Pedro Carlos De Barros Fernandes
Professor
Biotechnology
Universidade Lusafona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
Portugal
Biography
Pedro Fernandes (CB Pedro Fernandes, B. 1966) graduated in Chemical Engineering from IST (1989). He obtained a master's degree in Biotechnology / Biochemical Engineering (1994) and a PhD in Biotechnology (1999) from IST / UTL. He is currently Assistant Researcher in the Bioengineering Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico and Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Engineering of the Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies. He was one of the co-founders of Biotrend. Its scientific activity focuses on the development and implementation of biocatalytic systems. Pedro is the author or co-author of over 85 scientific papers in refereed international journals and 17 book chapters on applied bioocatalysis and bioprocess design. (Co) -supervisiona (or) one postdoctoral, five doctoral theses, four of which concluded, and twenty theses of Master, of which 18 completed. Pedro received the UTL / Santander Totta 2011 Scientific Award in Biochemical Engineering.
Research Interest
Biotechnology / Biochemical Engineering
Publications
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Silva, DFC, Azevedo, AM, Fernandes, P., Chu, V., Conde, JP, Aires-Barros, MR High-throughput microfluidic device for the determination of partition coefficients in aqueous two phase systems (ATPS). Microbiotec 15 Conference, Évora, Portugal, 2015
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Carvalho, F., Fernandes, P. (2015) Packed bed enzyme microreactor: Application in sucrose hydrolysis as proof-of-concept. Biochem. Eng. J. 104, 74-81. doi: 10.1016 / j.bej.2015.04.023
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Carvalho, F., Paradiso, P., Saramago, B., Ferraria, AM, Botelho do Rego, AM, Fernandes, P. (2016) An integrated approach to the detailed characterization of an immobilized enzyme. J. Mol. Catal. B: Enzymatic 125, 64-74. doi: 10.1016 / j.molcatb.2016.01.001
