NEWS

Belisa Marinho PhD Thesis Defense

September 4, 2017

LSRE-LCM congratulates Belisa Marinho for her PhD thesis defense approved by the jury.

Today Belisa finished her Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled Advanced Oxidation/Reduction Processes for As(III) and Cr(VI) Oxyanions Removal from Water, supervised by Doctor Vítor Vilar and co-supervised by Prof. José Carlos Lopes and Prof. Rui Boaventura.

LSRE-LCM are extremely proud and will always be open to receive Belisa again! We wish Belisa a successful and bright life ahead!

Luciana Mazur PhD Thesis Defense

July 28, 2017

On July 28, 2017 Luciana finished her Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled Brown marine macroalgae as a natural cation exchanger for toxic metal ions separation and recovery from water, supervised by Doctor Vítor Vilar.

LSRE-LCM congratulates Luciana Prazeres Mazur for her PhD thesis defense approved by the jury.

We are extremely proud and wish the best luck for the beginning of the new professional stage. LSRE-LCM will always be open to receive Luciana again!

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

Almeida C.F., Manrique Y.A., Lopes J.C.B., Martins F.G., Dias M.M.. Recovery of ergosterol from Agaricus bisporus mushrooms via supercritical fluid extraction: A response surface methodology optimisation. Heliyon, 10, e21943, 2024

Lopes J.C., Albero J., Sampaio M.J., Silva C.G., García H., Faria J.L.. Selective oxidative coupling of amines through light-activated bismuth halide perovskites. ChemCatChem, 16, e202301432, 2024

Corrêa I., Faria R.P.V., Rodrigues A.E.. Enhanced simulated moving bed reactor performance for the synthesis of solketal by implementing the ModiCon strategy. Adsorption, 30, 79 - 93, 2024

Paulista L.O., Ferreira A.F.P., Castanheira B., Ðolić M.B., Martins R.J.E., Boaventura R.A.R., Vilar V.J.P., Silva T.F.C.V.. Solar-driven thermo-photocatalytic CO2 methanation over a structured RuO2:TiO2/SBA-15 nanocomposite at low temperature. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 340, 123232, 2024

Fdez-Sanromán A., Torres-Pinto A., Rosales E., Silva C.G., Faria J.L., Pazos M., Silva A.M.T.. Optimisation of a photoelectrochemical system for the removal of pharmaceuticals in water using graphitic carbon nitride. Catalysis Today, 432, 114578, 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

Vinicius Viena Santana
Cyber-physical oriented chemical process for green and sustainable production

André Tiago Torres Pinto
Optimised 2D Carbon Materials Activated by Artificial Light and Electrical Current for Catalytic Water and Wastewater Treatment

Larissa Oliveira Paulista
Solar-Driven Thermo-Photocatalytic CO2 Valorisation into Value-Added Fuels

Isabel Sousa Fernandes
Multiphase Flow in NETmix: mixing studies and applications

Rute Agostinha Gomes Seabra
Separation of light hydrocarbons by Simulated Moving Bed

Rafael Gomes Morais
Noble-metal free carbon-based materials for energy conversion