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Lillian Barros

Leader after November 2019

Lillian Barros is an assistant researcher at the Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança and vice-coordinator of CIMO and vice-director of the Associate Laboratory SusTEC. She obtained her degree in Biotechnology Engineering (2002) at the Institute Polytechnic of Bragança and obtained her PhD “Doctor Europeus” in Pharmacy (Nutrition and Bromatology) at the University of Salamanca (2008). She has published more than 600 indexed papers, within the highest impact factor journals in Food Science and Technology area and has a 71 h‐index. She has edited several books and book chapters, registered national and international patents, and is principal researcher of several national and international projects. Her scientific work has raised interest and has led to the supervision of several post-doc, PhD and master students. She has received awards from several different organizations. L.B scientific production has been very relevant and has reached top positions in the world rankings (Highly Cited Researcher in Clarivate since 2016). Her research targets are mainly in the identification, separation, and recovery of functional molecules from different natural products.

Keywords: Food Technology; Natural bio-based ingredients; Antioxidants in food; Food properties; Nutrition; Analytical chemistry; Chromatographic analysis; Mass spectroscopy.

Highly cited 2016

Research Interests:

The main lines of research are centered on the chemical characterization and biological evaluation of local natural matrices, namely food products:

1) Chemistry of Natural Products: extraction, identification, fractionation and isolation of chemical compounds in natural matrices (mainly matrices food);

2) Nutraceuticals and functional foods: development of nutraceuticals and innovative food formulations with functional properties;

3) Technology of Natural Products: emerging technologies used for the conservation of food matrices (assuring food quality, safety and security).

Scopus Author ID: 35236343600

Researcher ID: J-3600-2013

Loop profile: 469085

SCOPUS ID: 36868826600

Ciência ID: 9616-35CB-D001

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Address:

Polytechnic Institute of Bragança,

J-3600-2013 (CIMO)

Campus de Santa Apolónia,

5300-253 Bragança, Portugal

Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira

Leader until October 2019

Full Professor at Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal) and Director of the Mountain Research Centre (CIMO). President of the Scientific IFerreira1 Councilof Natural and Environmental Sciences of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal, President of the Chromatography Group of the Portuguese Society of Chemistry and member of the Steering Committee "Strategic Basic Research" Foundation Flanders (FWO). She obtained her Degree in Biochemistry (1996) at the University of Porto (Portugal); Master in Sciences (1999), PhD in Sciences- Chemistry (2003), and “Aggregation” in Sciences- Chemistry (2011) at the University of Minho (Portugal). She was awarded by different institutions such as Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2001), ISPROF (2013) for the achievements in helping the Portuguese Science to progress, COTNH (2014) for international cooperation, Women in Science (2016) by Ciência Viva and merit medal of Bragança (2017), and has supervised several post-doc, PhD and master students. She is associate editor of Food & Function (a journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry), principal investigator of several national and international financed research projects, and evaluator of international research projects (e.g., Eurostars, ERA-NET ARIMNet 2 and LEAP-Agri from EU and National Science Foundations of Austria, South Africa, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Argentine), and national projects and post-doc and PhD grants from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT; Coordinator in the area of Food Technology and Agricultural Biotechnology). She is the editor of two international books and of the topical collection Bioactive Compounds in Molecules Journal, and has published several patents, 24 international book chapters and over 460 papers in refereed journals. She is a highly cited scientist (top 1%) in Agricultural Sciences (awarded by Clarivate Analytics, former Thomson Reuters- 2015, 2016 and 2017).

Highly cited 2016

Research Interests:

1) Chemistry of Natural Products: Extraction and identification of phytochemicals. i) Chromatographic/spectrometric techniques. ii) Analysis of primary and secondary metabolites (expertise in bioactive compounds).

2) Development of nutraceuticals and innovative food formulations with functional properties. i) Evaluation of antioxidant, antimicrobial and antitumor properties of phenolic-based extracts/compounds; Hepatotoxicity assays. iii) Incorporation of phenolic extracts/compounds (free or protected) in food formulations.

3) Technology of Natural Products: i) physical conservation of food matrices. i) Gamma and electron beam irradiation of food products. ii) Development of natural ingredients to be used as preserving or coloring agents.

H Index: 60

Researcher ID: E-8500-2013

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4910-4882