CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Mariana Belo de Oliveira
Place of Birth: S. Salvador-Ílhavo Birth Date: 01/ 09 /1983 Email: [email protected]
Academic Degree:
Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Aveiro completed in 2006 with the final
classification of 17, in a 0-20 scale.
PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Aveiro completed in October 2010.
Previous Activities:
From November 2005 to July 2006, Introduction to Scientific Research scholarship at CICECO –
University of Aveiro, area of Chemical Engineering, with the theme: Equilibrium and interfacial
properties of water + oil systems, Project POCTI/EQU/58239/2004;
From October 2006 to October 2010, PhD scholarship at University of Aveiro, with the theme: Phase
equilibria modeling for biofuels production.
Area of scientific activity:
Chemical Engineering; Applied Thermodynamics;
Phase Equilibria; Physical Chemistry; Colloid and Surface Chemistry.
Area of expertise:
Thermodynamics
Current research interests:
Modeling of thermophysical properties of pure and mixed substances; Surface Chemistry;
Phase equilibria: solid-liquid, liquid-liquid and vapor-liquid equilibria; Applied Thermodynamics.
Other skills / activities:
Provided services as a lecturer on the practical component of the courses: Elementos de Química Física,
Laboratórios QO-QF Módulo de Química-Física, Laboratórios de Engenharia Química and Química Geral
at University of Aveiro - Volunteer Project, Department of Chemistry.
Awards:
Merit Scholarship awarded by University of Aveiro in 2006;
Honorable Mention at “Prémio jEPSI 6º Workshop Anual de Engenharia de Processos e Sistemas” in
2008, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Curses: Participation in the doctoral level course entitled “Thermodynamic Models: Fundamentals &
Computational Aspects”, January 2008, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark;
Participation in the doctoral level course entitled “The Experimental Phase Science of Small Molecules”,
by Dr. Robert G. Laughlin, 7th to 12th September 2009, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto,
Portugal;
Participation in the doctoral level course entitled “Methods in Molecular Simulation Summer School
2010”, 18th to 27th July 2010, Queens University Belfast, Ireland.
Communications at scientific meetings:
Oral communications:
1. Mariana B. Oliveira; João A. P. Coutinho; António J. Queimada; Modelling the aqueous solubility of
hydrocarbons with the CPA EoS; 4as Jornadas CICECO, January 2007, Aveiro, Portugal; 2. Mariana B.
Oliveira; João A. P. Coutinho; António J. Queimada; Modelling the aqueous solubility of hydrocarbons
and esters with the CPA EoS using a group contribution; Thermodynamics 2007, September 2007, Paris,
France; 3. Mariana B. Oliveira; João A. P. Coutinho; António. J. Queimada; Modelling the aqueous
solubility of hydrocarbons with the CPA; European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE 6),
September 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark; 4. Mariana B. Oliveira; João A. P. Coutinho; António. J.
Queimada; Surface tension of chain molecules through a combination of the gradient theory with the
CPA EoS; European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE 6), September 2007, Copenhagen,
Denmark; 5. Mariana B. Oliveira; Fatima R. Varanda; Maria Jorge Melo; Isabel M. Marrucho, António
José Queimada; João A.P. Coutinho; Application of the CPA EoS to the modelling of biodiesel production;
Prémio jEPSI 6º Workshop Anual de Engenharia de Processos e Sistemas, March 2008, University of
Coimbra, Portugal; 6. Mariana B. Oliveira; Fatima R. Varanda; Maria Jorge Melo; Isabel M. Marrucho;
António José Queimada; João A.P. Coutinho; Application of a group contribution CPA EoS to the
modelling of biodiesel production; CHEMPOR 2008,
September 2008, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; 7. Mariana B. Oliveira; Rita R. Teles; António José
Queimada; João A.P. Coutinho; VLE description of glycerol containing systems with the Cubic-PlusAssociation (CPA) Equation of State; Seventeenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 2009,
Boulder, USA;
8. Mariana B. Oliveira; Sofia Miguel; António José Queimada; João A.P. Coutinho; Modeling of biodiesel
multicomponent systems with the Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA) Equation of State; Seventeenth
Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 2009, Boulder, USA.
Poster communications:
1. M. B. Oliveira, P. J. Carvalho, I. M. Marrucho, J. A. P. Coutinho and A. J. Queimada, Equilibrium and
interfacial properties of water + alkanes: measurements and modeling; 16th Symposium on
Thermophysical Properties, Boulder, Colorado, USA, July 2006;
2. M. B. Oliveira, I.M. Marrucho, J. A. P. Coutinho, G. M. Kontogeorgis, C. Miqueu and A. J. Queimada,
Surface tension of chain molecules – A combination of the gradient theory with the CPA EOS; 22nd
European Symposium on Applied Thermodynamics, Elsinore, Denmark, June 2006;
3. M. B. Oliveira, P.J. Carvalho, I.M. Marrucho, J. A. P. Coutinho, G. M. Kontogeorgis, C. Miqueu and A. J.
Queimada, Interfacial properties of water+alkane systems; 22nd European Symposium on Applied
Thermodynamics, Elsinore, Denmark, June 2006;
4. M. B. Oliveira, I.M. Marrucho, J. A. P. Coutinho, G. M. Kontogeorgis, C. Miqueu and A. J. Queimada,
Surface tension of chain molecules– A combination of the gradient theory with the CPA EOS; 19th
International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics, Boulder, Colorado, USA, July 2006;
5. M. B. Oliveira, Mara G. Freire, I. M. Marrucho, J. A. P. Coutinho, G. M. Kontogeorgis and A. J.
Queimada, Modeling the Liquid-liquid Equilibria of Water + Perfluorocarbons with the Cubic-plusAssociation Equation of State; 19th International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics, Boulder,
Colorado, USA, July 2006;
6. Mariana B. Oliveira, João A. P. Coutinho, António J. Queimada, Modelling the aqueous solubility of
hydrocarbons with the CPA; Eleventh International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria
(PPEPPD 2007), Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, May 2007;
7. Mariana B. Oliveira, Mara G. Freire, Isabel M. Marrucho, João A. P. Coutinho, Georgios M.
Kontogeorgis, António J. Queimada, Modeling the Liquid-liquid Equilibria of Water + Perfluorocarbons
with the Cubic-plus-Association Equation of State; 4as Jornadas CICECO, Aveiro, Portugal, January 2007;
8. Mariana B. Oliveira, João A. P. Coutinho, António J. Queimada, Interfacial tensoions of binary systems
and of their pure components trought a combination of the gradient theory of fluid interfaces with the
CPA EoS; Thermodynamics 2007, Paris, France, September 2007;
9. Mariana B. Oliveira, Fatima R. Varanda, Maria Jorge Melo, Isabel M. Marrucho, António José
Queimada, João A.P. Coutinho, Prediction of water solubility in biodiesel by a group contribution CPA
EoS; V Jornadas CICECO, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, January 2008;
10. Mariana B. Oliveira, Fatima R. Varanda, Maria Jorge Melo, Isabel M. Marrucho, António José
Queimada, João A.P. Coutinho, Prediction of water solubility in biodiesel by a group contribution CPA
EoS; ESAT 2008, Cannes, France, May 2008.
11. Mariana B. Oliveira, Fatima R. Varanda, Maria Jorge Melo, Isabel M. Marrucho, António José
Queimada, João A.P. Coutinho, Application of the CPA EoS to the modelling of biodiesel production;
ECTP 2008, Pau, France, August 2008;
12. Mariana B. Oliveira, Fatima R. Varanda, Maria Jorge Melo, Isabel M. Marrucho, António José
Queimada, João A.P. Coutinho, Application of the CPA EoS to the modelling of biodiesel production; ACS
Fall National Meeting 2008, Philadelphia, USA, August 2008;
13. Mariana B. Oliveira, Rita R. Teles, António José Queimada, João A.P. Coutinho, VLE description of
glycerol containing systems with the Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA) Equation of State; VI Jornadas CICECO,
Aveiro University, Aveiro, Portugal, March 2009;
14. Mariana B. Oliveira, Sofia Miguel, António José Queimada, João A.P. Coutinho, Application of the
Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA) Equation of State to the modeling of biodiesel multicomponent systems; 9º
Encontro Nacional de Química Física, Aveiro University, Aveiro, Portugal, June 2009;
15. Ana Rute Ferreira, Mariana B. Oliveira, Pedro J. Carvalho, António José Queimada, João A.P.
Coutinho, Modeling the solubility of carbon dioxide in ionic liquids using the CPA-EoS; 1st Iberian
Meeting on Ionic Liquids, Aveiro University, Aveiro, Portugal, June 2009;
16. Mariana B. Oliveira, Rita R. Teles, António José Queimada, João A.P. Coutinho, VLE description of
glycerol containing systems with the Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA) Equation of State; Encontro Nacional
de Química Física, Aveiro University, Aveiro, Portugal, June 2009;
17. Sofia Miguel, Mariana B. Oliveira, Maria Jorge Pratas, António José Queimada, João A.P. Coutinho,
Phase equilibria of Systems Containing FAME’s and alcohols using the Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA)
Equation of State; 9º Encontro Nacional de Química Física, Aveiro University, Aveiro, Portugal, June
2009;
18. Mariana B. Oliveira, Sofia Miguel, António José Queimada, João A.P. Coutinho, Modeling of biodiesel
multicomponent systems with the Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA) Equation of State; 24th European
Symposium on Applied Thermodynamics, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 2009;
19. Mariana B. Oliveira, Rita R. Teles, António José Queimada, João A.P. Coutinho, VLE description of
glycerol containing systems with the Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA) Equation of State; 24th European
Symposium on Applied Thermodynamics, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 2009;
20. Mariana B. Oliveira, Rita R. Teles, Sofia Miguel, Maria Jorge Pratas. António José Queimada, João
A.P. Coutinho, Application of the CPA EoS to the modeling of biodiesel production; 2nd International
Congress on Biodiesel, Munich, Germany, November 2009;
21. Mariana B. Oliveira, Sofia Miguel, António José Queimada, João A.P. Coutinho, Modeling of biodiesel
multicomponent systems with the CPA EoS; VII Jornadas CICECO, Aveiro University, Aveiro, Portugal,
January 2010;
22. Maria Jorge Pratas, Samuel Freitas, Mariana B. Oliveira, Sílvia C. Monteiro, João Coutinho, Densities
and Viscosities of Fatty Acid Methyl and Ethyl Esters; VII Jornadas CICECO, Aveiro University, Aveiro,
Portugal, January 2010;
23. Mariana B. Oliveira; João A. P. Coutinho; António J. Queimada, Modeling of super and near critical
fatty acid ester + alcohol or CO2 systems with the CPA EoS; 12th International Conference on Properties
and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, May 2010.
Publication list:
1. Oliveira M.B.; Freire M.G.; Marrucho I.M.; Kontogeorgis G.M.; Queimada A.J.; Coutinho J.A.P.;
Modeling the liquid-liquid equilibria of water plus fluorocarbons with the cubic-plus-association
equation of state; Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2007; 46; 1415.
2. Oliveira M.B.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Queimada A.J.; Mutual solubilities of hydrocarbons and water with the
CPA EoS; Fluid Phase Equilib. 2007; 258; 58.
3. Oliveira M.B.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Queimada A.J.; Surface tension of chain molecules through a
combination of the gradient theory with the CPA EoS; Fluid Phase Equilib. 2008; 267; 83.
4. Oliveira M.B.; Varanda F.R.; Marrucho I.M.; Queimada A.J.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Prediction of water
solubility in biodiesel with the CPA Equation of State; Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2008; 47; 4278.
5. Oliveira M.B.; Melo M.J.; Marrucho I.M.; Queimada A.J.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Description of the mutual
solubilities of fatty acids and water with the CPA EoS; AIChE J. 2009; 55; 1604.
6. Oliveira M.B.; Oliveira V.L.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Queimada A.J.; Modelling the Aqueous Solubility of PAHs
with the CPA EoS; Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009; 48; 5530.
7. Oliveira M.B.; Teles A.R.; Queimada A.J.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Phase equilibria of glycerol containing
systems and their description with the Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA) Equation of State; Fluid Phase
Equilib. 2009; 280; 22.
8. Oliveira M.B.; Queimada A.J.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Modeling of Biodiesel Multicomponent Systems with
the Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA) Equation of State; Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2010; 49; 1419.
9. Oliveira M.B.; Queimada A.J.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Modeling of the phase equilibria relevant to the
biodiesel production and purification processes with the Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA) Equation of State,
in Advances in Chemistry Research, Volume 4. J. C. Taylor, Ed. (Nova Science Publishers, New York,
2010).
10. Oliveira M.B.; Queimada A.J.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Prediction of near and supercritical fatty acid ester +
alcohol systems with the CPA EoS; J. of Supercrit. Fluids 2010; 52; 241.
11. Oliveira M.B.; Miguel S.I.; Queimada A.J.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Phase Equilibria of Ester + Alcohol Systems
and Their Description with the Cubic-Plus-Association Equation of State; Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2010; 49;
3452.
12. Schröder B.; Santos L.M.N.B.F.; Rocha M.A.A.; Oliveira M.B.; Marrucho I.M.; Coutinho J.A.P.;
Prediction of environmental parameters of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with COSMO-RS;
Chemosphere 2010; 79; 821.
13. Pratas M.J.; Freitas S.; Oliveira M.B.; Monteiro S.C.; Lima A.S.; Coutinho J.A.P; Densities and
Viscosities of Fatty Acid Methyl and Ethyl Esters; J. Chem. Eng. Data 2010; 55; 3983.
14. Follegatti-Romero L.A.; Lanza M.; Batista F.R.M.; Batista E.A.C.; Oliveira M.B.; Coutinho J.A.P.;
Meirelles A.J.A.; Liquid−Liquid Equilibrium for Ternary Systems Containing Ethyl Esters, Anhydrous
Ethanol and Water at 298.15, 313.15, and 333.15 K; Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2010; 49; 12613.
15. Oliveira M.B.; Queimada A.J.; Kontogeorgis G.M.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Evaluation of the CO2 behavior in
binary mixtures with alkanes, alcohols, acids and esters using the Cubic-Plus-Association Equation of
State; J. Supercrit. Fluids 2010; 55; 876.
16. Pratas M.J.; Freitas S.; Oliveira M.B.; Monteiro S.C.; Lima A.S.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Densities and
Viscosities of Minority Fatty Acid Methyl and Ethyl Esters Present in Biodiesel; Submitted to J. Chem.
Eng. Data.
17. Carvalho P.; Ferreira A.; Oliveira M.B.; Besnard M.; Cabaco M.; Coutinho J.A.P.; High Pressure Phase
Behavior of Carbon Dioxide in Carbon Disulphide and Carbon Tetrachloride; Submitted to J. Chem. Eng.
Data.
18. Oliveira M.B.; Ribeiro V.; Queimada A.J.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Modeling phase equilibria relevant to
biodiesel production: A comparison of gE models, cubic EoS, EoS – gE and association EoS; Ind. Eng.
Chem. Res. 2011; 50; 2348.
19. Oliveira M.B.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Queimada A.J.; Surface tensions of esters from a combination of the
gradient theory with the CPA EoS; Fluid Phase Equilib. 2011; 303; 56.
20. Oliveira M.B.; Barbedo S.; Soletti J.I.; Carvalho S.H.V.; Queimada A.J.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Liquid-Liquid
Equilibria for the Canola Oil Biodiesel + Ethanol + Glycerol system; Accepted for publication in FUEL.
21. Pratas M.J.; Oliveira M.B.; Monteiro S.C.; Coutinho J.A.P.; Biodiesel Density: Experimental
Measurements and Prediction Models; Submitted to Energy Fuels.
Languages:
English: Preliminary English Test and First Certificate in English by the University of Cambridge.
Others:
Programming knowledge of FORTRAN 77 and FORTRAN 90; Driving license.