PhD in Biomedicine, Alcalá Henares. She attended at universidade Nova Lisboa, for her graduation in Engineering and Master degree in Food Technology/microbiology. She is currenthy Technical Director at Elisa Câmara, Lda, an dermocosmetic company where she is responsible for the development and research of natural products and cosmetic formulations. She is also microbiology professor and natural and by-products researcher at Universidade Lusófona.
Candida M. Manuel is an associate professor in the Lusophone University of Porto, teaching curricular units in the scientific areas of Mathematics and Physics. She is also the course diretor of the first cycle in Environmental Engineering and researcher in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Development and Research on Environment, Applied Management and Space (DREAMS). She attended the Faculty of Engineering of Porto University for her gratuate studies and obtained a degree in Chemical Engineering, a Master degree in Chemical Processes and a PhD degree in Engineering Sciences, with the thesis intitled “Biofilm Dynamics and Drinking Dater Stability: Effets od Hydrodynamics ans Surface Materials”.
Since 1998 she has been giving classes of Mathematics, Microbiology and Environmental Laboratories in engineering courses in different polytechnic institutes and universities (ISPAB, ISTEC, FEUP and ETGI-UCP). In parallel, she has been working in several national and european projects in diferent scientific areas, such as in fuel cells energy (development of new catalysts for eletrical energy prodution from chemical reaction), biomedical engineering (development of new antimicrobial and biocompatible materials for bone replacement), microbiology and drinking water quality (study of bacteria communities dynamics in biofilms under different growth conditions and their effect in the drinking water quality). These research projects were performed in different research labs, such as, INEB, LSRE and LEPABE.
Now her research interersts are in the area of the microplastics in the water systems and of environmental microbiology.
Cândida Leonor Pinto holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering, with a Master Degree. in Environmental Management and Policies and a Bachelor in Environmental Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Holds a Short Ph.D. in Soil and Plant Analysis and Data Handling by the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands.
Began her professional career in research at the University of Aveiro, developing over 5 years several projects in waste management. She was a researcher at Swansea University in the UK, a Waste Specialist at EDV Energia – Energy Agency between the Douro and Vouga, a lecture on Environmental Technologies, Waste Management Systems and Waste Treatment Technologies at the Portuguese Catholic University. Has a vast experience in training with more than 600 hours in several thematic including waste management, waste water treatments, climate change and circular economy.
She is currently a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering of ULHT and a Senior Consultant and Auditor in several Portuguese and International companies.
She is also a Researcher at Research Centre DREAMS (Interdisciplinary Development and Research on Environment, Applied Management and Aeronautics).