Projects

▪ Project: 2023.09179.RESTART
Title: Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Solar Fuels Using New Composite Photocatalysts - A Promising Step-Up to Reduce CO2 Footprint
Funding institution: FCT
Date: 2023-2024

▪ Project: Agenda Moving2Neutrality (M2N)
Title: Moving2Neutrality (M2N) Fuelling sustainable road and aviation decarbonization: Hydroconversion technologies
Consortium Leader: Petrogal S.A.
Funding institution: Recovery and Resilence Programme (PRR - Portugal)- Mobilizing Agendas for Business Innovation
Date: 2022-2025

▪ Project: Nano4Fresh (PRIMA/0015/2019)
Title: Nanomaterials for an environmentally friendly and sustainable handling of perishable products
Funding institution: PRIMA
Date: 2020-2024

▪ Project: Galp WA - Prestação de serviços de investigação e desenvolvimento
Title: Cat4GTL – continuous Catalytic reactor for the Gas-to-Liquid process using NETmix technology
Funding institution: Galp West Africa/Portugal 2020
Date: 2020-2023

▪ Project: LOHC- provision of services
Title: Hydrogenation of DBT
Funding institution: TecnoVeritas
Date: 2021-2022

▪ Project: ERANETMED/0003/2014
Title: SolCare, Solar assisted Catalytic Reforming: an hybrid process to transform municipal waste into energy
Funding institution: FCT/EU
Date: 2016-2019

▪ Project: PTDC/AAG-MAA/6195/2014
Title: CaReCI, Carbon Emissions Reduction in the Cement Industry
Funding institution: FCT
Date: 2015-2019

▪ Project: KIC InoEnergy 6_2015_IP133
Title: HydraGTS - Novel GTS Techonology for carbon capturing and transportation
Funding institution: KIC InoEnergy
Date: 2015-2017

▪ Project: PHC PESSOA 2015
Title: Catalyseurs pour l’Hydrocraquage de coupes pétrolières: De l’idéalité à la réalité
Funding institution: FCT - Cooperação Portugal/França
Date: 2015-2016

▪ Project: PhD IST/IFPEN
Title: Sinergias em Catalisadores de HydroCracking
Funding institution: IFP Energies Nouvelles
Date: 2013-2016 

▪ Project: FP7-NMP-2012- Small-6 Project: 309984
Title: CEOPS: CO2- Loop for Energy storage and conversion to Organic Chemistry Processes through advanced catalytic Systems
Funding institution: EU
Date: 2011-2014

▪ Project: ADI/ Projeto QREN nº 21514 Amorim&Irmãos/IST
Title: CleanCork- Erradicação de anisóis em produtos de cortiça
Funding institution: ADI
Date: 2011-2014

▪ Project: PTDC/QUI-QUI/112913/2009
Title: Development of supported binaphthyl-based metal complexes. Cooperative multi-catalytic systems for asymmetric orthogonal tandem transformations
Funding institution: FCT
Date: 2011-2014

▪ Project: ECOSLOPS - provision of services
Title: Metal extraction from marine slops
Date: 2012-2013

▪ Project: ADI/Projeto QREN nº 13149
Title: Petrodemetallization - Demetallization of Heavy Distillate and Vacuum Residue
Funding institution: ADI
Date: 2010-2013

▪ Project : PhD: IST/Univ. P&M.Curie/GDF
Title: Modified metal-zeolite catalyst for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with Methane: Study of Catalysts Stabilization
Funding institution: GDF Suez - France
Date: 2010-2013

▪ Project: PTDC/EQU-ERQ/102771/2008
Title: BioDeNOx – DENOx Catalysis with Biodiesel
Funding institution: FCT
Date: 2009-2012

▪ Project: PTDC/EQU-ERQ/103912/2008
Title: Co-Processing of Biomass Pyrolysis Liquids and Conventional Feedstocks in the Catalytic Cracking for Fuel Production
Funding institution: FCT
Date: 2009-2012 

▪ Project: Acção Luso – Francesa Programa Pessoa (Ref. 4.1.1-França) Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Title: Oxidação Parcial de hidrocarbonetos com NO2. Interacção desta reacção no processo de redução selectiva de NOx
Funding institution: FCT - Cooperação Portugal/França
Date: 2007-2008

▪ Project: Acção Integrada Luso- Espanhola (CRUP) Acção nº E-40/06 Univ. de Granada
Title: High Performance catalysts for air and water pollution control
Funding institution: CRUP
Date: 2006-2008

▪ Project: POCTI/EQU/57168/2004
Title: Catalytic Combustion of VOCs on Zeolites supported on Ceramic foams.
Funding institution: FCT
Date: 2005-2008

▪ Project: Acção Nº B-23/05 (Univ Cardiff- Dr. D. Murphy)
Title: Synthesis and Characterization of novel Cu and Co Substituted microporous materials
Funding institution: CRUP /Bristish Council
Date: 2005-2007 

▪ Project: CYTED Projecto V.7
Title: Desarrollo de sistemas catalíticos para la reduccion de óxidos de nitrogeno
Funding institution: CYTED/FCT
Date: 2000-2005


▪ Project: POCTI/34046/QUI/2000
Title: Stabilisation of Pt species at the internal basic surface of alkali-Beta Zeolites
Funding institution: FCT/ Prog. CERC-3
Date: 2001-2003


▪ Project: PRAXIS/P/CTM/10236/98
Title: Development of new microporous materials with high activity and stability for NOx removal under lean conditions Funding institution:
Funding institution: FCT
Date: 1999-2001 

 ▪ Project: PRAXIS XXI Nº3/3.1/MMA/1780/95
Title: Molecular Control of Chemical Reactivity in Nanostructured Materials: Applications in Catalysis.
Funding institution: FCT
Date: 1997-2000


▪ Project: PEAM/C/AMA/614/95
Title: Elimination of Volatile Organic Compounds from Gaseous Effluents by Adsorption and Catalysis on Zeolites
Funding institution: JNICT/DGA
Date: 1996-1999


▪ Project EU- BRITE-EURAM BRE2-CT92-0192
Title: Catalytic Nitrogen Oxides Elimination From Diesel and Lean Gasoline Engine Exhaust
Gases
Funding institution: EU
Date: 1992-1995 

Funding

Centro de Química Estrutural -Institute of Materials Science (CQE/IMS) and Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia through projects UIDB/00100/2020 and UIDP/00100/2020.
Técnico de Lisboa
 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento
Química Estrutural
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência
Republica Portuguesa
NextGenerationEU