Personal Information

Fields of Interest and Expertise

Neutron and X-ray

Scattering Techniques for Soft Matter

Rheology Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Confocal and scanning electron microscopy

Curriculum Vitae

May 2014: Master in Bioengeneering at Universidade do Algarve (Portugal). Thesis Title "Development and characterization of aqueous solvents for cellulose dissolution: rheology and phase behaviour"

Jul 2014– 30 Jun 2015: Researcher in project "FibraCell" - Development of sustainable processes for textile fibres production from forestry resources at FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology), University of Algarve (Portugal)

Jul 2016– 30 Jan 2017: Researcher in project FibraCel2 - "On the way of ecological textile fibers: From Agroforestry Celluloseic Resources to Added Value Materials" at FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology), University of Algarve (Portugal)

Awards

Prize Inovation from Crédito Agrícola, with project “Development of Sustainable Processes for Ecological Textile Fibers Production from Agro-forestry Resources".

• Florence

• The role of cyclodextrin-tetrabutylammonium complexation on the cellulose dissolution. Carbohydrate Polymers (2016)
• On cellulose dissolution and aggregation in aqueous tetrabutylammonium hydroxide. Biomacromolecules (2016)
• Probing cellulose amphiphilicity. Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal (2015)