Post-doctoral researcher at CBQF - Catholic University of Portugal, with a PhD in Food Science and Technology with the theme “Integrated approach on field solar drying, pilot convective drying and microstructure changes”; and a degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Porto.

Participation in 2 international and 2 national projects (CYTED XI-13, ISEKI_Food, Intropro and Pamaf 2029) and member of 2 Organizing Committees of international conferences. Co-supervision of 3 master thesis in the food area and teaching assistant at the Catholic University for more than 10 years. 2 years’ work in extension services for the food industry and 3 years in the European project ISEKI_Food.

Main research areas include modelling and simulation, transport phenomena, food drying, nutritional and sensory properties, microstructure, with particular motivation by sustainable drying with renewable energies and environmental issues in overall.

Publications:

Ramos, I. N.; Brandão, T. R. S.; Silva, C. L. M. (2017) Simulation of food solar drying. In Prakash, Om; Kumar, Anil (Eds.). Solar Drying Technology - Concept, Design, Testing, Modeling, Economics, and the Environment, Springer, pp.403-417. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-3833-4_13.

Araújo, A. C.; Oliveira, S. M; Ramos, I. N.; Brandão, T. R. S.; Monteiro, M. J.; Silva, C. L. M. (2017) Evaluation of drying and storage conditions on nutritional and sensory properties of dried Galega kale (Brassica Oleracea L. var. Acephala). Journal of Food Quality. Volume 2017. Article ID 9393482.

Araújo, A. C.; Oliveira, S. M; Ramos, I. N.; Brandão, T. R. S.; Silva, C. L. M. (2016) Influence of pretreatments on quality parameters and nutritional compounds of dried Galega kale (Brassica oleracea L. var. Acephala). Food and Bioprocess Technology: An International Journal, doi: 10.1007/s11947-016-1678-1.

Ramos, I. N., Brandão, T. R. S. and Silva, C. L. M. (2015) Simulation of solar drying of grapes using an integrated heat and mass transfer model. Renewable Energy, 81: 896-902.

Oliveira, S. M., Ramos, I. N., Brandão, T. R. S. and Silva, C. L. M. (2015) Effect of temperature on the drying characteristics and quality parameters of Galega kale (Brassica Oleracea L. var. Acephala) using a convective hot dryer. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, doi:10.1111/jfpp.12498.

Researcher Center

Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF)

Academic CV