NEWS

4 LSRE-LCM Researchers got CEEC Individual Contracts from FCT

January 3, 2024

LSRE-LCM congratulates the 4 researchers who were granted CEEC Individual contracts in the 2023 National FCT call:

Catarina Cruzeiro - Assistant Researcher

Francisca Moreira - Assistant Researcher

Margarida Brito - Junior Researcher

Marta Barbosa - Junior Researcher

André Torres Pinto PhD thesis defense

December 31, 2023

LSRE-LCM congratulates André Torres Pinto for his PhD thesis defense on December 18, 2023. André finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Optimised 2D Carbon Materials Activated by Artificial Light and Electrical Current for Catalytic Water and Wastewater Treatment" supervised by Professor Adrián Silva, Professor Cláudia Silva and Professor Joaquim Faria.

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

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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

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

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

Heloísa Helena Scorsato de Almeida
Hydrosols as antimicrobial agents for sustainable applications

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