Inês Mota

Inês Mota graduated in Biological Engineering at the University of Minho, in Braga, Portugal, in 2005. After a 5 year period working in food safety consulting and quality management, in 2010 she started working in a Biorefinery research project related with the extraction of bioactive polyphenolic compounds from E. globolus bark and its fractionation and purification by membrane and adsorption processes at Associate laboratory LSRE-LCM. She obtained the integrated master degree in Chemical Engineering in 2011 at FEUP and in 2017 concluded her Ph.D. degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering at FEUP. Her doctoral research was focused on fractionation and purification of oxidized lignin solution by chromatographic and membrane separation processes in order to obtain purified fractions of vanillin and syringaldehyde. Currently, she is continuing her Ph.D. research at the associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM.

Supervisors: Alírio Rodrigues

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Chromatographic separation processes
Membrane separation processes
Biorefinery
Polyphenolic compounds

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

P.R. Pinto, I.F. Mota, C.M. Pereira, A.M. Ribeiro, J.M. Loureiro, A.E. Rodrigues. Separation and recovery of polyphenols and carbohydrates from Eucalyptus bark extract by ultrafiltration/diafiltration and adsorption processes. Separation and Purification Technology, 183, 96-105, 2017 M.I.F. Mota, P.C.R. Pinto, J.M. Loureiro, A.E. Rodrigues. Successful recovery and concentration of vanillin and syringaldehyde onto a polymeric adsorbent with ethanol/water solution. Chemical Engineering Journal, 294, 73-82, 2016 M.I.F. Mota, P.C.R. Pinto, J.M. Loureiro, A.E. Rodrigues. Recovery of Vanillin and Syringaldehyde from Lignin Oxidation: A Review of Separation and Purification Processes. Separation and Purification Reviews, 45, 227-259, 2016 M.I.F. Mota, P.C.R. Pinto, J.M. Loureiro, A.E. Rodrigues. Adsorption of vanillin and syringaldehyde onto a macroporous polymeric resin. Chemical Engineering Journal, 288, 869-879, 2016 E.A. Baptista, P.C.R. Pinto, I.F. Mota, J.M. Loureiro, A.E. Rodrigues. Ultrafiltration of ethanol/water extract of Eucalyptus globulus bark: Resistance and cake build up analysis. Separation and Purification Technology, 144, 256-266, 2015 P.C.R. Pinto, I.F. Mota, J.M. Loureiro, A.E. Rodrigues. Membrane performance and application of ultrafiltration and nanofiltration to ethanol/water extract of Eucalyptus bark. Separation and Purification Technology, 132, 234-243, 2014 I. Mota, P.C. Rodrigues Pinto, C. Novo, G. Sousa, O. Guerreiro, A.R. Guerra, M.F. Duarte, A.E. Rodrigues. Extraction of Polyphenolic Compounds from Eucalyptus globulus Bark: Process Optimization and Screening for Biological Activity. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 51, 6991-7000, 2012

SELECTED PROJECTS

BIOBLOCKS - Concepção de produtos de base biológica como percursores para a bioindústria de síntese química e de biomateriais a partir de fontes lenhocelulósicas. Reference: SI IDT - 33969/2012 F2. Funded by: QREN/AdI, QREN Project. Starting Date: 2013/07/01. Duration: 24 months. BIIPP - Integrated Biorefinery in Pulp and Paper Industry. Reference: SI IDT - 11551/2010. Funded by: QREN/AdI, QREN Project. Starting Date: 2010/05/31. Duration: 36 months.
Inês Mota
Postdoctoral Researcher
inesmota@fe.up.pt
ORCID
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U. Porto

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