Friday, November 7, 2014

Portuguese researcher distinguished by NASA

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Ana Julia Knight, researcher at the Center for biological engineering (CEB), the University of Minho (UMinho), was awarded by NASA in the 12th International Workshop on environment and alternative energies, an event dedicated to the subject

"Increase the Resilience of the space mission through Sustainability". Anne Knight was awarded the 2nd Prize in the category Best Oral presentation, having been the only distinguished in the Portuguese event.

The researcher, which integrates the research group BRIDGE â€" Biorrecursos group, Bioremediation and Biorefinery, the CEB, was recognized for his work "Engineered bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated sites deep", a project focused on the use of anaerobic microorganisms to clean soil and groundwater contaminated with aliphatic hydrocarbons â€" the principal constituents of crude oil or petroleum products.

His research focuses on seeking solutions for soil contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons, an environmental problem with global impact.

Organized by NASA and the European partners â€" European Space Agency (ESA) and the Centre for the pollution prevention program (C3P), the event took place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States of America. Researcher's participation in the event was funded by the Luso-American Foundation (FLAD).

This is the second time that NASA rewards the work developed by the Center for biological engineering at the University of Minho. Already in the 2013 Edition of this initiative, in Frascati, Italy, Angela Abreu, researcher at CEB, won the prize for the best Oral presentation, with the work "Biohydrogen production using bionanocoatings is highly efficient immobilizing hydrogen-producing bacteria".

Biological Engineering Center (CEB) at the University of Minho is a highly technological research center, which operates in major areas of biotechnology and bioengineering. Since 1995, and since 2002 awarded the degree Excellence, the Centre's main objective is the integration between engineering and the life sciences, in order to promote the development of innovative industrial bioprocesses.

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