The article "Synergistic effect of bimetallic Au-Pd supported on ceria-zirconia mixed oxide catalysts for selective oxidation of glycero" published on Applied Catalysis B in 2016 won the Scientific Article 2017 Prize from Cátedra Foundation Cepsa.

On 10th of November, there was a ceremony to award this prize in Campus Algeciras de Universidad de Cádiz.

Congratulations to Professor Fernando Pereira, Professor José Orfão and the other authors for the honour of this award.

Article Reference:

C.M. Olmos, L.E. Chinchilla, E.G. Rodrigues, J.J. Delgado, A.B. Hungría, G. Blanco, M.F.R. Pereira, J.J.M. Órfão, J.J. Calvino, X. Chen. Synergistic effect of bimetallic Au-Pd supported on ceria-zirconia mixed oxide catalysts for selective oxidation of glycerol. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 197, 222-235, 2016.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.03.050

LSRE-LCM congratulates Marcelo Costa for his PhD thesis defense on November 6^th, 2017.

Marcelo finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled The NETmix® Tecnhnology, Applied to Gas Hydrates Production: A Potential Solution to CCS supervised by Prof. José Carlos Lopes and co-supervised by Prof. Joaquim Faria.

The staff and team of LA LSRE-LCM wish Marcelo a successful and bright life ahead.