Ana Lúcia da Silva Oliveira is a Senior Researcher in Alchemy project (collaborative project between Amyris Inc. and Biotechnology School of the Portuguese Catholic University (ESB-UCP)) at UCP involved in the economic valorization of coproducts/residues from Amyris fermentative processes aiming the development of new ingredients for food, cosmetic and materials applications.

Holds a degree in Applied Biology in 2007 and a master's degree in Biotechnology and Bio-Entrepreneurship in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants in 2010, both in the Biology Department of the University of Minho in Braga. She completed her PhD in 2015 at the Portuguese Catholic University in the area of Food Science and Engineering. Research interests include plant biology, genetic engineering and plant transformation, organic chemistry, food biotechnology, extraction and quantification of bioactive compounds. Author and co-author of 43 international scientific articles, 5 book chapters on these topics and (co)-authored 1 patent. Participation in more than 30 international and national scientific meetings with oral or poster presentations. Co-supervised 1 MSc and 1 bachelor student at ESB-UCP.
 

Publications

Vilas-Boas A. A., Campos D. A., Nunes C., Ribeiro S., Nunes J., Oliveira A., Pintado M, (2020), Polyphenol Extraction by Different Techniques for Valorisation of Non-Compliant Portuguese Sweet Cherries towards a Novel Antioxidant Extract, Sustainability; DOI:10.3390/su12145556.

Ana L. S. Oliveira, Sheila Gondim, Ricardo Gómez-García, Tânia Ribeiro, Manuela Pintado, (2021), Olive leaf phenolic extract from two Portuguese cultivars –bioactivities for potential food and cosmetic application, Journal of Enviromental Chemical Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.106175.

Maria João Carvalho, Ana L. S. Oliveira, Sílvia Santos Pedrosa, Manuela Pintado, Inês Pinto Ribeiro, Ana Raquel Madureira, (2022), Skin Microbiota and the Cosmetic Industry, Microbial Ecology, DOI: 10.1007/s00248-022-02070-0.

Marco Duarte, Ana L. S. Oliveira, Manuela Pintado, Raquel Madureira, (2022), Current Postbiotics in the Cosmetic Market – an update and development Opportunities, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12116-5.

Ana L. S. Oliveira, Diana Valente, Helena R. Moreira, Manuela Pintado, Patrícia Costa (2022), Effect of squalane-based emulsion on polyphenols skin penetration: Ex vivo skin study, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112779.

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Post Doc

Academic CV