NEWS

Rui Ribeiro and Ana Sofia Santos are Fulbrighters 2022

June 2022

Since its creation in 1960, the Fulbright Commission in Portugal has developed an important role in the promotion of bilateral engagement and mutual understanding between the USA and Portugal, through its mission in the areas of education and science, by offering some of the most prestigious opportunities for the exchange of scholars, researchers, and students from both countries [full announcement available here].

This year, two LSRE–LCM researchers were recipients of Fulbright Portugal Awards!

Rui Ribeiro was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant for Scholars and Researchers with PhD, granting him the opportunity to conduct research activities as Visiting Fulbright Scholar at The City College of New York, NY.

Ana Sofia Santos was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship (with support from FCT) to carry out part of her PhD studies as a visiting student researcher at The University of Texas at Austin, TX.

Congratulations to both and best wishes for your stay at the USA!

Ana Gorito Gonçalves PhD thesis defense

LSRE-LCM congratulates Ana Margarida Gorito Gonçalves for her PhD thesis defense on May 23, 2022.

Ana finished the Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Micropollutants in aquaculture: constructed wetlands and advanced oxidation technologies as prospective treatments" supervised by Professor Adrian Silva, Doctor Ana Rita Ribeiro and Doctor Cristina Almeida (CIIMAR).

The staff and team of LSRE-LCM wish Ana success for the new professional stage that will now begin!

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

CM4Methane - Unravelling the role of conductive materials in the acceleration of methane production from waste in anaerobic digestion processes. Reference: PTDC/BTA-BTA/2249/2021. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2022/01/01. Duration: 36 months.
LigTech - Cutting-Edge PhotoElectroCatalytic Technology for Lignin Recovery. Reference: EXPL/EQU-EQU/0216/2021. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, PeX - Projetos de investigação de caráter exploratório. Starting Date: 2022/01/01. Duration: 18 months.
SERPIC - Sustainable Electrochemical Reduction of contaminants of emerging concern and Pathogens in WWTP effluent for Irrigation of Crops. Reference: Aquatic/0002/2020. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, ERA-NET - European Research Area networks. Starting Date: 2021/09/01. Duration: 36 months.
ClimActiC - Citizenship for Climate: Building Bridges between Citizenship and Science for Climate Adaptation. Reference: NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000071. Funded by: Agência para o Desenvolvimento e Coesão, I.P., PORTUGAL2020 - PORTUGAL2020. Starting Date: 2021/07/01. Duration: 24 months.
Healthy Waters - Identification, Elimination, Social Awareness and Education of Water Chemical and Biological Micropollutants with Health and Environmental Implications. Reference: NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000069. Funded by: CCDR-N - Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte, P2020|Norte2020 - Projetos Integrados ICDT. Starting Date: 2021/04/01. Duration: 24 months.
BiCat4Energy - Carbon-based noble metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst for renewable energy production: Improving the Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell. Reference: PTDC/EQU-EQU/1707/2020. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2021/03/01. Duration: 36 months.
ENANTIOTOX - Enantioselective ecotoxicity and bioaccumulation of psychoactive substances. Reference: PTDC/CTA-AMB/6686/2020. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2021/03/01. Duration: 36 months.
Cat4GtL - Continous Catalytic reactor for the Gas-to-Liquid process using NETmix technology. Reference: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-069953. Funded by: ANI – Agência Nacional de Investigação, . Starting Date: 2020/09/01. Duration: 36 months.
BIOma - BIOeconomy integrated solutions for Mobilization of the Agrofood chain. Reference: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046112. Funded by: ANI – Agência Nacional de Investigação, . Starting Date: 2020/07/01. Duration: 36 months.

THESIS DEFENSES

Adriano Henrique
Upgrading of Total Isomerisation Processes with Metal-Organic Frameworks
Zhipeng Yu
Advanced Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion: From Self-Supported Catalytic Electrodes to Atomically Dispersed Catalysts
Joana de Matos Silva
Mixing and Controlled Combustion in NETmix
Ana Margarida Gorito Gonçalves
Micropollutants in aquaculture: constructed wetlands and advanced oxidation technologies as prospective treatments
Liliana Patrícia Lima Gonçalves
Bimetallic Catalysts supported on Carbon Materials with tailored surface properties