Paulo Costa Lemos Senior Researcher REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal Tel.: + 351 212948314 Fax: + 351 212948385 E-mail: pac@dq.fct.unl.pt
Research Interests
The domain is Biological Engineering, specialization in Microbial Technology Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology - Wastewater treatment and reuse: organic and inorganic (phosphorus, nitrogen, sulphate, perchlorate) - Biological production of biodegradable polymers - Metabolic engineering
Main publications
“Advances in Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal: From Micro to Macro Scale” A. Oehmen, P. C. Lemos, G. Carvalho, Z. Yuan, J. Keller, L. L. Blackall, M. A. M. Reis. Wat. Res., (in press), 2006.   “Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanotes From Different Short-Chain Fatty Acids by Mixed Cultures Submitted to Aerobic Dynamic Feeding”. P. C. Lemos, L. S. Serafim,  M. A. M. Reis. J. Biotechnol., 122, 226-238, 2006.  “Optimisation of Polyhydroxybutyrate Production by Mixed Cultures Submitted to Aerobic Dynamic Feeding Conditions” L. S. Serafim, P. C. Lemos, R. Oliveira, M. A. M. Reis. Biotech.  Bioeng., 87(2), 145–160, 2004.  “Metabolic Pathway for Propionate Utilization by Phosphorus Accumulating Organisms in Activated Sludge: 13C-labelling and in vivo NMR”. P. C. Lemos, L. S. Serafim, M. M. Santos, M. A. M. Reis, H. Santos. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 69(1), 241-251, 2003.  “Analysis of the Microbial Community Structure and Function of a Laboratory Scale Enhanced Biological Phosphate Removal Reactor”. C. Levantesi, L. S. Serafim, G. R. Crocetti, P. C. Lemos, S. Rossetti, L. L. Blackall, M. A. M. Reis, V. Tandoi. Environm. Microbiol., 4(10), 559-569, 2002.