Cidália Botelho
Cidália Botelho graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) in 1987 and joined the Department of Chemical Engineering of FEUP as Teaching Assistant in 1988. In 1992 she obtained her Master degree, in the area of Chemical Engineering - Applied Chemistry, from IST-Lisboa. In 1991 she developed part of her master dissertation at EAWAG-ETH in Switzerland. She obtained her Ph.D degree in the area of Speciation of Metals in Surface Waters from FEUP in 1998. From 1998 she pursues her teaching and research career at FEUP and LSRE-LCM.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Water Chemistry for Quality
Biosorption using low cost materials for water treatment
High value products from vegetal residues
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Carneiro M.A., Pintor A.M.A., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S.. Arsenic and antimony desorption in water treatment processes: Scaling up challenges with emerging adsorbents. Science of the Total Environment, 929, 172602, 2024
Tomasi I.T., Santos S.C.R., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S.. Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Polyphenols from Eucalyptus Bark—A First Step for a Green Production of Tannin-Based Coagulants. Water (Switzerland), 15, 317, 2023
Tomasi I.T., Santos S.C.R., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S.. Optimization of microwave-assisted extraction of phenolic compounds from chestnut processing waste using response surface methodology. Journal of Cleaner Production, 395, 136452, 2023
Pintor A.M.A., Tomasi I.T., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S.. Establishing the state-of-the-art on the adsorption of coexisting pnictogens in water: A literature review. Chemosphere, 286, 131947, 2022
Bacelo H., Santos S.C.R., Ribeiro A., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S.. Antimony removal from water by pine bark tannin resin: Batch and fixed-bed adsorption. Journal of Environmental Management, 302, 114100, 2022
Tomasi I.T., Machado C.A., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S., Santos S.C.R.. Tannin-based coagulants: Current development and prospects on synthesis and uses. Science of the Total Environment, 822, 153454, 2022
Carneiro M.A., Pintor A.M.A., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S.. Efficient removal of arsenic from aqueous solution by continuous adsorption onto iron-coated cork granulates. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 432, 128657, 2022
Carneiro M.A., Coelho J.F.R., Pintor A.M.A., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S.. Multi-cycle regeneration of arsenic-loaded iron-coated cork granulates for water treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 50, 103291, 2022
C. Filote, S.C.R. Santos, V.I. Popa, C.M.S. Botelho, I. Volf. Biorefinery of marine macroalgae into high-tech bioproducts: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 19, 969-1000, 2021
SELECTED PROJECTS
GIATEX - Intelligent Water Management in the Textile and Clothing Industry.
Reference: GIATEX PRR - C644943052-00000050. Funded by: Secretaria-Geral do Ambiente,
PRR - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência - Bioeconomia. Starting Date: 2022/09/01. Duration: 36 months.
AdvancedLFT - Technology for the Treatment of Leachates from Landfill Leachates through Integration of Biological Oxidation and Photo-Chemical Oxidation Processes, combining Natural and Artificial Radiation.
Reference: SI IDT - 33960/2012 F2. Funded by: ANI – Agência Nacional de Investigação,
Projectos de I&DT em Co-Promoção. Starting Date: 2013/06/30. Duration: 24 months. Role: Researcher
ValorPeixe - Valorization of byproducts and wastewaters from fish canning industry.
Reference: SI IDT - 13634/2010. Funded by: Agência de Inovação, S.A.,
SI IDT - Sistema de Incentivos de I&DT - Projectos de I&DT em Co-Promoção. Starting Date: 2011/01/01. Duration: 30 months. Role: Researcher
HIDROCORK - Use of Cork Wastes and By-Products for the Elimination of Oils and Fats from Waters.
Reference: SI IDT - 13493/2010. Funded by: Agência de Inovação, S.A.,
SI IDT - Sistema de Incentivos de I&DT - Projectos de I&DT em Co-Promoção. Starting Date: 2010/09/01. Duration: 27 months. Role: Researcher
IBEROMARE - Centro Multipolar de Valorização de Recursos e Resíduos Mar.
Reference: 0330_ IBEROMARE_1_P. Funded by: Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional de Cooperação Transfronteiriça Espanha-Portugal,
Programa Operacional de Cooperação Transfronteiriça Espanha-. Starting Date: 2009/04/01. Duration: 42 months. Role: Researcher
NATURA MIÑO-MINHO - Valorization of the Natural Resources of the Minho/Miño Drainage Basin.
Reference: 0234_NATURA_MIÑO_MINHO_1_E. Funded by: Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional de Cooperação Transfronteiriça Espanha-Portugal Starting Date: 2009/01/01. Duration: 30 months. Role: Coordinator
Recycling of metal contaminated waters by biosorption on to marine algal biomass and industrial algal wastes.
Reference: POCI/AMB/57616/2004. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia,
I&DT - Projectos de I&DT em Todos os Domínios Científicos. Starting Date: 2005/01/01. Duration: 36 months. Role: Researcher
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