Curriculum vitae (Resume)
JOSÉ ANTÓNIO COUTO TEIXEIRA
Personal Data
Place of Birth: Valadares, Vila Nova de Gaia
Date of Birth: 3rd June 1957
Nationality: Portuguese
Address
Biological Engineering Department
Universidade of Minho
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057, Braga - Portugal
Tel:
+351253604406
Fax:
+351253604429
E-mail: [email protected]
Academic Positions
Professor (“Professor Catedrático”) of Biological Engineering, University of Minho (2000present)
Associate Professor (“Professor Associado”), University of Minho (1993-2000)
Associate Professor (“Professor Associado”), University of Porto (1992-1993)
Assistant Professor (“Professor Auxiliar”), University of Porto, (1988-1993)
Academic Background
Diploma in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (1980)
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (1988)
“Agregação”, in Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Minho (1999)
Management Activities
-Pedagogical Director, Dept. Biological Eng. 1994-97.
-Director of MSc course on Bioprocess Engineering, Univ. Minho, 1996-Member of the Directory Board of MSc course on Food Safety, Science and Technology, 2005-Coordinator of Research at Engineering School, University of Minho, 2004-Head of the Department of Biological Engineering, Univ. Minho, 2000 -2012
-Head of Biological Engineering Research Centre (CEB), since 2012
Scientific Supervision and Advising
- Supervision of 26 PhD theses and 20 Post-docs.
-Scientific Consultant of the companies FRULACT, UNICER, QUINTA DOS INGLESES,
MENDES GONÇALVES, BIOTEMPO, BLC3, FERMENTUM, PARTEX
- President of the Scientific Council of Portugal Foods (the largest Portuguese Food Cluster)
Affiliation in societies
President of the Portuguese Biotechnology Society; member of Portuguese Institution of
Engineers and Institute of Food Technologists
Main current research activities
-Industrial Biotechnology (bioprocess development for the transformation of lignocellulosic
materials into 2nd generation bioethanol and chemicals; process development using
photosynthetic microorganisms; production of biosurfactants; valorization of agro-industrial
residues; bioreactor development including new design bioreactors and continuous processing)
and Food Biotechnology
(non-conventional food processing; edible films for packaging;
process development for production of prebiotics)
Funded Research Projects
- Coordination of 26 scientific research projects, 5 of which international
Awards
-“Stimulus to Excellence”, 2006, from the Ministry of Science and Technology (awarded to
scientists with more than 100 refereed papers with 500 citations or more)
- “Seeds of Science” in “Engineering and Technology”, 2011, from “Ciência Hoje”
Publications
Co-editor of the books “Reactores Biológicos-Fundamentos e Aplicações” (in Portuguese),
Engineering Aspects of Milk and Dairy Products and Engineering Aspects of Food
Biotechnology.
Author/co-author of over 400 peer reviewed papers (see http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4918-3704 )