NEWS

Samara Silva wins Poster Presentation award at Young Algaeneers Symposium

June 15, 2022

Samara Silva, PhD student at LSRE-LCM under the supervision of Professors Filomena Barreiro (CIMO, IPB) and Madalena Dias, won the Poster Presentation Award at the Young Algaeneers Symposium, sponsored by Kees Boender, with the work entitled Spirulina Protein Extract an an Effective Emulsifier for oil-in-water emulsions.

The Young Algaeneers Symposium is a conference that brings together the main stakeholders for knowledge exchange and collaboration and to learn from others, designed and organised by young scientists for young scientists, and with the support of the European Algae Biomass Association (EABA). This years event was held on-line from May 10 to 12.

Congratulations Samara!

Joana Matos PhD thesis defense

June 9, 2022

LSRE-LCM congratulates Joana de Matos Silva for her PhD thesis defense on June 9, 2022.

Joana finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Mixing and Controlled Combustion in NETmix" supervised by Doctor Ricardo Santos, Professor Madalena Dias and Professor Alexandra Pinto (CEFT).

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

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

Cláudia Cristina Ferreira de Almeida
Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processes for the Valorisation of Natural Products
Pedro Monteiro Walgode
A new continuous process for dihydroxyacetone production through glycerol catalytic oxidation
Rafael Osório Marques Dias
Gas-phase Simulated Moving Bed for methane upgrade
Ana Sofia Guedes Gorito dos Santos
Removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from water in continuous catalytic systems
Júlia Cristiê Kessler
Supercritical CO2 extraction and continuous production of Moringa oleifera microcapsules: A scalable approach for natural-based cosmetic formulations
Lucas Zafanelli
Green Hydrogen Recovery from Natural Gas Grids by Adsorption Processes