Biography

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. He was recently awarded a contract through the Scientific Employment Stimulation Contest – Individual to develop his research project.
His research has been centered around the development of byproducts and green biotechnology-based solutions for the biomedical, cosmeceutical, and nutraceutical industries. This strong industrial connection reflects itself in the 7 industry-university projects which resulted in 4 patents (2 granted). Analysis of his CV shows that his research efforts followed three main topics: i) Valorisation of agro-food byproducts in a circular economy context through the exploitation of the biological potential of their constituents; ii) characterization of extracted compounds' biological potential targeting desirable properties such as antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and cellular metabolism modulation; iii) designing of delivery and formulation solutions, including nanotechnological ones, for the usage and delivery of bioactive compounds. He has published 73 papers, with 1799 citations and an h-index of 23 (Scopus, December 2023), and 8 book chapters. He participated in 24 international conferences presenting 18 oral (2 by invitation) and 43 poster presentations and has been Invited Chair of the session themed Antimicrobial Agents and chemotherapy. Antimicrobial resistance in the BioMicroWorld 2017 International Conference. He has also been Guest Editor for the journals Foods (ISSN: 2304-8158), Molecules (ISSN: 1420-3049), International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067) and Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). Additionally, he is Handling Editor for the journal Frontiers in Microbiology (ISSN: 1664-302X). Throughout his scientific career, he has been involved in numerous works with other Universities and Research Centres which included the co-supervision of 1 Ph.D. student, 13 BSc students final projects, 3 BSc volunteer researchers and numerous tutoring periods for visiting researchers and students.