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Aida Moreira da Silva
Aida Moreira da Silva was born and lives in Coimbra. She attended the school until the 9th grade in Porto de Mós and entered secondary school at the Liceu Nacional de Leiria. She graduated in Biochemistry from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra in 1987. She obtained, from the Instituto Superior Técnico, the Master's degree in Biotechnology (branch of Biochemical Engineering) in 1990, and the degree of Ph.D. in Chemistry, on November 5, 1997.
She started teaching 33 years ago, when he completed the school part of the master's degree and ranked 1st in the public documentary competition for an assistant vacancy (of the 1st triennium), in the scientific area of "Food Technology", of the Agrarian Higher School of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (ESAC-IPC). In 1993, she entered the category of adjunct professor, in the area of "Biochemistry of Food Processing", through a public documentary competition. Since 2016, she has been teaching in the category of coordinating professor, after providing public tests at ESAC-IPC, in the scientific area of "Food Sciences and Engineering".
At the same time as the teaching activity, at ESAC-IPC and as a visiting professor, she has been developing research and development activities at the R&D "Molecular Chemistry" unit of the University of Coimbra, since 1994, having presented the results of studies at various national/international conferences and published the various works in books and international journals, arbitration. She has been part of a team that has won several awards in business ideas contests, in the application of R&D (Risk C and Poliempreende). This investment in R&D activities, at the international level, was a strategic option for curriculum management, although the exercise of teaching activity at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra has strong constraints (high number of hours taught per week and different disciplines/curricular units, taught by semester and per year). The impossibility of the Polytechnic Institutes conferring the degree of doctor, and of only assigning the master's degree from the school year 2010-2011, constituted another condition to the curricular options made.
In their professional career, she assumed several positions associated with management, in a higher education environment. The development of these activities, in parallel with pedagogical and scientific performance, implied an increased effort. During the different periods of intense management, activity was responsible for the Financing Instruments of the Office of Studies and Planning (GEP), managing the support applications under the S Programs of Educational Development for Portugal - PRODEP (internships for students and advanced training for teachers). She was president of the Scientific Council of ESAC-IPC, during the period when the transition to the Bologna Process took place (2004-06). He was also chair of the Council of the Department of Food Science and Technology for about eight years. From 2010 to 2014he assumed the role of Vice-President of ESAC-IPC, being responsible for academic affairs and the Office of International Relations, intensifying the institution's internationalization through the ERASMUS, Leonardo da Vinci programs and the preparation of cooperation agreements, with particular emphasis on the PALOP. During this period, he was also appointed president of the autonomous section of performance evaluation of teaching staff, having implemented, from the outset, the evaluation process of teachers for the period 2010 to 2014.
From 2015 to 2018 he coordinated the International Master in Biotechnology taught at ESAC-IPC. Currently, he teaches several curricular units in different courses, integrates the coordination of the degree in Gastronomy, co-guides three doctoral students, and has been guiding researchers after graduate students. He was recently a member of the teams of three research projects (ReNATURE; GoTamarillo; VALCER), is part of the FAPESP project team; and is the Responsible Researcher (IR) of a group, of 27 elements, of the project "New Food IngreDientes of Maritime Plants" - IDEAS4Life (Contest No. 02/SAICT/2017), funded in 237 k€, for the period 2018-2022.
Supervisors: Prof José Teixeira-Dias and Prof José Empis
She started teaching 33 years ago, when he completed the school part of the master's degree and ranked 1st in the public documentary competition for an assistant vacancy (of the 1st triennium), in the scientific area of "Food Technology", of the Agrarian Higher School of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (ESAC-IPC). In 1993, she entered the category of adjunct professor, in the area of "Biochemistry of Food Processing", through a public documentary competition. Since 2016, she has been teaching in the category of coordinating professor, after providing public tests at ESAC-IPC, in the scientific area of "Food Sciences and Engineering".
At the same time as the teaching activity, at ESAC-IPC and as a visiting professor, she has been developing research and development activities at the R&D "Molecular Chemistry" unit of the University of Coimbra, since 1994, having presented the results of studies at various national/international conferences and published the various works in books and international journals, arbitration. She has been part of a team that has won several awards in business ideas contests, in the application of R&D (Risk C and Poliempreende). This investment in R&D activities, at the international level, was a strategic option for curriculum management, although the exercise of teaching activity at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra has strong constraints (high number of hours taught per week and different disciplines/curricular units, taught by semester and per year). The impossibility of the Polytechnic Institutes conferring the degree of doctor, and of only assigning the master's degree from the school year 2010-2011, constituted another condition to the curricular options made.
In their professional career, she assumed several positions associated with management, in a higher education environment. The development of these activities, in parallel with pedagogical and scientific performance, implied an increased effort. During the different periods of intense management, activity was responsible for the Financing Instruments of the Office of Studies and Planning (GEP), managing the support applications under the S Programs of Educational Development for Portugal - PRODEP (internships for students and advanced training for teachers). She was president of the Scientific Council of ESAC-IPC, during the period when the transition to the Bologna Process took place (2004-06). He was also chair of the Council of the Department of Food Science and Technology for about eight years. From 2010 to 2014he assumed the role of Vice-President of ESAC-IPC, being responsible for academic affairs and the Office of International Relations, intensifying the institution's internationalization through the ERASMUS, Leonardo da Vinci programs and the preparation of cooperation agreements, with particular emphasis on the PALOP. During this period, he was also appointed president of the autonomous section of performance evaluation of teaching staff, having implemented, from the outset, the evaluation process of teachers for the period 2010 to 2014.
From 2015 to 2018 he coordinated the International Master in Biotechnology taught at ESAC-IPC. Currently, he teaches several curricular units in different courses, integrates the coordination of the degree in Gastronomy, co-guides three doctoral students, and has been guiding researchers after graduate students. He was recently a member of the teams of three research projects (ReNATURE; GoTamarillo; VALCER), is part of the FAPESP project team; and is the Responsible Researcher (IR) of a group, of 27 elements, of the project "New Food IngreDientes of Maritime Plants" - IDEAS4Life (Contest No. 02/SAICT/2017), funded in 237 k€, for the period 2018-2022.
Supervisors: Prof José Teixeira-Dias and Prof José Empis
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