My name is Karen João, I have an MSc degree in Biotechnology and a BSc degree in Biochemistry, both from FCT-UNL. My master thesis was developed at LNEG, I.P. in the Bioenergy Unit. Posteriorly, I had two research fellowships at ITQB (one fellowship in the Separation and Extraction Technologies Laboratory and the other in the Applied and Environmental Mycology Group). The results obtained during my master thesis and during my first fellowship were published, resulting in 6 original manuscripts and 1 patent.
Currently, I am a Ph.D. student at FFUP in the framework of the Sustainable Chemistry doctoral programme.
Representative Publications
Poly(ionic liquid)s as phase splitting promoters in aqueous biphasic systems
10.1039/c5cp03521j
Fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass involves recovering cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, and carrying out heat processing of biomass in presence of ionic liquid
On the use of ionic liquids as adjuvants in PEG-(NH4)2SO4 aqueous biphasic systems: Phase diagrams behavior and the effect of IL concentration on myoglobin partition
10.1016/j.seppur.2018.08.058
