NEWS

LSRE-LCM Researchers in the Editorial Board of Elsevier scientific journal

June 21, 2021

Vitor Jorge Pais Vilar, Principal Researcher, and Maria Francisca da Costa Moreira, Junior Researcher from LSRE-LCM were respectively appointed as Associate Editor and Early Career Editorial Board of Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, a journal published by Elsevier.

The Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering focuses on the development of sustainable technologies for water and wastewater treatment and reuse, pollution prevention, resource recovery of waste, nanomaterials for environmental applications, sustainability and environmental safety, and recent developments on green chemistry.

More info at:

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-environmental-chemical-engineering/editorial-board
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-environmental-chemical-engineering/editorial-board/vitor-vilar

18ª MOSTRA UP 2021 - Online Edition

May 25, 2021

The 18th "Mostra da Universidade do Porto" will take place in a virtual edition from May 27th to 29th.

Each School and Associate laboratory from the University of Porto will have a virtual stand with general information, galleries and videos. ALiCE, Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering, which is composed by CEFT, LEPABE and LSRE-LCM will be at this MOSTRA's edition!

The registration is free but mandatory.

For free registration: https://mostra.up.pt/

More info at: https://noticias.up.pt/tudo-a-mostra-da-uporto-2021/

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