Jorge F B Pereira

About

Jorge F.B. Pereira is an Associate Professor with Habilitation in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra (FCTUC), Portugal. He is also a member of CERES (Chemical Engineering and Renewable Resources for Sustainability), where he coordinates Group 3 - Bioresources and Applied Biosciences. Since 2021, Jorge has served as the Vice-Director of the Department of Chemical Engineering at FCTUC. He is an accredited professor in the Graduate Program of “Bioscience and Biotechnology Applied to Pharmacy” at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil.

Jorge received his M.Sc. in Biological Engineering from the University of Minho, Portugal, in 2008, which included a six-month internship at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aveiro in 2013, under the mentorship of Prof. João A. P. Coutinho. His thesis earned the Mário Quartin Graça Scientific Award for excellence in technologies and natural sciences. He subsequently held a postdoctoral position at The University of Alabama, USA (2013–2014), working with Prof. Robin D. Rogers on a collaborative project with the MIT/Novartis Research Center.

From 2014 to 2019, Jorge Pereira served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioprocesses and Biotechnology at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNESP, and established the BioPPuL - Bioproducts’ Production and Purification Lab, dedicated to developing sustainable technologies for high-value bioproduct production and purification.

Jorge Pereira’s research focuses on:
Studying and developing Aqueous Biphasic Systems (ABS)-based strategies
Developing technologies for bioproducts' production, concentration, and purification, with a specialization in solid-liquid and liquid-liquid extraction.
Integrating and scaling up bioprocess separation techniques.
Advancing biotechnological processes, emphasizing fermentation, production, isolation, and purification of high-value biomolecules.
Exploring chemical and microbiological methods for enhanced oil recovery.
Examining molecular interactions in separation processes.

Employment

• University of Coimbra Associate Professor with Habilitation
  2024 - Present
• University of Coimbra Associate Professor
  2023 - 2024
• University of Coimbra Assistant Professor
  2020 - 2023
• Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Assistant Dr. Professor
  2014 - 2019
• The University of Alabama Postdoctoral Researcher
  2013 - 2014

Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

• HIPERBIOTEX - HIgh-PERformance BIOTEXtiles - Improving the stability and durability of bio-based textiles using eco-friendly and integrated dyeing and finishing platform Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2025 - 2028
• DYELOOP - Circular Technologies for Textile Dyeing Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
  2025 - 2027
• HIgh-PERformance BIOTEXtiles – Improving the stability and durability of biotextiles using natural compounds and greener solvents in integrated dyeing and finishing platforms Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2025 - 2027
• Integrated platform for recycling of textile dyeing wastewater using Aqueous Biphasic Systems: A Circular Economy Approach Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2022 - 2025
• Development of SUStainable and integrative bioprocess for the recovery of TellurIum-based nanoparticles from photovoltaic wastes Banco Santander
  2022 - 2023
• Development of an integrated platform for the extraction and purification of natural astaxanthin from Phaffia rhodozyma yeast cells Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2022 - Present
• Plataforma integrada para reciclagem de águas residuais de tingimento de têxtil utilizando Sistemas de Aquosos Bifásicos: Uma abordagem de economia circular Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
  2022 - 2025
• Understanding the molecular interactions and stability of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in ionic liquids under stress conditions Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
  2019 - 2019
• Encapsulation and in vitro release studies of curcumin in polymeric micelles composed of PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymers Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
  2019 - 2019
• Production of carotenoids by yeast Rhodotorula glutinis CCT-2186 and their extraction using alternative solvents Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
  2019 - 2020
• Understanding the molecular interactions between ionic liquids and biopharmaceuticals: the key for a proper design of downstream processing São Paulo Research Foundation
  2018 - 2020
• Development of sustainable nanomaterials for the purification of antileukemic drugs Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
  2018 - 2021
• Molecular interactions and stability of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in ionic liquids and encapsulation of GFP on reverse micelles Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
  2018 - 2019
• Thermodynamic characterization and modeling of aqueous two- phase systems composed by ionic liquids Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
  2018 - 2019
• Aqueous two-phase micellar systems based on ionic liquids as platforms for the curcumin encapsulation in polymeric micelles São Paulo Research Foundation
  2018 - 2019
• Study of kinetics and hydrodynamics of aqueous two-phase systems: from lab to pilot scale São Paulo Research Foundation
  2017 - 2018
• Equilibrium and Production Processes of Biofuels and Bioproducts Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
  2017 - 2022
• Phase equilibrium thermodynamics for the improvement of physical properties of food bioproducts and their prediction in industrial and digestive processes Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
  2017 - 2019
• Study of new aqueous two-phase systems combining ionic liquids and mono- and disubstituted polyethylene glycol São Paulo Research Foundation
  2016 - 2017
• Stability and activity of the anti-leukemic L-asparaginase in the presence of different ionic liquids and polymers São Paulo Research Foundation
  2016 - 2017
• Development of liquid-liquid purification process and incorporation in nanostructured polymeric matrix of recombinant green fluorescent protein produced by Escherichia coli São Paulo Research Foundation
  2016 - 2020
• Evaluation of different methods for Rhodotorula glutinis cell disrupting aiming the extraction of periplasmatic L-asparaginase São Paulo Research Foundation
  2016 - 2017
• Estudo de produção, extração e purificação de proteína verde fluorescente produzida por Escherichia coli recombinante Universidade Estadual Paulista
  2016 - 2017
• Characterization and modelling of aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) composed of ionic liquids (ILs) and polymers: a boost towards develiping sustainable biopharmaceutical separion São Paulo Research Foundation
  2015 - 2017
• Processo de extração e purificação de ácido clavulânico utilizando sistemas de duas fases aquosas com polímeros e líquidos iônicos Programa de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico da Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas da UNESP (
  2015 - 2016
• 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) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
  2015 - 2020
• Optimization and Scale-up of Novel Ionic-Liquid-based Purification Processes for Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein produced by Escherichia coli "GFPurIL" Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
  2015 - 2019
• Ionic Liquids as Promoters of Aqueous Biphasic Systems: The Role of van der Waals and Coulomb Interactions Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
  2012 - 2015
• Líquidos Iónicos e a Génese de Sistemas Aquosos Bifásicos: Equilíbrio entre Interacções de van der Waals e Electrostáticas Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2012 - 2015
• Strategic Project - LA 11 - 2011-2012 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  2011 - 2012
• RECUPERAÇÃO AVANÇADA DE PETRÓLEO COM MICRORGANISMOS Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
  2010 - 2013

Publications

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