Dr. Antonio Lourenco
Assistant Lecturer
Email: antonio.lourenco@tudublin.ie
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio--lourenco/
Orcid ID - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0277-458X
Biography
Dr. António Lourenço holds a Ph.D. in Food Engineering (2014) from the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon, an MSc in Food Technology and Quality (2009) from the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and a B.Eng. in Food Engineering (2005) from the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.
He has conducted research in multiple institutions, including:
- Teagasc, Ireland: As a Research Technologist, he is involved in the DOMINO project, focusing on the production of milk kefir and its health impacts. As a Post-Doctoral Researcher, he studied the impact of pathogens on raw milk cheese and their ecological succession.
- University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria: Conducted transcriptomic analysis of Listeria monocytogenes as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Leaders 2025 Fellowship.
- University of Minnesota, USA: Investigated the thermal resistance of Salmonella in dry cereals, studying proteomic profiling and inactivation parameters.
University of Lisbon, Portugal: During his Ph.D., researched biofilm formation and proteomics of Listeria monocytogenes
Academic Interests
Interests includes microbial ecology in food systems; Food Processing and sustainability; Foodborne pathogen control; Fermented products and Industrial microbiology
Research Interests
Dairy, Food Safety, Food Microbiology, Bioprocessing, Fermentation, Biofilms, Listeria, Salmonella, low aw
Current and Past Postgraduate students
- Enora Jolivet from “École supérieure d'ingénieurs en agroalimentaire de bretagne atlantique” (France)/ R&D Biokar Diagnostics (France) –BEng Internship.
- Samuel Taschler from Universität Wien (University of Vienna, Austria) MSc internship program.
- Ana Rita Rodrigues dos Santos from ISA/UTL: “Use of mutants to identify genes involved in biofilm production in Listeria monocytogenes”. MSc thesis in Food Engineering
- Ana Filipa Abrunhosa from ISA/UTL: “Listeria monocytogenes biofilms”. MSc thesis in Food Engineering
Current Collaborations
Teagasc, Cardinal Herrera University, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, University of Georgia (USA)