Ana Pereira graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) in July 2019. She integrated the LSRE-LCM research team in September 2019, working on the development of structured materials, 3D printing, and adsorption processes for gas separation. In February 2020, she started her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering at FEUP with the thesis entitled “Additive Manufacturing of Structured Adsorbents for Adsorption-based Processes”, under the supervision of Doctor Maria João Regufe and co-supervision of Professor Ana Mafalda Ribeiro, Professor Alexandre Ferreira, and Emeritus Professor Alírio Rodrigues, which was concluded in June 2026. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher on the project AQUA-2-METHAN3X- Integrated Process using Water Harvesting Technologies for Hydrogen Production and Biogenic CO2 Valorization into Methane.

Supervisors: Alexandre Ferreira

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Additive Manufacturing of Structured Adsorbents
Gas Separation
Cyclic Adsorption Processes
Atmospheric Water Harvesting

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Pereira A., Dias R.O.M., Lourenço D., Regufe M.J., Ribeiro A.M., Rodrigues A., Ferreira A.F.P.. Methane and nitrogen separation by Gas-SMB in activated carbon monoliths manufactured via 3D-printing. Chemical Engineering Journal, 512, 162315, 2025 Pereira A., Ferreira A.F.P., Rodrigues A., Ribeiro A.M., Regufe M.J.. Study of methane upgrading using an activated carbon 3D-printed adsorbent. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, 111730, 2024 Pereira A., Ferreira A.F.P., Rodrigues A., Ribeiro A.M., Regufe M.J.. Evaluation of the potential of a 3D-printed hybrid zeolite 13X/activated carbon material for CO2/N2 separation using electric swing adsorption. Chemical Engineering Journal, 450, 138197, 2022

SELECTED PROJECTS

AQUA-METHAN3X - Integrated Process Using Water Harvesting Technologies for Hydrogen Production and Biogenic CO2 Valorization into Methane. Reference: COMPETE2030-FEDER-00883300. Funded by: CCDR-N - Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte, NORTE2030 - Projetos Integrados ICDT. Starting Date: 2025/11/01. Duration: 36 months.
Ana Pereira
Postdoctoral Researcher
up201403544@up.pt