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Scholarships for 15 PhD projects supervised by LSRE-LCM researchers have been granted by FCT

July 28, 2022


LSRE-LCM congratulates the 15 researchers who were granted PhD scholarships in the 2022 National FCT call:

Ana Jorge Pereira - Supervisors: Alexandre Ferreira, Ana Mafalda Ribeiro, Alírio Rodrigues

Ana Rita Fernandes - Supervisors: Adrian Silva, Ana Rita Ribeiro, Miguel Madeira (LEPABE/FEUP)

Carla Santos - Supervisor: Vítor Vilar

Inês Rodrigues - Supervisors: Alexandre Ferreira, Vítor Vilar

Isabella Tomasi - Supervisors: Cidália Botelho, Sílvia Santos

Karoline Ferreira - Supervisors: Fernando Pereira, Lucília Ribeiro

Larissa Ghirro - Supervisors: Filomena Barreiro (CIMO/IPB), Madalena Dias, Arantzazu Santamaria-Echart (CIMO/IPB)

Luiza Sena - Supervisors: Vítor Vilar, António Ferreira (LEPABE/FEUP)

Lisbeth Sanchez - Supervisor: Vítor Vilar, Manuel Andrés Rodrigo (UCLM-Spain)

Mariana Bessa - Supervisors: Ana Mafalda Ribeiro, Alexandre Ferreira, Alírio Rodrigues

Mariana Felgueiras -  Supervisors: Salomé Soares, Fernando Pereira

Paulo Marrocos de Oliveira - Supervisors: Vítor Vilar, Ricardo Santos

Pedro Ferreira - Supervisors: Fani Sousa (CICS/UBI), Cláudia Gomes Silva

Rita Barros - Supervisors: Joaquim Luís Faria, Cláudia Gomes Silva, Raquel Cristovão

Thais Berberich - Supervisors: Joaquim Luís Faria, Bruno Machado (CoLAB NET4CO2), Helder Gomes (CIMO/IPB)

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

Carneiro M.A., Silva T.A., Teixeira P.J.S., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S., Pintor A.M.A.. New insights on antimony removal and recovery from water and wastewater using iron-coated cork granulates: Desorption on batch and fixed-bed column systems. Chemical Engineering Science, 296, 120207, 2024
Domingues P.S., Sousa H.P., Oliveira N.S., Ribeiro A.M., Ferreira A.. Determination of the biochemical methane potential of swine hydrolyzate. Renewable Energy, 235, 121287, 2024
Matos J., Santos R.J., Dias M.M., Lopes J.C.B.. Chaos and mixing in NETmix. AIChE Journal, 70, e18461, 2024
Batool S., Schubert J.S., Ayala P., Saito H., Sampaio M.J., Da Silva E.S., Silva C.G., Faria J.L., Eder D., Cherevan A.. A thiomolybdate cluster for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution: comparison of homogeneous and heterogeneous approaches. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 8, 1225 - 1235, 2024
Restivo J., Orge C.A., Soares O.S.G.P., Pereira M.F.R.. A review of current and prospective catalytic routes for the management of PFAs contamination in water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, 112859, 2024

APPROVED PROJECTS

SWMOF - Water capture from atmospheric humidity using ecological MOFs and integration with intelligent water distribution systems. Reference: Water4All/0003/2022. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Water4All - Water4All Partnership (co-funded by Horizon Europe). Starting Date: 2024/04/01. Duration: 36 months.
ReWateR - Recovery of Wastewater Resources in Agriculture. Reference: 82343. Funded by: “La Caixa” Foundation, INCF - Incoming Fellowship 2023. Starting Date: 2024/04/01. Duration: 36 months.
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.
NEWater - Unconventional, natural and low-energy solutions for managing water sources. Reference: Water4All/0002/2022. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Water4All - Water4All Partnership (co-funded by Horizon Europe). Starting Date: 2023/12/01. Duration: 36 months.
RESURGENCE - Industrial Water Circularity: Reuse, resource recovery and energy efficiency for greener digitised EU process. Reference: 101138097. Funded by: European Comission, Horizonte Europa | Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space. Starting Date: 2023/12/01. Duration: 48 months.

THESIS DEFENSES

Ana Sofia Guedes Gorito dos Santos
Removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from water in continuous catalytic systems
Júlia Cristiê Kessler
Supercritical CO2 extraction and continuous production of Moringa oleifera microcapsules: A scalable approach for natural-based cosmetic formulations
Lucas Zafanelli
Green Hydrogen Recovery from Natural Gas Grids by Adsorption Processes
Stephany Cunha de Rezende
Natural-Based Solid Dispersions as Technological Solutions for Innovative Food Applications
Heloísa Helena Scorsato de Almeida
Hydrosols as antimicrobial agents for sustainable applications
Patrícia Sofia Ferreira Ramalho
Selective reduction of nitric oxide (NOx) over carbon-based catalysts