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Filipa Ribeiro
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João Miguel Silva
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João Lourenço
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Pedro Mendes
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Filipa Ribeiro was graduated in Chemical Engineering at IST. She got the MSc degree in Chemistry of Catalytic Processes and then she integrated the Zeolites Group created by F. Ramôa Ribeiro. Her PhD was developed in cooperation with IFP Energies Nouvelles, France working with zeolite catalysts. She got the aggregation (Habilitation) in Chemical Engineering (IST) in 2007.
Her research interests are in heterogeneous catalysis, especially using zeolite based catalysts. She has been involved in the development of acid and bifunctional catalysts for the transformation of different hydrocarbons used as model reactants for oil refining processes or for biomass valorization and co-processing.
She has been developing research in the field of CO2 capture with adsorbents and valorization of CO2 as feedstock for fuels and chemicals as well as in the field of environmental catalysis for the purification of waste gases (NOx and VOCs).
Currently, she is also developing photocatalytic processes.
She has coordinated and participated in national and international R&D Projects involving academia and in collaboration with companies. In 2022 she was distinguished with the Prize a la Trayectoria Científica awarded by FISOCAT (Federação das Sociedades IberoAmericanas de Catálise).
ORCID: 0000-0001-9538-821X
Researcher ID: F-8581-2013
Ciência ID: C810-17B5-EC05
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João Miguel Silva has a degree and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from IST / UTL. Coordinating Professor of the Chemical Engineering Department at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon and President of the Department since 2010. He is a researcher at the Centro de Química Estrutural, CQE, of the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. He is co-author of more than 60 articles published in peer-reviewed journals and more than 80 conference communications having participated in several research projects with national and international funding. His areas of interest include product and process innovation, process simulation, heterogeneous catalysis, and engineering education.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1244-6483
Researcher ID: G-1673-2011
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João Paulo Lourenço has a degree and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from IST/UTL. He is Assistant Professor at the University of Algarve and Researcher at the Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE).
His current research interests include the application of zeolitic materials to reactions that require acid and/or bifunctional catalysis and as supports for metallic catalysts and transition metal complexes, the preparation of nanocomposites with mesoporous materials as inorganic fillers by in-situ polymerization of olefins and also the production of chemicals with added-value from biomass using heterogeneous catalysis.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0501-6672
researcher ID: A-7758-2008
Ciência ID: F81F-A1F0-2A7C
I am passionate about catalysts and their potential to bring circular chemical processes to light. My research mainly aims at (i) understanding how catalysts work via mathematical models (catalysis informatics) and (ii) design sustainable processes by combining knowledge of all scales (multi-scale modelling). The models I work with can thus range from pure reaction kinetics to coupling with reactor and/or process models, with tailored levels of complexity. Being an experimentalist by training, I also dive into catalyst synthesis, characterization and testing. I much enjoy collaborative work with other scientists and take part in initiatives aiming at transforming academia, namely as an RDA ambassador for Chemical Engineering.
ORCID: 0000-0002-2768-353X
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Auguste Fernandes is graduated in Inorganic Chemistry – Materials Sciences and possesses a strong background in synthesis and characterization of porous (ordered and hierarchical) materials and their use as Heterogeneous Catalysts. His main scientific interests concern the use of new and “greener” synthesis approaches (including microwave-assisted synthesis) and characterization (structure, surface properties, catalytic behaviour) of these materials by the use of a wide range of techniques, like powder X-Ray Diffraction, advanced in-situ and Operando spectroscopic methods (Infrared and UV-Vis), thermal analyses and gases sorption method and applications in Energy and Environmental Catalysis.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6545-073X
Researcher ID: K-6693-2012
Ciência ID: DC14-6209-7347
Laura M. Esteves graduated in 2013 with an integrated master's degree in Chemical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico from Universidade de Lisboa (IST/UL, Portugal) and completed her PhD in Chemistry from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF/Brazil) in February 2018. From March 2018 to May 2019 she was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Universidade Federal Fluminense (Chemical Engineering Department). Between May 2019 - September 2022, she worked as a contracted researcher at LAQV@REQUIMTE (FCT/UNL, Portugal). Since March 2023, she has worked as a contracted researcher at Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE/IST). She has huge interest in sustainability issues in a way that her research activities are mostly focused on the development of catalysts and materials for the improvement of processes governing energy and environmental concerns with societal impact. A significant part of her publications is related to lignocellulosic biomass conversion to value-added products such as hydrogen, additives for gasoline and bio-jet fuel. Other significant part of her work is focused on carbon derived materials applied as catalysts or adsorbents, such as carbon nanotubes, MOF and MOF@IL composited derived carbons. Recently, she starts a project related to the development of advanced composites to be used as photocatalysts for CO2 photoreduction towards value-added products.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5458-0448
Ciência ID: 3412-200E-5EDC
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Graduated in Chemistry in the São Paulo State University (FCT/UNESP - Brazil) in 2013, she carried out undergraduate internship abroad with spanish language course at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC - Spain) from September 2010 to February 2011. Also developed a Master's project at the Institute of Biosciences, Letters and Exact Sciences (IBILCE/UNESP – Brazil), in which she worked on the synthesis of coordination compounds as dual catalysts in RDRP (Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization) from February 2014 to February 2016.
From March 2016 to December 2019 she developed her PhD at São Paulo University (USP - Brazil), working on the study of reaction models via RDRP for preparation of functionalized polymers, also worked as a visiting researcher at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU - USA) from November 2018 to May 2019 in the research group of Prof. Dr Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. She successfully combined ATRP (Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization) and RAFT (Reversible-Addition-Fragmentation chain-transfer Polymerization) by using ATRP inimers and RAFT chain transfer agent to form first generation STEM (Structurally Tailored and Engineered Macromolecular) gels. In addition she studied model reactions to evaluate transfer coefficient for inimers, based on α-bromoisobutyrate.
Between January 2020 and May 2023 has worked in Chemical Industry in Brazil, working in the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) sector of Coatings for the civil and furniture sector, acquired experience in formulations, industrial process adjustments, application process in customers, finished product cost reduction, S&OP and ISO 9001.
She has great interest in complex samples characterization and has worked on the main techniques for characterization of materials, for instance: NMR, HPLC-SEC, UV-Vis, FTIR-NIR, Cyclic Voltammetry, elemental analysis, rheology, TGA and DSC. She currently works as researcher at the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon (IST/UL – Portugal), where she works mainly on the characterization of advanced unconventional feedstocks (ADFNCs), namely, FTIR-NIR and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC-2D/MS) for identification and quantification of different oils designed to produce sustainable fuels.
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