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FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

Mónia Andreia Martins

Group: Sustainable Processes and Products
Phone: 273303083
E-mail: moniamartins@ipb.pt
ORCID: 0000-0003-0748-1612
Scopus Author ID: 56191802400

Career

  • 2022 - 2022: Visiting Researcher at CICECO of University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal
  • Since 2022: Researcher at the Mountain Research Center of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (CIMO-IPB), Portugal
  • 2021 - 2022: Senior Postdoc at the Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
  • 2021 - 2021: Analytical Development Scientist at Hovione, Portugal
  • 2019 - 2021: Postdoc at CICECO of the University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal
  • 2018 - 2018: Visiting Researcher at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
  • 2017 - 2019: Postdoc at CICECO of the University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal
  • 2017 - 2019: Postdoc at the LSRE (IPB) of the University of Porto (UP), Portugal
  • 2017 - 2019: Postdoc at the Mountain Research Center of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (CIMO-IPB), Portugal
  • 2017 - 2017: Visiting Researcher at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
  • 2016 - 2016: Research Trainee at the University of Campinas, Brazil
  • 2014 - 2014: Research Trainee at the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
  • 2012 - 2012: Research Trainee at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2009 - 2010: Integration Research Grantee at Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials of the University of Porto (UP), Portugal

Roles

  • Since 2022: Co-editor in the Research Topic: In Celebration of Women in Chemical Biology 2023 of Frontiers in Chemical Biology. Available at https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/57487/in-celebration-of-women-in-chemical-biology-2023
  • Since 2022: Review Editor in Frontiers in Chemical Biology, section "Molecular Sciences"
  • 2021 - 2022: Guest Editor on the Special Issue "Deep Eutectic Solvents: Linking Fundamental Properties to Final Applications"

Qualifications

  • 2017 - European PhD in Chemical Engineering, CICECO – Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal
  • 2012 - MSc. in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), Portugal
  • 2010 - Graduation in Chemical engineering, School of Technology and Management of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (ESTiG-IPB), Portugal

Awards and Honors

  • 2023 - Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2023 by Stanford University: Most cited scientists worldwide, according to a ranking from a study by Stanford University
  • 2022 - Best Poster Award at the International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes (ISSP), 4 – 9th September, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal (Virtual Meeting)
  • 2019 - Best Poster Award at the 3rd International Congress of Chemical Engineering, 19-21th June, Santander, Spain
  • 2019 - Funding to attend the 6th Thermodynamics Conference, 26 – 28th June, Huelva, Spain June. Financed by European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE)
  • 2019 - Press Release by EFCE: “Monia Martins takes 2019 EFCE Thermodynamics Award for her studies of terpenes, ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents”
  • 2019 - Vote of praise due to the extraordinary curriculum and competences, attributed by Câmara Municipal de Alfândega da Fé, Portugal
  • 2019 - Best European PhD Thesis in Thermodynamics and Transport Properties – European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE), supported by Bayer AG
  • 2018 - 2nd prize Flash Presentation at International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes (ISSP), 15-20th July, Tours, France
  • 2018 - Scholarship to attend the 8th IUPAC International Conference on Green Chemistry, 9 – 14th September 2018, Bangkok, Thailand. Financed by IUPAC
  • 2015 - Funding to attend the COST Workshop: “Ionic liquids at interfaces“, 3 – 5th October, Belek, Turkey, Financed by COST
  • 2014 - Short Term Scientific Mission COST-STSM-CM1206-21329 scholarship, 6 months, March – August, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw – Poland, Financed by COST
  • 2013 - Scholarship to attend the REGALIs Summer School, 9 – 12th June, O Grove, Spain, Financed by Red Gallega de Líquidos Iónicos, ReGaLis
  • 2012 - Best student award – Caixa Geral de Depósitos
  • 2010 - Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education
  • 2008 - Merit Scholarship – Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal

Interests

  • Applied Thermodynamics
  • Green Chemistry & Green Solvents
  • Terpenes, Ionic Liquids & Eutectic Mixtures
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermophysical Properties

Projects:

- Artemisinin bioavailability enhancement through eutectic formation with natural excipients
Funding body: UNESCO/IUPAC - PhosAgro/UNESCO/IUPAC
Reference:
Principal Investigator:Mónia Andreia Rodrigues Martins
Start: 2024-01-02
End: 2025-01-02

Total results: 50
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Martins M.A.R.,Abranches D.O.,Silva L.P.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Tetraalkylammonium Chlorides as Melting Point Depressants of Ionic Liquids
Journal of Solution Chemistry, 53, 538-551, 2024

2
Vilas-Boas S.M.,Coelho A.Z.,Martins M.A.R.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Ferreira O.,Pinho S.P.
Evaluation of Ionic Liquids for the Sustainable Fractionation of Essential Oils
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 62, 6749-6758, 2023

3
Zambom A.,Vilas-Boas S.M.,Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Ferreira O.,Pinho S.P.
The Role of the Anion in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids for Fuel and Terpenes Processing
Molecules, 28, , 2023

4
Martins M.A.R.,Abranches D.O.,Silva L.P.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Insights into the Chloride versus Bromide Effect on the Formation of Urea-Quaternary Ammonium Eutectic Solvents
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 61, 11988-11995, 2022

5
Vilas-Boas S.M.,Martins M.A.R.,Tentor F.R.,Teixeira G.,Sgorlon J.G.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Ferreira O.,Pinho S.P.
Imidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquid Mixtures as Separating Agents: Fuel Processing and Azeotrope Breaking
Energy and Fuels, 36, 8552-8561, 2022

6
Lobo Ferreira A.I.M.C.,Vilas-Boas S.M.,Silva R.M.A.,Martins M.A.R.,Abranches D.O.,Soares-Santos P.C.R.,Almeida Paz F.A.,Ferreira O.,Pinho S.P.,Santos L.M.N.B.F.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Extensive characterization of choline chloride and its solid-liquid equilibrium with water
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, 14886-14897, 2022

7
Martins M.A.R.,Sosa F.H.B.,Kilpeläinen I.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Physico-chemical characterization of aqueous solutions of superbase ionic liquids with cellulose dissolution capability
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 556, , 2022

8
Silva L.P.,Crespo E.A.,Martins M.A.R.,Barbosa P.C.,Gardas R.L.,Vega L.F.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Carvalho P.J.
Encapsulated Protic Ionic Liquids as Sustainable Materials for CO2Separation
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 61, 4046-4057, 2022

9
Santos R.A.L.S.,Magalhães M.C.F.,Hefter G.,Akilan C.,Martins M.A.R.,Carvalho P.J.,Pinto D.C.G.A.
Densities, heat capacities, viscosities, 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra, and solvatochromic parameters of binary mixtures of 1,3-dimethyl-1,3-diazinan-2-one (DMPU) and water
Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 161, , 2021

10
Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Abranches D.O.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Solid-liquid phase behavior of eutectic solvents containing sugar alcohols
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 337, , 2021

11
Abranches D.O.,Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Differences on the impact of water on the deep eutectic solvents betaine/urea and choline/urea
Journal of Chemical Physics, 155, , 2021

12
Crespo E.A.,Silva L.P.,Correia C.I.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Gardas R.L.,Vega L.F.,Carvalho P.J.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Development of a robust soft-SAFT model for protic ionic liquids using new high-pressure density data
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 539, , 2021

13
Martins M.A.R.,Vilas-Boas S.M.,Cordova I.W.,Carvalho P.J.,Domańska U.,Ferreira O.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Pinho S.P.
Infinite Dilution Activity Coefficients in the Smectic and Isotropic Phases of Tetrafluoroborate-Based Ionic Liquids
Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 66, 2587-2596, 2021

14
Martins M.A.R.,Carvalho P.J.,Santos L.M.N.B.F.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
The impact of oligomeric anions on the speciation of protic ionic liquids
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 531, , 2021

15
Schaeffer N.,Abranches D.O.,Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Carvalho P.J.,Russina O.,Triolo A.,Paccou L.,Guinet Y.,Hedoux A.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Non-Ideality in Thymol + Menthol Type v Deep Eutectic Solvents
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 9, 2203-2211, 2021

16
Vilas-Boas S.M.,Teixeira G.,Rosini S.,Martins M.A.R.,Gaschi P.S.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Ferreira O.,Pinho S.P.
Ionic liquids as entrainers for terpenes fractionation and other relevant separation problems
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 323, , 2021

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Martins M.A.R.,Silva L.P.,Jorge P.S.,Abranches D.O.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
The role of ionic vs. non-ionic excipients in APIs-based eutectic systems
European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 156, , 2021

18
Alencar L.V.T.D.,Passos L.M.S.,Martins M.A.R.,Barreto I.M.A.,Soares C.M.F.,Lima A.S.,Souza R.L.
Complete process for the selective recovery of textile dyes using aqueous two-phase system
Separation and Purification Technology, 253, , 2020

19
Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Conceição J.H.F.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Eutectic Mixtures Based on Polyalcohols as Sustainable Solvents: Screening and Characterization
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8, 15317-15326, 2020

20
Bouarab A.F.,Martins M.A.R.,Stolarska O.,Smiglak M.,Harvey J.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Robelin C.
Physical properties and solid-liquid equilibria for hexafluorophosphate-based ionic liquid ternary mixtures and their corresponding subsystems
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 316, , 2020

21
Abranches D.O.,Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Understanding the Formation of Deep Eutectic Solvents: Betaine as a Universal Hydrogen Bond Acceptor
ChemSusChem, 13, 4916-4921, 2020

22
Martins M.A.R.,Sharma G.,Pinho S.P.,Gardas R.L.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Carvalho P.J.
Selection and characterization of non-ideal ionic liquids mixtures to be used in CO2 capture
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 518, , 2020

23
Abranches D.O.,Martins R.O.,Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Liquefying Compounds by Forming Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Case Study for Organic Acids and Alcohols
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124, 4174-4184, 2020

24
Schaeffer N.,Conceica¸õ J.H.F.,Martins M.A.R.,Neves M.C.,Pérez-Sánchez G.,Gomes J.R.B.,Papaiconomou N.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Non-ionic hydrophobic eutectics-versatile solvents for tailored metal separation and valorisation
Green Chemistry, 22, 2810-2820, 2020

25
Mirarabrazi M.,Martins M.A.R.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Robelin C.
Solid-Liquid Equilibria for Hexafluorophosphate-Based Ionic Liquid Quaternary Mixtures and Their Corresponding Subsystems
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 123, 8954-8969, 2019

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Martins M.A.R.,Silva L.P.,Schaeffer N.,Abranches D.O.,Maximo G.J.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Greener Terpene-Terpene Eutectic Mixtures as Hydrophobic Solvents
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7, 17414-17423, 2019

27
Abranches D.O.,Schaeffer N.,Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
The role of charge transfer in the formation of type i deep eutectic solvent-analogous ionic liquid mixtures
Molecules, 24, , 2019

28
Abranches D.O.,Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Fernandez L.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Can cholinium chloride form eutectic solvents with organic chloride-based salts?
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 493, 120-126, 2019

29
Martins M.A.R.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Insights into the Nature of Eutectic and Deep Eutectic Mixtures
Journal of Solution Chemistry, 48, 962-982, 2019

30
Silva L.P.,Araújo C.F.,Abranches D.O.,Melle-Franco M.,Martins M.A.R.,Nolasco M.M.,Ribeiro-Claro P.J.A.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
What a difference a methyl group makes-probing choline-urea molecular interactions through urea structure modification
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21, 18278-18289, 2019

31
Abranches D.O.,Martins M.A.R.,Silva L.P.,Schaeffer N.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Phenolic hydrogen bond donors in the formation of non-ionic deep eutectic solvents: The quest for type v des
Chemical Communications, 55, 10253-10256, 2019

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Martins M.A.R.,Carvalho P.J.,Alves D.,Dariva C.,Costa M.C.,Ferreira R.A.S.,André P.S.,Morgado P.,Pinho S.P.,Filipe E.J.M.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Surface crystallization of ionic liquid crystals
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21, 17792-17800, 2019

33
Vilas-Boas S.M.,Brandão P.,Martins M.A.R.,Silva L.P.,Schreiner T.B.,Fernandes L.,Ferreira O.,Pinho S.P.
Solubility and solid phase studies of isomeric phenolic acids in pure solvents
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 272, 1048-1057, 2018

34
Crespo E.A.,Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Bülow M.,Ferreira O.,Sadowski G.,Held C.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
The Role of Polyfunctionality in the Formation of [Ch]Cl-Carboxylic Acid-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 57, 11195-11209, 2018

35
Silva L.P.,Fernandez L.,Conceiçao J.H.F.,Martins M.A.R.,Sosa A.,Ortega J.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Design and Characterization of Sugar-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents Using Conductor-like Screening Model for Real Solvents
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, 10724-10734, 2018

36
Martins M.A.R.,Crespo E.A.,Pontes P.V.A.,Silva L.P.,Bülow M.,Maximo G.J.,Batista E.A.C.,Held C.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Tunable Hydrophobic Eutectic Solvents Based on Terpenes and Monocarboxylic Acids
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, 8836-8846, 2018

37
Schaeffer N.,Martins M.A.R.,Neves C.M.S.S.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Sustainable hydrophobic terpene-based eutectic solvents for the extraction and separation of metals
Chemical Communications, 54, 8104-8107, 2018

38
Crespo E.A.,Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Fernandez L.,Ortega J.,Ferreira O.,Sadowski G.,Held C.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Characterization and Modeling of the Liquid Phase of Deep Eutectic Solvents Based on Fatty Acids/Alcohols and Choline Chloride
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 56, 12192-12202, 2017

39
Pontes P.V.A.,Crespo E.A.,Martins M.A.R.,Silva L.P.,Neves C.M.S.S.,Maximo G.J.,Hubinger M.D.,Batista E.A.C.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Sadowski G.,Held C.
Measurement and PC-SAFT modeling of solid-liquid equilibrium of deep eutectic solvents of quaternary ammonium chlorides and carboxylic acids
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 448, 69-80, 2017

40
Fernandez L.,Silva L.P.,Martins M.A.R.,Ferreira O.,Ortega J.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Indirect assessment of the fusion properties of choline chloride from solid-liquid equilibria data
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 448, 9-14, 2017

41
Martins M.A.R.,Carvalho P.J.,Palma A.M.,Domańska U.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Pinho S.P.
Selecting Critical Properties of Terpenes and Terpenoids through Group-Contribution Methods and Equations of State
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 56, 9895-9905, 2017

42
Martins M.A.R.,Silva L.P.,Ferreira O.,Schröder B.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Pinho S.P.
Terpenes solubility in water and their environmental distribution
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 241, 996-1002, 2017

43
Schröder B.,Martins M.A.R.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Pinho S.P.
Aqueous solubilities of five N-(diethylaminothiocarbonyl)benzimido derivatives at T = 298.15 K
Chemosphere, 160, 45-53, 2016

44
Schröder B.,Fulem M.,Martins M.A.R.
Vapor pressure predictions of multi-functional oxygen-containing organic compounds with COSMO-RS
Atmospheric Environment, 133, 135-144, 2016

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Martins M.A.R.,Domańska U.,Schröder B.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Pinho S.P.
Selection of Ionic Liquids to be Used as Separation Agents for Terpenes and Terpenoids
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 4, 548-556, 2016

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Martins M.A.R.,Coutinho J.A.P.,Pinho S.P.,Domańska U.
Measurements of activity coefficients at infinite dilution of organic solutes and water on polar imidazolium-based ionic liquids
Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 91, 194-203, 2015

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Martins M.A.R.,Neves C.M.S.S.,Kurnia K.A.,Carvalho P.J.,Rocha M.A.A.,Santos L.M.N.B.F.,Pinho S.P.,Freire M.G.
Densities, viscosities and derived thermophysical properties of water-saturated imidazolium-based ionic liquids
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 407, 188-196, 2015

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Martins M.A.R.,Neves C.M.S.S.,Kurnia K.A.,Santos L.M.N.B.F.,Freire M.G.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Analysis of the isomerism effect on the mutual solubilities of bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide-based ionic liquids with water
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 381, 28-35, 2014

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Martins M.A.R.,Neves C.M.S.S.,Kurnia K.A.,Luís A.,Santos L.M.N.B.F.,Freire M.G.,Pinho S.P.,Coutinho J.A.P.
Impact of the cation symmetry on the mutual solubilities between water and imidazolium-based ionic liquids
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 375, 161-167, 2014

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Martins M.A.R.,Ferreira O.,Hnědkovský L.,Cibulka I.,Pinho S.P.
Partial molar volumes of glycine and dl-alanine in aqueous ammonium sulfate solutions at 278.15, 288.15, 298.15 and 308.15 K
Journal of Solution Chemistry, 43, 972-988, 2014

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