NEWS

Rami Arafah PhD thesis defense

March 2, 2023

LSRE-LCM congratulates Rami Arafah for his PhD thesis defense on March 2, 2023.

Rami finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Multicomponent Chiral Separation by Preparative and Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography" supervised by Professor Alírio Rodrigues, Professor Luís Pais (CIMO, IPB) and Professor Antonio Ribeiro (CIMO, IPB).

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

Mohsen Karimi PhD thesis defense

March 2, 2023

LSRE-LCM congratulates Mohsen Karimi for his PhD thesis defense on March 2, 2023.

Mohsen finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Process Development for Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Novel Adsorbents: Applications for Clean Energy and Environmental Protection" supervised by Professor Alírio Rodrigues and Professor José António Silva  (CIMO, IPB).

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

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

J.L. Figueiredo. A Relevância da Indústria Química e o seu Contributo para a Sociedade. Princípia Editora, Lda., Cascais, 2022

APPROVED PROJECTS

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: 2023/03/01. 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.

THESIS DEFENSES

Albertina Gonçalves Rios
Protein Separation and Purification by Cyclic Adsorption Processes
Ana Catarina Oliveira Pinto Faria
Multifunctional reactors for CO2 methanation: Power-to-Gas concept
Joana Filipa de Jesus Rodrigues Pesqueira
Catalytic Water Treatment Life Cycle Assessment
Mariana Nogueira Miranda
Behavior and attenuation of microplastics in environmental compartments
Tatiana La Banca Schreiner
Saponin and Saponin-Rich Extracts as Innovative Solutions for Nanoemulsions Production
Mohsen Karimi
Process Development for Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Novel Adsorbents: Applications for Clean Energy and Environmental Protection
Rami Arafah
Multicomponent Chiral Separation by Preparative and Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography