NEWS
PhD Student Pedro Velho member of JCED Early Career Board
January 3, 2023
Pedro Velho, PhD student at LSRE-LCM supervised by Professor Eugénia Macedo, has been nominated to be part of the Early Career Board (ECB) of the Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (JCED).
The ECB members will provide guidance to JCED’s Editorial Team and help the Journal stay at the forefront of the field and serve the thermophysical properties community.
Congratulations to Pedro!
PhD Student Isabella Tomasi wins Best Poster Presentation Award
December 15, 2022
Isabella Tomasi, PhD student at LSRE-LCM under the supervision of Professor Cidália Botelho and Doctor Sílvia Santos, won Best Poster Presentation Award at the International Congress on Separation and Purification Technology, held online in December 2022, with the communication entitled "Tannin extraction from vegetable residues of Portuguese industry: towards naturally-derived coagulants/flocculants".
Congratulations Isabella!
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
Liandra Gracher Teixeira
Anthocyanin-loaded double emulsions for food applications: Color stabilization and emulgels for customized 3D-printing
Anthocyanin-loaded double emulsions for food applications: Color stabilization and emulgels for customized 3D-printing
Giovana Colucci
Lignin-based Pickering Stabilizers for Innovative Cosmetic Applications
Lignin-based Pickering Stabilizers for Innovative Cosmetic Applications
Pedro Velho Ferreira
Integrated Experimental, Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Greener Solvents: Extraction of Antioxidants
Integrated Experimental, Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Greener Solvents: Extraction of Antioxidants
Cláudia Cristina Ferreira de Almeida
Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processes for the Valorisation of Natural Products
Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processes for the Valorisation of Natural Products
Adriano dos Santos Silva
Sustainable management of municipal solid waste through waste collection optimization and plastic upcycling
Sustainable management of municipal solid waste through waste collection optimization and plastic upcycling
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