Alírio Rodrigues appears on the Most Cited Researchers list, developed by the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities in the field of Chemical Engineering. This ranking is based on the Scopus database, providing a measure of the global research influence of each researcher in terms of paper citations.

Besides Alírio Rodrigues, four other Portuguese researchers cited in this list: Mário Figueiredo, Carlos Guedes Soares and Jorge de Brito (University of Lisbon), Vladislav Kharton (University of Aveiro).

Check the full list in the field of Chemical Engineering at:
http://www.shanghairanking.com/The-Most-Cited-Researchers-Developed-for-ShanghaiRanking-Global-Ranking-of-Academic-Subjects-2016-by-Elsevier.html

Prof. José Luís Figueiredo has been invited as keynote plenary speaker at the 19th International Sol-Gel Conference held on September 3-8, 2017 in Liège, Belgium.

Just after the opening ceremony, on the 4th of September, Prof. José Figueiredo presented the lecture “Carbon gels with tuned properties for catalysis and energy applications”.

The Sol-Gel Conference is organized in conjunction with the International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS). Over the past 35 years this biennial conference has been gathering the most relevant and innovative advances in the field, from the point of view of scientific research and industrial developments.

The Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM is internationally recognized for its excellent research work over the years!

Information about the oficial event available at:

http://www.solgel2017liege.com/index.html#main-carousel
http://www.solgel2017liege.com/Keynote-speaker.html