Amala Joy, a PhD student at LSRE-LCM, received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference NanoBioMat 2026 for her work entitled "Refining the Electronic Properties of Bi₂MoO₆ via Ruthenium Modification for Enhanced Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation. 

The work was carried out under the supervision of Prof. Maria José Sampaio, Prof. Joaquim Faria, and Dr. Cláudia Silva. This distinction recognizes the quality and impact of the research developed at LSRE-LCM.

Congratulations to Amala and her supervisors on this achievement!

Sofia Gorito Santos, currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at LSRE-LCM, has been awarded the recognition of Best PhD Thesis in Carbon Area (Melhor Tese na Área do Carbono), granted by the Carbon Materials Division (DCMP) of the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ).

The award was received on June 17th during the 13th National Meeting on Catalysis and Porous Materials (XIII ENCMP) and the 4th Meeting of the Carbon Group (IV RGC), recognizing the scientific excellence and impact of her PhD research.

Sofia Gorito Santos defended her PhD thesis in June 2025 with the theme 'Removal of organic and inorganic species from water in continuous catalytic systems'.

Her research focused on the development of innovative integrated catalytic systems for the treatment of different classes of pollutants. By combining heterogeneous catalytic processes in a sequential approach and employing macrostructured catalysts, her work contributed to advancing water treatment technologies and promoting more efficient and sustainable solutions for water purification.