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Rafael Amorim Leandro de Castro Amoedo. Concluiu o(a) Doutoramento em PhD in Energy em 2023/09/22 pelo(a) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Mestrado em Engenharia Química em 2017/11/09 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico e Licenciatura em Licenciatura em Ciencia da Engenharia Quimica em 2015/07/04 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico. É Investigador no(a) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico. Publicou 13 artigos em revistas especializadas. Possui 3 capítulo(s) de livros. Recebeu 1 prémio(s) e/ou homenagens. Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias com ênfase em Engenharia Química, Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias com ênfase em Engenharia do Ambiente com ênfase em Engenharia do Petróleo, Energia e Combustíveis e Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias com ênfase em Engenharia Química com ênfase em Engenharia dos Processos Químicos. Nas suas atividades profissionais interagiu com 45 colaborador(es) em coautorias de trabalhos científicos. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: líquido iónico em fase suportada; complexo Fe(II) PNP; hidrogenação; estrutura do líquido iónico; impregnaçao; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rafael Amorim Leandro de Castro Amoedo

Citation names

  • Castro-Amoedo, Rafael

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2D13-139B-9815
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8287-8295
Google Scholar ID
JtFEwDUAAAAJ&hl

Email addresses

  • rafael.amoedo@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Petroleum Engineering, Energy and Fuels
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/09/01 - 2023/09/22
Concluded
 PhD in Energy (Doutoramento)
Major in Energy systems optimization
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
"Decision support methodology for waste-to-value process integration" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015/09/01 - 2017/11/09
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Synthesis and characterization of activated carbon spheres SILP catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of aldehydes using a well-defined Fe(II) PNP complex" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19 valores
2012/09/01 - 2015/07/04
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Ciencia da Engenharia Quimica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2024/04/30 Researcher (Research) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/02/01 - 2018/07/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2016/02/01 - 2017/02/01 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - Current Decision making methodologies for optimal design and operation of energy systems
DMOptfES
Post-doc
Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2024/07/01 - Current EGRID - Innovative Tracking Monitoring and Reduction of Eletricity Carbon Emissions
EGRID
Principal investigator
Emissium Labs Unipessoal LDA, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Amoedo, R.C.; Granacher, J.; Zhao, Y.; Maréchal, F.. "A genetic algorithm-active learning approach in energy systems optimization". 929-934. 2023.
    10.1016/B978-0-443-15274-0.50148-7
  2. Sharma, S.; Castro-Amoedo, R.; Hemrle, J.; Maréchal, F.. "Assessment of Carbon Capture Technologies for Waste-to-Energy System". 871-876. 2022.
    10.1016/B978-0-323-95879-0.50146-6
  3. Castro-Amoedo, R.; Dahmen, A.; Barbosa-Povoa, A.; Maréchal, F.. "Network design optimization of waste management systems: the case of plastics". 185-190. 2021.
    10.1016/B978-0-323-88506-5.50030-9
Conference paper
  1. Rafael Castro-Amoedo; Alessio Santecchia; Henrique A. Matos; Fran¿ois Mar¿chal. "Real-time carbon accounting and forecasting for reduced emissions in grid-connected processes". 2025.
    10.69997/sct.109753
  2. Girardin, L.; Correa-Laguna, J.D.; Valee, J.; Sharma, S.; Florez-Orrego, D.; Ribeiro-Domingos, M.; Castro-Amoedo, R.; et al. "AIDRES: A database for the decarbonisation of the heavy industry in Europe". 2023.
    10.52202/069564-0237
  3. Castro-Amoedo, R.; Zhao, Y.; Maréchal, F.. "An optimization approach for plastic waste management policies in Switzerland". 2022.
  4. Castro-Amoedo, R.; Achi, D.; Kantor, I.; Maréchal, F.. "Towards a sustainable supply chain on plastic waste management: a multi-criteria optimization approach". 2021.
  5. Castro-Amoedo, R.; Wallerand, A.S.; Büntün, H.; Kantor, I.; Maréchal, F.. "Wastewater management towards a sustainable future Dairy production: A study case". 2019.
Journal article
  1. Alessio Santecchia; Ivan Kantor; Rafael Castro-Amoedo. "An incentivized cooperative scheme for transmission expansion in a 100% renewable Europe". Applied Energy (2026): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2026.127415.
    10.1016/j.apenergy.2026.127415
  2. Granacher, J.; Schnidrig, J.; Chuat, A.; Lepour, D.; Terrier, C.; Castro-Amoedo, R.; Marechal, F.M.A.. "Internal pricing in integrated energy system design". Frontiers in Energy Research 13 (2025): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105005025974&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fenrg.2025.1392761
  3. Granacher, J.; Castro-Amoedo, R.; Maréchal, F.. "Leveraging industrial biorefineries for the energy transition". Journal of Cleaner Production 434 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85179122544&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139795
  4. Castro-Amoedo, R.; Granacher, J.; Maréchal, F.. "A combined genetic algorithm and active learning approach to build and test surrogate models in Process Systems Engineering". Computers and Chemical Engineering 181 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85178606797&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.compchemeng.2023.108517
  5. Castro-Amoedo, R.; Granacher, J.; Kantor, I.; Dahmen, A.; Barbosa-Povoa, A.; Maréchal, F.. "On the role of system integration in plastic waste management". Resources, Conservation and Recycling 201 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85178245008&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107295
  6. Santecchia, A.; Castro-Amoedo, R.; Nguyen, T.-V.; Kantor, I.; Stadler, P.; Maréchal, F.. "The critical role of electricity storage for a clean and renewable European economy". Energy and Environmental Science 16 11 (2023): 5350-5370. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85175239655&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/d3ee02768f
  7. Granacher, J.; Castro-Amoedo, R.; Schnidrig, J.; Maréchal, F.. "Closing the balance - on the role of integrating biorefineries in the future energy system". Sustainable Energy and Fuels 7 19 (2023): 4839-4854. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85167518889&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/d3se00473b
  8. Julio, A.A.V.; Castro-Amoedo, R.; Maréchal, F.; González, A.M.; Escobar Palacio, J.C.. "Exergy and economic analysis of the trade-off for design of post-combustion CO2 capture plant by chemical absorption with MEA". Energy 280 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85162093342&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.energy.2023.128004
  9. Castro-Amoedo, R.; Granacher, J.; Daher, M.A.; Maréchal, F.. "On the role of system integration of carbon capture and mineralization in achieving net-negative emissions in industrial sectors". Energy and Environmental Science 16 10 (2023): 4356-4372. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85167504480&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/d3ee01803b
  10. "Enhancing biomass utilization by combined pulp and fuel production (vol 10, 979502, 2022)". FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH (2023):
    10.3389/FENRG.2023.1178868
  11. "Closing the balance - on the role of integrating biorefineries in the future energy system (vol 7, pg 4839, 2023)". SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS (2023):
    10.1039/D3SE90081A
  12. Santecchia, A.; Kantor, I.; Castro-Amoedo, R.; Maréchal, F.. "Industrial Flexibility as Demand Side Response for Electrical Grid Stability". Frontiers in Energy Research 10 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85130631728&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fenrg.2022.831462
  13. Granacher, J.; Nguyen, T.-V.; Castro-Amoedo, R.; Maréchal, F.. "Overcoming decision paralysis—A digital twin for decision making in energy system design". Applied Energy 306 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85118787986&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117954
  14. Granacher, J.; Nguyen, T.-V.; Castro-Amoedo, R.; McDonald, E.C.; Maréchal, F.. "Enhancing biomass utilization by combined pulp and fuel production". Frontiers in Energy Research 10 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85143380958&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fenrg.2022.979502
  15. Castro-Amoedo, R.; Morisod, N.; Granacher, J.; Maréchal, F.. "The Role of Biowaste: A Multi-Objective Optimization Platform for Combined Heat, Power and Fuel". Frontiers in Energy Research 9 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85115019439&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fenrg.2021.718310
  16. Castro-Amoedo, R.; Damartzis, T.; Granacher, J.; Maréchal, F.. "System Design and Performance Evaluation of Wastewater Treatment Plants Coupled With Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Gasification". Frontiers in Energy Research 8 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85092393162&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fenrg.2020.568465
  17. Castro-Amoedo, Rafael; Csendes, Zita; Brünig, Julian; Sauer, Markus; Foelske-Schmitz, Annette; Yigit, Nevzat; Rupprechter, Günther; et al. "Carbon-based SILP catalysis for the selective hydrogenation of aldehydes using a well-defined Fe(ii) PNP complex". Catalysis Science & Technology 8 18 (2018): 4812-4820. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8cy00818c.
    Published • 10.1039/c8cy00818c
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Decision Support methodology to waste-to-value process integration". 2023. https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/200736.
    https://doi.org/10.5075/epfl-thesis-10015
  2. Amoedo, Rafael. "Synthesis and characterization of activated carbon spheres SILP catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of aldehydes using a well-defined Fe(II) PNP complex". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2017. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/meq/dissertacao/1972678479053722.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Castro-Amoedo, Rafael. 2024. "CO2 AND H2O CO-ELECTROLYSER SYSTEM".
    Granted/Issued
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/04/01 - 2025/11/30 Member of the Organising team of European Youth Energy Forum 2025 (2025/10/06 - 2025/10/09)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/12 - Current Future Energy Leader Portugal Member
2022 - Current American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE)
2021 - Current Associacao Portuguese de Investigacao Operacional (APDIO)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/06 - 2023/09/08 Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) Forum Series https://web.fe.up.pt/~fgm/CAPE_FORUM2023/ (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2025/12/01 - Current Avaliador de projectos de Investigacao e Desenvolvimento Portugal 2030
Evaluator
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Distinctions

Award

2025 Best oral presentation ICCDU 25 Lisbon
2023 Best poster award FOCAPO/CPC
2015 Bolsa Merito Universidade Lisboa
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal

Title

2025 Young Energy Ambassador
European Commission, Belgium