Scientific Area: Medical and Health Sciences.

EXPR: Public and environmental health.

Name of the service: Water Characterisation Lab – IPB/AquaValor.

Main responsible: Maria José Alves, PhD, Executive Director.

Category of the service:Technological service.

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Web of Science Researcher ID: M-6624-2016
ORCID: 0000-0001-8506-4393
Scopus Author ID: 16400584800
Description: Maria José Alves is the Executive Director of AquaValor since 2019 and the President of the Superior School of Hotel Business and Well Being, part of Bragança Polytechnic University, since 2022. She is currently coordinating 15 national funded projects and is a member of 19 national and international projects. Published a total of 95 documents and has over 636 citations, under an h index of 32.
Book chapters:
– Garcia et al (2023) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18587-8_20
– Oliveira et al (2023) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18587-8_20
– Silva et al (2023) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18587-8_16
– Slezakova et al (2023) http://hdl.handle.net/10198/25997
Research papers:
– Plasencia et al (2023) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02042-6
– Roriz et al (2023) https://doi.org/10.1039/d3fo01660a
– Silva et al (2023) https://doi.org/10.1039/d3fo01660a
– Shiraishi et al (2023) https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11041179
– Albuquerque et al (2023) https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11041179
Research projects:
– AQUAPRED “System for the control and prevention of pollutants in mineral-medicinal waters by means of AI”, Interreg Sudoe – Call Sudoe 2021-2027, S1/1.1/E0056.
– ORALTHERM “Oral health through thermal water”, FUNDAÇÃO LA CAIXA – Projetos I&D Mobilizadores.
– WOODLANDFUNGI “Valorisation and Sustainability of Barroso’s Wild Mushrooms”, FUNDAÇÃO LA CAIXA – Projetos-Piloto Inovadores.

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Local authorities, public institutions, Private companies, Farmers, Food Industries, Health institutions, Research organizations.