Apresentação Pessoal

Isabel M. D. Martins graduated in Chemical Engineering in 2006 at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). She joined the Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM in 2006, where she was a member of the research team. Her research focused on the encapsulation of essential oils for textile and cosmetic applications. In 2012, and also at FEUP, she obtained her PhD in Microencapsulation of Thyme Oil by Coacervation: Production, Characterization and Release Evaluation, followed by a Post-Doctoral scholarship until 2014. From 2014 to 2018, she worked at Devan Micropolis, SA as a strategic R&D scientist, where she was responsible for the synthesis and characterization of new formulations for textiles applications with health and wellness benefits (http://devan.net/health-wellness/; http://devan.net/performance/), and have been involved in many internal projects as well as projects financed by Portuguese and Belgian entities. In 2019, she returned to LSRE-LCM with interest in the research and development of natural ingredients with high-added value for different industrial applications. In total, she has published 20 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, most as the first and/or corresponding author (h-index of 11, Scopus, January 2023), with more than 830 citations. She has also supervised 1 PhD student, 3 PosDoc researchers, 6 Master students and participated in various research projects.

Áreas de Interesse

1. Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia química