Cernas

CERNAS

Research Center
for Natural Resources,
Envioronment and Society

Paula Lúcia da Mata Silvério Ruivo

Paula Lúcia da Mata Silvério Ruivo
Coordinator Professor at the Escola Superior Agrária of the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Department of Food Technology, Biotechnology and Nutrition (scientific areas of Management & Marketing and Economics and Development)
Coordinator of the Master's degree course in Food Technology;
Integrated member of Center for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (CERNAS), integrating the Food Science and Engineering Group;
Collaborating member of the Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV) integrating the thematic line of Sustainable agrifoods System (Research group of Food and Nutrition);
Member and Co-coordinator of Scientific domain of Natural Sciences and Environment of the IPSantarém Research Unit (UI_IPSantarém);
Coordinator of IPSantarém's service to APRODER “Raising awareness among primary school students of the issues of healthy eating and minimizing waste, with a focus on the Mediterranean Diet”
Member of financed project team: RedeSusTERRA - Rede para promoção de práticas sustentáveis em sistemas agrícolas com impacto nos territórios; SPIN - Sustainable ProteIN
Member of the short-term projects team in the 5 editions of the Multidisciplinary Scientific Research competition: 1st place (2024) “Sustainable spreadable creams rich in insect protein & omega-3”, 2nd place (2024) “The child's well-being and the quality of feeding practices for the development of autonomy and self-regulation in a nursery context ”; 5ºlugar (2023) “Spreadable Healthy Creams Protein +”; 2nd place (2021) Perceived sustainability, physical activity and healthy food choices;
Coordinated the scientific area of Food Production and Technology at the Life Quality Research Center (2018-2023);
Member of the scientific council of Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV) (2014-2023)
Member of the scientific council of IPSantarém Research Unit (2014-2023)
Member of the technical-scientific council of ESAS
External Expert in the remote evaluation of proposals for the Open for European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST Association) (since 2020)
Member of the editorial board of the IPSantarém Research Unit (ISSN 2182-9608): (2014-2020)
Member of the finished projets team: BIOMA - Soluções integradas de BIOeconomia para a Mobilização da cadeia Agroalimentar; QCCA - Qualificar os Circuitos Curtos Agroalimentares; Agrio et Emulsio / New Products Development; Get Innovation - The Way of the Industry 4.0 and Quality of Life at Work: Validation of a Scale in Portugal applied to Various Sectors of Activity (finished)
Member of the Scientific Committee and the Organizing Committee of several events
Main research areas are related to Sustainable Agrifood-Systems
Background Knowledge: PhD in Agronomic Engineering and Degree in Agroindustrial Engineering, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon University; Master's degree in Business Sciences, ISCTE Business School.