Jorge Pereira
NamePositionQualifications | 
Assistant Professor PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Aveiro, 2013 MSc in Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 2008 |
E-mail address | jfbpereira@eq.uc.pt |
Telephone | +351-239798726 |
Teaching activities | Management & Entrepreneurship Chemical Engineering Laboratories |
Research group | Particles, Polymers and Biomaterials Technology (PPB) |
Research interests | Downstream Processing (Extraction and Purification of Added-Value Bioprodutcs) Biological Engineering (microbial-based processes) Separation Processes (Integration and Scale-up) Chemical and Microbiological Enhanced OilRecovery Technologies Ionic liquid-based technologies |
Funded research projects | FAPESP 2014/16424-7 "Optimization and scale-up of liquid-liquid extraction process with ionic liquids (ILs) as a sustainable tool for the separation of the anti-leukemia biopharmaceutical L-asparaginase (ASPase)", funded by São Paulo Research Foundation (São Paulo-SP, Brazil) FAPESP 2018/50009-8 "Understanding the molecular interactions between ionic liquids and biopharmaceuticals: the key for a proper design of downstream processing", funded by São Paulo Research Foundation (São Paulo-SP, Brazil) FAPESP 2015/50058-0 "Characterization and modelling of aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) composed of ionic liquids (ILs) and polymers: a boost towards developing sustainable biopharmaceutical separation", funded by São Paulo Research Foundation (São Paulo-SP, Brazil) PTDC/QUI-QUI/121520/2010 "Ionic Liquids as Promoters of Aqueous Biphasic Systems: the role of van der Waals and Couloumb Interactions" - funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT), (Lisbon, Portugal) |
Key publications | Pereira*, J.F.B.; Freire, M.G.; Coutinho, J.A.P., “Aqueous two-phase systems: Towards Novel and disruptive applications”, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2020, 505, 112341. Magri, A.; Pecorari, T.; Pereira, M.M.; Cilli, E.M.; Greaves, T.L.; Pereira*, J.F.B., “Enhancing the Biocatalytic Activity of l-Asparaginase Using Aqueous Solutions of Cholinium-Based Ionic Liquids”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 19720-19731. Mussagy, C.U.; Santos-Ebinuma, V.C.; Gonzalez-Miquel, M.; Coutinho J.A.P.; ; Pereira*, J.F.B., “Protic Ionic Liquids as Cell-Disrupting Agents for the Recovery of Intracellular Carotenoids from Yeast Rhodotorula glutinis CCT-2186”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 16765-16776. Santos, N.V.; Martins, M.; Santos-Ebinuma, V.C.; Ventura, S.P.M.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Valentini, S.R., Pereira*, J.F.B., “Aqueous Biphasic Systems Composed of Cholinium Chloride and Polymers as Effective Platforms for the Purification of Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 9383-9393. Pereira*, J.F.B.; Magri, A.; Quental, M.V.; Gonzalez-Miquel, M.; Freire, M.G; Coutinho, J.A.P., “Alkaloids as Alternative Probes to Characterize the Relative Hydrophobicity of Aqueous Biphasic Systems.”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2016, 4, 1512-1520. dos Santos, N.V.; Santos-Ebinuma, V.C.; Pessoa*, A.; Pereira*, J.F.B. “Liquid-liquid extraction of biopharmaceuticals from fermented broth: Trends and future prospects”, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 2018, 93, 1845-1863. e Silva, F.A.; Pereira*, J.F.B.; Kurnia, K.A.; Ventura, S.P.M.; Silva, A.M.S.; Rogers, R.D.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Freire*, M.G., “Temperature dependency of aqueous biphasic systems: an alternative approach for exploring the differences between Coulombic-dominated salts and ionic liquids”, Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 7298-7301. Pereira, J.F.B; Costa, R.; Foios, N.; Coutinho*, J.A.P., “Ionic liquid enhanced oil recovery in sand-pack columns”, Fuel, 2014, 134, 196-200. Pereira, J.F.B; Gudiña, E.J.; Costa, R.; Vitorino, R.; Teixeira, J.A.; Coutinho, J.A.P.; Rodrigues, L.R., “Optimization and characterization of biosurfactant production by Bacillus subtilis isolates towards microbial enhanced oil recovery applications”, Fuel, 2013, 111, 259-268. Pereira, J.F.B; Lima, A.S.; Freire, M.G.; Coutinho*, J.A.P., “Ionic liquids as adjuvants for the tailored extraction of biomolecules in aqueous biphasic systems”, Green Chemistry, 2010, 12, 1661-1669. |
Theses supervision | Agnes Magri, (CNPQ) Extração e purificação do biofármaco antileucêmico L-asparaginase (ASNase) utilizando sistemas aquosos bifásicos com polímeros e líquidos iônicos, PhD Thesis in Biosciences and Biotechnology Applied to Pharmacy, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, (Março/2019) (supervisor). Paloma Andrade Martins Nascimento, (CAPES) Sistemas de Duas Fases Aquosas: uma ferrramenta biocompatível para extração da lipase de interesse biotecnológico, PhD Thesis in Biosciences and Biotechnology Applied to Pharmacy, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, (Abril/2019) (co-supervisor). Camila Lopes, (CAPES) Da produção da proteína verde fluorescente à sua extração utilizando sistemas aquosos bifásicos , MSc Dissertation in Biosciences and Biotechnology Applied to Pharmacy, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, (Janeiro/2018) (supervisor). Nathalia V. dos Santos, (FAPESP) Desenvolvimento de processos de purificação líquido-líquido e incorporação em matriz polimérica nanoestruturada da proteína verde fluorescente recombinante produzida por Escherichia coli, PhD Thesis in Biosciences and Biotechnology Applied to Pharmacy, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, (ongoing) (supervisor). Cassamo U. Mussagy, (CAPES) Produção de carotenoides a partir da levedura Rhodotorula glutinis CCT-2686 e sua extração empregando líquidos iônicos (LIs) , PhD Thesis in Biosciences and Biotechnology Applied to Pharmacy, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, (ongoing) (supervisor). |
Other information | ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5959-0015 2016 - Prémio Científico Mário Quartin Graça - Melhor Tese na Categoria de Tecnologias e Ciências Naturais, Casa da América Latina e Banco Santander Totta. 2017 – Trabalho homenageado na edição especial the Emerging Investigators Issue 2017 da Chemical Communications. 2018 - Distinção como Professor Paraninfo da 1ª Turma do Curso de Graduação em Engenharia de Bioprocessos e Biotecnologia da Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas da UNESP. A distinção de paraninfo homenageia o professor com grande destaque no corpo científico dos alunos formandos, além de despertar carisma entre os membros da turma. 2019- Distinção como Professor Paraninfo da 2ª turma do Curso de Graduação em Engenharia de Bioprocessos e Biotecnologia da Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas da UNESP. |
