NEWS

Provas de Agregação Prof. Joaquim Faria

January 19, 2021

LSRE-LCM congratulates Joaquim Faria for his public defense of the grau de agregação (habilitation title) under the topic Applied Photochemistry. The examination took place January 15 and 16, 2021 at FEUP. The title was awarded by unanimous vote of the jury.

Dia da FEUP: Adrian Silva receives Award for Scientific Excellence

January 14, 2021

LSRE-LCM congratulates Adrian Silva who yesterday received an Award for Scientific Excellence at FEUP that recognizes scientific leadership, funding and participation in research projects, production of scientific publications, license of technologies and intellectual property. Adrian has co-authored >180 scientific papers in peer reviewed ISI indexed international journals, (h index > 45 and > 6000 citations), supervised > 20 Ph.D. and Postdoctoral researchers, was responsible for more >10 projects and has participated in >15 projects.

LSRE-LCM also congratulates Hugo Marques for his Bondalti prize that acknowledges the best student of MIEQ at FEUP. Hugo is now a project research at LSRE-LCM under the supervision of Prof. Eugénia Macedo and Doctor Elena Costas.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

Almeida C.F., Manrique Y.A., Lopes J.C.B., Martins F.G., Dias M.M.. Recovery of ergosterol from Agaricus bisporus mushrooms via supercritical fluid extraction: A response surface methodology optimisation. Heliyon, 10, e21943, 2024

Lopes J.C., Albero J., Sampaio M.J., Silva C.G., García H., Faria J.L.. Selective oxidative coupling of amines through light-activated bismuth halide perovskites. ChemCatChem, 16, e202301432, 2024

Corrêa I., Faria R.P.V., Rodrigues A.E.. Enhanced simulated moving bed reactor performance for the synthesis of solketal by implementing the ModiCon strategy. Adsorption, 30, 79 - 93, 2024

Paulista L.O., Ferreira A.F.P., Castanheira B., Ðolić M.B., Martins R.J.E., Boaventura R.A.R., Vilar V.J.P., Silva T.F.C.V.. Solar-driven thermo-photocatalytic CO2 methanation over a structured RuO2:TiO2/SBA-15 nanocomposite at low temperature. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 340, 123232, 2024

Fdez-Sanromán A., Torres-Pinto A., Rosales E., Silva C.G., Faria J.L., Pazos M., Silva A.M.T.. Optimisation of a photoelectrochemical system for the removal of pharmaceuticals in water using graphitic carbon nitride. Catalysis Today, 432, 114578, 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

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

Stephany Cunha de Rezende
Natural-Based Solid Dispersions as Technological Solutions for Innovative Food Applications

Heloísa Helena Scorsato de Almeida
Hydrosols as antimicrobial agents for sustainable applications

Patrícia Sofia Ferreira Ramalho
Selective reduction of nitric oxide (NOx) over carbon-based catalysts

Daniela Maria Vilaça Pereira
Innovative (photo) electrocatalytic technologies for the sustainable oxidation of organic compounds

Joana Carvalho Lopes
Photocatalytic synthesis of imines: Novel routes to ever-new molecules