Pedro Crugeira

Designation:
Researcher
Department:
Mountain Research Center - Chemistry Department
University:
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
Country:
Portugal
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Doctorate in Biotechnology from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) of the Northeast BiotechnologyNetwork (RENORBIO), Master in Biotechnology from UFBA, specialization in innovation and quality from thePortuguese Industrial Association, Degree in Biotechnological Engineering from the Lusófona University ofHumanities and Technologies, Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology by the Higher Institute of Humanities andTechnology. Post-doctorate at the Federal University of Bahia in Biotechnology in the study of photo-stimulation strategies for the production of bioactives included in the project: Sustainable BiotechnologicalAlternatives to Increase the Oil Recovery Factor from Carbonatic Reservoirs, financed by Petrogal. Professionalexperience in the areas of sanitary engineering, industrial biotechnology, environmental biotechnology andmicrobiology. Acting mainly in the following sectors: sanitary, environmental and in the development ofsustainable bioprocesses, to obtain bioactives for industry, involving photo-biomodulation techniques.Production and characterization of photo-stimulated microbial biopolymers reusing industrial co-products.Expertise in research and teaching in the areas of biotechnology, biophotonics, microbiology, chemistry andpharmaceuticals. I currently develop professional activity as a researcher at the Mountain Research Center(CIMO) of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, under the ¿OleaChain¿ project, application code NORTE-06-3559-FSE-000188.

Research Interests:

- Biophotomodulation

- Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy

- Photostimulation of bioprocesses

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