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12th Grade Students and Researchers Win First Prize at Eureka! Competition

December 9, 2024

12th D students Isabel Soares Oliveira, Maria Cardoso Toga, Nuno Teixeira Aroso and Vasco Teixeira Cardoso won first prize in the Eureka! competition with their project, titled CLEA. Their project was made in collaboration with the LSRE-LCM researchers Yaidelin Manrique, Isabel Martins and Cláudia Gomes da Silva.

The competition, part of the UBI Science and Innovation Meeting 2024 as part of Science and Technology Week, took place on 23 November 2024 and challenged young minds to think in innovative and sustainable ways.

Congratulations to the students, teachers, and researchers who took part!

Daniela Morais PhD thesis defense

December 12, 2024

LSRE-LCM congratulates Daniela Morais for her PhD thesis defense on November 15, 2024. Daniela finished the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Innovative (photo) electrocatalytic technologies for the sustainable oxidation of organic compounds" supervised by Doctor Vítor Vilar, Doctor Carlos Tavares and Doctor Francisca Moreira.

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

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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

Lucas Zafanelli
Green Hydrogen Recovery from Natural Gas Grids by Adsorption Processes

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