Email
1800319@estudante.uab.pt
Biography
Sara Bettencourt completed the Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry in 2016 and the Master's degree in Applied Biochemistry in 2018, both in Universidade do Minho. Her master's dissertation was inserted in the European project VOLATILE, being her work focused on lipid production using oleaginous yeasts and volatile fatty acids as carbon sources. Considering that her main interests are sustainable development, circular economy and waste management, now she is a PhD student of Social Sustainability and Development, in Universidade Aberta. Sustainable development and marine litter are the areas that Sara is exploring in her PhD thesis.
