CERNAS

Research Center
for Natural Resources,
Envioronment and Society

António Luís Pereira do Amaral

António Luís Pereira do Amaral
Antonio Luis Pereira do Amaral completed his Bachelor's degree in Biological Engineering in 1996, his Master's degree in Biological Engineering in 1999, and his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering in 2003 at the University of Minho. From 2003 to 2023, he was a core member of the Center for Biological Engineering at the University of Minho. He is currently a Coordinating Professor at the Higher Institute of Engineering of Coimbra - Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, as well as an Integrated Researcher at the Center for Natural Resources, Environment, and Society (CERNAS).

He is the author of a total of 156 publications, which include 1 Master's thesis, 1 Doctoral thesis, 2 book chapters, 66 peer-reviewed journal articles, 84 peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and 1 registered patent and utility model. He has presented 22 oral communications and 16 poster presentations, and has been a co-author of an additional 20 oral communications and 27 posters at peer-reviewed conferences. He has co-supervised 1 postdoctoral thesis, 3 doctoral theses, and 12 completed Master's dissertations, and has served as the principal examiner or a jury member for three doctoral theses and 29 Master's theses.

He has participated as a team member in 7 scientific research projects and 3 other funded strategic projects, as well as serving as the lead researcher on 2 funded scientific research projects. He has been a member of scientific committees for 31 scientific events, having reviewed a total of 87 articles for international peer-reviewed journals and 83 publications for peer-reviewed conferences.

His areas of expertise include the application of benchmarking techniques to water and sanitation management entities, methodologies for staining, microscopy, processing, and image analysis in biotechnological processes and wastewater treatment, as well as multivariate statistical techniques.