Carla Orge graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) in 2008. In 2007/08, she participated on a research project for pre-graduated students on the theme Catalytic Ozonation of Organic Pollutants Using Metalloporphyrin Complexes Anchored on Mesoporous Carbons. The dissertation thesis for end of course project was about Development of Novel Mesoporous Carbon Materials for the Catalytic Ozonation of Organic Pollutants. In 2009 she started the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering in Department of Chemical Engineering at FEUP with a Ph.D. grant financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). In 2012 she obtained her degree of Ph.D. in the area of Tertiary Treatment of Effluents by Catalytic Ozonation. In April 2013, she started her Post-Doc Grant funded by FCT in LSRE-LCM in the scientific domain of Environmental Engineering under the supervision of Professor Fernando Pereira and Professor Joaquim Faria. Since September 2018 she was selected for a Junior Research position for developing activities in Photocatalytic Ozonation for Micropollutants Abatement in Water and Wastewater.

Carla Orge is currently a team leader of a research project entitled as InTreat supported by FCT. She is co-authored of around 50 publications, including ISI indexed papers (13 as first author) and communications in conference proceedings.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Water treatment by Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs)
Development of catalysts for micropollutants abatement by ozone based processes

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

C.A. Orge, O.S.G.P. Soares, P.S.F. Ramalho, M.F.R. Pereira, J.L. Faria. Magnetic Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Ozonation of Organic Pollutants. Catalysts, 9, 703-716, 2019 J. Martini, C.A. Orge, J.L. Faria, M.F.R. Pereira, O.S.G.P. Soares. Catalytic advanced oxidation processes for sulfamethoxazole degradation. Applied Sciences, 9, 2652-2669, 2019 C.A. Orge, O.S.G.P. Soares, J.L. Faria, M.F.R. Pereira. Synthesis of TiO2-Carbon Nanotubes through ball-milling method for mineralization of oxamic acid (OMA) by photocatalytic ozonation. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 5, 5599-5607, 2017 C.A. Orge, J.L. Faria, M.F.R. Pereira. Photocatalytic ozonation of aniline with TiO2-carbon composite materials. Journal of Environmental Management, 195, 208-215, 2017 C.A. Orge, M.F.R. Pereira, J.L. Faria. Photocatalytic-assisted ozone degradation of metolachlor aqueous solution. Chemical Engineering Journal, 318, 247-253, 2017 C.A. Orge, M.F.R. Pereira, J.L. Faria. Photocatalytic ozonation of model aqueous solutions of oxalic and oxamic acids. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 174-175, 113-119, 2015 C.A. Orge, J.J.M. Órfão, M.F.R. Pereira, A.M. Duarte de Farias, R.C.R. Neto, M.A. Fraga. Ozonation of model organic compounds catalysed by nanostructured cerium oxides. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 103, 190-199, 2011

SELECTED PROJECTS

InTreat - Simultaneous removal of organic and inorganic pollutants in water. Reference: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031337. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, P2020|COMPETE - Projetos em Todos os Domínios Científicos. Starting Date: 2018/07/01. Duration: 36 months. NEPCAT - New equipment involving integrated catalytic processes for treatment of organic pollutants and disinfection of water. Reference: SI IDT - 38900/2012 F3. Funded by: ANI – Agência Nacional de Investigação, Projectos de I&DT em Co-Promoção. Starting Date: 2014/01/01. Duration: 18 months.
Carla Orge
Investigador Doutorado
carlaorge@fe.up.pt