Nuno T. Faria
Post-Doctoral Researcher



Research Activities
• Biorefinery concepts based on lignocellulosic waste materials combining unconventional yeast and enzymatic hydrolysis or consolidated bioprocessing;
• Development of sustainable bioprocesses for green surfactants, enzymes, chemical building blocks and winter and jetfuel precursors production
• Microbial cell factories optimization with analysis of 13C isotopomers for metabolic flux analysis.

Selected Publications
Faria NT, Marques S, Ferreira FC (2018) Production of xylanolytic enzymes by Moesziomyces spp. using xylose, xylan and brewery’s spent grain as substrates. New Biotechnol. doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2018.11.001

Santos MV, Faria NT, Fonseca C, Ferreira F C (2018) Production of mannosylerythritol lipids from lignocellulose hydrolysates: tolerance thresholds of Moesziomyces antarcticus to inhibitors. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., doi: 10.1002/jctb.5853

Faria NT, Marques S, Fonseca C, Ferreira FC (2015) Direct xylan conversion into glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by Pseudozyma antarctica PYCC 5048T. Enzyme Microb. Tech. 2015, 71, 58-65. 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2014.10.008

Faria NT, Santos M, Ferreira C, Fernandes P, Fonseca L, Ferreira FC (2014) Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, from pentoses and D-glucose/D-xylose mixtures by Pseudozyma yeast strains., Process Biochem. 49: 1790-1799, doi:10.1016/j.procbio.2014.08.004

Faria, NT, Santos MV, Ferreira C, Marques S, Ferreira FC, Fonseca C (2014) Conversion of cellulosic materials into glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by Pseudozyma spp. under SHF and SSF processes.,Microb. Cell Fact. 13: 155. 10.1186/s12934-014-0155-7

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