CV David Soldado

David Soldado   Bolseiro de investigação Científica                     Mestre em Bioquímica   FCT/UNL     This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   Tel. +351 284314399   Ext. 01023/01024

Education and Training   

Master degree in Biochemistry, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Lisbon, Portugal (2014)

Degree in Biotechnology by Universidade de Évora; Évora, Portugal (2012)

Research and Professional Experience

Current - Research Fellow

Agro-Food Valorization Group – Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo (CEBAL)

Dec. 2015 - Lab assistant

Olive Oil Laboratory – ACOS Agricultores do Sul

Mar. 2015 - Nov. 2015 – Research Trainee

Agro-Food Valorization Group – Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo (CEBAL)

Sep. 2013 – Sep. 2014 - Master Degree student

CEBAL – Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-alimentar do Alentejo
Minimal processing of cactus pear fruit – methodology development

Current interests of research

Food quality; minimal processing; antioxidant activity; phytochemical and nutritional profile; phenolic extraction, purification and quantification

Selected Publications

Papers national  journals

Fernandes, F., Soldado, D., Prazeres, A. R., Jerónimo, E., 2015. Romã Minimamente Processada. Tecnoalimentar, 4, 57-61.

Posters in Conferences

Soldado, D., Fernandes, F., Rodrigues, S., Ferro, M., Fernandes, M.C., Jerónimo, E. (2014) Effect of minimal processing on bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of fresh-cut cactus pear. 12º Encontro de Química dos Alimentos, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 10-12 September 2014, Lisboa, Portugal

Thesis

Soldado, D., 2014. Methodology development for storage of minimally processed cactus pear, Master Thesis. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, pp. 1-51.