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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!

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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.

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Intensification of Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Processes using Innovative Photoreactors Towards Air Treatment

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Supercritical CO2 extraction and continuous production of Moringa oleifera microcapsules: A scalable approach for natural-based cosmetic formulations

Lucas Zafanelli
Green Hydrogen Recovery from Natural Gas Grids by Adsorption Processes

Stephany Cunha de Rezende
Natural-Based Solid Dispersions as Technological Solutions for Innovative Food Applications

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Hydrosols as antimicrobial agents for sustainable applications

Patrícia Sofia Ferreira Ramalho
Selective reduction of nitric oxide (NOx) over carbon-based catalysts