ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

• Olga C. Nunes, LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP (Chair).
• Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro, LSRE-LCM, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP (Vice-Chair).
• Adrián M.T. Silva, LSRE-LCM, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP.
• Cristina Vila, CERENA, Department of Mining Engineering, FEUP.
• Joana Maia Dias, LEPABE, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, FEUP.
• José Carlos Pires, LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP.
• Nuno Azevedo, LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP.
• Vítor Vilar, LSRE-LCM, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

• Concepción Calvo, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Water Research, University of Granada, Granada Spain.
• Petra Kidd, Galician Institute of Agrobiological Research of the Spanish National Research Council, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
• Elisabet Aranda, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Group of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Water Research,University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
• Michael Seeger, Molecular Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile.
• Kenneth Timmis, Institute of Microbiology, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
• Raúl Muñoz, Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
• Maximino Manzanera, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Water Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
• Gianluca Corno, MEG Microbial Ecology Group - Water Research Institute, CNR - National Research Council of Italy, Verbania, Italy.
• Jesús Gonzalez Lopez, Department of Microbiology, Water Research Institute, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
• Marisa Almeida, CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
• Belen Rodelas, Department of Microbiology. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
• Cinta Gómez, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, US.
• David Dowling, Faculty of Science, Institute of Technology Carlow, Carlow, Republic of Ireland.
• Hervé Bercovier, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
• Ramón Batista, Dynamic Cell Research Center, University of State of Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
• José António Teixeira, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
• Clementina Pozo Llorente Department of Microbiology, Institute of Water Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
• Fernando Bautista, Department of Chemical and Environmental Technology, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain. 
• Howard Junca, RG Microbial Ecology, Microbiomas Foundation, Chia, Colombia & Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
• Ana García Ruiz, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Madrid, Spain.
• António Fiúza, Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
• Paula Castro, Faculty of Biotechnology, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal.
• Arminda Alves, Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

SUPPORTING TEAM

• Ana Díaz, CERENA, Department of Mining Engineering, FEUP.
• Ana Esteves, LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
• Ana Luísa Gonçalves, LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
• Ana Margarida Gorito Gonçalves, LSRE-LCM, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
• Ana Teresa Viana, LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
• André Torres Pinto, LSRE-LCM, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
  
• Andreia Azevedo, LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
• Diogo Ferreira, LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
• Maria Francisca da Costa Moreira, LSRE-LCM, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
• Mariana Cruz, LEPABE, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, FEUP
• Mariana Miranda, LSRE-LCM, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
• Marta Sofia Oliveira Barbosa, LSRE-LCM, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
• Nuno Moreira, LSRE-LCM, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
• Parastou Sadeghi, CERENA, Department of Mining Engineering, FEUP
• Sara Pardilhó, LEPABE, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, FEUP
• Sara Soares, LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP
• Tânia Filomena Castro Valente Silva, LSRE-LCM, Department of Chemical Engineering, FEUP