Degree in Microbiology (2004), M.Sc. in Food Science and Technology (2008) and Ph.D. in Biotechnology, all at Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal.
Food Microbiology, especially among traditional fermented products and Food Quality, such as bioactive antimicrobial strategies (probiotics, bacteriocins, natural compounds as essential oils, propolis and chitosan) are my main research areas.
Actually, I’m a Post-doctoral researcher with the project: “Clostridium difficile: prevalence in foods and study of alternative treatments to conventional therapeutics applied on C. difficile infection”, under supervision of Professor Paula C. M. Teixeira (fellowship of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia: SFRH/BPD/113303/2015).
Publications:
Barbosa, J., Brandão, T.R.S, Teixeira, P. 2017. Spray drying conditions for orange juice incorporated with lactic acid bacteria. International Journal of Food Science & Technology 52: 1951-1958. doi:10.1111/ijfs.13472.
Barbosa, J., Borges, S., Amorim, M., Pereira, M.J., Oliveira, A., Pintado, M.E., Teixeira, P. 2015b. Comparison of spray drying, freeze drying and convective hot air drying for the production of a probiotic orange powder. Journal of Functional Foods 17: 340-351. doi: 10.1016/ j.jff.2015.06.001.
Barbosa, J., Borges, S., Teixeira, P. 2015a. Pediococcus acidilactici as a potential probiotic to be used in food industry. International Journal of Food Science & Technology 50: 1151-1157. doi: 10.1111/ijfs.12768.
Barbosa, J., Borges, S., Teixeira, P. 2014. Selection of potential probiotic Enterococcus faecium isolated from Portuguese fermented food. International Journal of Food Microbiology 191: 144-148. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.09.009.
Barbosa, J., Magalhães, R., Santos, S., Ferreira, V., Brandão, T.R.S., Silva, J., Almeida, G., Teixeira, P. 2013. Evaluation of antibiotic resistance patterns of food and clinical Listeria monocytogenes isolates in Portugal. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 10: 861-866. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2013.1532.
Researcher Center
Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF)
Academic CV
