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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina Santos Fernandes

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9912-513C-D374
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7763-4122

Email addresses

  • csfernandes@uc.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Polymer Science
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioproducts Biomaterials
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bio-derived Novel Materials
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/10/01 - 2025
Ongoing
 Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Valorization of Lignocellulose Biomass: Development of Sustainable Lignin-based Derivatives for Hair Care Applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2023/11/25
Concluded
 Excel/VBA for Creative Problem Solving (Outros)
Coursera, United States
2021/05/26
Concluded
 Python Basics (Outros)
Coursera, United States
2021
Concluded
 Excel skills for data analytics and visualization (Outros)
Coursera, United States
2018/09 - 2020/12
Concluded
 Advanced and Industrial Chemistry (Mestrado)
Major in Development and Strategy
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 18
2020/04 - 2020/05
Concluded
 How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper (Project-Centered Course) (Outros)
Coursera, United States
2014/09 - 2017/07
Concluded
 Chemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/10/01 - Current PhD Fellow: "Valorization of lignocellulose biomass: Development of sustainable ligin-based derivatives for hair care applications" Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/07/05 - 2021/09/30 Research fellow: Project "Biopaint" (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-072629) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/12 Thesis: Following green chemistry principles for the valorization of lignocellulose waste: On the extraction and characterization of lignin from maritime pine sawdust with novel deep eutectic solvents Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/07 Academic project: Preparation and characterization of thermoplasticized chitosan for the production of fiber-reinforced biocomposites Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/02 - 2017/07 Academic project: Determination of sugar content in natural fruit juices by refractometry Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/10/01 - Current Valorization of lignocellulose biomass: Development of sustainable lignin-based derivatives for hair care applications
2021.05991.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Engenharia dos Processos Químicos e dos Produtos da Floresta, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2021/07/05 - 2021/09/30 Biopaint - Tinta de base natural, energeticamente eficiente e com propriedades funcionais distintivas direcionada ao setor automóvel
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-072629
Research Fellow
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/03/01 - 2024/09/30 Lignin for Hair: Adding value to lignin from biomass for hair care applications
2022.06810.PTDC
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Cabaça, Daniela; Fernandes, Catarina; Medronho, Bruno; Alves, Luís; Rasteiro, Maria da Graça; Varela, Carla. "Natural hair cosmetics: development of hair conditioner formulations using lignin from acacia wood". Paper presented in BIOPOL 2024: 9th International Conference on Bio-based and Biodegradable Polymers, 2024.
  2. Fernandes, Catarina; Cabaça, Daniela; Medronho, Bruno; Alves, Luís; Rasteiro, Maria da Graça; Varela, Carla. "Lignin valorization for hair cosmetics: From green extraction processes to chemical modification". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2024, 2024.
  3. Fernandes, Catarina; Medronho, Bruno; Alves, Luís; Rasteiro, Maria da Graça; Varela, Carla. "Valorization of agroforest residues: Lignin extraction and modification to produce natural hair conditioners". Paper presented in VIII PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, 2023.
  4. Fernandes, Catarina; Bruno Medronho; Luís Alves; Graça Rasteiro; Carla Varela. "Acacia wood fractionation: tailoring ternary deep eutectic solvents to improve lignin extraction". Paper presented in 3rd International Workshop On Biorefinery Of Lignocellulosic Materials, 2023.
  5. Fernandes, Catarina; Bruno Medronho; Luís Alves; Graça Rasteiro; Carla Varela. Corresponding author: Fernandes, Catarina. "Optimizing lignin extraction for the development of natural hair conditioners". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2023, 2023.
  6. Fernandes, Catarina; María José Aliaño-Gonzalez; Marco Reis; Bruno Medronho; Luís Alves; Graça Rasteiro. Corresponding author: Fernandes, Catarina. "Ternary deep eutectic solvents for the extraction of highly pure lignin from Acacia wood". Paper presented in 11th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 2023.
  7. Fernandes, Catarina; M.J. Aliaño-González; Reis, Marco S.; Medronho, Bruno; Alves, Luis; Rasteiro, Maria da Graça. "Ternary deep euthectic solvents for the extraction of highly pure lignin from Acacia wood". Paper presented in WCCE11, 2023.
  8. Fernandes, Catarina; María José Aliaño-Gonzalez; Marco Reis; Bruno Medronho; Luís Alves; Graça Rasteiro. Corresponding author: Fernandes, Catarina. "Using natural ternary deep eutectic solvents to improve lignin extraction from Acacia wood". Paper presented in 15º Encontro Nacional de Química Física, 2023.
  9. Fernandes, Catarina. "New deep eutectic solvent assisted extraction of highly pure lignin from maritime pine sawdust (Pinus pinaster Ait.)". Paper presented in 14º Encontro de Química Física, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Solange Magalhães; María José Aliaño-González; Mariana Rodrigues; Catarina Fernandes; Cátia V. T. Mendes; Maria Graça V. S. Carvalho; Luís Alves; Bruno Medronho; Maria da Graça Rasteiro. "Enhancing Cellulose and Lignin Fractionation from Acacia Wood: Optimized Parameters Using a Deep Eutectic Solvent System and Solvent Recovery". Molecules (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29153495.
    10.3390/molecules29153495
  2. Solange Magalhães; Catarina Fernandes; Jorge F. S. Pedrosa; Luís Alves; Bruno Medronho; Paulo J. T. Ferreira; Maria da Graça Rasteiro. "Eco-Friendly Methods for Extraction and Modification of Cellulose: An Overview". Polymers (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15143138.
    10.3390/polym15143138
  3. Catarina Fernandes; Medronho, B.; Luis Alves; M G Rasteiro. "On Hair Care Physicochemistry: From Structure and Degradation to Novel Biobased Conditioning Agents". Polymers (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/3/608.
    10.3390/polym15030608
  4. Catarina Fernandes; Elodie Melro; Solange Magalhães; Luís Alves; Rita Craveiro; Alexandra Filipe; Artur J.M. Valente; et al. "New deep eutectic solvent assisted extraction of highly pure lignin from maritime pine sawdust (Pinus pinaster Ait.)". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 177 (2021): 294-305. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ijbiomac.2021.02.088.
    10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.02.088
  5. Solange Magalhães; Alexandra Filipe; Elodie Melro; Catarina Fernandes; Carla Vitorino; Luís Alves; Anabela Romano; Maria G. Rasteiro; Bruno Medronho. "Lignin Extraction from Waste Pine Sawdust Using a Biomass Derived Binary Solvent System". Polymers 13 7 (2021): 1090-1090. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fpolym13071090.
    10.3390/polym13071090
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Fernandes, Catarina. "Following green chemistry principles for the valorization of lignocellulose waste: On the extraction and characterization of lignin from maritime pine sawdust with novel deep eutectic solvents". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Química, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/93889.

Other

Other output
  1. Lignin Extraction from Waste Pine Sawdust Using a Biomass Derived Binary Solvent System. 2021. Solange Magalhães; Alexandra Filipe; Elodie Melro; Catarina Fernandes; Carla Vitorino; Luís Alves; Anabela Romano; Maria Graça Rasteiro; Bruno Medronho. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0568.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202102.0568.v1
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07/22 Synthesis of ecofriendly cationic lignin derivatives for hair cosmetics BIOPOL 2024: 9th International Conference on Bio-based and Biodegradable Polymers
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/06/04 Lignin for Hair: Adding value to lignin from biomass for hair care applications
Escola Secundária Camilo Castelo Branco (Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal)
2024/05/20 Optimizing lignin cationization to produce natural hair conditioning agents CERES Talks: Students Edition
CERES, Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/04/20 Cationic lignin derivatives as natural ingredients for hair conditioners Natural Science Baltic Conference
2023/09/13 Synthesis of cationic lignin for hair care applications 3rd International Workshop On Biorefinery Of Lignocellulosic Materials
(Córdoba, Spain)
2023/07/03 Valorization of biomass: Lignin as a sustainable alternative for hair conditioning Encontro MED 2023
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2022/12/12 Lignin extraction from agroforest residues using natural deep eutectic solvents VII Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura
(Évora, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/02/01 - Current Desenvolvimento de formulações capilares naturais à base de lignina: performance e avaliação sensorial
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/07/01 - 2024/09/15 Desenvolvimento de formulações de condicionadores de cabelo à base de compostos naturais
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Engenharia Química
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/04 - Current Semifinal das Olimpíadas de Química Júnior 2017 (2017/04/22)
Other
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/03 - Current FCUP Open Days 2017 (2017/03/02 - 2017/03/03)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/04/20 - 2017/04/23 Representation of the Faculty of Sciences of the U. Porto at the University of Porto Fair 2017 (2017/04 - 2017/04/23)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Organizing committee of "IV Jornadas da Química" (2017/05/04 - 2017/05/05) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/09/29 - Current Participation in European Researchers’ Night 2023 - Project "Lignin for Hair"
Exhibition
 European Researchers’ Night 2023
2023/04/27 - 2023/04/29 Project exhibition: "Lignin for Hair: Adding value to lignin from biomass for hair care applications"
Exhibition
 Semana Aberta da Universidade de Coimbra 2023
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/12/09 - 2021/12/10 Poster presentation at VI PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture
Meeting
 VI Encontro de Estudantes de Doutoramento em Ambiente e Agricultura (EEDAA)
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2021/03/29 - 2021/03/31 Poster presentation at 14º National Physical Chemistry Meeting
Congress
 14º Encontro de Química Física
2020/11/19 - 2020/11/20 Jornadas CICECO 2020 "The Future of Science and CICECO - what have we learned from the pandemic?"
Congress
 Jornadas CICECO 2020
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2017/04/07 - 2017/04/10 V National Chemistry Students Meeting, 2017, Coimbra
Meeting
 V Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/10/19 - 2016/10/19 Curso de Formação Profissional de Excel Avançado
Workshop
 Curso de Formação Profissional em Excel Avançado
KEY School, Portugal
2016/04/05 - 2016/04/28 Curso de Ciências Forenses
Other
 Curso de Ciências Forenses
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015/03/27 - 2015/03/29 III Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química, 2017, Aveiro
Meeting
 III Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Química
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2014/04/04 - 2014/04/05 International Masterclasses hands on particle physics
Seminar
 International Masterclasses Hands on Particle Physics
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016 - 2017 NEQUP - Núcleo de Química do Porto Secretária da direção

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - 2024/07/31 Coordinator of the activity "Tudo isto é DEQ": Dissemination activities in the filed of chemistry and chemical engineering for primary and secondary school students
Coordinator
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/07/31 Organizing committee of the activity "Tudo isto é Química": Dissemination activities in the filed of chemistry and chemical engineering for primary and secondary school students
Member
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Best oral presentation - Natural Science Baltic conference
Uniwersytet Gdanski, Poland