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My name is Valentina Guimarães da Silva and I am Chemistry PhD student at University of Aveiro since 2022/10. I completed my MSc in Biochemistry in 2021/12/03 at the University of Aveiro and BSc in Biochemistry in 2019/07/15 at the University of Aveiro. Currently, I have 2 paper published in peer-reviewed jornal which I am author and 3 papers which I am co-author. I have participated in 19 events, which include 4 oral presentations and 3 panel presentations, all certificates can be found in the link presented in the category Feed. I also participated as a Research Grant Holder in 1 research project. I am dynamic, proactive and dedicated to the work type of person.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Valentina Guimarães da Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Valentina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9B11-10D9-9576
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8539-4787

Email addresses

  • valentinagsilva@ua.pt (Professional)

Websites

Education
Degree Classification
2022/09 - 2026/12
Ongoing
 Química (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/07 - 2021/12/03
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Major in Biomolecular Methods
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Solar driven photocatalysis as a way to eliminate antibiotics from aquaculture effluents" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2016/09/15 - 2019/07/15
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/07/01 - 2021/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10/01 - 2026/09/30 PhD student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/10/01 - 2026/09/30 Solar-driven photocatalytic removal of antibiotics from wastewater using carbonaceous magnetic nanocomposites
2022.10472.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Ongoing
2020/07/01 - 2021/12/31 Estudo de tratamentos alternativos para a eliminação de fármacos de águas residuais
BI/UI88/9196/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Silva, Valentina; Joana Fernandes; Tomás, Maria Clara; Carla Patrícia Silva; Calisto, Vânia; Marta cabero Otero; Diana L. D. Lima. Corresponding author: Silva, Valentina. "TiO2/Carbon dots nanocomposites: Solar driven photocatalysts for the removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents". Paper presented in 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RISK ASSESSMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT, Barcelona, 2023.
    Published
  2. Silva, Valentina; Louros, Vitória L.; Carla Patrícia Silva; Tacão, Marta; Marta cabero Otero; Calisto, Vânia; Diana L. D. Lima. Corresponding author: Silva, Valentina. "Sustainable solar-driven photo-reactor for the removal of antibiotics from effluents using TiO2/carbon quantum dots". Paper presented in XXVIII Encontro Nacional da SPQ, Aveiro, 2023.
    Published
  3. Silva, Valentina; Marta cabero Otero; Calisto, Vânia; Diana L. D. Lima. "Solar-driven photocatalytic removal of antibiotics from wastewater using carbonaceous magnetic nanocomposites". Paper presented in Research Summit 2023, Aveiro, 2023.
    Published
  4. Silva, Valentina; Carla Patrícia Silva; Marta cabero Otero; Valdemar I. Esteves; Diana L. D. Lima. Corresponding author: Silva, Valentina. "TiO2/carbon quantum dots composites: a tool for the removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents through photodegradation". Paper presented in XI National Meeting on Catalysis and Porous Materials & II Meeting of the Carbon Group, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published
  5. Carla Patrícia Silva; Louros, Vitória L.; Silva, Valentina; Diogo Pereira; Calisto, Vânia; Manuel A Martins; Marta cabero Otero; Valdemar I. Esteves; Diana L. D. Lima. Corresponding author: Carla Patrícia Silva. "Sulfadiazine photodegradation using a novel magnetic carbon-based photocatalyst: kinetics, mineralization and reusability". Paper presented in XI National Meeting on Catalysis and Porous Materials & II Meeting of the Carbon Group, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published
  6. Silva, Valentina; Carla Patrícia Silva; Marta cabero Otero; Diana L. D. Lima. Corresponding author: Silva, Valentina. "TiO2/Carbon Dots nanocomposites: Photocatalysts for the solar driven removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents". Paper presented in Iberian Symposium of Young Photochemists, 2021.
  7. Silva, Valentina; Marta cabero Otero; Diana L. D. Lima. Corresponding author: Silva, Valentina. "Solar driven photocatalysis as a way to eliminate antibiotics from aquaculture effluents". Paper presented in PIIC@UA ¿ Scientific Research Incentive Program, at the Research Summit 2021, 2021.
  8. Silva, Valentina; Carla Patrícia Silva; Marta cabero Otero; Diana L. D. Lima. Corresponding author: Silva, Valentina. "Solar driven photocatalysts: as a possible solution for the removal of antibiotics from aquaculture water". Paper presented in 4th Doctoral congress in Engineering, Porto, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Silva, Valentina; Marta cabero Otero; Calisto, Vânia; Diana L. D. Lima. Corresponding author: Silva, Valentina. "PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY OF NOVEL MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES, CARBON QUANTUM DOTS AND TIO2 COMPOSITES FOR THE REMOVAL OF ANTIBIOTICS FROM WATER". Paper presented in 11th Meeting of the Analytical Chemistry Division, 2024.
  2. Silva, Valentina; Beatriz Valadares; Baptista, Rosa; Bernardo Almeida; Calisto, Vânia; Pereira, Maria Goreti. Corresponding author: Silva, Valentina. "ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBER DOPPED WITH TIO2 AND CARBON QUANTUM DOTS FOR THE PHOTODEGRADATION OF AMOXICILLIN". Paper presented in 11th Meeting of the Analytical Chemistry Division, 2024.
  3. Rocha, H.F.M.; Silva, Valentina; Calisto, V.; Lima, D.L.D.. "Photodegradation of the antibiotic amoxicillin in environmental aqueous matrices". Paper presented in XXVIII Encontro Nacional da SPQ, 2023.
  4. Silva, Valentina; Louros, Vitória L.; Carla Patrícia Silva; Tacão, Marta; Marta cabero Otero; Calisto, Vânia; Diana L. D. Lima. "AQUACULTURE EFFLUENTS TREATMENT: A CONTINUOUS FLOW MODE SOLAR PHOTO-REACTOR FOR ANTIBIOTIC REMOVAL USING TiO2/CARBON DOTS". Paper presented in Ciência 2023 Encontro com a ciência e tecnologia em Portugal, 2023.
  5. Silva, Valentina; Carla Patrícia Silva; Marta cabero Otero; Diana L. D. Lima. Corresponding author: Silva, Valentina. "TiO2/Carbon Quantum Dots nanocomposites: New solar driven photocatalysts to efficiently remove antibiotics from aquaculture effluents". Paper presented in 7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, 2021.
  6. Silva, Valentina; Carla Patrícia Silva; Marta cabero Otero; Diana L. D. Lima. Corresponding author: Silva, Valentina. "Sustainable treatment for antibiotics removal from aquaculture effluents using solar driven photocatalysis". Paper presented in XII Biochemistry Day- University of Aveiro, 2021.
  7. Silva, Valentina; Salimian M.; Paula P. A. A. Marques; Santos, Maria Eduarda B. H.. "TiO2-rGO nanocomposites immobilized in P(VDF-TrFE): a sunlight active and reusable photocatalyst for the elimination of metoprolol in water". Paper presented in 2nd Internicional Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Silva, Valentina; Louros, Vitória L.; Silva, Carla Patrícia; Tacão, Marta; Otero, Marta; Calisto, Vânia; Lima, Diana L.D.. "A solar flow photo-reactor for antibiotic removal from aquaculture effluents using TiO2/carbon quantum dots". Chemosphere 348 (2024): 140723. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140723.
    Published • 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140723
  2. Silva, Valentina; Fernandes, Joana F.A.; Tomás, Maria Clara; Silva, Carla Patrícia; Calisto, Vânia; Otero, Marta; Lima, Diana L.D.. "Enhanced solar driven photocatalytic removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents by TiO2/carbon quantum dot composites". Catalysis Today (2023): 114150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2023.114150.
    10.1016/j.cattod.2023.114150
  3. Silva, Valentina; Invêncio, Inês; Silva, Carla Patrícia; Otero, Marta; Lima, Diana Luísa Duarte. Corresponding author: Lima, Diana Luísa Duarte. "Photodegradation of oxolinic acid in aquaculture effluents under solar irradiation: is it possible to enhance efficiency by the use of TiO2/carbon quantum dots composites?". Chemosphere 308 (2022): 136522-136522. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136522.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136522
  4. Louros, Vitória L.; Silva, Valentina; Silva, Carla Patrícia; Calisto, Vânia; Marta cabero Otero; Valdemar I. Esteves; Freitas, Rosa; Lima, Diana L.D.. Corresponding author: Lima, Diana L.D.. "Sulfadiazine's photodegradation using a novel magnetic and reusable carbon based photocatalyst: Photocatalytic efficiency and toxic impacts to marine bivalves". Journal of Environmental Management 313 (2022): 115030-115030. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115030.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115030
  5. Vitória L. Louros; Liliana M. Ferreira; Valentina G. Silva; Carla Patrícia Silva; Manuel A. Martins; Marta Otero; Valdemar I. Esteves; Diana L. D. Lima. "Photodegradation of Aquaculture Antibiotics Using Carbon Dots-TiO2 Nanocomposites". Toxics (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9120330.
    10.3390/toxics9120330
  6. Carla Patrícia Silva; Vitória Louros; Valentina Silva; Marta Otero; Diana L. D. Lima. "Antibiotics in Aquaculture Wastewater: Is It Feasible to Use a Photodegradation-Based Treatment for Their Removal?". Toxics (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9080194.
    10.3390/toxics9080194
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, Valentina. "Solar driven photocatalysis as a way to eliminate antibiotics from aquaculture effluents". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, 2021. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/32842.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10/09 TiO2/Carbon dots nanocomposites: Solar driven photocatalysts for the removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RISK ASSESSMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
(barcelona, Spain)
2023/07/24 Sustainable solar-driven photo-reactor for the removal of antibiotics from effluents using TiO2/carbon quantum dots XXVIII Encontro Nacional da SPQ
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/07/13 Solar-driven photocatalytic removal of antibiotics from wastewater using carbonaceous magnetic nanocomposites Research Summit 2023
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/12/09 TiO2/carbon quantum dots composites: a tool for the removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents through photodegradation XI National Meeting on Catalysis and Porous Materials & II Meeting of the Carbon Group
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/10/19 TiO2/Carbon Dots nanocomposites: Photocatalysts for the solar driven removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents Iberian Symposium of Young Photochemists
Royal Spanish Chemical Society (Spain)
2021/07/09 Solar driven photocatalysis as a way to eliminate antibiotics from aquaculture effluents PIIC@UA ¿ Scientific Research Incentive Program, at the Research Summit 2021
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/06/29 Solar driven photocatalysts: as a possible solution for the removal of antibiotics from aquaculture water 4th Doctoral congress in Engineering
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/12/05 - 2022/12/05 Whorshop in Multidimensional chromatography and mass spectrometry: tools for future challenges
Workshop
 12th Encontro Nacional de Cromatografia
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/05/15 - 2019/05/15 Attendance at the lectures presented at the "XI Biochemistry Day - The challenges and oportunities of Biochemistry" organize by the Núcleo de Estudantes de Química from University of Aveiro in University of Aveiro.
Meeting
 XI Biochemistry Day
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/04/12 - 2019/04/15 Attendance at the lectures presented in the XII ENEBIOQ - Bioquímica à Beira Ria.
Meeting
 XII ENEBIOQ
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/04/12 - 2019/04/15 Workshop attendance "Empreendedorismo e Start-UP" given by Dra. Eva Andrade in XII ENEBIOQ.
Workshop
 XII ENEBIOQ
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/04/12 - 2019/04/15 Workshop attendance "Extralão com Co2 super-crítico " by Dr. Marcelo Melo in XII ENEBIOQ
Workshop
 XII ENEBIOQ
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/03/19 - 2019/03/19 Workshop attendance "Pósteres Científicos" .
Workshop
 Workshop de Pósteres Científicos (Scientific Posters)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/05/01 - 2018/05/12 Volunteer in the organization of the "Olimpíadas de Química+", supervising and helping the competitors in the performance of the tests in the laboratories of the Chemistry Department.
Other
 Olimpíadas de Química+
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
2018/04/18 - 2018/04/18 Attendance at the lectures presented in the "X Biochemistry Day - Biochemistry around the world" organize by the Núcleo de Estudantes de Química from University of Aveiro in University of Aveiro.
Meeting
 X Biochemistry Day
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/03/23 - 2018/03/26 Attendance at the lectures presented in the "XI Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Bioquímica (ENEBIOQ) in University of Porto
Meeting
 XI ENEBIOQ
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/03 Workshop attendance "Análise de padrões de Manchas de Sangue-Bloodstrain Pattern Analysis" by Tânia Marisa Braz Nogueira in XI ENEBIOQ.
Workshop
 XI ENEBIOQ
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/03 Workshop attendance "Reciclagem de bioativos de agro-resíduos para aplicação na indústria cosmética e Farmacêutica" by Iva Fernandes in XI ENEBIOQ.
Workshop
 XI ENEBIOQ
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/05/08 - 2017/05/10 Volunteering in the organisation of the National Science Competitions, organised by PmatE.
Other
 PmatE
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/04/26 - 2017/04/26 Attendance at the lectures presented in the IX Biochemistry Day organize by Núcleo de Estudantes de Química from University of Aveiro in University of Aveiro.
Meeting
 IX Biochemistry Day
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/03/19 - 2017/03/19 Attendance at the lectures presented in the Jornadas of the Chemistry Department.
Symposium
 Jornadas do Departamento de Química
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
2017/03/03 - 2017/03/05 Workshop attendance "Comunicação em Ciência" in III ENEBT (Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biotecnologia).
Workshop
 III ENEBT
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/03/03 - 2017/03/05 Workshop attendance "Resistência a antibióticos e transferência horizontal de genes" in III ENEBT (Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biotecnologia).
Workshop
 III ENEBT
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018/11 - 2019/07 Biochemistry Claúdia Oliveira e Bruna Vasques
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best Finalist of the 2nd Study Cycle
2016 Academic Merit Scholarship
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal