WISE - Water Improvement for a Safer Environment

 

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Ana Rita Alves, Antón Puga, João Vilaça, Sónia A. Figueiredo, Cristina Delerue-Matos, From Biomass to Functional Biochar: Modification Approaches to Targeted Environmental Pollution Remediation Applications, Agriculture 16 (7) (2026) 734.

Andreia D.M. Silva, Ricardo Couto, Margarida Silva, Raquel T. da Silva, João Vilaça, Sónia A. Figueiredo, Olga M. Freitas, Nídia S. Caetano, Cristina Delerue-Matos, Valorization of by-products from the wastewater sector through anaerobic Co-digestion following the circular economy principles, Biomass and Bioenergy 208 (2026) 108794.

 

Presentations in conferences

Joel Barbosa, Virgínia Cruz Fernandes, João Rufo , Mónica Vieira, Cristina Prudêncio, Clara Pereira
Fungal-mediated Biodegradation of Microplastics: Evaluation of Biodegradative Potential and Pathogenic Traits
8th Meeting on Medicinal Biotechnology
May 29, 2026 - Porto, Portugal

 

MSc thesis

João Paulo Martins Ferreira
Biogas production from residual microalgal biomass used in domestic wastewater treatment
MSc in Sustainable Energy Engineering - Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto - Instituto Politécnico do Porto
October 13, 2025

Sónia Sofia Lobão da Costa
Production of bioethanol from microalgae biomass used in wastewater treatment
MSc in Sustainable Energy Engineering - Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto - Instituto Politécnico do Porto
October 13, 2025

Luís António Azevedo Gonçalves
Application of biological processes for the removal of microplastics from wastewater
MSc in Chemical Engineering - Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto - Instituto Politécnico do Porto
July 21, 2025

Juliana Daniela da Rocha Silva
Future Challenges Facing Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants Under the New European Directive (EU) 2024/3019
MSc in Chemical Engineering - Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto - Instituto Politécnico do Porto
July 18, 2025

 

BSc reports

Joel Barbosa
Fungal-mediated Biodegradation of Microplastics: Evaluation of Biodegradative Potential
BSc in Medicinal Biotechnology - Escola Superior de Saúde - Instituto Politécnico do Porto
July 24, 2026