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HOME : PEOPLE : ACADEMIC & RESEARCH STAFF : Maria Pilar Figueroa Gonçalves

maria_goncalves.jpg Maria Pilar Figueroa Gonçalves
Prof. Associado

Faculdade de Engenharia
R. Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto

tel.:
+351222041684
e-mail:
pilarg@fe.up.pt

Main Research Interests
i) Measurement and prediction of physical and rheological properties of biopolymeric systems.
ii) Rheology and microstructure of mixed protein-polysaccharide aqueous systems.
iii) Recovery and characterisation of biopolymers from low value national resources.
iv) Edible films and coatings for food applications.

Recent publications

D. S. Bastos, B. N. Barreto, H. K. S. Souza, M. Bastos, M. H. M. Rocha-Leão , C. T. Andrade, M. P. Gonçalves, 2010. "Characterization Of A Chitosan Sample Extracted From Brazilian Shrimps And Its Application To Obtain Insoluble Complexes With A Commercial Whey Protein Isolate". Food Hydrocolloids, 24, 709-718.



A. M. M. Sousa, V. D. Alves, S. Morais, C. Delerue-Matos, M. P. Gonçalves, 2010. "Agar extraction from integrated multitrophic aquacultured Gracilaria vermiculophylla: evaluation of a microwave-assisted process using response surface methodology". Bioresource Technology,101, 3258-3267.


V. D. Alves, F. Freitas, N. Costa, M. Carvalheira, R. Oliveira, M.P. Gonçalves, M.A.M. Reis, 2010. "Effect of temperature on the dynamic and steady-shear rheology of a new microbial extracellular polysaccharide produced from glycerol byproduct". Carbohydrate Polymers, 79, 981-988.

C. Rocha, J.A. Teixeira, L. Hilliou, P. Sampaio, M.P. Gonçalves, 2009. ”Rheological and structural characterization of gels from whey protein hydrolysates/locust bean gum mixed systems”, Food Hydrocolloids , 23, 1734-1745.



L. Hilliou, F.D.S Larotonda, A.M Sereno and M.P. Gonçalves, 2006. “Thermal and viscoelastic properties of kappa/iota-hybrid carrageenan gels obtained from Mastocarpus stellatus Portuguese seaweeds”, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 54, 7870-7878.


V. Alves, N. Costa, L. Hilliou, F. Larotonda, M.P. Gonçalves, A. Sereno, I. Coelhoso, 2006. “Design of biodegradable composite films for food packaging”, Desalination, 199, 331-333.

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