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Dânia Constantino PhD Thesis defense

October 7, 2019

LSRE-LCM congratulates Dânia Sofia Martins Constantino for her PhD thesis defense on October 7th, 2019 at FEUP.

Dânia Constantino finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Process Intensification for Butyl Acrylate Synthesis based on Sorption-Enhanced Reaction and Pervaporation-based Hybrid Processes" supervised by Emeritus Professor Alírio Rodrigues and co-supervised by Doctor Rui Faria and Professor Ana Mafalda Ribeiro.

The staff and team of LSRE-LCM wish Dânia success for the new professional stage that will begin!

Vanessa Martins PhD Thesis defense

October 1, 2019

LSRE-LCM congratulates Vanessa Filomena Duarte Martins for her PhD thesis defense on October 1st, 2019 at FEUP.

Vanessa Martins finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Light Olefin/Paraffin Separation By Cyclic Adsorption Processes" supervised by Doctor Alexandre Ferreira, and co-supervised by Professor Ana Mafalda Ribeiro and Emeritus Professor Alírio Rodrigues.

The staff and team of LSRE-LCM congratulate Vanessa Martins for the conclusion of this important academic step and wish success for the new professional stage!


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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.

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Optimised 2D Carbon Materials Activated by Artificial Light and Electrical Current for Catalytic Water and Wastewater Treatment
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Solar-Driven Thermo-Photocatalytic CO2 Valorisation into Value-Added Fuels
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Multiphase Flow in NETmix: mixing studies and applications
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Separation of light hydrocarbons by Simulated Moving Bed
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Noble-metal free carbon-based materials for energy conversion
Pedro Henrique Presumido
Membrane Processes for Tertiary Treatment of Urban Wastewaters: Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor and Ozone Membrane Reactor