NEWS

Marta Pedrosa PhD Thesis Defense

September 20, 2019

LSRE-LCM congratulates Marta Filipa Ferreira Pedrosa for her PhD thesis defense approved by the jury.

On September 20th, 2019 Marta Pedrosa finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Graphene-Based Catalytic Membranes for Water Treatment" supervised by Prof. Adrián Silva and co-supervised by Prof. José Luís Figueiredo.

The staff and team of LA LSRE-LCM wish Marta success for the beginning of the new professional stage at LSRE-LCM!

Shi Qian PhD Thesis Defense

September 12, 2019

LSRE-LCM congratulates Shi Qian for her PhD thesis defense on September 12^th, 2019 at FEUP.

Shi Qian finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "New Processes and Adsorbents for p-Xylene production" supervised by Emeritus Professor Alírio Rodrigues and co-supervised by Doctor Jonathan Gonçalves and Doctor Alexandre Ferreira.

The staff and team of LSRE-LCM wish Qian success for the new professional stage that will 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: 2023/12/31. 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.

THESIS DEFENSES

Vinicius Viena Santana
Cyber-physical oriented chemical process for green and sustainable production

André Tiago Torres Pinto
Optimised 2D Carbon Materials Activated by Artificial Light and Electrical Current for Catalytic Water and Wastewater Treatment

Larissa Oliveira Paulista
Solar-Driven Thermo-Photocatalytic CO2 Valorisation into Value-Added Fuels

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

Rute Agostinha Gomes Seabra
Separation of light hydrocarbons by Simulated Moving Bed

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