NEWS

FEUP Day Highlights LSRE-LCM Researchers and Professors

On 19th January, the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) celebrated another edition of FEUP Day, an annual event that highlights and values the members of the academic community from the previous year. This event is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate achievements in both the pedagogical and scientific fields.

Among the highlights this year were the researchers and professors from the Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Processes - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LSRE-LCM), who were honoured with awards for pedagogical recognition and scientific recognition.

The list of LSRE-LCM researchers and lecturers who received these awards can be found below:

PEDAGOGICAL RECOGNITION AWARD, FEUP 2023

- Alexandre Filipe Porfírio Ferreira

- Manuel Fernando Ribeiro Pereira

SCIENTIFIC RECOGNITION AWARD, FEUP 2023

- Adrián Manuel Tavares da Silva

- Ana Mafalda Almeida Peixoto Ribeiro

- Cláudia Sofia Castro Gomes da Silva

- Joaquim Luís Bernardes Martins de Faria

Manuel Fernando Ribeiro Pereira

- Olívia Salomé Gonçalves Pinto Soares

- Vítor Jorge Pais Vilar


Congratulations for their outstanding success and contribution to the academic community of FEUP and LSRE-LCM!

4 LSRE-LCM Researchers got CEEC Individual Contracts from FCT

January 3, 2024

LSRE-LCM congratulates the 4 researchers who were granted CEEC Individual contracts in the 2023 National FCT call: 

Catarina Cruzeiro - Assistant Researcher

Francisca Moreira - Assistant Researcher

Margarida Brito - Junior Researcher

Marta Barbosa - Junior Researcher

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

J.L. Figueiredo. A Relevância da Indústria Química e o seu Contributo para a Sociedade. Princípia Editora, Lda., Cascais, 2022

APPROVED PROJECTS

ERA-ARE - A new ERA for Environmental Risk Assessment: Chirality as a tool towards environmentally safe pharmaceuticals. Reference: ERC - 101039270. Funded by: European Comission, Horizon Europe | ERC | STARTING GRANTS. Starting Date: 2023/12/31. Duration: 60 months.
F-CAT - A catalytic tool for the defluorination of PFAS in drinking water into degradable organics. Reference: 2022.03874.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.
STAR - STereoselective environmental processes in Antibiotics: role for Resistance. Reference: 2022.02842.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.
DRopH2O - Drinking water quality: early warning and removal of microcontaminants by innovative carbon-based materials. Reference: 2022.08738.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.
SuN2Fuel - Photo-assisted production of green ammonia-based fuels. Reference: 2022.04682.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.
CO2-to-CH4 - Cutting-edge solar-to-heat technology to foster photo-thermocatalytic CO2 methanation towards a climate-neutral economy. Reference: 2022.01176.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.
H2O-3DCapture - Water harvesting – sustainable solution based on a gas-adsorption process using innovative 3D-printed hybrid materials. Reference: 2022.01973.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.

THESIS DEFENSES

André Tiago Torres Pinto
Optimised 2D Carbon Materials Activated by Artificial Light and Electrical Current for Catalytic Water and Wastewater Treatment
Larissa Oliveira Paulista
Solar-Driven Thermo-Photocatalytic CO2 Valorisation into Value-Added Fuels
Isabel Sousa Fernandes
Multiphase Flow in NETmix: mixing studies and applications
Rute Agostinha Gomes Seabra
Separation of light hydrocarbons by Simulated Moving Bed
Rafael Gomes Morais
Noble-metal free carbon-based materials for energy conversion
Pedro Henrique Presumido
Membrane Processes for Tertiary Treatment of Urban Wastewaters: Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor and Ozone Membrane Reactor