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Sérgio Vilas Boas graduated in Chemical Engineering at Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil. Concluded his Master's degree in Chemical Engineering in 2017 at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), Portugal. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal, and the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. Sérgio has published 13 scientific articles in specialized journals with an h-index of 6. He has received a Master's Degree Merit Award from the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sérgio Antonio Mendes Vilas Boas

Citation names

  • Sérgio M. Vilas-Boas

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9316-DAF9-5DE1
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8179-935X
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ANfgE0oAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
AAX-3982-2020
Scopus Author Id
57201683846

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/02 - 2023
Ongoing
 Doctoral Program (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Chemical Engineering
Universidade Estadual de Campinas Faculdade de Engenharia Química, Brazil
"Novel Separation Processes for the Fractionation and Purification of Terpenes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018/10 - 2023
Ongoing
 Doctoral Program (Doutoramento)
Major in Chemical Engineering
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Novel Separation Processes for the Fractionation and Purification of Terpenes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018
Concluded
 Equivalence of a Bachelor's degree (Licenciatura)
Major in Chemical Engineering
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 valores/20 valores
2017/08
Concluded
 Master's Degree (Mestrado)
Major in Chemical Engineering
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
"Studies on the Solubility of Phenolic Compounds" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19 valores/20 valores
2017/08
Concluded
 Bachelor (Bachelor)
Major in Chemical Engineering
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 0,8849 valores/1,000 valores
2013/08 - 2014/12
Concluded
 Scientific Mobility Undergraduation Program (Bachelor)
Major in Chemical Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
 GPA = 4/4
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/10 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2018/02 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal
2017/10 - 2018/02 Visiting Researcher (Research) Vysoká ¿kola chemicko-technologická v Praze, Czech Republic
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/10 - 2023/04 Novel Separation Processes for the Fractionation and Purification of Terpenes
SFRH/BD/138149/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/04 - 2018/10 LSRE-LCM - Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials
UID/EQU/50020/2013 POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006984
Research Fellow
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2018/06 - 2022/05 AllNat - Using natural deep eutectic solvents for the extraction of bioactive compounds from plant material
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030463
Invited Scientist Fellow
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Sérgio M. Vilas-Boas; Mónia A. R. Martins; Fábio R. Tentor; Gabriel Teixeira; Juliana G. Sgorlon; João A. P. Coutinho; Olga Ferreira; Simão P. Pinho. "Imidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquid Mixtures as Separating Agents: Fuel Processing and Azeotrope Breaking". Energy & Fuels (2022): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c01724.
    10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c01724
  2. Gabriel Teixeira; Dinis O. Abranches; Liliana P. Silva; Sérgio M. Vilas-Boas; Simão P. Pinho; Ana I. M. C. L. Ferreira; Luís M. N. B. F. Santos; Olga Ferreira; João A. P. Coutinho. "Liquefying Flavonoids with Terpenoids through Deep Eutectic Solvent Formation". Molecules (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27092649.
    10.3390/molecules27092649
  3. "Octanol–Water Partition Coefficients and Aqueous Solubility Data of Monoterpenoids: Experimental, Modeling, and Environmental Distribution". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c04196.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.1c04196
  4. "Comparison of Two Computational Methods for Solvent Screening in Countercurrent and Centrifugal Partition Chromatography". Journal of Chromatography A (2022): 462859-462859. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2022.462859.
    10.1016/j.chroma.2022.462859
  5. Ana I. M. C. Lobo Ferreira; Sérgio M. Vilas-Boas; Rodrigo M. A. Silva; Mónia A. R. Martins; Dinis. O. Abranches; Paula C. R. Soares-Santos; Filipe A. Almeida Paz; et al. "Extensive characterization of choline chloride and its solid–liquid equilibrium with water". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2022): https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP00377E.
    10.1039/D2CP00377E
  6. "Infinite Dilution Activity Coefficients in the Smectic and Isotropic Phases of Tetrafluoroborate-Based Ionic Liquids". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jced.1c00182.
    10.1021/acs.jced.1c00182
  7. Vilas-Boas, Sérgio M.. "Ionic liquids as entrainers for terpenes fractionation and other relevant separation problems". Journal of Molecular Liquids (2020): 114647-114647. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114647.
    10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114647
  8. Vilas-Boas, Sérgio M.. "Solid-liquid phase equilibrium of trans-cinnamic acid, p-coumaric acid and ferulic acid in water and organic solvents: Experimental and modelling studies". Fluid Phase Equilibria (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2020.112747.
    10.1016/j.fluid.2020.112747
  9. Boas, Sérgio. "Experimental solubility and density studies on aqueous solutions of quaternary ammonium halides, and thermodynamic modelling for melting enthalpy estimations". Journal of Molecular Liquids (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2019.112281.
    10.1016/j.molliq.2019.112281
  10. Boas, Sérgio. "Solvent and temperature effects on the solubility of syringic, vanillic or veratric acids: Experimental, modeling and solid phase studies". Journal of Molecular Liquids (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111089.
    10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111089
  11. Boas, Sérgio. "Vapor pressure and thermophysical properties of eugenol and (+)-carvone". Fluid Phase Equilibria (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2019.112248.
    10.1016/j.fluid.2019.112248
  12. Vilas-Boas, S.M.; Brandão, P.; Martins, M.A.R.; Silva, L.P.; Schreiner, T.B.; Fernandes, L.; Ferreira, O.; Pinho, S.P.. "Solubility and solid phase studies of isomeric phenolic acids in pure solvents". Journal of Molecular Liquids 272 (2018): 1048-1057. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056203749&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.molliq.2018.10.108
  13. Arrad, M.; Aliyeva, M.; Vilas-Boas, S.M.; Kaddami, M.; Sippola, H.; Taskinen, P.; Pinho, S.P.. "Water Activity and Freezing Points in Aqueous Solutions of Manganese Nitrate: Experimental and Modeling". Journal of Solution Chemistry 47 4 (2018): 774-786. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045734444&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10953-018-0753-9
Distinctions

Award

2019 Master's Degree Merit Award 2016/2017
Ministério da Educação, Portugal