Maria Isabel Nunes
Also known as: M.I. Nunes; Nunes, Maria I.S.; Maria I. Nunes; M. Isabel Nunes; MI Nunes; Maria Isabel Nunes; M.I.S. Nunes
Universidade de Aveiro, Universidade do Porto
0000-0002-5456-8123
About
Assistant Professor in Environmental Engineering at the University of Aveiro (Dept. of Environment & Planning) and integrated researcher at CESAM. Research focuses on treatment of urban and complex industrial wastewaters; advanced oxidation and electrochemical processes; adsorption/biochar; and waste valorisation, with LCA-informed process design. Programme Coordinator of the MSc in Environmental Engineering (since 2024). Teaching spans wastewater treatment, chemical/biological processes and reactors, applied thermodynamics, risk assessment and bioenergies. Service includes participation in 8 PhD and 80 MSc examination boards/juries. Author/co-author of 42 peer-reviewed journal articles and one book chapter; 1,084 citations; h-index 21 (Scopus, 12/2025). PI/co-PI or work-package lead in five nationally funded projects; supervised/co-supervised 43 MSc and 6 PhD theses. Current interests include innovative waste-based catalysts for pharmaceutical removal via advanced oxidation processes.
Employment
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Universidade de Aveiro Assistant professor2013 - Present
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Universidade de Aveiro Invited assistant professor2006 - 2013
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Universidade de Aveiro Lecture2001 - 2006
Education
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Universidade do Porto PhD1997 - 2006
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Universidade do Porto Master1994 - 1996
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Universidade de Aveiro Licenciatura1990 - 1994
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (113)
- Life cycle assessment of valorisation processes for industrial saline residues Save
- Electrocoagulation of hypersaline tannery brines: optimisation and steel-electrode corrosion behaviour Save
- Ultrasound is a powerful tool for monitoring real-time online transesterification reaction Save
- Spatial clustering in air quality data accuracy: assessment of low-cost sensors in Lisbon using a novel correlation-distance index Save
- Advanced oxidation processes for pulp and paper wastewater treatment Save
- Fuel properties of diesel and gasoline blends with olive pomace-derived bio-oil for partial fossil fuel substitution Save
- Improving bio-oil fractions through fractional condensation of pyrolysis vapors from Eucalyptus globulus biomass residues in a prototype auger reactor Save
- Combining residual iron dust and biomass fly ash as in-situ waste-based catalysts to promote tar reduction and enhance producer gas quality from biomass steam gasification Save
- Siderite/concrete catalyst to improve bio-oil quality from residual biomass pyrolysis Save
- Enhancing ofloxacin removal efficiency through Fenton process optimization Save