Elsa Gonçalves
Lisboa,Lisbon
Summary
I have developed my knowledge and skills, around Process Safety. When I joined Hovione in 2018, I started with scientist roles, focused on generating and analyzing process safety information. At the moment I have much broader functions since I participate in the risk assessment of processes involving chemical reactions and high-risk operations such as spray-drying, I approve and revise reports produced my other member of my team. Additionally, I have been participating in different hazard analysis projects at Hovione-Setecasas plant and have been leasing with the Corporate HSE to define and improve new processes and procedures.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scientist
Hovione
Lisbon
04.2018 - Current
- Perform risk assessment of the new processes and define the data needed to ensure that large-scale operations and chemical reactions are performed without process safety accidents.
- Plan and coordinate studies to be performed at process safety laboratory.
- Revise and approve process safety reports.
- Implement new technologies to improve Hovione efficiency and operation.
- Participation in HAZOP, What-If and FMEA exercises, contributing with recommendations for the process and facilities.
Adjunct Professor
Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal
Barreiro
09.2009 - 09.2018
- Teaching Chemistry, Physical-Chemistry, General Chemistry to several engineering degrees of the Barreiro Technological School
- Coordinator professor of the Physical-Chemistry course
- Coordination of several internships of the degree in Chemical Engineering
Postdoctoral Research
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
11.2011 - 10.2016
Research work developed in the Molecular Energetics Group under the supervision of Professor José Artur Martinho Simões.
- Determination of the energy of C-H bonds of molecules from the terpenes and hydroxyphenols family molecules, using photoacoustic calorimetry.
- Define a relations between the energy of C-H bond and molecular structure
Doctoral Research
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon
04.2007 - 07.2011
Research work developed in the Molecular Energetics Group under the supervision of Professor Manuel Minas da Piedade.
- Evaluate the possibility of Niacin to form polymorph's crystallizing from different solvents
- Investigate Niacin crystals size and shape and stablish a correlation with solvents parameters
- Determine the metastablezone with of Niacin in diferent solvents and stablish a correlation with solvents parameter's such as polarity
- Define the solvation enthalpy of Niacin in water at different concentrations.
- Define the sublimation enthalpy of Niacin from Calvet microcalorimetry experiments
Sales Representative
Bial Produtos Farmacêuticos, S.A
04.2006 - 02.2007
- Establishment of sales strategies of some products from the portfolio of BIAL laboratories.
Education
Ph.D. - Physical-Chemistry
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon07.2011
M.D. - Chemistry
Universidade de Évora
Évora12.2003
Skills
- I like teamwork because the success to solve a problem comes from the combination of different points of view
- Within a team I use to adopt the position of facilitator and manage the tasks
- I am a problem-solving person I usually try to focus on the solution and have a critical thinking about me and others position
- I use to be a very organized person and tend to stablish a routine on several tasks in order to improve my efficiency
- I easily adapt to different work environments
- I like working with different teams In the context of teamwork, I am a facilitator and I like to distribute tasks
Affiliations
- Member of the subcommittee of the CCPS Pharma, Food, and Fine Chemicals
Certification
- NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Process Safety Management
- Vent Sizing, Relief System Design, Reactive Chemistry and Role of Two-Phase Flow
Languages
Portuguese
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Spanish
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
French
Elementary (A2)
A2
Scientific Output
ARTICLES
- Gonçalves, E. M, et al., Hazards of a N-Bromosuccinimide Solution in N,N-Dimethylformamide, Org. Process Res. Dev. 2023, 27(11), 1975–1983.
- Gonçalves, E. M. et al., Enthalpies of Formation of Dihydroxybenzenes Revisited: Combining Experimental and High-Level ab initio Data, J. Chem. Therm., 2014, 61, 83–89.
- Gonçalves, E. M., et al., Solubility of Nicotinic Acid in Water, Ethanol, Acetone, Diethyl Ether, Acetonitrile, and Dimethyl Sulfoxide, J. Chem. Therm., 2012, 47, 362–371.
- Gonçalves, E. M., et al., Potentiometric Titration Study of the Temperature and Ionic Strength Dependence of the Acidity Constants of Nicotinic Acid (Niacin), J. Chem. & Eng. Data, 2011, 56, 2964-2970.
- Gonçalves, E. M., et al., Energetics and Structure of Nicotinic Acid (Niacin), J. Phys Chem B, 2010, 114, 5475-85.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
- Gonçalves, E. M., Process Safety Data Management to Prevent Dust Explosion, CCPS European Regional Meeting, 2024.
- Gonçalves, E. M. et al., Data Analysis to Prevent Dust Explosion, Global Conference on Process Safety and Big Data, Frankfurt, 2023.
- Gonçalves, E. M. et al., Calorimetry of NBS addition to DMF: unstable or under studied?, XXVII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, 2021.
Timeline
Scientist
Hovione
04.2018 - Current
Postdoctoral Research
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
11.2011 - 10.2016
Adjunct Professor
Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal
09.2009 - 09.2018
Doctoral Research
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
04.2007 - 07.2011
Sales Representative
Bial Produtos Farmacêuticos, S.A
04.2006 - 02.2007
Ph.D. - Physical-Chemistry
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
M.D. - Chemistry
Universidade de Évora
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