Email: aferrazfe.up.pt
Phone: +351 22 508 3629
Room: E224
Laboratory: E201
Senior Researcher
Research group: Environmental Sciences and Technology
Academic position: Invited Professor for research (retired since 2010)
Background: PhD in Chemical Engineering – Faculty of Engineering of Porto, Portugal
Dias, J. M., Alvim-Ferraz, M. C. M., Almeida, M. F., Rivera-Utrilla, J., Sánchez-Polo, M., “Waste Materials for Activated Carbon Preparation and its Use in Aqueous Phase Treatment: A Review”, Journal of Environmental Management (2007), 85, 833-846.
Dias, J. M., Alvim-Ferraz, M. C. M., Almeida, M. F., “Biodiesel Production from Acid Waste Lard”, Bioresource Technology (2009), 100, 6355-6361.
Slezakova, K., Castro, D., Pereira, M. C., Morais, S., Delerue-Matos, C., Alvim-Ferraz, M. C. M., "Influence of Traffic Emissions on the Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Outdoor Breathable Particles", Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (2010), 60, 393-401.
Nunes, R. A. O., Branco, P. T. B. S., Alvim-Ferraz, M. C. M., Martins, F. G., Sousa, S. I. V., “Gaseous Pollutants on Rural and Urban Nursery Schools in Northern Portugal”, Environmental Pollution (2016), 208, 2-15.
Nunes, R. A. O., Alvim-Ferraz, M. C. M., Martins, F. G., Sousa, S. I. V., “Environmental and Social Valuation of Shipping Emissions on Four Ports of Portugal”, Journal of Environmental Management (2019), 235, 62-69.
"Network MED-REA- Formacion Continuada en Técnicas Medioambientales - Doctorado en tecnologias del Médio Ambiente" funded by the European Union (ALFA Program). From 1998 to 2001.
"Prediction of the Remediation Time of Contaminated Soils Using Vapour Extraction" (POCI/AMB/61315/2004) funded by Fundação da Ciência da Tecnologia. Beginning: 2005. Duration: 36 months. Role: Principal investigator.
"Bioaerosols, Non biological Pollutants and Public Health" (Gulbenkian2006) funded by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Environmental and Health programmes). Beginning: 2006. Duration: 24 months. Role: Principal investigator (FEUP).
"Valorisation of By-Products from the Meat Industry" (FatValue) promoted by Irmãos Monteiro, S.A. and funded by Agência Nacional de Inovação. Beginning: 2008. Duration: 30 months. Role: Investigator.
"INAIRCHILD - Indoor Air Pollution in Nurseries and Primary Schools: Impact on Childhood Asthma" (PTDC/SAU-SAP/121827/2010) funded by Fundação da Ciência da Tecnologia. Beginning: 2012. Duration: 42 months. Role: Investigator.