nacional de Investigadores em Ciência e Tecnologia Associated member
2023/08 - Current AlumniEB - Associação dos Antigos Estudantes de Engenharia Biológica da Universidade do Minho Member of the Board

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/11 - 2025/02 The 5th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology ICBM-5 University of Galway, Ireland

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/02 - 2025/06 Inovação e Bioempresas Mestrado em Engenharia Química e Biológica / Mestrado em Biotecnologia Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/02 - 2025/06 Métodos Instrumentais de Análise Clinica Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/09/09 - 2025/02 Inovação e Criação de Negócios em Bioengenharia Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/02/05 - 2024/06 Métodos Instrumentais de Análise Clinica Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica - Engenharia Clínica (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/12/26 - 2023/12/26 Porto Canal - Manhã Informativa: Portugal Inovador O potencial dos microrganismos na valorização de resíduos orgânicos em energia renovável

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021 - Current Methane biofixation by microalgae/cyanobacteria systems (Laboratory supervisor of the PhD student) Leandro Madureira
2020/09 - Current Advanced technology to maximize the energy performance of WWTP, enhancing its self-sufficiency, through the integration of sludge pretreatment processes with solar / artificial radiation in the AD stage (Laboratory supervisor of the external PhD student) Joana Monteiro
2020/02 - Current Laboratory Management
2024/04/01 - 2024/09/30 Produção sustentável de bioenergia a partir de águas residuais com gordura (Prémio UMinho Iniciação Investigação Cientifica) Ana Silva Moreira (Bachelor student)
2018 - 2023/09 Fine-tune of redox potential to drive bioconversion of Fat, Oil and Grease to methane (Laboratory supervisor of the PhD student) Carla Magalhães
2021/12 - 2023/06/05 Screening of methanotrophic bacteria as a source of cellular proteins, and study and characterization of the production of methanotrophic biomass in bioreactors using biogas and synthetic medium (Laboratory supervisor of the Master student) Clara Dantas Moura
2022/05/01 - 2022/07/31 Volatile fatty acids production from fish processing wastewaters (Laboratory supervisor of the external PhD student) Tamara Casero Diaz
2021/03 - 2021/12 Volatile fatty acids production from fish processing wastewaters (Laboratory supervisor of a research fellow) João Sousa
2021/03 - 2021/12 Volatile fatty acids production from fish processing wastewaters (Laboratory supervisor of a research fellow) Ricardo Fernandes
2020/03 - 2020/06 Volatile fatty acids production from fish processing wastewaters (Laboratory supervisor of a research fellow) Mariana Amorim
2019/05 - 2020/02 Volatile fatty acids production from fish processing wastewaters (Laboratory supervisor of a research fellow) Carla Pereira
2018/09 - 2019/02 Intensification of methane production from waste frying oil in biogas-lift bioreactors (Laboratory supervisor of the Master student from University of Bologna) Erika Sinisgalli
Distinctions

Award

2022 Grant awarded in the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus - 5th Edition
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 Scholarship Papers@USA to present "Breakthroughs in Anaerobic Digestion of fat, oil, and grease (FOG)" work on the International Workshop on Environment and Alternative Energy, organized by NASA, ESA and C3P. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA
Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2012 Bolsa de Excelência
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2011 Prémio por Mérito Escolar
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 Prémio por Mérito Escolar
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Other distinction

2024 Finalist of BLUE BIO VALUE IDEATION program
Oceano Azul Foundation, Portugal