Lúcia Filipa Alves Amorim (7517-14AE-F5A3)

Curriculum Vitae

Lúcia Filipa Alves Amorim

Lúcia background is in Biomedical Sciences, with a multifaceted skill set encompassing laboratory research, clinical investigation, and biotechnology innovation. The academic journey has been marked by hands-on experiences, from contributing to early-stage plasmid DNA vaccine development during her Master's degree to spearheading research in Advanced Materials and Processing for her ongoing Ph.D. During her PhD, she explored the synthesis of novel materials from microbial pigments and polymers. Her journey reflects a passion for driving innovation in a multidisciplinary way. Currently works as a Senior Technician at UBI-Biobank, University of Beira Interior, Portugal.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Lúcia Filipa Alves Amorim

Citation names

Amorim, Lúcia
L.F.A. Amorim

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 7517-14AE-F5A3
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6078-4922

Email addresses

lucia.amorim@ubi.pt (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lúcia-f-a-amorim (Professional)

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2014 Concluded	Ciências Biomédicas (Mestrado) Major in Sem especialização Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal "Purification of supercoiled HPV-16 E6/E7 plasmid using a modified monolithic support" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16 valores

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/02 - 2020/06	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/09/01 - Current	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2017/02/01 - 2021/01/31	Designing new coloured materials from microbial pigments and polymers: biosynthesis, electrospinning and characterization PD/BD/128417/2017 PhD Student Fellow Universidade da Beira Interior FibEnTech Materiais Fibrosos e Tecnologias Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Giacomelli, Felipe; Amorim, Lúcia; Mouro, Cláudia; Gouveia, Isabel C.. "Evaluation of bacterial growth conditions for biopigments production". Paper presented in XXIII Symposium of Teaching, Research and Extension – SEPE, Franciscan University, 2019. Amorim, Lúcia; Fangueiro, Raul; Gouveia, Isabel C.. "Upstream and downstream processing of microbial pigments and polymers". Paper presented in 3rd Symposium of the FibEnTech Research Unit: Fiber Materials and Environmental Technologies, 2018. Amorim, Lúcia; Fangueiro, Raul; Gouveia, Isabel C.. "Biosynthesis of microbial pigments and biopolymers". Paper presented in The AMiCI WG2 workshop Antimicrobial Coatings Applied in Healthcare Settings – Efficacy Testing, 2018.
Journal article	Amorim, Lúcia F. A.; Li, Lengwan; Gomes, Ana P.; Fangueiro, Raul; Gouveia, Isabel C.. "Sustainable bacterial cellulose production by low cost feedstock: evaluation of apple and tea by-products as alternative sources of nutrients". Cellulose 30 9 (2023): 5589-5606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10570-023-05238-0. Published • 10.1007/s10570-023-05238-0 Lúcia F. A. Amorim; Raul Fangueiro; Isabel C. Gouveia. "Novel functional material incorporating flexirubin-type pigment in polyvinyl alcohol_kefiran/polycaprolactone nanofibers". Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/app.53208. 10.1002/app.53208 Lúcia F. A. Amorim; Ana P. Gomes; Isabel C. Gouveia. "Design and Preparation of a Biobased Colorimetric pH Indicator from Cellulose and Pigments of Bacterial Origin, for Potential Application as Smart Food Packaging". Polymers (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14183869. 10.3390/polym14183869 Lúcia F. A. Amorim; Raul Fangueiro; Isabel C. Gouveia. "Characterization of Bioactive Colored Materials Produced from Bacterial Cellulose and Bacterial Pigments". Materials 15 6 (2022): 2069-2069. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15062069. 10.3390/ma15062069 Lúcia F. A. Amorim; Cláudia Mouro; Martijn Riool; Isabel C. Gouveia. "Antimicrobial Food Packaging Based on Prodigiosin-Incorporated Double-Layered Bacterial Cellulose and Chitosan Composites". Polymers 14 2 (2022): 315-315. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14020315. 10.3390/polym14020315 Amorim, Lúcia F. A.; Gaspar, Rita; Pereira, Patrícia; Cernigoj, Urh; Sousa, Fani; Queiroz, João António; Sousa, Ângela. "Chromatographic HPV-16 E6/E7 plasmid vaccine purification employing L-histidine and 1-benzyl-L-histidine affinity ligands". ELECTROPHORESIS 38 22-23 (2017): 2975-2980. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elps.201700147. 10.1002/elps.201700147 Amorim, Lúcia F. A.; Sousa, Fani; Queiroz, João A.; Cruz, Carla; Sousa, Ângela. "Screening ofl-histidine-based ligands to modify monolithic supports and selectively purify the supercoiled plasmid DNA isoform". Journal of Molecular Recognition 28 6 (2015): 349-358. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmr.2449. Published • 10.1002/jmr.2449
Thesis / Dissertation	Amorim, Lúcia Filipa Alves. "Purification of supercoiled HPV-16 E6/E7 plasmid using a modified monolithic support". Master, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/5629.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021	Functionalization of Bacterial Cellulose with bacterial pigments: Optimization using full factorial design approach	1st International FibEnTech Congress - New opportunities for fibrous materials in the ecological transition University of Beira Interior (COVILHÃ, Portugal)
2021	Production of nanofibrous materials from biopolymers and bacterial pigments	International Conference on Direct Digital Manufacturing and Polymers CDRSP IPLeiria (Leiria, Portugal)
2020	Designing new coloured materials from microbial pigments and polymers: biosynthesis, electrospinning and characterization	5th General Meeting of the AdvaMTech (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018	Designing new coloured materials from microbial pigments and polymers: biosynthesis, electrospinning and characterization.	4th General Meeting of the AdvaMTech (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017	Designing new coloured materials from microbial pigments and polymers: biosynthesis, electrospinning and characterization.	3rd General Meeting of the AdvaMTech (Lisboa, Portugal)