LSRE-LCM congratulates Ludovic Ascenção on his successful PhD defense. Ludovic completed the Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering with the PhD thesis entitled "Hidrodinâmica de um misturador rotor- estator para mistura de soluções aquosas de ureia” (Hydrodynamics of a rotor stator mixer for real aqueous solutions mixing), supervised by Dr Ricardo Santos and Dr Adélio Cavadas.

This study was carried out in colaboration with Navistokes Engineering, a company founded and managed by Ludovic, which produces aqueous urea solutions for NOx emissions reduction.

The staff and team of LSRE-LCM wish Ludovic every success in his professional career and enterprises!

Amala Joy, a PhD student at LSRE-LCM, received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference NanoBioMat 2026 for her work entitled "Refining the Electronic Properties of Bi₂MoO₆ via Ruthenium Modification for Enhanced Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation. 

The work was carried out under the supervision of Prof. Maria José Sampaio, Prof. Joaquim Faria, and Dr. Cláudia Silva. This distinction recognizes the quality and impact of the research developed at LSRE-LCM.

Congratulations to Amala and her supervisors on this achievement!