Dmitry Evtuguin works in the Department of Chemistry and at CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal), as a professor. He is the guest editor of the special issue "Synthesis and Application of New Lignin-Based Polymers and Composites" and is the section board member of MDPI's journal Materials. His research interests mainly focus on the chemistry and technology of lignocellulosics, lignin chemistry, lignin-based polymers and composites, hybrid materials, catalysis, paper materials, and analytic tools for natural polymers. His scientific output includes 249 publications, corresponding to 7105 citations (h-index 48) (Scopus, 5 December 2023).
José P. S. Aniceto received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Aveiro in 2018. He is a junior researcher at CICECO–Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, working in the group of Carlos Silva (EgiChem Group). He is the guest editor of the special issue "Green Separation and Purification Processes" and is a topical advisory panel member of MDPI's journal Processes. His research interests mainly focus on separation processes: simulated moving bed chromatography, adsorption, supercritical fluid extraction, and ion exchange. His scientific output includes 16 publications, corresponding to 307 citations (h-index 9) (Scopus, 5 December 2023).
Inês Portugal is a professor auxiliar at the University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal). She is the guest editor of the special issue "Green Separation and Purification Processes" and a section board member of in MDPI's journal Processes. Her research interests mainly focus on chemical reaction engineering, biorefineries and sustainability, and chemical engineering education. Her scientific output includes 63 publications, corresponding to 1064 citations (h-index 20) (Scopus, 5 December 2023).
Carlos M. Silva works at CICECO–Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro (UA), as an associate professor. He received his Ph.D. in 1998 from the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Portugal), working on diffusion coefficients in supercritical mixtures. He worked three years (1996-1999) at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal) and has been in the Department of Chemistry of the UA since mid-1999. He is the guest editor of MDPI's journals Materials and Processes. His research interests mainly focus on transport properties (mainly diffusion coefficients in liquids and supercritical fluids, phenomenological modelling, and molecular dynamics simulations), separation processes (adsorption/simulated moving bed, ion exchange, membranes, and supercritical fluid extraction), and the synthesis and characterisation of microporous materials for catalysis and separation processes. His scientific output includes 194 publications, corresponding to 5773 citations (h-index 43) (Scopus, 5 December 2023).
Luísa S. Serafim works at CICECO–Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal), as an assistant professor. She received her Ph.D. in 2004 from the Department of Chemistry, Science and Technology of the New University of Lisbon, working on the production of biopolymers using mixed microbial cultures (under supervisor Maria Reis). She has been in the Chemistry Department, Aveiro University, since October 2008 and has taught subjects related to the biochemical engineering and biotechnology fields. She is the guest editor of MDPI's journals Fermentation, Polymers, and Energies and a section board member of MDPI's journal Fermentation. Her research interests mainly focus on polyhydroxyalkanoates, mixed cultures, bioethanol, bacterial cellulose, and biorefineries. Her scientific output includes 57 publications, corresponding to 3405 citations (h-index 28) (Scopus, 5 December 2023).
Ana M.R.B. Xavier works at CICECO–Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal). She received her Ph.D. in Biological Engineering—Microbial Technology from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 1996. She is now the guest editor of special issues "Microbial Production of Added-value Products from Renewable Resources", "Microbial Production of Added-value Products from Renewable Resources 2.0", and "Renewable Resources and Biorefineries 2021", and she is an editorial board member and a section board member of MDPI's journal Fermentation and the associate editor of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology—Bioprocess Engineering. Her research interests mainly focus on biorefineries; the bioprocess of renewable resources for new products; bioethanol, lactic acid, and biopolymers' production; and laccase production, its immobilization, and biocatalysis. She has been involved in pulp and paper industry projects on the ligninolytic activity in pulp and bleaching processes, effluent cleaning processes, and residues' valorization.
