Centre of Biological Engineering / Centro de Engenharia Biológica

Pedro Geada

Junior Researcher (Non-Tenure Track)

Research Line: Industrial Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Research Group: B.Factory
Lab.: Industry and Processes Laboratory
253 601 986 (office) / 253 601 962 (lab)
pedrogeada@ceb.uminho.pt
https://www.ceb.uminho.pt/People/Profile/pedrogeada

Career

2022 - 2023: Junior Researcher (Non-Tenure Track), Universidade do Minho

Qualifications

2018: PhD Program in Bioengineering, Universidade do Minho
2012: Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biológica, Universidade do Minho

Since 2023: Methane mitigation strategies based on photosynthetic microorganisms
2022 - 2023: Industrial Biotechnology
2019 - 2022: Design and development of new photobioreactors and fermentors for autotrophic and heterotrophic growth of microalgae
2014 - 2018: Development and optimization of cultivation systems and techniques in order to improve cyanotoxin productivity and cost effectiveness
2013 - 2013: Cyanotoxins production optimization
2009 - 2010: Bioethanol production by microalgae systems

Past Projects

Supervision of Researchers

Ana Sofia Maciel Soares - Research Grant
Beatriz Monteiro De Boaventura - Master Student
Cláudia Lima Coutinho - Master Student
Francisco José Gonçalves de Veras Pereira - PhD Student
Luís Manuel Lopes Pereira - Master Student
Maria Inês Gomes Oliveira - Research Grant
Maria João da Silva - PhD Student
Mariana Morgado Araújo - Master Student

Recent Publications

1	Silva, Maria João; Geada, Pedro; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Teixeira, José A. Microalgae biomass–A source of sustainable dietary bioactive compounds towards improved health and well-being Food Chemistry Advances, 6(100926), 2025
2	Pereira, Francisco; Vicente, António A.; Vaz, Filipe; Borges, Joel; Geada, Pedro Influence of plasmonic thin-film-coated photobioreactors on microalgal biomass composition ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 13(2), 791-799, 2025
3	Sousa, Vítor; Hijo, Ariel; Lüdtke, Fernanda L.; Vicente, António A.; Dias, Oscar; Geada, Pedro Recovery and encapsulation of Dunaliella salina β-carotene through a novel sustainable approach: Sequential application of an ionic liquid as naturally-derived solvent and emulsifier Food Chemistry, 458(140232), 2024
4	Machado, Luís; Geada, Pedro; Teixeira, José A.; Pereira, Ricardo N. Improving the accessibility of phytonutrients in Chlorella vulgaris through ohmic heating Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 97(103813), 2024
5	Sousa, Vítor; Maciel, Filipe; Vicente, António A.; Dias, Oscar; Geada, Pedro Development of highly effective growth strategies aiming at improving the content of carotenoids in Dunaliella salina IFDSAL-JY215 Sustainable Food Technology, 2, 1735-1746, 2024
6	Maciel, Filipe; Madureira, Leandro; Geada, Pedro; Teixeira, José A.; Silva, Joana; Vicente, António A. The potential of Pavlovophyceae species as a source of valuable carotenoids and polyunsaturated fatty acids for human consumption Biotechnology Advances, 74(108381), 2024
7	Maciel, Filipe; Berni, Paulo; Geada, Pedro; Teixeira, José A.; Silva, Joana; Vicente, António A. Identification and optimization of the key growth parameters involved in carotenoids production of the marine microalga Pavlova gyrans Scientific Reports, 14(17224), 2024
8	Loureiro, Luís; Morais, João; Silva, Raquel; Martins, Joana T.; Geada, Pedro; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Vicente, António A. Isolation and identification of lichen photobionts collected from different environments in North of Portugal and evaluation of bioactivities of their extracts Foods, 13(11), 1759, 2024
9	Marques, Fabiana; Pereira, Francisco; Machado, Luís; Martins, Joana T.; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Costa, Monya M.; Genisheva, Zlatina; Pereira, Hugo; Vicente, António A.; Teixeira, José A.; Geada, Pedro Comparison of different pretreatment processes envisaging the potential use of food waste as microalgae substrate Foods, 13(7), 1018, 2024
10	Sousa, Vítor; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Vicente, António A.; Dias, Oscar; Geada, Pedro Microalgae biomass as an alternative source of biocompounds: New insights and future perspectives of extraction methodologies Food Research International, 173, Part 1(113282), 2023
11	Maciel, Filipe; Couto, Daniela; Geada, Pedro; Pereira, Hugo; Teixeira, José A.; Domingues, M. Rosário; Silva, Joana; Vicente, António A. Optimization of Pavlova gyrans biomass production and the fatty acid profile using a two-step approach Sustainable Food Technology, 1(6), 850-862, 2023
12	Loureiro, Luís; Machado, Luís; Geada, Pedro; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Vicente, António A. Evaluation of efficiency of disruption methods for Coelastrella sp. in order to obtain high yields of biochemical compounds release Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts, 73(103158), 2023
13	Geada, Pedro; Francisco, Diogo; Pereira, Francisco; Maciel, Filipe; Madureira, Leandro; Barros, Ana; Silva, Joana L.; Vicente, António A.; Teixeira, José A. Multivariable optimization process of heterotrophic growth of Chlorella vulgaris Food and Bioproducts Processing, 138, 1-13, 2023
14	Cunha, Emanuel; Sousa, Vítor; Geada, Pedro; Teixeira, José A.; Vicente, António A.; Dias, Oscar Systems biology's role in leveraging microalgal biomass potential: Current status and future perspectives Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts, 69(102963), 2023
15	Geada, Pedro; Moreira, Catarina; Silva, Maria João; Nunes, Rafaela; Madureira, Leandro; Rocha, Cristina M.R.; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Vicente, António A.; Teixeira, José A. Algal proteins: Production strategies and nutritional and functional properties Bioresource Technology, 332(125125), 2021
16	Geada, Pedro; Loureiro, Luís; Teixeira, José A.; Vítor Vasconcelos; Vicente, António A.; Fernandes, Bruno D. Evaluation of disruption/permeabilization methodologies for Microcystis aeruginosa as alternatives to obtain high yields of microcystin release Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts, 42(101611), 2019
17	Geada, Pedro; Oliveira, Francisca; Loureiro, Luís; Esteves, Diogo; Teixeira, José A.; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Vicente, António A.; Fernandes, Bruno D. Comparison and optimization of different methods for Microcystis aeruginosa's harvesting and the role of zeta potential on its efficiency Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(16), 16708-16715, 2019
18	Geada, Pedro; Rodrigues, Rui M.; Loureiro, Luís; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Fernandes, Bruno D.; Teixeira, José A.; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Vicente, António A. Electrotechnologies applied to microalgal biotechnology – Applications, techniques and future trends Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 94, 656-668, 2018
19	Geada, Pedro; Pereira, Ricardo N.; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Vicente, António A.; Fernandes, Bruno D. Assessment of synergistic interactions between environmental factors on Microcystis aeruginosa growth and microcystin production Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts, 27, 235-243, 2017
20	Fernandes, Bruno D.; Mota, André; Geada, Pedro; Oliveira, João L.; Teixeira, José A.; Vasconcelos, Vítor; Vicente, António A. Development of a novel user-friendly platform to couple light regime characterization with particle tracking - cells' light history determination during phototrophic cultivations Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts, 24, Part A, 276-283, 2017

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Pedro Geada

Junior Researcher (Non-Tenure Track)

Career

Qualifications

Past Projects

Supervision of Researchers

Past Supervision of Researchers

Recent Publications

Microalgae biomass–A source of sustainable dietary bioactive compounds towards improved health and well-being

Influence of plasmonic thin-film-coated photobioreactors on microalgal biomass composition

Recovery and encapsulation of Dunaliella salina β-carotene through a novel sustainable approach: Sequential application of an ionic liquid as naturally-derived solvent and emulsifier

Improving the accessibility of phytonutrients in Chlorella vulgaris through ohmic heating

Development of highly effective growth strategies aiming at improving the content of carotenoids in Dunaliella salina IFDSAL-JY215

The potential of Pavlovophyceae species as a source of valuable carotenoids and polyunsaturated fatty acids for human consumption

Identification and optimization of the key growth parameters involved in carotenoids production of the marine microalga Pavlova gyrans

Isolation and identification of lichen photobionts collected from different environments in North of Portugal and evaluation of bioactivities of their extracts

Comparison of different pretreatment processes envisaging the potential use of food waste as microalgae substrate

Microalgae biomass as an alternative source of biocompounds: New insights and future perspectives of extraction methodologies

Optimization of Pavlova gyrans biomass production and the fatty acid profile using a two-step approach

Evaluation of efficiency of disruption methods for Coelastrella sp. in order to obtain high yields of biochemical compounds release

Multivariable optimization process of heterotrophic growth of Chlorella vulgaris

Systems biology's role in leveraging microalgal biomass potential: Current status and future perspectives

Algal proteins: Production strategies and nutritional and functional properties

Evaluation of disruption/permeabilization methodologies for Microcystis aeruginosa as alternatives to obtain high yields of microcystin release

Comparison and optimization of different methods for Microcystis aeruginosa's harvesting and the role of zeta potential on its efficiency

Electrotechnologies applied to microalgal biotechnology – Applications, techniques and future trends

Assessment of synergistic interactions between environmental factors on Microcystis aeruginosa growth and microcystin production

Development of a novel user-friendly platform to couple light regime characterization with particle tracking - cells' light history determination during phototrophic cultivations

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