Maria da Conceição Fernandes, PhD in Environment at the University of Seville. Completed doctoral course in Environment and Production Technology at the Universidad de Sevilla having obtained the DEA in Media Environment and Production Technology. Obtained Master's Degree in Analytical Chemistry - Applications to Biochemical Processes in 1998/06/16 from the University of Évora and graduated in Applied Chemistry - Biotechnology Branch in 1991 from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculty of Sciences. At the present she coordinate investigation of Process Engineering Group and is member of the Transfer Technology at the Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo (CEBAL). Is Researcher at the Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Institute - University of Évora (MED) . Has published 20 articles in specialized magazines. It has 1 chapter (s) of books. Received 6 prize (s) and / or honors. Participated as a Researcher in several projects and 1 as Responsible Researcher. Operates in the area (s) of Engineering Sciences and Technologies with an emphasis on Environmental Biotechnology. In her professional activities she interacted with 47 collaborator (s) in co-authoring scientific works. The areas of action are: Study of the conversion of biomass into bioproducts through the biochemical platform of the Biorefinery. Studies of the effect of hydrothermal pre-treatments (autohydrolysis and dilute acid), studies of enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation. Production of value-added bioplastic precursors (lactic acid) from lignocellulosic biomass. Production of 2nd generation bioethanol. Studies of resistance mechanisms to inhibitors generated during biomass pretreatment in Escherichia coli. Bio-detoxification of hydrolysates with Geobacter sulfurreducens, producing electric current from the hydrolysates. Biohydrogen production studies from wastewater. Process engineering, wastewater, membrane technology, agro-industrial by-products. She supervised several students, including 4 doctoral Thesis, 3 Postdoc and 4 master's theses.
