Phenolic Compounds from By-Products for Functional Textiles

Eduardo Manuel Costa holds a PhD in Biotechnology from the Catholic Portuguese University and is currently a Senior Researcher in CBQF´s (UCP-Porto) Bioactives and Bioproducts research group. His research interests focus on the area of biomedical applications of bioactive compounds for the development of novel healthcare solutions. He was recently awarded a contract through the Scientific Employment Stimulation Contest – Individual to develop his research project. He has published 72 papers with 1753 citations and an h-index of 23 (Scopus, 25 October 2023).

Manuela Pintado is a Professor at the College of Biotechnology of the Portuguese Catholic University (ESB-UCP). In 2017, she became the Director of CBQF (Chemistry and Biotechnology Center—State Associate Laboratory), an ESB UCP research unit, as well as Associate Director of the ESB UCP. She was a member of the Research and Internationalization Group of UCP (2014–2016). She completed her BS studies in Pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto in 1991 and her PhD in Biotechnology at the Portuguese Catholic University in 1999. She has published 667 papers with 18,118 citations and an h-index of 66 (Scopus, 25 October 2023) and has been recognized by the Ciência Viva program as one of the female faces of the Portuguese science community in its book dedicated to Portuguese scientist women. Her research topics mainly include the following: (i) development, compositional characterization, and validation of the bioactivity of functional ingredients (proteins and biopeptides, antioxidants, probiotics, prebiotics, and antimicrobials) and study of the applications on the development of novel functional foods; (ii) by-product upgrading through bioprocesses and extraction processes aiming to obtain high-added-value products; (iii) microbiology and biochemistry in the food field, including key technologies for the production, characterization, and safety issues of products; and (iv) application of the above research developments to other biotechnological fields.