PrintCatarina Amorim holds a degree in Biochemistry (2005) and a PhD in Biotechnology (2013). She is researcher at CBQF and invited assistant professor at the Faculty of Biotechnology, UCP. Her main research interests include the application of granular sludge technologies based on microalgae and/or bacteria for wastewater treatment and valorization and the linkage of the removal processes performance with the sludge microbiome structure and composition. She participates(ed) in several national and international projects focused on wastewater treatment and valorisation. She has been involved in students’ supervision, including PhD and MSc students.
Publications
Santorio S, Val del Río A, Amorim CL, Couto AT, Arregui L, Castro PML, Mosquera-Corral A (2022) Microalgae-bacterial biomass outperforms PN-anammox biomass for oxygen saving in continuous-flow granular reactors facing extremely low-strength freshwater aquaculture streams, Chemosphere 308: 136184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136184
Costa CFFA, Amorim CL, Duque AF, Reis MAM., Castro PML (2022) Valorization of wastewater from food industry: moving to a circular bioeconomy. Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology 21: 269–295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-021-09600-1
Paulo MAS, Amorim CL, Costa J, Mesquita DP, Ferreira EC, Castro PML (2021) High Carbon Load in Food Processing Industrial Wastewater is a Driver for Metabolic Competition in Aerobic Granular Sludge. Frontiers in Environmental Science 9: 388. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2021.735607
Duque AF, Campo R, Val del Rio A, Amorim CL (2021) Wastewater Valorization: Practice around the World at Pilot- and Full-Scale. International Journal of Environmental Research Public Health 18: 9466. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189466
Oliveira AS, Amorim CL, Zlopasa J, van Loosdrecht M, Castro PML (2021) Recovered granular sludge extracellular polymeric substances as carrier for bioaugmentation of granular sludge reactor. Chemosphere 275: 130037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130037
