NEWS

Francesco Biancullo PhD thesis defense

October 11, 2019

LSRE-LCM congratulates Francesco Biancullo for his PhD thesis defense on October 11th, 2019 at FEUP.

Francesco Biancullo finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Lab to Pilot-Scale Photocatalytic Treatment of Antibiotics, Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Genes" supervised by Prof. Adrián Silva and co-supervised by Prof. Joaquim Faria and Eng. Sérgio Castro-Silva (from Adventech).

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

Dânia Constantino PhD Thesis defense

October 7, 2019

LSRE-LCM congratulates Dânia Sofia Martins Constantino for her PhD thesis defense on October 7^th, 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!

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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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Cyber-physical oriented chemical process for green and sustainable production

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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

Isabel Sousa Fernandes
Multiphase Flow in NETmix: mixing studies and applications

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Separation of light hydrocarbons by Simulated Moving Bed

Rafael Gomes Morais
Noble-metal free carbon-based materials for energy conversion