FCT has announced the results for the Call for R&D Projects 2022.

Seven projects, led by LSRE-LCM researchers, with total funding of ca. 800 000€, have been approved.

4 Scientific research and development (IC&DT) projects

• SuN2Fuel - Photo-assisted production of green ammonia-based fuels | Cláudia Silva (PI)
• STAR - STereoselective environmental processes in Antibiotics: role for Resistance | Ana Rita Ribeiro (PI)
• DRopH2O - Drinking water quality: early warning and removal of microcontaminants by innovative carbon-based materials| Ádrian Silva (PI)
• Cork Supercap | Fernando Pereira (PI at LSRE-LCM)

3 Exploratory research projects (PeX)

• Water harvesting – sustainable solution based on a gas-adsorption process using innovative 3D-printed hybrid materials | Maria João Regufe (PI)
• CO2-to-CH4 - Cutting-edge solar-to-heat technology to foster photo-thermocatalytic CO2 methanation towards a climate-neutral economy | Tânia Silva (PI)
• F-CAT - Catalytic tool for the defluorination of PFAS in drinking water into degradable organics | João Restivo (PI)

Congratulation to everyone!

Mariana Marques, project researcher at LSRE-LCM under the supervision of Doctors Margarida Brito (LEPABE), Yaidelin Manrique and Ricardo Santos, won the Oral Communication Award at Smart and Circular Agriculture towards Sustainability congress (SCAS 2022), held in Porto-Portugal from 21st to 22nd July 2022.

The work presented in this congress, entitled "Development of Pickering Emulsion products from natural raw materials", is a result of a collaboration with a research team led by Professor Angeles Blanco from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Congratulations Mariana!