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André Correia Freches. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado em Biotecnologia em 2015 pelo(a) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia e Licenciatura em Bioquímica em 2012 pelo(a) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Frequenta o(a) Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e Bioquímica pelo(a) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia desde 2020. Publicou 4 artigos em revistas especializadas. Participa e/ou participou como Bolseiro de Investigação em 2 projeto(s). Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Bioquímica, Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Microbiologia, Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias com ênfase em Engenharia Química com ênfase em Engenharia Química, Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias com ênfase em Biotecnologia Industrial com ênfase em Bioplásticos e Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias com ênfase em Biotecnologia Industrial com ênfase em Tecnologias de BioProcessamento. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Biotreatment; Bioproduct; Water absorption; Construction and demolition waste; Recycled concrete; biotratamiento; biorreparación; absorción de agua; RCD; Domínio/Área Científica::Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Química; construction and demolition waste; ceramic waste; surface healing; recycled cement; mixed microbial culture; biotreatment; water absorption; recycled aggregate; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
André Correia Freches

Citation names

  • Freches, André

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3817-85CF-D216
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9383-8627
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.co.id/citations?user=vR8PrcYAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT

Email addresses

  • a.freches@campus.fct.unl.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioplastics
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioprocessing Technologies

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020 - 2024
Ongoing
 Engenharia Química e Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2012 - 2015
Concluded
 Biotecnologia (Mestrado)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Bio-valorization of crude glycerol through polyhydroxyalkanoates production" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007 - 2012
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018 - 2020 CircRural 4.0
SOE2/P1/E0539
Research Fellow
2016 - 2018 Forest industry waste valorisation through microbial processes for PHA production: a biorefinery approach
IF/01054/2014
Research Fellow

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Process for reducing CO2 pollution and its conversion into Biodegradable Polymers
SFRH/BD/145555/2019
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Garcia-Gonzalez, Julia; Juan-Valdes, Andres; Moran-del Pozo, Julia; Guerra-Romero, Manuel Ignacio; Faria, Paulina; Lemos, P. C.; Pereira, Maria Alice Santos; Freches, André Correia. "Estudio de la mejora de la durabilidad de hormigones reciclados con biopolímeros". 2019.
  2. Garcia-Gonzalez, Julia; Freches, André; Lemos, P. C.; Vaz, Pedro; Pereira, Alice S.; Juan-Valdes, Andres; Faria, Paulina. "Biotreated conventional concrete and CDW-concrete by use of microbial mixed cultures bioproducts". 2018.
    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1405563
  3. Garcia-Gonzalez, Julia; Freches, André Correia; Lemos, P. C.; Pereira, Maria Alice Santos; Juan-Valdes, Andres; Moran-del Pozo, Julia; Guerra-Romero, Manuel Ignacio; Faria, Paulina. "Eco-friendly healing agents for recycled concrete". 2018.
Conference poster
  1. Freches, André; Fradinho, J.C.. "Bacterial candidates for CO2 fixation and photosynthetic production of value-added substances". Paper presented in Biotechnology for a Circular Bioeconomy, 2023.
  2. Angeles, Roxana; Freches, André; Lebrero, Raquel; Fradinho, J.C.. "Photosynthetic bacterial pigments production during biological sulfide removal by Chloroflexus aurantiacus Y-400-fl (DSM 637): influence of the light intensity". Paper presented in Biotechnology for a Circular Bioeconomy, 2023.
  3. Freches, André; Almeida, Juliana; Fradinho, J.C.. "CO2 conversion into biopolymers using anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria". Paper presented in Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, 2022.
  4. Freches, André; Fradinho, J.C.; G. Farnocchia. "Using anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria for CO2 capture and biopolymer production". Paper presented in Renewable Resources & Biorefineries 2022, 2021.
  5. "CO2 conversion into biopolymers using Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts and Environmental Sustainability, 2021.
  6. "Development of an off-gas tool under the scope of CircRural 4.0". Paper presented in 15º Congresso da Água, 2021.
  7. "LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UNDER THE SCOPE OF CIRCRURAL 4.0". Paper presented in 4th Small Wat 21v, 2021.
  8. "Polyhydroxyalkanoates production from pinewood pirolysis oil: pre-fermentation and culture selection". Paper presented in 9th European Symposium on Biopolymers, 2017.
Journal article
  1. "Microbial selection strategies for polyhydroxyalkanoates production from crude glycerol: effect of OLR and cycle length". New Biotechnology (2017): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2017.05.011.
    10.1016/j.nbt.2017.05.011
  2. Paulo Costa Lemos; Rita Moita; André Freches; Rita Pontes. "Polyhydroxyalkanoates production by aerobic mixed microbial cultures using crude glycerol". New Biotechnology 31 (2014): S33-S33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2014.05.1688.
    10.1016/j.nbt.2014.05.1688
  3. "Crude glycerol as feedstock for polyhydroxyalkanoates production by mixed microbial cultures". Water Research (2014):
    10.1016/j.watres.2014.03.066
  4. Rita Moita Fidalgo; Joana Ortigueira; André Freches; João Pelica; Magarida Gonçalves; Benilde Mendes; Paulo C. Lemos. "Bio-oil upgrading strategies to improve PHA production from selected aerobic mixed cultures". New Biotechnology 31 4 (2014): 297-307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2013.10.009.
    10.1016/j.nbt.2013.10.009
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Freches, André Correia. "Bio-valorization of crude glycerol through polyhydroxyalkanoates production". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/16449.

Other

Other output
  1. From CO2 to value-added products: potential of anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria. Apresentação oral na conferência virtual EFB 2022, organizada pela Federação Europeia de Biotecnologia.. 2022. Freches, André; Angeles, Roxana; Almeida, Juliana; G.G.Farnocchia; Fradinho, J.C..
  2. From CO2 to PHA: a novel approach using anoxygenic photosynthetic microbial cultures. Apresentação oral na conferência 18th International Symposium on Biopolymers.. 2022. Freches, André; Fradinho, J.C.; Angeles, Roxana; G.G.Farnocchia; Almeida, Juliana.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021 Using anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria for CO2 capture and biopolymer production 7th Mixed Microbial Culture PHA Workshop
(Valencia, Spain)
2018/06 FOREST INDUSTRY WASTE VALORISATION THROUGH MICROBIAL PROCESSES FOR PHA PRODUCTION: A BIOREFINERY APPROACH 7th European Bioremediation Conference (EBC-VII) and the 11th International Society for Environmental Biotechnology conference (ISEB 2018)
(Chania, Greece)
2018 A three-step process for the valorization of forest wastes through the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates 12th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Scineces
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2018 Microbial conversion of forest wastes into value-added polyhydroxyalkanoates 18th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition
(Montreal, Canada)
2017 Pinewood bio-oil as substrate for PHA and SCOA production 13th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries
(Wroclaw, Poland)
2016 Microbial selection strategies for PHA production from crude glycerol:Effect of OLR and cycle length 15th International Symposium on Biopolymers
(Madrid, Spain)
2016 Improving PHA production from crude glycerol: microbial selection 12th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries
(Gent, Belgium)
2014 Polyhydroxyalkanoates production by aerobic mixed microbial cultures using crude glycerol 16th European Congress on Biotechnology
(Edinburgh, United Kingdom)