NEWS

LSRE-LCM Alumnus Carla Pereira receives SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal

July 2, 2021

Carla Pereira finished her PhD degree at LSRE-LCM in 2009 on Process Intensification for the Green Solvent Ethyl Lactate Production based on Simulated Moving Bed and Pervaporation Membrane Reactor, under the supervision of Prof. Alírio Rodrigues and Doctor Viviana Silva (now at BASF). She continued as Post-Doctoral researcher from 2009-2013, and in 2013 she was awarded a FCT Researcher contract.

In July 2014 she joined ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company in Newark, NJ, USA, where she is currently Section Head working on research and development of new solvent technology for use in the gas industry.

We are very proud of Carla's research and technological career and path as a LSRE-LCM and FEUP alumnus.

Congratulations Carla!


More info at: https://www.sciencehistory.org/news/carla-pereira-moore-medal-winner-2021

Participation of Professor Cláudia Silva in the presentation of the new webpage of the Iberian Association Photocatalysis

June 23, 2021

Cláudia Gomes Silva participated in the webinar dedicated to the presentation of the new webpage of the Iberian Association of Photocatalysis (AIF), last June 15. The event counted with the participation of Pedro Duque, Minister of Science and Innovation of Spain, and by Prof. José Antonio López and Dr. Daniel González Muñoz, from the Univeridad Autónoma de Madrid. 

Cláudia Gomes Silva, which is currently the vice-president of AIF, talked about Photocatalysis in Portugal and announced the launching of the Portuguese version of the White Book of Photocatalysis, which will take place in July during the XXVII National Meeting of the Portuguese Chemical Society.

More information about the AIF: https://www.fotocatalisis.org/
Link for the Webinar: https://lnkd.in/gXGv4je

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: 2023/12/31. 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

Vinicius Viena Santana
Cyber-physical oriented chemical process for green and sustainable production
André Tiago Torres Pinto
Optimised 2D Carbon Materials Activated by Artificial Light and Electrical Current for Catalytic Water and Wastewater Treatment
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