Maria R Aires-Barros

Maria Raquel Aires-Barros graduated (1984) in Chemical Engineering, obtained the degree of Master of Biotechnology (Biochemical Engineering) (1988) and a Ph.D. (1990) in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) Research Assistant in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1986-1987). Joined the IST in 1987 as a Researcher Assistant. From 1985 to 2011 was Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (DEQB). In 2001 was unanimously approved on evidence Aggregation. Since December 2011 is a Full Professor at the Department of Bioengineering of IST. Vice-President of the Scientific Council and a member of the Coordinating Committee Scientific Council of IST (2007-2009). President of the Pedagogical Council of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa. (2012-2020) and Vice-President of IST School Board (20221-present). Coordinates the scientific-pedagogical area of Biomolecular and Bioprocessing Engineering of the Department of Bioengineering of IST. Coordinator of the Master in Biological Engineering of IST (2010-2012). Belongs to the Scientific commission of the PhD Program MIT / Portugal. Member of the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) at IST ; member of the Executive Board of the Associated Laboratory-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IBB); group leader of the Bioseparation Engineering Laboratory (BEL) (ibb.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/). Current research interests include the development of new separation processes with high performance and efficiency for purification biopharmaceuticals, with special emphasis on the purification of antibodies and the development of devices- "Lab-on-a-Chip" - for protein purification / separation of cells in the microscale. Chair of the Section of the Downstream Processing of the European Society of Biochemical Engineering Sciences (ESBES). Integrate several Scientific and Organizing Committees of International Conferences (BPP, EBES, , Affinity, ECAB). President of the Portuguese Society for Biotechnology (since 2019). Editor of Biotechnology Bulletin. Associate editor on Journal Chemical Papers. Editor of Separation and Purification Journal (since 2015). Supervised more than 70 doctoral and masters thesis.. Author of more than 200 articles and book chapters