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Scholarships for 9 PhD projects supervised by LSRE-LCM researchers granted by FCT

September 15, 2023

LSRE-LCM congratulates the 9 researchers who were granted PhD scholarships in the 2023 National FCT call:

Amala Joy - Supervisors: Cláudia Silva, Joaquim Faria, Maria José Sampaio

Ana Rita Querido - Supervisors: Salomé Soares, Fernando Pereira

Beatriz Cambão da Silva - Supervisors: Alexandre Ferreira, Ana Mafalda Ribeiro, Idelfonso Nogueira (NTNU), Diogo Rodrigues

Carolina Duarte - Supervisors: Ricardo Santos, Vítor Vilar

Elham Delvar - Supervisors: Ricardo Santos, Cláudia Silva

Francisca Cardoso - Supervisors: Filipe Mergulhão (LEPABE), Salomé Soares

João Lopes (IPLeiria) - Co-supervisors: Adrián Silva

José Barbosa - Supervisors: Salomé Soares, Ana Mafalda Ribeiro

Sofia Brandão - Supervisors: Ricardo Santos, Stephane Negny (LGC - INP Toulouse)

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: La Caixa Junior Leader-Incoming. 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: 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

Liandra Gracher Teixeira
Anthocyanin-loaded double emulsions for food applications: Color stabilization and emulgels for customized 3D-printing
Giovana Colucci
Lignin-based Pickering Stabilizers for Innovative Cosmetic Applications
Paula Verônica Remor
Cork-Based Permeable Reactive Barrier Coupled with Electrokinetics for the Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Organic Pollutants
Pedro Velho Ferreira
Integrated Experimental, Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Greener Solvents: Extraction of Antioxidants