Editorial Board Member

Biography

Carla Patrícia Silva (CPS) obtained her degrees at University of Aveiro (UA): PhD in Chemistry (2014), MSc in Instrumental Methods and Analytical Quality Control (2006) and graduation in Chemistry (2004). Currently, CPS is an Invited Professor at Polytechnic University of Coimbra - Health School of Coimbra (ESTeSC-IPC), team member of two research projects (one funded by ESTeSC-IPC in the scope of the call I2D-Igniting InterDisciplinarity and another one funded by FCT), Integrated Researcher of the Health & Technology Research Center (H&TRC/ESTeS-IPC) and Collaborator Researcher at the Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM/UA). CPS has authored 96 communications and 59 publications, from which 35 are highly ranked ISI-journals peer-reviewed papers (representing 1357 citations (39 cit./paper) and an H-index of 23 (Scopus, 27.11.2024)). CPS participated in research projects, juries, and a cost-action, has been actively engaged in editorial boards and manuscripts' peer-review for highly ranked journals (e.g. Chemosphere, STOTEN, J Environ Manage, Environ Pollut; in a total of 81 referee revisions), supervision of students, organization of national/international scientific meetings, and organization/participation in multiple science dissemination events. Since 2020, CPS has also been a Chemistry-based disciplines Professor at UA (2019/2020-2020/2021) and ESTeSC-IPC (2021/2022-present). From 2018 to 2021, CPS was the Assistant Researcher of the FCT Project PTDC/ASP-PES/29021/2017 devoted to photodegradation strategies to treat antibiotics¿ contaminated waters (CESAM/UA). Between 2015 and 2018, CPS performed research work in two different Projects on the development of biowaste-based porous materials for the removal of pharmaceuticals from water (CESAM/UA). In the period 2011-2014, CPS developed her PhD (FCT grant SFRH/BD/74430/2010) focused on the occurrence and fate of estrogens and antibiotics in the aquatic environment (CESAM/UA). In 2012, CPS was a Guest Scientist at BAM-Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany. Between 2005 and 2011, CPS worked as post-graduated member at CESAM/UA (2009-2011), under an FCT Project (POCI/AMB/55939/2004; 2006-2008)) and under research service agreements at the Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO/UA).