About the Editors
F. Xavier Malcata, 2018
PhD in Chemical Engineering, with Minor in Food Science, Biochemistry and Statistics, at University of
Wisconsin – Madison, USA. Full Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Porto,
Portugal. Principal Investigator at LEPABE – Laboratory of Process Engineering, Biotechnology and
Energy – responsible for research line PHOTOBEAM: PHOTO-Bioprocess Engineering with Aquatic
Microorganisms. Main research interests focused on marine bioengineering – toward synthesis and
extraction of added-value functional metabolites (with pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food applications),
via novel designs of photobioreactors and sensors for microalga-mediated processes. Author of 400+
scientific papers in top-ranking scientific journals, with 12,000+ cites by the peers.
Isabel Sousa Pinto, 2018
PhD in Marine Biology (phycology) on ecophysiology and cultivation of seaweeds, at the UC Santa
Barbara USA. Associate Professor, University of Porto and Director of Coastal Biodiversity Laboratory
at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR-UP). Her main research
has been on biodiversity and ecology of rocky shore and reefs and particularly on the seaweed flora as
well as on algal ecophysiology, cultivation and use. She is also working on the science-policy- society
interfaces and on promoting ocean literacy.
A. Catarina Guedes, 2018
PhD in Biotechnology – specialty Microbiology (2010) at the Portuguese Catholic University. Researcher
in Algal Biotechnology at CIIMAR/UP - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research,
since 2011. Main research interests focused on algal biotechnology – namely production, extraction and
characterization of added-value functional metabolites from micro- and macroalgae, with pharmaceutical,
cosmetic and food/feed applications. Author of more than 20 research papers in scientific journals,
co-authored 14 book chapters in internationally published books and c. 30 communications in scientific
meetings.
F. Xavier Malcata, 2018
PhD in Chemical Engineering, with Minor in Food Science, Biochemistry and Statistics, at University of
Wisconsin – Madison, USA. Full Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Porto,
Portugal. Principal Investigator at LEPABE – Laboratory of Process Engineering, Biotechnology and
Energy – responsible for research line PHOTOBEAM: PHOTO-Bioprocess Engineering with Aquatic
Microorganisms. Main research interests focused on marine bioengineering – toward synthesis and
extraction of added-value functional metabolites (with pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food applications),
via novel designs of photobioreactors and sensors for microalga-mediated processes. Author of 400+
scientific papers in top-ranking scientific journals, with 12,000+ cites by the peers.
Isabel Sousa Pinto, 2018
PhD in Marine Biology (phycology) on ecophysiology and cultivation of seaweeds, at the UC Santa
Barbara USA. Associate Professor, University of Porto and Director of Coastal Biodiversity Laboratory
at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR-UP). Her main research
has been on biodiversity and ecology of rocky shore and reefs and particularly on the seaweed flora as
well as on algal ecophysiology, cultivation and use. She is also working on the science-policy- society
interfaces and on promoting ocean literacy.
A. Catarina Guedes, 2018
PhD in Biotechnology – specialty Microbiology (2010) at the Portuguese Catholic University. Researcher
in Algal Biotechnology at CIIMAR/UP - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research,
since 2011. Main research interests focused on algal biotechnology – namely production, extraction and
characterization of added-value functional metabolites from micro- and macroalgae, with pharmaceutical,
cosmetic and food/feed applications. Author of more than 20 research papers in scientific journals,
co-authored 14 book chapters in internationally published books and c. 30 communications in scientific
meetings.
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