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Ana Catarina Silva (ACS) completed her PhD in Chemistry with a specialisation in Physical and Analytical Chemistry at the Chemistry Center at the University of Minho, with a thesis entitled ‘Valorisation of organic wastes: assessment of compost quality’. Previously, ACS completed an Integrated Master's Degree in Biological Engineering with a specialisation in the Food Branch at the same university (2012). Since then, she has participated in various national and international research projects, acquiring vast experience in the physical-chemical characterisation of materials, optimisation processes and the recovery of organic waste. From 2018 to 2022, ACS worked on the Res2ValHum project, funded by INTERREG, centred on the production of humic substances from organic waste. At the same time, he took part in the FEDER-funded Res4ValOr project, conducting adsorption tests of organic contaminants in composts. Currently, ACS is part of the Lusitano project, in which he contributes to innovation in textile recycling technologies, optimising separation and functionalisation processes for recycled fibres. Throughout his career, ACS has published articles in indexed scientific journals, participated in academic events and presented papers at national and international conferences. He has advanced skills in techniques such as ATR-FTIR, DSC, TGA and electrochemical analysis. ACS also has supervisory experience, having supervised undergraduate students. In recent years, ACS has consolidated its work in the area of sustainability and the circular economy, exploring innovative approaches to the valorisation of waste and textile materials. Motivated by the development of sustainable solutions, ACS combines interdisciplinary expertise and dedication to scientific research with practical impact
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Catarina Santos Leite da Silva

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9215-96F9-3053
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9000-3752
Education
Degree Classification
2017 - 2022/10
Concluded
 Química (Doutoramento)
Major in Química física e analítica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Valorisation of organic wastes: assessment of compost quality" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2017/02 - 2017/11
Concluded
 TÉCNICO SUPERIOR DE SEGURANÇA E HIGIENE NO TRABALHO (Outros)
Cefolgest, Portugal
2016/09 - 2016/10
Concluded
 Formação Pedagógica Inicial de Formadores (Outros)
Cefolgest, Portugal
2012/11
Concluded
 Engenharia Biológica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Ramo Alimentar
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02/22 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Têxtil, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/06 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Território Ambiente e Construção, Portugal
2017 - 2022 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
(...)
2014 - 2015 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/02/22 - Current Lusitano - Agenda Mobilizadora para a Inovação Empresarial da Indústria Têxtil e do Vestuário de Portugal
01/C05-i09/2024.PC644933224-00000043
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Engenharia Têxtil, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/02 - 2023/06 Reducción, reutilización, reciclado y revalorización de residuos orgánicos (Res4ValOr)
(0791_RES4VALOR_1_E)
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Território Ambiente e Construção, Portugal
Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento regional (FEDER)
Concluded
2017 - 2022 Valorization of organic wastes: assessment of compost quality
NORTE -08-5369-FSE-00033
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/02 - 2021/04 Organic Residues Valorization: Production of Humic Substances
0366_RES2VALHUM_1_P
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 INTERREG IVC
Concluded
2014/10 - 2015/09 BiVAlvi
IRSES-GA-2013-611493
Research Fellow
Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Ribeiro, Ana Isabel ; Tiago Azevedo; Barreiros, Mariana; Silva, A. Catarina; Chaves, Diego Morais; Nuno Fernandes; Carvalho, Oscar; Fangueiro, Raul; Ferreira, Diana . Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Ana Isabel. "Aqueous solutions for sustainable elastane degradation in textile recycling". Paper presented in Autex - World Textile Conference 2025, Dresden, 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Ribeiro, Ana Isabel ; Azevedo, Tiago; Chaves, Diego Morais; Ferreira, Diana Sara Pereira; Silva, Ana; Fangueiro, Raul. Corresponding author: Silva, Ana. "Alternative organic solvents for elastane removal from textile waste: a case study of polyester/elastane fabric". Paper presented in Autex - World Textile Conference 2025, Dresden, 2025.
    Accepted
  3. Silva, Ana; Ribeiro, Ana Isabel ; Azevedo, Tiago; Fangueiro, Raul; Chaves, Diego Morais; Barreiros, Mariana; Ferreira, Diana Sara Pereira. "Promoting recycling of wool-polyester-elastane yarn through sustainable elastane degradation methods and impact on remaining fibres integrity". Paper presented in Autex - World Textile Conference 2025, Dresden, 2025.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Silva, Ana; Rocha, Pedro; Juan Antelo; Fátima Bento; Paula Bettencourt; Geraldo, Dulce; Sarah Fiol. "Characterization, acid-base properties and metal complexation of humic-like substances extracted from organic matter during the composting process". Paper presented in XXV Encontro Galego-Português de Química, Santiago de Compostela, 2019.
  2. José Pedro Rocha; Silva, Ana; J. Antelo; F. Bento; P. Bettencourt; S. Fiol; Geraldo, Dulce. "Comparison of cadmium binding by humic and fulvic acids extracted from compost of different feedstock". 2019.
  3. Silva, Ana; Pedro Rocha; J. Antelo; F. Bento; P. Bettencourt; S. Fiol; D. Geraldo; Proenca, Fernanda. "Comparison of cadmium binding by humic and fulvic acids extracted from two composts of different origin". Paper presented in 5th international conference, Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, 2019.
  4. Silva, Ana; Pedro Rocha; J.Antelo; S. Fiol; Geraldo, Dulce; P. Bettencourt; R. López; et al. "Characterization of organic matter at different stages of a composting process". Paper presented in 5th international conference, Wastes: solutions, treatments and opportunities, 2019.
  5. Silva, Ana; Woitovich Valetti, Nadia; M. Emilia Brassesco; José A. C. Teixeira; Picó, Guillermo. "Caracterización de matrices de polieletrolitos naturales con alta capacidad de adsorber proteinas y su aplicación para recuperar enzimas.". Paper presented in XVI National Congress of the Mexican Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico,, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Ana C. Silva; Pedro Rocha; Dulce Geraldo; Ana Cunha; Juan Antelo; José P. Pinheiro; Sarah Fiol; Fátima Bento. "Developing a Compost Quality Index (CQI) Based on the Electrochemical Quantification of Cd (HA) Reactivity". Molecules (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28031503.
    10.3390/molecules28031503
  2. Silva, A. Catarina; Rocha, P.; Antelo, J.; Valderrama, P.; López, R.; Geraldo, D.; Proença, M.F.; et al. Corresponding author: Bento, F.. "Comparison of a variety of physico-chemical techniques in the chronological characterization of a compost from municipal wastes". Process Safety and Environmental Protection 164 (2022): 781-793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2022.06.057.
    10.1016/j.psep.2022.06.057
  3. Silva, A. Catarina; Teixeira, Ana; Antelo, Juan; Valderrama, Patrícia; Oliveira, Rui; Cunha, Ana; Gley, Renaud; et al. Corresponding author: Bento, Fátima. "Distinctive Features of Composts of Different Origin: A Thorough Examination of the Characterization Results". Sustainability 14 12 (2022): 7449. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14127449.
    10.3390/su14127449
  4. López, R.; Antelo, J.; Silva, A. Catarina; Bento, F.; Fiol, S.. Corresponding author: López, R.. "Factors that affect physicochemical and acid-base properties of compost and vermicompost and its potential use as a soil amendment". Journal of Environmental Management 300 (2021): 113702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113702.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113702
  5. Santos Leite da Silva, Ana C; Woitovich Valetti, Nadia; Brassesco, María E; Teixeira, José A; Picó, Guillermo. "Adsorption of peroxidase from Raphanus sativus L onto alginate–guar gum matrix: Kinetic, equilibrium and thermodynamic analysis". Adsorption Science & Technology 34 6 (2016): 388-402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263617416659287.
    Published • 10.1177/0263617416659287
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Valorization of organic wastes: assessment of compost quality". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2022.
  2. "Development of methodologies for operational optimization of a production line for galactooligosaccharides (GOS) and fructooligosaccharides (FOS).". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2012.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/09 Influence of the feedstock material on the compost maturity, stability and reactivity WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, 5th International Conference
(Costa da Caparica, Portugal)
2019/06 Characterization (FTIR and TGA) of the compost and its humic substances
Centro de Valorização de Resíduos (Braga, Portugal)
2015 Recovery of molecules with high biotechnological interest from agriculture wastes using adsorption in solid bed XVI National Congress of the Mexican Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico,
(Guadalajara, Mexico)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/06 - 2024/06 Escribir de manera clara, concisa y ordenada para que el su público entienda eficazmente lo que quiera transmitir en su mensaje y analizar a su público para escribir mensajes más eficaces.
Workshop
Santander Open Academy, United States
2024 - 2024 Beat day celebrates bioeconomy in the textile sector
Conference
 Beat day celebrates bioeconomy in the textile sector
Centro Tecnológico das Indústrias Têxtil e do Vestuário de Portugal, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Masterclass online “Managing Anxiety and Mental Health for Career Success”, proferida por Lisa Wittmann, especialista em gestão de stress e fundadora da plataforma Mental Break
Workshop
 Managing anxiety and mental health for career success
International Mentoring Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education , Portugal
2024 - 2024 "The Job Interview. How to nail it," presented by Lauren Celano, a Boston-based career expert, and Founder & CEO of Propeling Careers.
Workshop
 The Job Interview. How to nail it
International Mentoring Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education , Portugal
2024 - 2024 Esta sessão analisará em profundidade a extração de matérias-primas para polímeros, a síntese desses polímeros e a forma como são transformados em fibras, filamentos e fios. Concentrar-nos-emos nas tecnologias de wet-spinning e electrospinning, com uma breve análise da extrusão e de melt-spinning.
Workshop
 Circularidade: Uma nova geração de materiais fibrosos a partir de resíduos naturais e industriais
Universidade do Minho Associação Fibrenamics, Portugal
2024 - 2024 European Researchers Night 2024
Meeting
 European Researchers Night 2024 activity organization and exhibition: A celebration of science for global challenges
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/06/01 - 2020/06/05 Curso de escrita científica. O objetivo deste curso é ensinar cientistas a preparar um artigo científico desde a escolha da revista científica até ao momento em que o artigo científico é enviado para os autores para revisão de modo a ser publicado.
Workshop
 "Princípios Gerais para Obter uma Publicação Científica"
2019/12/12 - 2019/12/17 Este workshop teve como objetivo caracterizar a heterogeneidade química na complexação de metais usando as técnicas eletroanalíticas AGNES e SSCP.
Workshop
 Técnicas Eletroanalíticas Avançadas de Especiação de Metais: Estudos de Heterogeneidade Química
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Participação no Workshop intitulado "Compostaje: Valorización de resíduos de distintos orígenes en un entorno de economía circular"
Workshop
 Compostaje: Valorización de resíduos de distintos orígenes en un entorno de economía circular
2019 - 2019 Participação no workshop sobre Curso Avançado sobre Técnicas Eletroquímicas para a avaliação de constantes de estabilidade de complexos pelo método SSCP
Workshop
 Curso Avançado sobre Técnicas Eletroquímicas para a avaliação de constantes de estabilidade de complexos pelo método SSCP
2018 - 2018 Participação no workshop sobre Técnicas eletroanalíticas avançadas de especiação de metais
Workshop
 Técnicas eletroanalíticas avançadas de especiação de metais
2018 - 2018 Participação no workshop sobre Especiação termodinâmica de metais no meio ambiente (utilização do visual MINTEQ)
Workshop
 Especiação termodinâmica de metais no meio ambiente