Curriculum Vitae

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Professional Situation

Assistant Researcher

Academic and Scientific Degrees

• PhD in Chemical Engineering, IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal (2011)
• MSc. in Sanitary Engineering, FCT, New University of Lisbon, Portugal (2003)
• Graduate in Zootecnical Engineering, University of Evora, Portugal (1992)

Functions and Relevant Public Offices

• LNEC - Assistant Researcher, since 2011/07 (joined LNEC in 1995)
• TC 90 - Technical committee chairperson since 2016/03, member of the subcommittees SC2, SC3 e SC4
• National delegate in several working groups of the technical subcommittees CEN/TC 165, ISO/TC 224 e ISO/TC 282

Areas of Research / Interest

• Water reuse
• Wastewater treatment systems
• Risk assessment – water reuse
• Integrated management of the urban water cycle
• Articulation between research and standardization

Research Activity

Collaboration in several I&D&I projects, including advanced consultancy. Some relevant projects:

• UP2030 - Planning and Design for Urban Prosperity by 2030 (2023 a 2025)
• Water4All - Partnership: Water Security for the planet (2022-2029)
• B-watersmart - Accelerating Water Smartness in Coastal Europe (2020-2024)
• iEQTA - Iniciativa em Energia, Qualidade e Tratamento de Água (2017-2020)
• LIFE IMPETUS - Improving current barriers for controlling pharmaceutical compounds in urban wastewater treatment plants (2016-2019)
• iGPI 2015 - Iniciativa Nacional para a Gestão Patrimonial de Infraestruturas (2015-2016)
• DEMOCON - Monitorização e controlo de estações de tratamento de águas residuais descentralizadas (2013-2015)
• iPerdas - Iniciativa Nacional para a Gestão Eficiente de Perdas de Água (2014-2015)
• iWIDGET - Improved Water efficiency through ICT technologies for integrated supply-Demand side management (2012-2015)

Relevant Publications

• Ribeiro, R.; Rosa, M.J. (2024) The Role of Scenario-Building in Risk Assessment and Decision-Making on Urban Water Reuse. Water, 16(18), 2674. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16182674
• Silva C., Almeida C. M. M., Rodrigues J. A., Silva S., Coelho M. R., Martins A., Lourinho R., Cardoso E., Cardoso V. V., Benoliel M. J., Mesquita E., Ribeiro R., Rosa M. J. (2023) Improving the pharmaceutical compounds control in two activated sludge wastewater treatment plants: key operating conditions and      monitoring parameters. Journal of Water Process Engineering 54, 103985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.103985
• Mesquita,  E., Ribeiro, R., Silva, C.J.C., Alves, R., Baptista, R., Condinho, S.,  Rosa, M.J., Perdigão, J., Caneiras, C., Duarte, A. (2021). An Update on Wastewater Multi-Resistant Bacteria: Identification of Clinical Pathogens Such as Escherichia coli O25b:H4-B2-ST131-Producing CTX-M-15 ESBL and KPC-3 Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9030576
• Ribeiro R., Silva C., Rosa M.J. (2017) Estratégia para recuperação de fósforo de águas residuais urbanas. Águas & Resíduos IV.2, 38-50. doi: 10.22181/aer.2017.0204
• Ribeiro,  R., Alegre, H., Loureiro, D., Mamade, A. (2017). The role of communication in the      deployment of water loss and energy management strategies: the experience of collaborative research with water utilities. Water Sci. & Technol.: Water Supply 17(4), 1035-1042 https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2016.198
• Loureiro, D., Alegre, H., Silva, M.S., Ribeiro, R., Mamade, A., Poças, A. (2017)  Implementing tactical plans to improve water-energy loss management. Water Sci. & Technol.: Water Supply 17(2), 381-388. doi: 10.2166/ws.2016.092
• Cardoso,  M.A., Poças, A., Silva, M.S., Ribeiro, R., Almeida, M.C., Brito, R.S., Coelho, S.T., Alegre, H. (2016). Innovation results of IAM planning in urban water services. Water Sci. & Technol. 74(7), 1518-1526. doi: 10.2166/wst.2016.291
• Fernandes, L.; Leitão, C., Arriaga, T., Ribeiro, R., Almeida, M.C., Pinheiro, C.I.C., Pinheiro, H.M. (2016) Bioreactor dynamic modelling and control in a      decentralised wastewater treatment plant with spectral online monitoring. In Microbes in the Spotlight:Recent Progress in the Understanding of Beneficial and Harmful Microorganisms, 427−431, ISBN-13: 9781627346122
• Leitão, C., Fernandes, L., Ribeiro, R., Almeida, M.C., Pinheiro, C.I.C., Pinheiro, H.M. (2016) Development of Soft Sensors Based on Analytical and Spectral Data on a Real Small Size Wastewater Treatment Plant, Lecture Notes in Electrical Eng., 402, 323-333, ISBN 978-3-319-43671-5
• Brito, R.S., Ribeiro, R., Arriaga, T., Leitão, C., Lourenço, N.D., Ferreira, F., Pinheiro, H.M. (2015) On-line monitoring for improved wastewater system management: applications of UV-visible spectroscopy. Spectroscopy Europe, 27(6), 6-9.
• Ribeiro, R., Loureiro, D., Barateiro, J., Smith, J.R., Rebelo, M., Kossieris, P., Gerakopoulou, P., Makropoulos, C., Vieira, P., Mansfield, L. (2015). Framework for technical evaluation of decision support systems based on water smart metering: the iWIDGET case. Procedia Engineering 119, 1348–1355, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.976
• Loureiro, D., Rebelo, M., Mamade, A., Vieira, P., Ribeiro, R. (2015). Linking water consumption smart      metering with census data to improve demand management. Water Sci. & Technol.: Water Supply 15(6), 1396-1404. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2015.086
• Loureiro, D., Vieira, P., Makropoulos, C, Kossieris, P., Ribeiro, R., Barateiro, J., Katsiri, E. (2014). Smart metering use cases to increase water and energy efficiency in water supply systems. Water Sci. & Technol.: Water Supply, 14(5), 898-908 doi:10.2166/ws.2014.049

Other Information

Manuel Rocha Research Award 2011/12, LNEC