Group Members

   Diego Hartmann, PhD in Biology (ITQB-UNL, 2014)
   hartmann@itqb.unl.pt, ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6399-5020

   Investigation of ionic liquids' stress on fungal development

   Research Interests:
   - Fungal biology
   - Ionic liquids
   - Mechanisms of toxicity of ionic liquids


   Isabel Martins, PhD in Biochemistry (ITQB-UNL, 2013)
   imartins@itqb.unl.pt, ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0136-1671

   A green bio-tool for efficient degradation of water-insoluble polymers: proteomic analysis of ascomycete fungi biocatalysis in an ionic liquid milieu

   Research Interests:
   - Green and applied biotechnology
   - Biochemistry in mycology
   - Fungal biodegradation
   - Proteomics


  Joana Pais, PhD in Chemical Engineering (FCT-UNL, 2013)
  joana.pais@itqb.unl.pt, ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8261-2099

  Biomimetic plant biopolyesters as novel antimicrobial materials

  Research interests:
  - Biopolymers
  - Biological processes
  - Microbiology
  - Waste valorization
  - Analytical chemistry


Tiago Martins, PhD in Biomedical Sciences (IHMT, 2010)
tiagomartins@itqb.unl.pt, ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-1474-9971

  Aspergilli potential for aromatic pollutants biodegradation – a functional study for unravelling critical metabolic pathways

  Research interests:
  - Fungal metabolism of aromatic compounds
  - Bioremediation
  - Molecular genetics (e.g. transcriptomics and gene silencing)


   Vanessa Correia, PhD in Sustainable Chemistry (FCT-UNL; joint programme FCT, ITQBAX,  Univ. of Porto and  Aveiro, 2015)
   vcorreia@itqb.unl.pt, ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7357-7199

   Plant biopolyesters in the development of antimicrobial materials: physico-chemical and biologic characterization

   Research interests:
   - Biopolymers
   - Antimicrobial materials and polymers
   - Contact-active surfaces

 Paula Guedes, PhD in Enviroment (FCT-UNL, 2015)
 p.guedes@fct.unl.pt; ORDCID ID: 0000-0001-5853-0192

 

   Adélia Varela, also a Superior Technician at INRB/UARN, Oeiras
   adeliavc@itqb.unl.pt, ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0430-1292

   Pentachlorophenol as a model pollutant for analysing persistent organic pollutants dispersion and decay in the forest soil
  

   Research Interests:
   - Soil pollution
   - Soil bioremediation

  Research Interests:
  - Fungal secondary metabolism
  - Development of antifungal drugs
  - Ionic liquids

 Daryna Piontkivska, B.Sc. in Biochemistry (FCUL, 2015)
 daryna@itqb.unl.pt

 

Research interests:
- Mechanism of toxicity of ionic liquids
- Development of antifungal drugs




 Patrícia Sequeira, B.Sc. in Biochemistry (FCUL, 2015)
 psequeira@itqb.unl.pt





 Research interests:
 - Production of Secondary Metabolites
 - Biological activity of key SMs





Marta Banza, B.Sc. in Biology (FCUL, 2015)
marta.sofia.banza@gmail.com












 

Paula Cristina Alves, PhD student, 2010-2016