Research group
Food Quality and Technology
Position
Researcher
Miguel Faria is a tenured researcher at LAQV-REQUIMTE, University of Porto. He holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and obtained his PhD in Nutrition and Food Chemistry in 2005 at UP. He has held postdoctoral positions at the department of Food and Water Science (UP, 2006-12) and at the Research Center for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO, 2012-13). With over 25 years of teaching experience in organic and food chemistry, his research expertise includes human cell-based assays for testing the effects of food bioactive/toxic compounds, chemical analysis of food nutrients and contaminants (LC/GC-MS), and molecular biology methods for evaluating food authenticity (SSR/SNP) using fast qPCR HRMA. Miguel has an H index of 21 and has published 73 indexed papers, 5 book chapters, with over 1200 citations and over 90 communications. He has supervised/co-supervised 9 MSc and 5 PhD theses and actively participates in various international (FP7, H2020, Horizon Europe) and national research projects, and international networks.
Representative Publications
Delphinidin-3-O-glucoside inhibits angiogenesis via VEGFR2 downregulation and migration through actin disruption
10.1016/j.jff.2019.01.039
From data to insight: Exploring contaminants in different food groups with literature mining and machine learning techniques
10.1016/j.crfs.2023.100557
A Shared Perspective on in Vitro and in Vivo Models to Assay Intestinal Transepithelial Transport of Food Compounds
10.1021/acs.jafc.3c05479
In vitro bioaccessibility and intestinal transport of retinoic acid in ethyl cellulose-based microparticles and impact of meal co-ingestion
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128991
Evaluating the human neurotoxicity and toxicological interactions impact of co-occurring regulated and emerging mycotoxins
10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114239
Investigating the individual and mixture cytotoxicity of co-occurring aflatoxin B1, enniatin B, and sterigmatocystin on gastric, intestinal, hepatic, and renal cellular models
10.1016/j.fct.2024.114640
