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Professor José Luís Figueiredo distinguished with the Medal of Excellence in R+D+I

May 9, 2023

LSRE-LCM congratulates Professor José Luís Figueiredo for the Medal of Excellence in R+D+I awarded by the Ibero-American Congresses of Chemical Engineering (CIBIQ), in recognition of an extraordinary research career in the field of materials and catalysis.

CIBIQ was created in 2019, with the purpose and spirit of building bridges in Chemical Engineering in the Ibero-American Community. The CIBIQ Awards aim to recognize, encourage and promote excellence in the development of professional activity, in academia and/or in industry, among the Ibero-American collective.

The award will be presented in a ceremony during the Gala Dinner of the XI World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE11), which will take place on June 6th in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

You can access more information about the CIBIQ 2023 awards here: https://cibiq.org/premios-cibiq-2023-2 and about the WCCE11 here: https://www.wcce11.org/

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: 2023/03/01. 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

Albertina Gonçalves Rios
Protein Separation and Purification by Cyclic Adsorption Processes
Ana Catarina Oliveira Pinto Faria
Multifunctional reactors for CO2 methanation: Power-to-Gas concept
Joana Filipa de Jesus Rodrigues Pesqueira
Catalytic Water Treatment Life Cycle Assessment
Mariana Nogueira Miranda
Behavior and attenuation of microplastics in environmental compartments
Tatiana La Banca Schreiner
Saponin and Saponin-Rich Extracts as Innovative Solutions for Nanoemulsions Production
Rami Arafah
Multicomponent Chiral Separation by Preparative and Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography
Mohsen Karimi
Process Development for Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Novel Adsorbents: Applications for Clean Energy and Environmental Protection