PrintGot his Ph.D., in 1990, in Nat. Sci. from the Univ. of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany. B.Sc. in Pharm. Sci. from the Univ. of Porto, Portugal, in 1985. He is Associate Professor at UCP-ESB. Lectures several unities in the chemistry field. He is author or co-author of more than 60 papers and book chapters. Research interest include: bio-based and bioactive products from plant and microalgae and their application in food, feed and health sectors. Coordinator of more than 20 national and international R&D projects; 2 portuguese patents; invited reviewer for several international journals and evaluator for AdI, CRUP and FCT R&D projects. Associate Editor of the journals Foods, Marine Drugs, Int. Biobased Plastics and Frontiers in Marine Sciences. He held an appointment as Director of the CBQF (various terms). He holds a position in the Directors Board of the European MSc BiFTec-FOOD4S. and he was in the Directors Board of SEFOTECH.NUT for 10 years.
Publications:
Ribeiro, M., Maciel, C., Cruz, P., Darmancier, H., Nogueira, T., Costa, M., ... & Teixeira, P. (2023). Exploiting Potential Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Chlorella vulgaris Photobioreactors as Promising Vitamin B12 Producers. Foods, 12(17), 3277.
Silva, S., Costa, E. M., Machado, M., Morais, R. M., Calhau, C., & Pintado, M. (2023). Selective activity of an anthocyanin-rich, purified blueberry extract upon pathogenic and probiotic bacteria. Foods, 12(4), 734.
Martins, V.F.R., Pintado, M.E., Morais, R.M.S.C., Morais, A.M.M.B. (2022) Valorisation of Micro/Nanoencapsulated Bioactive Compounds from Plant Sources for Food Applications Towards Sustainability. Foods, 12, 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12010032
Abreu, A. P., Morais, R. C., Teixeira, J. A., & Nunes, J. (2022). A comparison between microalgal autotrophic growth and metabolite accumulation with heterotrophic, mixotrophic and photoheterotrophic cultivation modes. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 159, 112247.
Morais A.M.M.B., Morais R.M.S.C., Drew D., Mustakhimov I., Lackner M. (2022) Biodegradable Bio-based Plastics Toward Climate Change Mitigation. In: Lackner M., Sajjadi B., Chen WY. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6431-0_91-2
Morais A.M.M.B., Alves A., Kumla D., Morais R.M.S.C. (2021) Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Potential of Sulphated Polysaccharides from Algae. In: Oliveira J., Radhouani H., Reis R.L. (eds) Polysaccharides of Microbial Origin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35734-4_49-1
Morais, R. M. S. C., Morais, A. M. M. B., Dammak, I., Bonilla, J., Sobral, P. J. A., Laguerre, J. C., ... & Ramalhosa, E. C. D. (2018). Functional Dehydrated Foods for Health Preservation. Journal of Food Quality, 2018.
de Jesus Raposo, M. F., de Morais, A. M. M. B., & de Morais, R. M. S. C. (2016). Emergent sources of prebiotics: seaweeds and microalgae. Marine drugs, 14(2), 27.
Raposo, M. F. D. J., de Morais, A. M. M. B., & de Morais, R. M. S. C. (2015). Carotenoids from marine microalgae: A valuable natural source for the prevention of chronic diseases. Marine drugs, 13(8), 5128-5155.
de Jesus Raposo, M. F., de Morais, A. M. B., & de Morais, R. M. S. C. (2015). Marine polysaccharides from algae with potential biomedical applications. Marine drugs, 13(5), 2967-3028.
Raposo, M. F. D. J., de Morais, R. M. S. C., & Bernardo de Morais, A. M. M. (2013). Bioactivity and applications of sulphated polysaccharides from marine microalgae. Marine Drugs, 11(1), 233-252.
de Jesus Raposo, M. F., de Morais, R. M. S. C., & de Morais, A. M. M. B. (2013). Health applications of bioactive compounds from marine microalgae. Life sciences, 93(15), 479-486.
