NEWS

20th Mostra U.Porto 2023

20-23 April

The 20th edition of "Mostra Universidade do Porto" took place from the 20th to the 23rd of April at the Pavilhão Multiusos in Gondomar. Mostra U.Porto is an annual initiative promoted by the University of Porto, which aims to inform the general public and in particular school-age children about the educational offer of the University and highlight the research carried out in the different scientific knowledge areas.

Mostra U.Porto is a free event that gathers 14 faculties and several research centres integrated at the University of Porto, including ALiCE – Associated Laboratory in Chemical Engineering composed of the R&D units CEFT, LEPABE and LSRE-LCM. The Associated Laboratory presented interactive activities of scientific experimentation and demonstration focused on pre-university participants and also recent graduates who wish to pursue studies in the field of chemical engineering.

The LSRE-LCM thanks the researchers who participated in this Mostra U.Porto event during the 4 days!


You can access the event's website here: https://www.mostra.up.pt/

Ana Catarina Faria PhD Thesis Defense

April 21, 2023

LSRE-LCM congratulates Ana Catarina Faria for her PhD thesis defense on April 21, 2023.

Ana Catarina finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Multifunctional reactors for CO2 methanation: Power-to-Gas concept" supervised by Professor Luís Miguel Madeira (LEPABE, ALiCE), Doctor Carlos Miguel (Assoc. Fraunhofer Portugal Research) and Professor Alírio Rodrigues.

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

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

J.L. Figueiredo. A Relevância da Indústria Química e o seu Contributo para a Sociedade. Princípia Editora, Lda., Cascais, 2022

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

Albertina Gonçalves Rios
Protein Separation and Purification by Cyclic Adsorption Processes
Ana Catarina Oliveira Pinto Faria
Multifunctional reactors for CO2 methanation: Power-to-Gas concept
Joana Filipa de Jesus Rodrigues Pesqueira
Catalytic Water Treatment Life Cycle Assessment
Mariana Nogueira Miranda
Behavior and attenuation of microplastics in environmental compartments
Tatiana La Banca Schreiner
Saponin and Saponin-Rich Extracts as Innovative Solutions for Nanoemulsions Production
Rami Arafah
Multicomponent Chiral Separation by Preparative and Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography
Mohsen Karimi
Process Development for Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Novel Adsorbents: Applications for Clean Energy and Environmental Protection