Beatriz Cassuriaga Dias (7E1B-49DB-2508)

Curriculum Vitae

Beatriz Cassuriaga

Beatriz Cassuriaga is a Production Engineer with an MBA in Business Management and a Master’s in Production Engineering. She is currently a PhD candidate in Engineering and Management at Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon, focusing on Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), stakeholder engagement, and circular economy. Her professional experience includes consultancy and industry roles in the Utilities, Oil & Gas, and Renewable Energy sectors. She has contributed to European research projects such as SIMIACCI, LIGNICOAT, AQUABIOPRO-FIT, and NOVUM, combining academic research with practical approaches to sustainability and ESG strategies.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Beatriz Cassuriaga Dias
Gender: Female

Citation names

Cassuriaga, Beatriz

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 7E1B-49DB-2508
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7983-028X

Email addresses

beatriz.cassuriaga@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone

(+351) 913716784 (Personal)

Addresses

Depart. Engenharia e Gestão - Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, 1049-001, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

www.linkedin.com/in/beatriz-cassuriaga-dias (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology
Social Sciences - Economics and Business
Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies - Other Engineering and Technologies

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
French	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/02/05 - 2025/12/01 Ongoing	Engenharia e Gestão (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Enhancing Social Life Cycle Assessment: An Integrated Framework for Stakeholder Engagement and Impact Evaluation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018/03/01 - 2020/12/11 Concluded	Engenharia de Produção (Master) Major in Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil "Sucesso e fracasso organizacional na indústria de aviação comercial americana: Estudo comparativo das companhias aéreas Delta Airlines e Eastern Airlines" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15
2010/03/01 - 2012/03/01 Concluded	MBA em Gestão de Negócios (Postgraduate Certificate) Major in Ciências Sociais - Economia e Gestão Faculdade de Economia e Finanças IBMEC, Brazil	Approved
2000/02/01 - 2005/07/01 Concluded	Engenharia de Produção (Graduado) Major in Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/12/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/03 - 2020/07	Fellow Masters	Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brazil
	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015/05 - 2017/05	Controller	Ecila Construções e Montagens, Brazil

2012/03 - 2014/11	Business Manager	Orbe Consultoria, Brazil

2010/02 - 2012/02	Senior Business Consultant	Apuama Consultoria, Brazil

2005/12 - 2009/10	Business Analist	Accenture do Brasil, Brazil

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/10 - 2023/02	Proposta do novo Plano de Ação para Economia Circular 1802P.00521 PhD Student Fellow Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2025/03/01 - Current	Horizon Europe project SIMIACCI HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01 PhD Student Fellow Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal	Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2024/03/31	Social Life Cycle Assessment of Lignicoat Project 101023342 PhD Student Fellow Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal	ARDITEC Association Concluded
2022/03 - 2022/10	Social Life Cycle Assessment of AQUABIOPRO-FIT Project 790956 PhD Student Fellow Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal	ARDITEC Association Concluded
2021/10 - 2022/03	Social Life Cycle Assessment of NOVUM Project 790956 PhD Student Fellow Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal	ARDITEC Association Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Cassuriaga, Beatriz; Santos, Andreia; Carvalho, Ana; Alves, Pedro; Staccioli, Leo; Gallego, Jose. Corresponding author: Cassuriaga, Beatriz. "Towards Sustainable Aquaculture: A Social Life Cycle Assessment of By-Product Utilization and Stakeholder Engagement". Paper presented in 12th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Forum, Porto, 2025. Published Cassuriaga, Beatriz; Carvalho, Ana; Santos, Andreia; Staccioli, Leo; Gallego, Jose. "Environmental and socio-economic considerations within the AQUABIOPRO-FIT project". Paper presented in 36th EFFoST International Conference, Dublin, 2022. Accepted Cassuriaga, Beatriz; Santos, Andreia; Staccioli, Leo; Gallego, Jose; Carvalho, Ana. "A new methodology for the social assessment of cellulose-based products". Paper presented in S-LCA Conference, Aachen, 2022.
Conference paper	Cassuriaga, Beatriz; Thomé, Antônio Márcio Tavares. "A indústria 4.0 no contexto da economia circular - uma revisão". Paper presented in XXV SIMPEP - 2018, Bauru - SP, 2018. Published
Conference poster	Cassuriaga, Beatriz. "Social life cycle assessment of bio-based products obtained from fish side streams". Paper presented in LCM 2023 - The 11th International Conference on Life Cycle Management, 2023. Cassuriaga, Beatriz; Calili, Rodrigo. "Aplicação do método AHP para priorização das Metas dos Objetivos Sustentáveis da Agenda 2030". Paper presented in SBPO 2019 - Simpósio Brasileiro de Pesquisa Operacional, 2019.
Journal article	Cassuriaga, Beatriz; Santos, Andreia; Carvalho, Ana; Alves, Pedro; Staccioli, Leo; Gallego, Jose. Corresponding author: Cassuriaga, Beatriz. "Social Life Cycle Assessment of a Circular Economy System of Lignin-Based Bio-coating". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2025): Under revision Cassuriaga, Beatriz; Santos, Andreia; Carvalho, Ana; Staccioli, Leo; Gallego, Jose. "Enhancing Social Life Cycle Assessment Through Stakeholder Engagement: Development of a New Cellulose-based Material". Sustainable Production and Consumption (2024): Under revision Cassuriaga, Beatriz; Julia Lima Fleck; Denise Fleck. Corresponding author: Cassuriaga, Beatriz. "Delta Airlines e Eastern Airlines: Um estudo comparativo sobre Sucesso e Fracasso Organizacional". Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios (2023): Submitted
Thesis / Dissertation	"Sucesso e fracasso organizacional na indústria de aviação comercial americana : estudo comparativo das companhias aéreas Delta Airlines e Eastern Airlines". Master, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, 2020.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/04/08	"Barreiras e Forças Motrizes para a Aceleração da Economia Circular em Portugal" Invited oral presentation at the XIV Fórum do Ambiente (FEUP), focusing on the national strategy for circular economy transition. The talk presented the results of a Delphi study identifying key drivers and barriers to implementing the Circular Economy Action Plan 2030, involving diverse stakeholder perspectives from academia, industry, and civil society.	Fórum do Ambiente – XIV Edição Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) / NEEA (Porto, Portugal)
2025/03/26	Towards Sustainable Aquaculture: A Social Life Cycle Assessment of By-Product Utilization and Stakeholder Engagement	12th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Forum INESC TEC and Porto Business School (Porto, Portugal)
2022/11/08	Environmental and socio-economic considerations within the AQUABIOPRO-FIT project	36th EFFoST International Conference University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
2022/09/07	A new methodology for the social assessment of cellulose-based products	S-LCA Conference Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering (INaB) (Aachen, Germany)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2018/08/06 - 2018/08/09	Member of the Organising team of the 50th Brazilian Symposium on Operational Research Symposium	50° Simpósio Brasileiro de Pesquisa Operacional (SBPO 2018) Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/11/13 - 2025/01/17	Academic year 2024/2025, invited assistant professor for the course “Industrial and Environmental Management” (LEGi MSc – Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon). The module covered sustainability assessment, including Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), and stakeholder engagement.	(Licenciatura)	Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão, Portugal
2023/11/13 - 2024/01/12	Academic year 2023/2024, invited assistant professor for the course “Industrial and Environmental Management” (LEGi MSc – Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon). The module covered sustainability assessment, including Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), and stakeholder engagement.	Industrial Management and Environment (Licenciatura)	Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão, Portugal