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Maria Olga Ferreira

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About

Career

  • Since 2010: Auxiliary Professor at Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal
  • 2005 – 2018: Member of the research staff of LSRE (lsre.fe.up.pt)
  • 2004 – 2010: Assistant Professor in Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal

Qualifications

  • 2003 – Ph.D. in the area of “Thermodynamic modelling of association effects by group-contribution: application to natural products”, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • 1998 – First degree in Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Interests

  • Thermodynamic modelling of association effects by group contribution: application to natural products
  • The study of solubility and related thermodynamic properties of amino acids and peptides
  • Application of natural deep eutectic solvents for the extraction of bioactive compounds from plant material
  • Characterization of the physical properties of nonconventional solvents
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