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Marta Sofia Lopes Pacheco completed her MSc in Applied Microbiology in 2015 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências and Licentiate in Biology in 2012 by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. She attends the PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems by Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências since 2021/04/01 developing her works in Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG). She has published 8 articles in peer reviewed journals and has participated as Research Fellow in 2 European projects. Works in the areas of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Industrial Biotechnology, Bioderived Bulk and Fine Chemicals, Fermentation, Biofuels and of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences and Microbiology. In her professional activities, she interacted with 41 collaborators in co-authorship of scientific papers.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marta Sofia Lopes Pacheco

Citation names

  • Pacheco, Marta

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6D1B-1BBB-8ACF
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4039-9127

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioderived Bulk and Fine Chemicals
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Fermentation
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Biofuels
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/04/01 - 2025/04/01
Ongoing
 Sustainable Energy Systems (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Biological decarbonization of producer syngas for bioenergy precursors" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020/05/15
Concluded
 RGPD para Cidadãos Atentos (Outros)
Direcção Geral da Qualificação dos Trabalhadores em Funções Públicas, Portugal
2016/07/18 - 2016/07/29
Concluded
 ESEIA International Summer School 2016 (Outros)
Major in Novel Development in Biorefineries
European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance - ESEIA, Austria
2016/01/19 - 2016/01/23
Concluded
 Production and isolation of microbial biopolymers and the most used techniques for purification and characterization of enzymes (Outros)
Istituto di Biologia Agro-ambientale e Forestale Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
2015
Concluded
 Applied Microbiology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Production of Gordonia alkanivorans strain 1B biomass in bioreactor and further application towards fossil fuels desulfurization" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014/05/06
Concluded
 Dia Aberto da Propriedade Industrial (Outros)
Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial IP, Portugal
2012
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Major in Cellular Biology and Biotechnology
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/05/01 - Current PhD Student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Unidade de Bionergia e Biorefinarias, Portugal
2021/04/01 - Current Collaborator Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
2017/06/16 - 2021/04/30 Research Fellow Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Unidade de Bionergia e Biorefinarias, Portugal
2016/01 - 2017/06 Unpaid Internship Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Unidade de Bionergia e Biorefinarias, Portugal
2014/02/01 - 2015/11/01 Internship for MSc thesis elaboration Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Portugal
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Unidade de Bionergia e Biorefinarias, Portugal
2010/11/01 - 2014/02/01 Unpaid Internship Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Biossistemas e Ciências Integrativas, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/04/01 - 2025/03/31 Biological decarbonization of producer syngas for bioenergy precursors
2020.06423.BD
10.54499/2020.06423.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Unidade de Bionergia e Biorefinarias, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/11/16 - 2021/04/30 BBRI: Infraestrutura de Investigação em Biomassa e Bioenergia
LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022059
Research Fellow
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Unidade de Bionergia e Biorefinarias, Portugal
 Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional - FEDER
Concluded
2017/06/16 - 2019/11/15 Advanced biofuel production with energy system integration
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/731263/EU
Research Fellow
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - Unidade de Bionergia e Biorefinarias, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Arregoitia-Sarabia, Carla A.; Pacheco, Marta; Marques, Susana; Moura, Patrícia; Fallanza, Marcos; Gorri, Daniel. "Membrane separation of ABE products from fermentation broths". Paper presented in ProGres 3rd Workshop: From biomass characterization to process synthesis, Salamanca, 2022.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Pacheco, Marta; Ortigueira, Joana; GIRIO, F.; Moura, Patrícia. "Fixação biológica de CO, CO2 e H2: fermentação de gás de síntese com produção de ácidos orgânicos de cadeia curta". Paper presented in CIES2020 - XVII Congresso Ibérico e XIII Congresso Ibero-americano de Energia Solar, Lisbon, 2020.
    Published • 10.34637/cies2020.1.4084
  2. Reis, Alberto; Abreu, Mariana; Pacheco, Marta; Bernardo, Joana; Silva, R.; Domingues, L.; Teixeira, J. A.; GIRIO, F.. "Infraestrutura de investigação para a biomassa e a bioenergia: BBRI - Biomass and Bioenergy Research Infrastructure". Paper presented in CIES2020 - XVII Congresso Ibérico e XIII Congresso Ibero-americano de Energia Solar, Lisbon, 2020.
    Published • 10.34637/cies2020.1.4086
  3. Pacheco, Marta; Silva, Tiago Pereira; Paixão, Susana Maria; Alves, Luís. "Assembly of a Low-cost Bioreactor and Nitrogen Source Minimization for the Growth of Gordonia alkanivorans Strain 1B Biocatalysts". Paper presented in 4th International conference Wastes 2017: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, Porto, 2017.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Pacheco, Marta; Marques, Susana; Ribeiro, Belina; Moura, Patrícia. "Application of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis as downstream concentration for the implementation of a two-stage bioconversion process from syngas to triacylglicerides". Paper presented in RRB 2023 - 19th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries, 2023.
  2. Pacheco, Marta; Ortigueira, Joana; Moura, Patrícia; Silva, Carla. "Process design and life cycle inventory of a syngas fermentation biorefinery". Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Sustainable Chemical and Environmental Engineering - Susteng 2022, 2022.
  3. Pacheco, Marta; Pinto, Maria Filomena de Jesus; André, Rui; Marques, Paula; GIRIO, FRANCISCO; Moura, Patrícia (BA17-3D3E-5478). "Biocatalytic performance of Butyribacterium methylotrophicum in the long-term conversion of synthesis gas produced from low-grade lignin gasification". Paper presented in World Microbe Forum 2021, 2021.
  4. Pacheco, Marta; Pinto, Filomena; Moura, Patrícia; André, Rui; Marques, Paula; Mata, Ricardo; Gírio, Francisco. "Integration of gasification and syngas fermentation to produce biochemical added value compounds". Paper presented in 27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition - EUBCE 2019, 2019.
  5. Ortigueira, Joana; Pacheco, Marta; Silva, Carla; Gírio, Francisco; Moura, Patrícia. "Endogenous bio waste and by-product streams valued as a resource for fermentative hydrogen production". Paper presented in 27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition - EUBCE 2019, 2019.
  6. Pacheco, Marta; Paixão, Susana Maria; Silva, Tiago Pereira; Alves, Luís. "Advances in the Costs Reduction Inherent to Fossil Fuels Desulfurization by Gordonia alkanivorans Strain 1B: Culture Medium Minimization and Carotenoids Production". Paper presented in SDEWES - 11th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2016.
    10.1115/isec2003-44031
  7. Pacheco, Marta; Marques, Susana; Mestre, Ana Sofia; Carvalho, Ana Paula; Dias, Ricardo. "Agglomerate formation for Escherichia coli removal by powdered activated carbon". Paper presented in 2nd International conference Wastes 2013: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Pacheco, Marta; Moura, Patrícia; Silva, Carla. "A Systematic Review of Syngas Bioconversion to Value-Added Products from 2012 to 2022". Energies 16 7 (2023): 3241. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16073241.
    10.3390/en16073241
  2. Marta Pacheco; Filomena Pinto; Anders Brunsvik; Rui André; Paula Marques; Ricardo Mata; Joana Ortigueira; Francisco Gírio; Patrícia Moura. "Effects of Lignin Gasification Impurities on the Growth and Product Distribution of Butyribacterium methylotrophicum during Syngas Fermentation". Energies (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/en16041722.
    10.3390/en16041722
  3. Pacheco, Marta; Pinto, Filomena; Ortigueira, Joana; Silva, Carla; Gírio, Francisco; Moura, Patrícia. "Lignin Syngas Bioconversion by Butyribacterium methylotrophicum: Advancing towards an Integrated Biorefinery". Energies 14 21 (2021): 7124. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14217124.
    10.3390/en14217124
  4. Ortigueira, Joana; Pacheco, Marta; Trancoso, Maria Ascensão; Farrancha, Pedro; Correia, Jorge; Silva, Carla; Moura, Patrícia. "Food waste biorefinery: Stability of an acidogenic fermentation system with carbon dioxide sequestration and electricity generation". Journal of Cleaner Production 270 (2020): 122040. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122040.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122040
  5. Pinto, Filomena; André, Rui; Marques, Paula; Mata, Ricardo; Pacheco, Marta; Moura, Patrícia; GIRIO, FRANCISCO. "Production of syngas suitable to be used in fermentation to obtain biochemical added value compounds". Chemical Engineering Transactions 76 (2019): 1399-1404. https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/CET1976234.
    Open access • Published • 10.3303/CET1976234
  6. Ortigueira, Joana; Martins, Luís; Pacheco, Marta; Silva, Carla; Moura, Patrícia. "Improving the non-sterile food waste bioconversion to hydrogen by microwave pretreatment and bioaugmentation with Clostridium butyricum". Waste Management 88 (2019): 226-235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.021.
    Published • 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.021
  7. Pacheco, Marta; Paixão, Susana M.; Silva, Tiago P.; Alves, Luís. "On the road to cost-effective fossil fuel desulfurization by Gordonia alkanivorans strain 1B". RSC Advances 9 44 (2019): 25405-25413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ra03601f.
    Published • 10.1039/c9ra03601f
  8. Faísca Phillips, Ana Maria; Barros, Maria Teresa; Pacheco, Marta; Dias, Ricardo. "Synthesis and biological evaluation of a-hydroxyalkylphosphonates as new antimicrobial agents". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 24 1 (2014): 49-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.12.002.
    10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.12.002
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pacheco, Marta. "Production of Gordonia alkanivorans strain 1B biomass in bioreactor and further application towards fossil fuels desulfurization". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2015.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10/17 Carboxylic acids from syngas fermentation as a possible feedstock for oleaginous yeasts E-COST Meeting CA18229 (Yeast4Bio)
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/09 Co-culture and continuous two-stage bioreactor system for the fermentation of syngas by B. methylotrophicum and C. tyrobutyricum 1st International Conference on Sustainable Chemical and Environmental Engineering - Susteng 2022
Technical University of Crete (Rethymno, Greece)
2021/12/09 Lecture "Syngas fermentation: an overview" Bioergy Class of the masters in Energy and Environment
NOVA School of Science and Technology (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/11/04 Fixação biológica de CO, CO2 e H2: Fermentação de gás de síntese com produção de ácidos orgânicos de cadeia curta XVII Congresso Ibérico e XIII Congresso Ibero-Americano de Energia Solar
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/11/03 Infraestrutura de investigação para a biomassa e a bioenergia BBRI - Biomass and bioenergy research infrastructure XVII Congresso Ibérico e XIII Congresso Ibero-Americano de Energia Solar
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/05/27 Selective CO, H2 and CO2 consumption by B. methylotrophicum during syngas fermentation 27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition - EUBCE 2019
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/11/01 - 2022/02/07 ABE fermentation for butanol recovery by pervaporation Carla Adriana Arregoitia Sarabia

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/09/03 - 2019/09/18 Brisk II - Biofuels Research Infrastructure (transnational access) - Identification of syngas condensate impurities by GC-MS and LC-MS Q-TOF. SINTEF Industri, Norway