NEWS

Ana Rita Ribeiro was recently appointed as Associate Editor of Chemical Engineering Journal Advances (CEJ Advances)

April 23, 2020

Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro, Researcher at the LSRE-LCM was recently appointed as Associate Editor of Chemical Engineering Journal Advances (CEJ Advances), a new online only, open access, peer reviewed journal published by Elsevier.

Chemical Engineering Journal Advances focuses upon three aspects of chemical engineering: chemical reaction engineering, environmental chemical engineering, and materials synthesis and processing.

As a partner title of the Elsevier flagship Chemical & Environmental Engineering journals (Chemical Engineering Journal, Desalination, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Membrane Science and Separation & Purification Technology), the Editors of CEJ Advances will work closely with the wider Editorial teams to provide the same high quality and timely review to authors.

More information:
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/chemical-engineering-journal-advances/

Professor Alírio Rodrigues was one of the new fellows of The International Adsorption Society

March 26, 2020

Emeritus Professor Alírio E. Rodrigues was appointed as Fellow of The International Adsorption Society (IAS), by the IAS Board in accordance with the recommendations of a review committee.

Professor Alírio E. Rodrigues, together with Shamsuzzaman Farooq, Randall Q. Snurr and Orhan Talu, were appointed due to "the tremendous and significant contributions during their careers for the field of adsorption and for our international community". 

Besides the public announcement in “Adsorption” journal and receiving of a formal certificate, new fellows of IAS will be honoured at the Conference on the Fundamentals of Adsorption (FOA meeting) in Denver, 2022. 

More info at:
https://www.int-ads-soc.org/fellows/




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