NEWS

Inês Mota PhD Thesis Defense

April 19, 2017

Today LSRE-LCM congratulates Inês Mota for her PhD thesis defense approved by unanimous vote by the jury.

Today Inês finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled Fractionation of syringaldehyde and vanillin from oxidation of lignin, supervised by Doctor Paula Pinto (now at RAIZ) and co-supervised by Prof. Alírio Rodrigues.

We are extremely proud of our young doctorates who have accomplished this task with hard work. We wish Inês a successful and bright life ahead.

Carina Costa PhD Thesis Defense

April 7, 2017

LSRE-LCM congratulates Carina Costa for her PhD thesis defense approved by unanimous vote by the jury.

Today Carina finished her Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled Vanillin and syringaldehyde from side streams of pulp and paper industries and biorefineries, supervised by Prof. Alírio Rodrigues and co-supervised by Doctor Paula Pinto (now at RAIZ).

We are extremely proud of our young doctorates who have accomplished this task with hard work. We wish Carina a successful and bright life ahead.

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

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

Daniela Maria Vilaça Pereira
Innovative (photo) electrocatalytic technologies for the sustainable oxidation of organic compounds

Joana Carvalho Lopes
Photocatalytic synthesis of imines: Novel routes to ever-new molecules

Isabel Sofia Oliveira Barbosa
Technologies for Sustainable Ammonia Production: Reactor Design and Prototyping

Maria Amélia Gabriel de Barros
Photoactivated metal-free smart textiles with self-cleaning and antibacterial properties

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