NEWS

Margarida Brito Appointed to the EFCE Early Career Board

November 12, 2025

Margarida Brito, researcher at LSRE-LCM/ALiCE, FEUP, has been selected to join the EFCE Early Career Board for the next two years.

In this role, she will lead the task force ChemE Navigator, dedicated to mapping Chemical Engineering Societies and Departments across Europe, fostering stronger connections and collaboration within the community.

More information about the EFCE Early Career Board can be found here: https://efce.info/EarlyCareerCE.html

Congratulations to Margarida on this recognition!

Ana Sofia Santos Wins Processes Best PhD Thesis Award

November 4, 2025

Ana Sofia Santos, researcher at LSRE-LCM/ALiCE, was distinguished with the Best PhD Thesis Award by the journal Processes (ISSN: 2227-9717).

Her doctoral work, titled “Removal of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants from Water in Continuous Catalytic Systems,” was recognized for its scientific excellence, innovation, and impact in advancing sustainable water treatment technologies. This international award celebrates outstanding doctoral research in chemistry, materials, and process or systems engineering.

Congratulations to Ana Sofia on this recognition!

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

Carneiro M.A., Silva T.A., Teixeira P.J.S., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S., Pintor A.M.A.. New insights on antimony removal and recovery from water and wastewater using iron-coated cork granulates: Desorption on batch and fixed-bed column systems. Chemical Engineering Science, 296, 120207, 2024

Domingues P.S., Sousa H.P., Oliveira N.S., Ribeiro A.M., Ferreira A.. Determination of the biochemical methane potential of swine hydrolyzate. Renewable Energy, 235, 121287, 2024

Matos J., Santos R.J., Dias M.M., Lopes J.C.B.. Chaos and mixing in NETmix. AIChE Journal, 70, e18461, 2024

Batool S., Schubert J.S., Ayala P., Saito H., Sampaio M.J., Da Silva E.S., Silva C.G., Faria J.L., Eder D., Cherevan A.. A thiomolybdate cluster for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution: comparison of homogeneous and heterogeneous approaches. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 8, 1225 - 1235, 2024

Restivo J., Orge C.A., Soares O.S.G.P., Pereira M.F.R.. A review of current and prospective catalytic routes for the management of PFAs contamination in water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, 112859, 2024

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

Cláudia Cristina Ferreira de Almeida
Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processes for the Valorisation of Natural Products

Pedro Monteiro Walgode
A new continuous process for dihydroxyacetone production through glycerol catalytic oxidation

Rafael Osório Marques Dias
Gas-phase Simulated Moving Bed for methane upgrade

Ana Sofia Guedes Gorito dos Santos
Removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from water in continuous catalytic systems

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

Lucas Zafanelli
Green Hydrogen Recovery from Natural Gas Grids by Adsorption Processes