Team
Luis M. Madeira
Full Professor |
Senior Researcher
Selected publications:
Multifunctional reactors (sorptive-based, membrane-based, etc.), particularly for H2 production/purification and CO2 valorization, heterogeneous catalysis and wastewater treatment by advanced oxidation processes.
Carmen Rodrigues
Junior Researcher
Selected publications:
Advanced oxidation processes; homogeneous and heterogeneous Fenton, photo-Fenton and persulfate oxidation; catalytic wet peroxidation process; wastewater treatment; gas stream treatment; biological degradation.
Miguel A. Soria
Junior Researcher
Selected publications:
Hydrogen production/purification through reforming and/or water-gas-shift reaction in multifunctional reactors (sorption-enhanced, Pd-Ag membrane, etc.), heterogeneous catalysis, CO2, and wastewater valorization and synthesis/characterization of hydrotalcite for CO2 capture.
Cláudio Rocha
Junior Researcher
Selected publications:
Valorization of the olive oil mill wastewater (and other pollutants streams) through the steam reforming reaction in hybrid multifunctional reactors – CO2 sorption, catalysis and membrane processes.
Emanuel Sampaio
Ph.D. Student
Selected publications:
Wastewater and gas streams treatment by advanced oxidation processes (homogeneous and heterogeneous Fenton, photo-Fenton) and catalysts development and characterization (iron-based catalysts, activated carbons, carbon nanotubes, xerogel and structured carbon monoliths) and chemical vapor deposition.
Pedro Cerqueira
Ph.D. Student
Selected publications:
Agro-industrial wastewater (olive mill wastewater and distillery wastewater) valorisation through steam reforming in multifunctional reactors. Sorption-enhanced and autothermal reforming.
Ana S. P. Alves
Ph.D. Student
Selected publications:
Engineering sciences and technology with emphasis on chemical engineering and biotechnology – wastewater treatment by biological treatment and/or by coagulation/flocculation technologies; wastewater and gas streams treatment by advanced oxidation processes (homogeneous and heterogeneous Fenton, photo-Fenton, persulfate oxidation).
David Aguillar
Ph.D. Student
Selected publications:
Clean technologies, material processing and synthesis.
Marta Sousa
Project Researcher
Selected publications:
Sorption-reaction multifunctional reactors for CO2 valorization into methane.
Inês Carneiro
Project Researcher
Selected publications:
Steam reforming of an effluent mixture to treat the effluent while producing hydrogen.
Sofia Coelho
Project Researcher
Selected publications:
Hydrogen production, reactors, separation processes, process modeling, circular economy, and sustainability.
Invited Researchers and Alumni
Pedro J. Megía Hervás
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos – Spain
06/2022 – 08/2022 and 06/2024 – 08/2024
Steram reforming processes.
Sofia Najihah Abd Aziz
ENSIC, Université de Lorraine – France
09/2019 – 01/2020
Degradation of p-Nitrophenol by Persulfate Oxidation Over Differents Carbon-Based Materials.
Adrien Chevalier
ENSIC, Université de Lorraine – France
02/2018 – 06/2018
Sorption-Enhanced Steam Reforming of Olive Oil Wastewater: Sorbents Screening.
Valciney Gomes de Barros
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Brasil
03/2017 – 06/2017
Tratamento de Vinhaça da Cana-de-Açúcar e de Águas Residuárias do Processamento do Café por Combinação de Degradação Biológica e Processos Oxidativos Avançados.
Dr. Chi Hoong Chan
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Malaysia
01/09/2015 – 14/07/2016
Hazardous Pollutants Removal via Mixed Oxide Decorated Cellulose Nanofibrils Aerogel, in the scope of the Programa Erasmus Mundus, project “ALFABET”.
Dra. Rose Maria Duda
Fatec Jacoticabal, São Paulo – Brasil
01/05/2014 – 31/07/2015
Tratamento de Vinhaça de Cana-de-Açúcar por Processos Integrados Químicos e Biológicos, with a fellowship from Ibero-Americana para Jovem Professor e/ou Pesquisador do Santander Universidades 2013.
Dra. Shital D. Ovhal
01/11/2014 – 01/05/2015
Photocatalytic Applications of Zeolites and Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites Materials for Waste Water Treatment, in the scope of the Programa Erasmus Mundus Ação 2, project “Euphrates”.
Cristina Caeiro
University of Porto (LEPABE)
03/2021 – 11/2022
Sorption-enhanced CO2 methanation into methane. Water sorption and methanation catalysts.
João F. G. Brito
University of Porto (LEPABE)
11/2021 – 11/2022
Gasified biomass valorisation through steam reforming in multifunctional reactors.
Dr. Alejandro Jiménez Martín
University Salamanca - Spain
09/2022 – 12/2022
Aluminum saline slag, layered double hydroxides, hydrocalumite, solid state chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, CO2 adsorption.
Dra. Ana Catarina Faria
University of Porto (LEPABE)
09/2017 – 04/2023
Sorption-reaction multifunctional reactors for CO2 valorization into methane.
Dr. Bruno M. Esteves
University of Porto (LEPABE)
09/2016 – 09/2023
Wastewater treatment, Fenton and Fenton-based technologies, advanced oxidation processes, heterogeneous catalysis and carbon materials for environmental applications.
Dra. Salomé Macedo
University of Porto (LEPABE)
09/2017 – 04/2024
Sorption-enhanced membrane reactor for Glycerol Steam Reforming.
Maria João Fernandes
University Salamanca - Spain
12/2023 – 06/2024
Steam reforming of an effluent mixture to treat the effluent while producing hydrogen.