Pedro Fernandes

researcher, associate professor

G-8180-2012

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iBB Group: 2brg

pedro.fernandes@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Expertise: Enzyme technology, Bioprocess design, Enzyme reactor design, chemicals from renewables

Short Bio:

Pedro C.B. Fernandes, PhD, is a dedicated researcher at iBB – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences and an Associate Professor at Universidade Lusófona. Specializing in Applied Biocatalysis, he focuses on designing enzyme-based processes for green and sustainable production in a circular economy, emphasizing stable and robust biocatalyst formulations. Pedro's research is anchored in miniaturized platforms for high throughput, yielding significant outputs in sugar/oligosaccharide syrups, polyhydroxyalkanoates, siderophores, steroids, and rational enzyme immobilization. With over 100 papers and 20 book chapters, he actively contributes to collaborative projects and scientific events, showcasing his commitment to advancing bioengineering.

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Research Focus:

Design of enzyme formulations for green and sustainable processing and productionGenerate value from waste products

FuturEnzyme – Technologies of the Future for Low-Cost Enzymes for Environment-Friendly Products (H2020 – SOCIETAL CHALLENGES – 101000327), https://www.futurenzyme.eu/

INMARE – Industrial Applications of Marine Enzymes: Innovative screening and expression platforms to discover and use the functional protein diversity from the sea (H2020 –
SOCIETAL CHALLENGES – 634486), http://inmare.bangor.ac.uk/

AlgaePlas – Seaweed biorefinery for the upgrade of carbohydrates to sustainable bioplastics (FCT – PTDC/BII-BIO/29242/2017)

Pseudozyma spp based biorefinery – Membrane bioreactors for production of aviation fuel and biosurfactants for bioremediation (FCT – PTDC/AAG-TEC/0696/2014), https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.4681313

(R,S) – Resolution-Separation of secondary alcohols by enzymatic miniemulsion technology (FCT – PTDC/QUI-QUI/119210/2010)

Bié, J., Sepodes, B., Fernandes, P. C. B., & Ribeiro, M. H. L. (2022). Enzyme Immobilization and Co-Immobilization: Main Framework, Advances and Some Applications. Processes, 10(3), 494. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10030494

Tamborini, L., Fernandes, P., Paradisi, F., & Molinari, F. (2018). Flow Bioreactors as Complementary Tools for Biocatalytic Process Intensification. Trends in Biotechnology, 36(1), 73–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2017.09.005

Carvalho, F., Marques, M., & Fernandes, P. (2017). Sucrose Hydrolysis in a Bespoke Capillary Wall-Coated Microreactor. Catalysts, 7(12), 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal7020042

Fernandes, P., Marques, M. P. C., Carvalho, F., & Cabral, J. M. S. (2009). A simple method for biocatalyst immobilization using PVA‐based hydrogel particles. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 84(4), 561–564. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.2080

Marques, M. P. C., Magalhães, S., Cabral, J. M. S., & Fernandes, P. (2009). Characterization of 24-well microtiter plate reactors for a complex multistep bioconversion: From sitosterol to androstenedione. Journal of Biotechnology, 141(3–4), 174–180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2009.03.007

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