. Academic qualification

• BSc (5 years) in Chemical Eng., Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto
• MSc (2 years) in Packaging, School of Packaging, Michigan State University
• PhD in Biotechnology Food Science & Engineering, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

. Main Research Areas

• Mathematical modelling of migration and permeability processes
• Migration and safety of packages and food contact materials
• Exposure assessment of packaging migrants
• Shelf-life prediction of packaged food
• Active packaging and bio-based materials

. Important functions

• Coordinator of CINATE Food Quality and Safety Laboratory
• Coordinator of Portuguese National Reference Laboratory on food contact materials
• Member of EFSA WG of food contact materials

Publications:

Pereira, MJ, Amaro, AL. Pintado, M. Poças, MF. 2017. Modeling the effect of oxygen pressure and temperature on respiration rate of ready-to-eat rocket leaves. A probabilistic study of the Michaelis-Menten model. Postharvest Biology and Technology 131, 1–9

N von Goetz, R Pirow, A Hart, E Bradley, F Poças, D Arcella, I T L Lillegard, C Simoneau, J van Engelen, I Pratt, T Husoy, A Theobald, C Leclerc. 2017. Including Non-Dietary Sources into an Exposure Assessment of the European Food Safety Authority: the challenge of multi-sector chemicals such as Bisphenol A. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 85, 70-78

Poças, M.F.F.; Oliveira, J.C.; Pereira, J.; Brandsch, R..; Hogg, T. 2011. Modelling migration from paper into a food simulant. Food Control, 22, 303-312.

Poças, M.F.F.; Oliveira, J.C.; Pereira, J.; Hogg, T. 2010. Consumer exposure to phthalates from paper packaging: an integrated approach, Food Additives and Contaminants: Part A, 27 (10), 1451 – 1459.

Academic CV