CV Ana Paulino

Ana Paulino   Mestrado em Engenharia do Ambiente                  IPB/ESA     Tel. + 351 284 314 399   Ext. 01023

Education and Training

Master in Environmental Engineering by Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Beja; Beja, Portugal (2013)

Graduation in Environmental Engineering by Escola Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Beja; Beja, Portugal (2010)

Research and Professional Experience

Jan. 2014 (Current) Professional trainee

CEBAL – Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-alimentar do Alentejo
Investigação sobre o potencial de aproveitamento dos resíduos resultantes da produção da polpa de figo da índia e da produção do óleo das sementes.

Oct. 2012-Jun. 2013 Master trainee

CEBAL - Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-alimentar do Alentejo
Valorização da Biomassa Lenhocelulósica: Estudo da Sacarificação Enzimática do Cardo da Esteva.

Current interests of research

Bioactive compounds, Cactus pear, Opuntia ficus indica

Selected Publications

Oral presentations

M.C. Fernandes, M. Ferro, A.F.C. Paulino, J. Gravitis, D.V. Evtuguin, A.M.R.B. Xavier (2014). Bioethanol production from rockrose pretreated by steam explosion. 12nd international chemical and biological engineering conference, Oporto (Portugal), 10-12 September.

Posters in ceonferences

M. Ferro, A.F.C. Paulino, J. Gravitis, D.V. Evtuguin, A.M.R.B. Xavier and M.C. Fernandes (2014). Bioethanol production from Cistus ladanifer pretreated by steam explosion. 13th European workshop on lignocellulosics and pulp, Seville (Spain), 24-27 June.

A.F.C. Paulino, M. Ferro, H. T. Chaves, D. V. Evtuguin, A. M. R. B. Xavier, A. Bohn, M. C. Fernandes (2013). Optimization of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Dilute-Acid Pretreated Cardoon for Bioethanol Production. Portuguese Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Aveiro (Portugal), 6-8 December.

Ana M.R.B. Xavier, M.C. Fernandes, A.F.C. Paulino, S. O. Prozil, J. A. S. Mendes, T.Bonin, H. T. Chaves, J. Gravitis and D. V. Evtuguin (2013). Effect of Dilute Acid Hydrolysis and Steam Explosion Pretreatments on the Enzymatic Saccharification of Cistus ladanifer and Cynara cardunculus. 9th RRB – 9th International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries (Belgian) 5–7 June.

Paulino, A.F.C; Ferro,M; Fernandes,M.C.; Prozil, S.O.; Mendes, J.A.S.; Chaves, H.T.; Gravitis, J.; Xavier ,A.M.R.B. and Evtuguin, D.V. (2013). Reaction vessel effect on the enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated Cistus ladanifer and Cynara cardunculus. 2nd Iberoamerican congress on biorefineries, Jaén (Spain), 10-12 April.

Thesis

Paulino, A.F.C. (2013). Valorização da Biomassa Lenhocelulósica: Estudo da Sacarificação Enzimática do Cardo da Esteva. Tese de Mestrado. ESA/IPB. Beja. Pp.111