Filipa da Rosa Carvalhal Sequeira

Filipa Sequeira

Academic position:	Researcher
Joining date:	01-08-2024
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Optics and Photonics
Group:	Optical Sensors and Integrated Photonics - Av

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
P-3810-193 AVEIRO - PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 234 377 900
Fax: +351 234 377 901

http://www.cienciavitae.pt/F51C-B6D1-819A

https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-6681-1282

SCOPUS

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 30-06-2020
MSc, Universidade de Aveiro, 23-07-2008
Licenciatura, Universidade de Aveiro, 19-07-2005

Expertise Topics

POF chemical sensors and biosensors
Low cost intensity based POF sensors
Fiber optic based sensors for water quality assessment
Turbidity sensor based on POF technology
Diffraction gratings in photopolymerizable films for optical communications

Academic Activities

1Supervision of BSc theses

As Co-supervisor

Low-cost optical sensors for chemical detection of contaminants in water, BSc Student, João Pedro Correia Marques, Concluded 09-2021

Publications

2Books Chapters

F. Sequeira, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, Chemical Sensing with POF, Chapter in, Plastic Optical Fiber Sensors, Marcelo M. Werneck, Regina Célia S. B. Allil, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, 2019
R. Oliveira, F. Sequeira, L. Bilro, R.N. Nogueira, Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors and Devices, Chapter in, Handbook of Optical Fibers, Gang Ding Peng, Springer, Singapore, Singapore, 2018

6Papers in Journals

R. Pitruzzella, C. Marzano, F. Arcadio, F. Sequeira, A. Cutaia, C. Novo, R. Oliveira, M. Pesavento, L. Zeni, R.N. Nogueira, N. Cennamo, G. Alberti, Silica Optical Fibers Connected via a Micro MIP-Core Waveguide to Build Optical-Chemical Sensors, Chemosensors, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 139 - 139, April, 2025,
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F. Sequeira, S. Reis, R. Oliveira, Gomes, M. T. S. R. S. R. Gomes, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, L. Bilro, Glyphosate Detection Through Piezoelectric and Fiber Optic Sensors Based on Molecular Imprinted Polymers, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 24, No. 13, pp. 20331 - 20342, July, 2024,
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F. Sequeira, N. Cennamo, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, R.N. Nogueira, L. Zeni, L. Bilro, D-Shaped POF Sensors for Refractive Index Sensing—The Importance of Surface Roughness, Sensors, Vol. 19, No. 11, pp. 2476 - 2476, May, 2019,
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F. Sequeira, D. Duarte, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, Low-Cost Sensing with Plastic Optical Fibers—From Turbidity and Refractive Index to Chemical Sensing, Proceedings, Vol. 15, No. 12, pp. 12 - 4, May, 2019,
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N. Cennamo, G. D’Agostino, F. Sequeira, F. Mattiello, G. Porto, A. Biasiolo, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, L. Zeni, A Simple and Low-Cost Optical Fiber Intensity-Based Configuration for Perfluorinated Compounds in Water Solution, Sensors, Vol. 18, No. 9, pp. 3009 - 3009, September, 2018,
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F. Sequeira, D. Duarte, L. Bilro, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, M. Pesavento, L. Zeni, N. Cennamo, Refractive Index Sensing with D-Shaped Plastic Optical Fibers for Chemical and Biochemical Applications, Sensors, Vol. 16, No. 12, pp. 2119 - 2119, December, 2016,
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17Papers in Conferences

R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, F. Sequeira, R. Oliveira, D. Duarte, Liquid quality assessment with optical fibre sensors, International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers POF, Yokohama, Japan, November, 2019 | BibTex
N. Cennamo, F. Arcadio, C. Perri, L. Zeni, F. Sequeira, L. Bilro, R.N. Nogueira, G. D’Agostino, G. Porto, A. Biasiolo, Water monitoring in smart cities exploiting plastic optical fibers and molecularly imprinted polymers. the case of PFBS detection, IEEE IEEE International Symposium on Measurements and Networking, M and N M&N, Catania, Italy, July, 2019,
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F. Sequeira, D. Duarte, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, Low-Cost Sensing with Plastic Optical Fibers—From Turbidity and Refractive Index to Chemical Sensing, International Symposium on Sensor Science, Naples, Italy, Vol. 15, 12, pp. -, May, 2019,
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F. Sequeira, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, T. Santos-Silva, Coating of modified plastic optical fibers with proteins for chemical sensing and biosensing: preliminary studies, SPIE Proc. SPIE 11028, Optical Sensors, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol. 110282O, pp. -, April, 2019,
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N. Cennamo, G. D’Agostino, F. Sequeira, F. Arcadio, G. Porto, A. Biasiolo, C. Perri, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, L. Zeni, An optical fiber intensity-based sensor configuration for the detection of PFOA in water, International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors OFS, Lausanne, Switzerland, September, 2018,
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F. Sequeira, N. Cennamo, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, R.N. Nogueira, L. Zeni, L. Bilro, Comparative analysis between refractive index POF Sensors for Chemical Sensing, International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers POF, Seattle, United States, September, 2018,
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N. Cennamo, G. D'Agostino, F. Sequeira, F. Mattiello1, G. Porto, A. Biasiolo, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, L. Zeni, Molecular Imprinted Polymer on a D-shaped Plastic Optical Fiber for the selective detection of Perfluorooctanoate, EUROPT(R)ODE XIII, Naples, Italy, Vol., pp. 181 -, March, 2018,
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F. Sequeira, R.N. Nogueira, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, N. Cennamo, L. Zeni, L. Bilro, Sensitivity optimization of POF sensors based on an intensity low-cost configuration targeting chemical and biochemical sensing, International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres - POF, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol., pp. paper 90-1 - paper 90-4, September, 2017,
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F. Sequeira, L. Bilro, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, M. Pesavento, L. Zeni, N. Cennamo, Optimization of an Evanescent Field Sensor based on D-Shaped Plastic Optical Fiber for Chemical and Biochemical Sensing, Eurosensors Conference, Budapest, Hungary, Vol. 168, pp. 810 - 813, September, 2016,
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F. Sequeira, D. Duarte, R.N. Nogueira, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, N. Cennamo, L. Zeni, L. Bilro, Analysis of the roughness in a sensing region on D-shaped POFs, Internacional Conf. on Plastic Optical Fibers - POF, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. 0 - 0, September, 2016,
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F. Sequeira, D. Duarte, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, Gomes, M. T. S. R. S. R. Gomes, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, Ammonium sensing in aqueous solutions with plastic optical fiber modified by molecular imprinting, European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors - EWOFS, Limerick, Ireland, Vol. 9916, pp. 99161I-1 - 99161I-4, May, 2016,
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F. Sequeira, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, Gomes, M. T. S. R. S. R. Gomes, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, Ammonium sensing with plastic optical fiber modified by molecular imprinting, EUROPT(R)ODE XIII, Graz, Austria, Vol. 1, pp. 184 - 184, March, 2016,
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F. Sequeira, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, Gomes, M. T. S. R. S. R. Gomes, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, Plastic optical fiber sensor modified by molecular imprinting for ammonium sensing, Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) XVIIIth European Conference in Analytical Chemistry EUROANALYSIS, Bordeaux, France, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, September, 2015,
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F. Sequeira, Lopes, N. Lopes, Gomes, M. T. S. R. S. R. Gomes, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, Molecularly imprinted polymer grafted on a polymeric optical fibre for ammonium sensing, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol., pp. 72 - 72, May, 2014,
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F. Sequeira, S. Prats, R.N. Nogueira, J. J. Keizer, L. Bilro, Experimental assessment of a plastic optical fibre based turbidity sensor, RIAO/OPTILAS, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, July, 2013,
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F. Sequeira, C. Vicente, P.S André, J. L. Pinto, Utilização de NOA 68 para o fabrico de elementos ópticos difractivos, Congresso Luso Moçambicano de Engenharia - CLME, Maputo, Mozambique, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, September, 2008,
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F. Sequeira, P.S André, J. L. Pinto, Holographic gratings using Norland Optical Adhesive (NOA 68), Delft University of Technology 5th conference on Physics Teaching in Engineering Education PTEE, Delft, Netherlands, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, October, 2007,
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1Non-refereed Publications

F. Sequeira, Rudnitskaya, A. Rudnitskaya, N. Cennamo, T. Santos-Silva, R.N. Nogueira, L. Bilro, Intensity based POF sensors for water quality assessment, Research@UA, Vol. 10, 2019,
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Projects

Currently running projects2

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
ALERT-PFAS	Estratégia transnacional para detectar e prevenir a poluição por PFAS	Interreg Sudoe	01-01-2024	31-12-2026
MAR2PROTECT	PREVENTING GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION RELATED TO GLOBAL AND CLIMATE CHANPREVENTING GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION RELATED TO GLOBAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH A HOLISTIC APPROACH ON MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE	EU/Horizon Europe	01-12-2022	30-11-2026

Closed Projects4

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
AQUATICsens	AQUATICsens - wAter QUAlity assessment using Fibre OpTICs SENSors	FCT/POCI	01-06-2018	31-03-2022
FOPE-ComSens	Helically Twisted Polymer Optical Fibres for High Capacity Short Range Communications and Wearable Flexible Smart Sensors	FCT	29-03-2021	28-12-2024
HiPOF	Paving the way for high capacity POF based communication systems	FCT/PTDC	01-01-2016	01-07-2018
sWAT	Next generation Smart Water Grids	IT/LA	01-07-2014	01-07-2016

Other Scientific Achievements

1Awards

F. Sequeira, M. Ermini, C. Staudinger, C. Kelly, M. Trzaskowski, C. Berrettoni, J. González, 1st place student presentation - ASCOS 2015, Certificate of Excellence by SPIE Student Services for first place student presentation, Group 5 – Point of care challenge, ASCOS 2015, Porto, Portugal, 01-07-2015

Other Contributions

2Conference Committees

XI Symposium on Enabling Optical Networks and Sensors SEONs, Technical Programme Committee, 2025
International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres - POF, Organizing Committee, 2017

2Refereeing Journals