João Monteiro Peixoto
Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Engineering
University of Minho
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga - PORTUGAL

 

E-mail: jmp@deb.uminho.pt

Phone: +351 253 604 400     Fax: +351 253 678 986

 

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Education | Positions | Teaching | Research | Publications

 

 

Education

·                    Ph.D in Chemical and Biological Engineering, UM, 2003

·                    Master in Environmental Technology, UM, 1996

·                    Graduation in Biological Engineering, UM, 1993

·                    Graduation in Nursing, Nursing School Calouste Gulbenkian, Braga, 1980

Positions

·                    Assistant Professor, UM, 2003-

·                    Teaching Assistant, UM, 1994-2003

·                    Monitor, UM, 1991-1994

Teaching

·                    Topics of Environmental Engineering (Biological Engineering Degree - 4th year)

·                    Physical Chemistry (Biological Engineering Degree - 2nd year)

·                    Thermodynamics (Biological Engineering Degree - 2nd year)

·                    Laboratory of Fluids and Heat Transfer (Biological Engineering Degree - 2nd year)

·                    Air Pollution

·                    Water and Liquid Effluents Treatment (Biological Engineering Degree - 4th and 5th years)

Research

·         Biorreactors for the treatment of VOCs and odours in gas effluents

·         Environmental Engineering. Ecosystems

·         International System of Units, SI

Selected publications

·         Peixoto, J. Remoção de Aromáticos duma Corrente Gasosa usando um Filtro Percolador. Master thesis (supervisorr: Manuel Mota), 1996.

·         Peixoto, J., Mota, M. Volatile Organic Compounds Evaporation Chamber for the Simulation of Gas Effluents in Laboratory Research. Biotechnology Techniques, 11:1, 1-6, 1997.

·                    Peixoto, J., Mota, M. Biodegradation of Toluene in a Trickling Filter. Bioprocess Engineering, 19:5, 393-397, 1998.

·         Peixoto, J., Mota, M. Trickling Filter versus Biological Plate Tower in VOC Removal. Poster in the "10th European Congress on Biotechnology", 8th to 11th July, Madrid, Spain, 2001.

·                    Peixoto, J. Estudos de Degradação Biológica de Compostos Orgânicos Voláteis.
Tese de Doutoramento (orientador: Manuel Mota), 2003.

·                    Araújo, I., Serra, R., Peixoto, J., Venâncio, A., Oliveira, J. M. O Vinho: Panaceia ou Utopia. Enologia, n.º 43/44, 2004.

·                    Peixoto, J. Tratamento Biológico de Emissões Gasosas. Valorização de Resíduos, 6, 5-9, 2004.

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