Teacher
Cândida Manuel

Resume

Professora associada na Universidade Lusófona; assume o cargo de diretora da licenciatura em Engenharia do Ambiente; atualmente, investigadora na área da qualidade do ar interior, sustentabilidade ambiental em instituições e metodologias de ensino nos cursos de engenharia. PhD em Ciências de Engenharia na FEUP. Deu aulas no ensino superior (sucessivamente, ISPAB, ISTEC, FEUP e ULP), e fez investigação (sucessivamente: LSRE, INEB, LEPABE e DREAMS).

Graus

• Licenciatura
  Engenharia Química (5 anos)
• Mestrado
  Engenharia dos Processos Químicos (2 anos)
• Doutoramento
  Doutoramento em Ciências de Engenharia
• Outros
  First International Practical Course in Biofilm Science: Biofilms: from basics to emergents (2006/09/11 - 2006/09/16)
• Outros
  Microscopia Óptica em Células Vivas
• Outros
  Curso Avançado em Biomateriais
• Outros
  Curso de Microscopia de Varrimento Electrónico e Micro-análise de Raios-X - SEM / EDS
• Outros
  Curso em Análise Estatística de Correspondência
• Outros
  Curso em Teoria e Aplicações de Cromatografia - HPLC
• Outros
  Curso em Electroquímica Fundamental e Aplicada, ANATRON

Publicações

Artigo em revista

• 2017-10-31, Staphylococcus aureusandEscherichia coli dual-species biofilms on nanohydroxyapatite loaded with CHX or ZnO nanoparticles, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
• 2015, Anti-sessile bacterial and cytocompatibility properties of CHX-loaded nanohydroxyapatite, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
• 2014, Influence of nanohydroxyapatite surface properties on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation, Journal of Biomaterials Applications
• 2013, A modular reactor to simulate biofilm development in orthopedic materials, International Microbiology
• 2010, Unsteady state flow and stagnation in distribution systems affect the biological stability of drinking water, Biofouling
• 2007, Dynamics of drinking water biofilm in flow/non-flow conditions, Water Research
• 2004, Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles: A review of preparation methodologies, Journal of applied biomaterials & biomechanics : JABB
• 2003, Synthesis of hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate nanoparticles - Preliminary studies, Key Engineering Materials
• 2002, Preparation and Characterization of Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles

Tese / Dissertação

• 2008-06, Doutoramento, Biofilm Dynamics and Drinking Water Stability: Effects of Hydrodynamics and Surface Materials
• 1998-07, Mestrado, Estudo Electroquímico da Oxidação do Metanol, Formaldeído e Ácido Fórmico sobre um Catalisador de Platina

Artigo em conferência

• Effect of the initial inoculum concentration in Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A biofilm formation, Biofilms5 International conference
• Design of a modular reactor for biofilm formation studies in biomaterials, 18th Swiss Conference on biomaterials - Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Surgery: From Bench to Bedside and Back. European Cells and Materials
• Assessing the antibacterial efficacy of CHX-releasing and CHX+nanohydroxyapatite discs, 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
• Adsorption, system release and antimicrobial properties of chlorhexidine on nanohydroxyapatite coatings, 4th International Symposium on Surfaces and Interfaces for Biomaterials
• 2006, Is it safe to drink a glass of tap water?, II International Water Conference
• 2002, Nanoparticles versus Microporous Structures of Hydroxyapatite , Conference of European Society of Biomaterials

Poster em conferência

• 2016-06, Anti-microbial effect of CHX-loaded nanohydroxyapatite against S. aureus and E. coli dual-species biofilm, Biofilm7
• 2005, Kinetics of microbial growth in drinking water distribution systems, Conference MICRO’05 BIOTEC’05
• 2005, Effect of polymeric materials on biofilm growth in the drinking water distribution systems, Conference MICRO’05 BIOTEC’05