NEWS

Isabel Fernandes PhD thesis defense

November 21, 2023

LSRE-LCM congratulates Isabel Fernandes for her PhD thesis defense on November 16, 2023. Isabel finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Multiphase Flow in NETmix: mixing studies and applications" supervised by Researcher Ricardo Santos and Professor José Carlos Lopes.

The staff and team of LSRE-LCM wish Isabel Fernandes success in the new professional stage that will now begin!

Rute Seabra PhD thesis defense

October 26, 2023

LSRE-LCM congratulates Rute Seabra for her PhD thesis defense on October 24, 2023. Rute finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Separation of light hydrocarbons by Simulated Moving Bed" supervised by Professor Alexandre Ferreira, Professor Ana Mafalda Ribeiro and Professor Alírio Rodrigues.

The staff and team of LSRE-LCM wish Rute success in the new professional stage that will now begin!

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

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APPROVED PROJECTS

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: 2023/03/01. Duration: 60 months.

F-CAT - A catalytic tool for the defluorination of PFAS in drinking water into degradable organics. Reference: 2022.03874.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.

STAR - STereoselective environmental processes in Antibiotics: role for Resistance. Reference: 2022.02842.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.

DRopH2O - Drinking water quality: early warning and removal of microcontaminants by innovative carbon-based materials. Reference: 2022.08738.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.

SuN2Fuel - Photo-assisted production of green ammonia-based fuels. Reference: 2022.04682.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.

CO2-to-CH4 - Cutting-edge solar-to-heat technology to foster photo-thermocatalytic CO2 methanation towards a climate-neutral economy. Reference: 2022.01176.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.

H2O-3DCapture - Water harvesting – sustainable solution based on a gas-adsorption process using innovative 3D-printed hybrid materials. Reference: 2022.01973.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.

THESIS DEFENSES

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

Pedro Henrique Presumido
Membrane Processes for Tertiary Treatment of Urban Wastewaters: Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor and Ozone Membrane Reactor

Filipa Manuela Alves Calvo Casimiro
Lignin from Pulp Mill Sulfite Liquors: Production of Vanillin and Syringaldehyde by an Integrated Process within the Biorefinery Concept

Albertina Gonçalves Rios
Protein Separation and Purification by Cyclic Adsorption Processes