NEWS

PhD Student Pedro Velho member of JCED Early Career Board

January 3, 2023

Pedro Velho, PhD student at LSRE-LCM supervised by Professor Eugénia Macedo, has been nominated to be part of the Early Career Board (ECB) of the Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (JCED).

The ECB members will provide guidance to JCED’s Editorial Team and help the Journal stay at the forefront of the field and serve the thermophysical properties community.

More info here and here.

Congratulations to Pedro!

PhD Student Isabella Tomasi wins Best Poster Presentation Award

December 15, 2022

Isabella Tomasi, PhD student at LSRE-LCM under the supervision of Professor Cidália Botelho and Doctor  Sílvia Santos, won Best Poster Presentation Award at  the International Congress on Separation and Purification Technology, held online in December 2022, with the communication entitled "Tannin extraction from vegetable residues of Portuguese industry: towards naturally-derived coagulants/flocculants".

Congratulations Isabella!

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
Rami Arafah
Multicomponent Chiral Separation by Preparative and Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography
Mohsen Karimi
Process Development for Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Novel Adsorbents: Applications for Clean Energy and Environmental Protection

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