Research group
Environmental Chemistry
Position
Academic Staff
Sónia Figueiredo has a PhD in Chemical Engineering (FEUP, 2002), a M.Sc. degree in Environmental Engineering - Water and Wastewater Treatment (FEUP, 1997) and a Degree in Chemical Engineering (FEUP, 1994). Since February 2001 she has been a professor at ISEP, in the Chemical Engineering Department and since May 2010 in the category of Adjunct Professor. She has been developing her activity in supervising / co-supervising PhD and Master's students and professional internships.
Areas of expertise: environmental engineering, water and wastewater treatment, ecotoxicity
Representative Publications
Dual-function hydrotalcite-derived adsorbents with sulfur storage properties: Dyes and hydrotalcite fate in adsorption-regeneration cycles
10.1016/j.micromeso.2017.05.017
Ecotoxicological evaluation of chemical indicator substances present as micropollutants in laboratory wastewaters
Simultaneous removal of dyes and metal cations using an acid, acid-base and base modified vermiculite as a sustainable and recyclable adsorbent
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.120
Adsorption equilibrium studies of a simulated textile effluent containing a wool reactive dye on gallinaceous feathers
10.1111/cote.12234
Sustainable adsorbents formed from by-product of acid activation of vermiculite and leached-vermiculite-LDH hybrids for removal of industrial dyes and metal cations
10.1016/j.clay.2018.04.007
Acid-base treated vermiculite as high performance adsorbent: Insights into the mechanism of cationic dyes adsorption, regeneration, recyclability and stability studies
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.01.039
Green Microalgae Scenedesmus Obliquus Utilization for the Adsorptive Removal of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) from Water Samples
10.3390/ijerph17103707
Evaluation of the adsorption potential of biochars prepared from forest and agri-food wastes for the removal of fluoxetine
10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121973
The Use of Algae and Fungi for Removal of Pharmaceuticals by Bioremediation and Biosorption Processes: A Review
10.3390/w11081555
Adsorption of Fluoxetine and Venlafaxine onto the Marine Seaweed Bifurcaria bifurcata
10.1089/ees.2018.0332
