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Andreia Romeiro is research fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering of University of Coimbra and member of the Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes (CEMMPRE), being also member of the research group PolySyc (http://www.polysyc.pt/). She graduated in Industrial chemistry in 2007 and, in the meantime, she achieved her MSc (2009) and PhD(2019) degrees, specializing in the photochemistry area. More recently, work in the synthesis of nanostructured materials by sol-gel technology, degradation of polutants and polymers.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Andreia Isabel Costa Romeiro

Citation names

  • Romeiro, Andreia Isabel da Costa
  • Andreia Romeiro
  • Romeiro, Andreia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D319-80FE-009D
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6547-8000
Scopus Author Id
53865407100

Email addresses

  • aromeiro@ci.uc.pt (Professional)
  • uc40990@uc.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 239798700 Ext.: 708 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Departamento de Engenharia Química. Rua Silvio Lima - Polo II, 3030-790, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Electrochemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Polymer Science

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
English Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/04/18
Concluded
 PhD in Chemistry (Doutoramento)
Major in Photochemistry
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Photocatalysis with Semiconductor Metal Oxides in the Degradation of Drugs and Pesticides in Water" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with distinction and honor
2009/09/18
Concluded
 Master in Chemistry (Mestrado)
Major in Quality Control and Environment
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Photodegradation of Metomil with TiO2 Catalysts" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2007/12/13
Concluded
 Industrial chemistry Degree (Licenciatura)
Major in Chemical Synthesis and Processes
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Quality Control Applied to the Pharmaceutical Industry" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/07/14 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/06/01 - 2023/06/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/01/07 - 2021/05/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/04/01 - 2017/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal
2009/10 - 2011/10 Researcher (Research) Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2008/04 - 2008/10 Engeneer-in-Trainning Cimpor - Centro de Produção de Souselas, Portugal
2008/02 - 2008/03 Technique Bluepharma - Indústria Farmacêutica, S.A,, Portugal
2006/04 - 2006/08 Engeneer-in-Trainning Farmalabor - Industria Farmacêutica, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2012/01/01 - 2016/05/31 VISIBLE LIGHT METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR THE DEGRADATION OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND PESTICIDES IN WATER
SFRH/BD/82105/2011
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/07/14 - Current Sustainable Plastics - PPS12: BiFibRe
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Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/06/01 - 2023/06/30 Recyfilm - Recycling of multilayer films used in packaging
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047006
Post-doc
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

InventiveMatl, Lda, Portugal
Ongoing
2020 - 2022 Does the silicon conformation affect the ice sticking? Laboratory data and theoretical modelling on astrophysicalicy dust grain analogs
FCT/DAAD/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Germany
2018/01/17 - 2020/05/16 Materiais e Tecnologias Industriais Sustentáveis -MATIS
CENTRO-45-2015-01
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Centro para o Desenvolvimento Rápido e Sustentado de Produto, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Coimbra Chemistry Center
UID/QUI/00313/2019
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Center for Chemical Processes and Forest Products
UID/EQU/00102/2019
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Engenharia dos Processos Químicos e dos Produtos da Floresta, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/04/01 - 2017/12/31 DEMO@POLYFENTON-Demonstrador de sistemas catalíticos de suporte polimerico para o processo Fenton
QREN 33995-FEDER-COMPETE-IAPMEI/ADI
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal

Ventilaqua, Portugal
Concluded
2009/10 - 2011/11 Novel strategies for electrode surface modification and adsorption: nanoscale characterisation and application to sensor development and corrosion inhibition
PTDC/QUI/65732/2006
Research Fellow
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Azenha, M.E.; Romeiro, Andreia; Sarakha, M.. "Photodegradation of pesticides and photocatalysis in the treatment of water and waste". edited by Peter Douglas; Hugh D. Burrows; Rachel C. Evans, 247-266. 2014.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Marina de Francisco; Almendros M; Andreia Romeiro; Luísa Durães. "Comparación de la cinética de disolución de nanoparticulas de óxido de zinc con fuentes fertilizantes tradicionales en un suelo deficiente". Porto, 2021.
    Published
  2. Durães, Luisa; Andreia Romeiro; Andrea Romero Espinosa; Costa, B.F.O.; Gomes, J.; Martins, R.; António Portugal. "Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles and Aerogels for the Photodegradation of Pharmaceutical Mixtures". Paper presented in ANM 2019 – 14th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials, Aveiro, 2019.
  3. Durães, Luisa; Andreia Romeiro; António Portugal. "Silica-Base Composite Materials Reinforced with Natural Fibers". Paper presented in 4th International Seminar on Aerogels-2018: Properties-Manufacture-Applications, Hamburg, 2018.
Conference poster
  1. Andreia Romeiro. "INCREASING THE GAS BARRIER PROPERTIES OF RECYCLED PA/PE FILMS". Paper presented in MIPOL2023, 2023.
  2. Romeiro, Andreia. "Developments in the recycling of PE/PA multilayer films". Paper presented in APME 2023, 2023.
  3. Ferreira, T. D.; Romeiro, Andreia Isabel da Costa; Nunes, Marta; Rodrigues, António; Serra, Arménio; Simões, Pedro Nuno. "A Novel Iron Catalyst for Heterogeneous Fenton Process". Paper presented in 10th European meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA10), 2018.
  4. Romeiro, Andreia; Emilia Azenha, M; Assabbane, A; Ait-Ichou, Y; Costa Pereira, J. L. G.; Figueiredo, Margarida; Manuela Ramos, M.; Burrows, H. D.. "Characterization and photocatalytic degradation of methomyl by actiated carbon/TiO2 and carbon nanotubes/TiO2". Paper presented in PPTC' 09 Photocatalytic Products and Technologies Conference, 2009.
Journal article
  1. Marina de Francisco; Andreia Romeiro; Luisa Durães; Silvia Álvarez-Torrellas; Miguel Angel Ibañez; Patricia Almendros. "Environmental Behaviour of Synthesized and Commercial Agricultural Zinc Products: Leaching, Migration, and Availability in Soils". Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-024-01908-5.
    10.1007/s42729-024-01908-5
  2. Marina de Francisco; Pedro Fernandes-Silva; Luisa Durães; Andreia Romeiro; Silvia Álvarez-Torrellas; Patricia Almendros. "Influence of the Application of Different Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on a Lettuce Crop Grown in an Acidic Mediterranean Soil". Horticulturae (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10070681.
    10.3390/horticulturae10070681
  3. Marina de Francisco; Sara Mira; Luisa Durães; Andreia Romeiro; Silvia Álvarez-Torrellas; Patricia Almendros. "Zn Oxide Nanoparticles and Fine Particles: Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of the Toxic Effect on Germination and Vigour of Solanum licopersicum L.". Agronomy (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14050980.
    10.3390/agronomy14050980
  4. Andreia Romeiro; Cidália Teixeira; Henrique Costa; Jorge F. J. Coelho; Arménio C. Serra. "Recycling Polyethylene/Polyamide Multilayer Films with Poly(isoprene-g-Maleic Anhydride) Compatibilizer". Polymers (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16081079.
    10.3390/polym16081079
  5. Romeiro, Andreia; Azenha, M. Emília; Canle, Moisés; Rodrigues, Victor H. N.; Da Silva, José P.; Burrows, Hugh D.. "Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Photocatalysed Degradation of Ibuprofen and Naproxen in Water: Competing Hydroxyl Radical Attack and Oxidative Decarboxylation by Semiconductor Holes". ChemistrySelect 3 39 (2018): 10915-10924.
    Published • 10.1002/slct.201801953
  6. Romeiro, A.; Freitas, D.; Emília Azenha, M.; Canle, M.; Burrows, H.D.; Andreia Romeiro; Diana Freitas; et al. "Effect of the calcination temperature on the photocatalytic efficiency of acidic sol-gel synthesized TiO2 nanoparticles in the degradation of alprazolam". Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 16 6 (2017): 935-945. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021640907&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c6pp00447d
  7. Romeiro, Andreia; Gouveia-Caridade, Carla; Brett, Christopher M.A.; Brett, Christopher M. A.. "Polyphenazine films as inhibitors of copper corrosion". Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 688 1 (2013): 282-288. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/27500.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jelechem.2012.07.033
  8. Gouveia-Caridade, Carla; Romeiro, Andreia; Brett, Christopher M.A.. "Electrochemical and morphological characterisation of polyphenazine films on copper". Applied Surface Science 285 1 (2013): 380-388.
    Published • 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.08.064
  9. Romeiro, Andreia; Gouveia-Caridade, Carla; Brett, Christopher M.A.. "Evaluation of the corrosion protection behaviour of poly(neutral red) films on passivated copper". Corrosion Science 53 12 (2011): 3970-3977.
    Published • 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.07.044
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Romeiro, Andreia Isabel da Costa. "Photocatalysis with semiconductor metal oxides in the degradation of drugs and pesticides in water". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/87461.
  2. Romeiro, Andreia Isabel da Costa. "Photodegradation of Metomil with TiO2 Catalysts". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2009.
  3. Andreia Romeiro. "Quality Control Applied to Industry Pharmaceutical". Degree, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2007.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/07/18 Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles and Aerogels for the Photodegradation of Pharmaceutical mixtures ANM 2019
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2018 Silica-based composite materials reinforced with natural fibers Fourth International Seminar on AEROGELS-2018
(Hamburg, Germany)
2014/07 Uranyl Ion Photochemistry Revisited IUPAC Photochemistry Symposium
(Bordeaux, France)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/02 - 2021/11 Nanostructured Photocatalysts with Doped Titanium Dioxide: Efficiency of Drug Degradation under Sunlight
Co-supervisor of Marta Daniela Costa e Silva
 Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/06/17 - 2021/06/18 Comparación de la cinética de disoloción de nanoparticulas de óxid de zinc con fuentes fertilizantes tradicionales en un suelo deficiente - Painel Communication
Conference
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2020/02/18 - 2020/02/20 Silica aerogel reinforcement with different types of cellulose fibres waste - Painel Communication
Conference
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Facultade de Química, Spain
2018/10 - 2018/10 Silica aerogel reinforcement with different types of cellulose fibres - Painel Communication
Congress
 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (CHEMPOR 2018)
2018/07 - 2018/07 A Novel Iron Catalyst for Heterogeneous Fenton Process - Painel Communication
Conference
 SPEA10
2018/07 - 2018/07 Heterogeneous Fenton Process: New Types of Iron-Based Catalysts - Painel Communication
Congress
 PAOT-4
2014 - 2014 TiO2 Photocatalytic treatment of Ibuprofen and Naproxen - Painel Communication
Congress
 8th European meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA 8)
2014 - 2014 Effects of surfactants on the titanium dioxide catalyzed photodegradation of organic - Painel Communication
Congress
 20th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution – SIS 2014
2014 - 2014 Photodegradation of Naproxen - Painel Communication
Congress
 4th Portuguese Young Chemistry Meeting – 4 PYChem
2013 - 2013 Fotodegradation of Ibuprofen and Naproxen using different catalysts with TiO2 - Painel Communication
Congress
 3rd European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes (EAAOP3)
2013 - 2013 TiO2 nanoparticle photocatalysts for Alprazolam removal - Painel Communication
Congress
 9º Encontro Nacional de Catálise e Materiais Porosos (IX ENCMP)
2012 - 2012 Photodegradation of Naproxen using TiO2 Nanoparticles - Painel Communication
Congress
 XVIII Encontro Luso-Galego de Química
2012 - 2012 Photodegradation of Bentazon Using Nanoparticles of TiO2 - Painel Communication
Congress
 XXIV IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry
2012 - 2012 TiO2 Nanoparticles in Photodegradation of Ibuprofen - Painel Communication
Congress
 7th European meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA 7)
2011/07 - 2011/07 Films and nanoparticles of TiO2 on the photodegradation of Bentazon - Painel Communication
Congress
 Photocatalytic and Advanced Oxidation Technologies for the Treatment of Water, air, Soil and Surfaces (PAOT Conference)
2010/12 - 2010/12 Photodegradation of Acetaminophen by TiO2 / Activated Carbon Composite Catalysts - Painel Communication
Congress
 10th Nacional Meeting on Photochemistry
2010/09 - 2010/09 Characterization and corrosion protection Behaviour of Poly(neutral red) films on copper - Painel Communication
Congress
 61st Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry
2010/06 - 2010/06 Preparation and Photoactivity of AC/TiO2 Nanoparticles synthesized by Sol-Gel Method - Painel Communication
Congress
 6th European meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA6)
2009/05 - 2009/05 Characterization and Photocatalytic Degradation Of Methomyl by using Catalysts withTiO2 - Painel Communication
Congress
 Photocatalytic Products and Technology Conference (PPTC’09)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2018/09/12 Synthesis and performance of nanoestructured superparamagnetic photocatalisers with titanium oxide
(Thesis) Arguer
 Carla Filipa Araujo Pratas (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal