Márcio Carocho

AFFILIATIONS

RESEARCH FOCUS

• Chemistry of natural products
• Nutraceuticals and functional foods
• Natural food coatings and films
• Food chemistry and food additives
• Essential oils and plant volatiles
• Chemometrics

PATH 

• 2019 - National Individual Junior Researcher contract by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (CEECIND/00831/2018) under the CEEC Individual
• 2018 - Junior Researcher hired by the ValorNatural Mobilizador Project 
• 2017 - Recipient of a national Post-Doc grant (SFRH/BPD/114650/2016) by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology 
• 2016 - PhD in Pharmacy @ Complutense Univeristy of Madrid, Spain
• 2012 - 2017 Fellow of research grants in the area of food science and chemistry of natural products @ the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
• 2011 - MSc in Biotechnology @ Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal
• 2009 - Bachelor in Biotechnologic Engineering @ Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Carocho, M., Ferreira, I.C.F.R. Chapter 43: Dairy Preservatives. Book: Handbook of Dairy Food Analysis . CRC Press, 2020.
• Ferreira, I.C.F.R., Carocho, M. Food and Nutritional Analysis | Food Additives. Book: Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, vol.3. ISBN: 978-008-101-983-2
• Ferreira, I.C.F.R., Carocho, M.. Food additives: Classification, regulation and analysis. Book: Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering . Elsevier, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-12-409547-2
• Pinela, J., Carocho, M., Caleja, C., Barros, L., Ferreira, I.C.F.R. Chapter 9: Wild plant-based functional foods, nutraceutical or drugs. Book: Wild Plants, Mushrooms and Nuts: Functional Food Properties and Applications. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2016. ISBN: 978-111-894-463-9
• Carocho, M., Morales, P., Ferreira, I.C.F.R. Chapter 7: Aditivos antioxidantes. Book: Aditivos Alimentários. Dextra Editorial, 2016. ISBN: 978-84-16898-18-3

• Derbassi, N.B., Pedrosa, M.C., Heleno, S., Carocho, M.*, Ferreira, I.C.F.R., Barros, L. (2022). Plant volatiles: Using scented molecules as food additives.Trends in Food Science & Technology, 122, 97-103.
• Pedrosa, M.C., Ueda, J.M., Melgar, B., Dias, M.I., Pinela, J., Calhelha, R.C., Ivanov, M., Sokovic, M., Heleno, S., Silva, A.B., Carocho, M*., Ferreira, I.C.F.R., Barros, L. (2021). Preservation of chocolate muffins with lemon balm, oregano, and rosemary extracts. Foods, 10, 165.
• Carocho, M., Morales, P., Ciudad-Mulero, M., Fernández-Ruiz, V. Ferreira, E., Heleno, S., Rodrigues, P., Barros, L., Ferreira, I.C.F.R. 2020. Comparison of different bread types: Chemical and physical parameters. Food Chemistry, 310, 125954.
• Carocho, M., Morales, P., Ferreira, I.C.F.R. (2017). Sweeteners as Food additives in the XXI century: A review of what is known and what is to come. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 107, 302-317
• Carocho, M., Barreiro, M.F., Morales, P., Ferreira, I.C.F.R. (2014). Adding molecules to food, pros and cons: A review on synthetic and natural food additives. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 13, 377-399.

PRIZES

• 2020 - Winner of a 5000€ award for the LeafCoat project, awarded by LaCaixa Foundation
• 2019 - Winner of the 2019 European Social Innovation Awards - Challenging Plastic Waste, worth 50.000€
• 2018 - Semi-finalist of the BornFromKnowledge awards promoted by the Portuguese Agency for Innovation
• 2018 - Winner of a travel grant to attend an EFSA conference in Parma, Italy
• 2017 - Emerging Scholar Award worth 375$, awarded by Common Ground Publishing, to attend the 7^th International Conference in Food Studies, in Rome, Italy
• 2017 - Awarded the Extraordinary PhD Prize, for best thesis by the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Complutense Univeristy of Madrid
• 2017 - Finalist of the Ideas Contest for Business Projects", awarded by the Portuguese Catholic University
• 2015 - Best poster prize at the XIV Congreso Nacional de Ciencias Horticolas, in Orihuela, Spain, given by the Spanish Society for Horticulture Sciences
• 2014 - Graduate Scholar Award, worth 200$, awarded by Common Ground Publishing, to attend the 4^th International Conferece in Food Studies, in Prato, Italy

RESEARCH GRANTS

• 2016-2017 - Fellow researcher for the Erasmus+ project, INNOCHEM - Improvement of innovative teaching methods in the fields of Technology and Chemical Engineering according to the best standards of the Bologna Process.
• 2014-2015 - Fellow researcher for the PRODER project No. 46577 "PlantLact - New functional lactic products without synthetic additives"
• 2012-2013 - Fellow researcher for the CHESTNUTSRAD - Alternative conservation of chestnuts, funded by QREN Project No. 13198/2010
• 2011 - Scientific Initiation Grant, BIC. Preparation on biological samples and support to chemistry and biochemistry lectures.
• 2009 - Research Integration Grant, BII. Development of a science metasearcher using javascript

EDITOR/REVIEWER

• Editor of the ISI indexed Journal Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity from Hindawi (IF: 6.543)
• Editor of the ISI indexed Journal Sustainability from MDPI (IF: 2.576)
• Editor of the ISI indexed Journal of Food Quality from Hindawi (IF:1.763)
• Member of the Advisory Board of the ISI indexed Journal Challenges Journal from Hindawi
• Editor of the recently created ISI indexed Joural Oxygen from Hindawi


• Lead Guest Editor for the Annual special edition, titled, Antioxidants and Prooxidants: Effects on Health and Ageing 2018, for the ISI indexed journal Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (IF: 4.492)
• Lead Guest Editor for the special edition, titled Food Additives and Sustainability, for the ISI indexted journal Sustainability(IF:2.592)\
• Lead Guest Editor for the special edition, titled, Antioxidants and Prooxidants: Effects on Health and Ageing, for the ISI indexed journal Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (IF: 4.492)

OTHER SKILLS

• Advanced knowledge of scientific instruments
• Certified taster of cheese and traditional Portuguese smoked sausages
• Pedagogical certification
• Advanced computer skills as user and programmer
• Advanced command of image and video editors
• Geocacher, hiker and photographer

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