RUI DANIEL GONÇALVES MATIAS (8316-28A0-B4CB)

Curriculum Vitae

RUI DANIEL GONÇALVES MATIAS

RUI DANIEL GONÇALVES MATIAS. Completed the Mestrado integrado in Engenharia Química in 2023/07/13 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia and Licenciatura in Ciências de Engenharia, orientação em Engenharia Química in 2021/07/15 by Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia. Is Researcher in Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais. Published 1 articles in journals. Participates and/or participated as Research Fellow in 3 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Chemical Engineering. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Engenharia química; Chemical engineering; .

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: RUI DANIEL GONÇALVES MATIAS

Citation names

G. Matias, Rui D.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 8316-28A0-B4CB
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2108-3434

Email addresses

up201806812@up.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2024/09/15 - 2029/09/15 Ongoing	Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/01/09 - 2024/10/09 Concluded	Advanced Studies in Project in Engineering (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/09/15 - 2023/07/13 Concluded	Engenharia Química (Mestrado) Major in Processos e Produto Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Photo-thermocatalytic hydrogenation of CO2 into methane driven by sunlight" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/30 Attended	ERASMSUS+ Program (Mestrado) Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
2018/09/15 - 2021/07/15 Concluded	Ciências de Engenharia, orientação em Engenharia Química (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	15
2020/11/01 - 2020/12/17 Concluded	MOlecules and Materials for the ENergy of TOMorrow (Outros) Université Paris-Saclay, France	89%
2020/08 - 2020/10 Concluded	Linguagem Python (nível avançado) \| AF399 (Outros) OERN - Ordem dos Engenheiros Região Norte, Portugal
2020/06 - 2020/07 Concluded	CTEs\|Alterações Climáticas \| AF372 (Outros) OERN - Ordem dos Engenheiros Região Norte, Portugal
2020/03 - 2020/05 Concluded	Introdução ao Python - Formação à distância \| AF361 (Outros) OERN - Ordem dos Engenheiros Região Norte, Portugal
2020/03 - 2020/04 Concluded	Introdução ao Machine Learning com Python- Formação à distância \| AF363 (Outros) OERN - Ordem dos Engenheiros Região Norte, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/04 Concluded	Economia para Engenheiros - Formação à distância \| AF362 (Outros) OERN - Ordem dos Engenheiros Região Norte, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/03/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/08/01 - 2022/08/31	Summer Internship - R&D	Sysadvance, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/11/14 - 2025/11/13	SWMOF - A smart process for water harvesting from air and water distribution based on eco-friendly MOFs Water4All/0003/2022 Researcher	Ongoing
2024/01/09 - 2024/11/13	Pressure swing adsorption processes optimization PSAOpt_2023 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal	Concluded
2023/03/01 - 2023/10/31	Cutting-edge solar-to-heat technology to foster photo-thermocatalytic CO2 methanation towards a climate-neutral economy 2022.01176.PTDC Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/08/27 - 2021/09/26	Preparation and Characterization of Bipolar Graphene Plates for REDOX Flow Batteries SUMMER@LEPABE_2021 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	G. Matias, Rui D.; Alexandre Filipe Porfírio Ferreira; Nogueira, Idelfonso; Ribeiro, Ana Mafalda. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Ana Mafalda. "A Novel AI-Driven Approach for Parameter Estimation in Gas-Phase Fixed-Bed Experiments". Paper presented in ESCAPE-35, 2025. G. Matias, Rui D.; R.P. Rocha; O.S.G.P. Soares; Rui A.R. Boaventura; Alexandre Filipe Porfírio Ferreira; Vítor Jorge Pais Vilar; Tânia Valente Silva. Corresponding author: Tânia Valente Silva. "Valorization of CO2 into Methane via Solar Photo-Thermocatalytic Hydrogenation over Plasmonic Metal-Semiconductor Nanocomposites". Paper presented in EA3G2024 Conference \| Ozone and Advanced Oxidation: Science, technologies and applications for a better world, 2024. Matias, Rui; Nogueira, Idelfonso; Ribeiro, Ana Mafalda. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Ana Mafalda. "Reinforcement Learning: A Novel Approach for Parameter Estimation on gas-phase fixed bed experiments". Paper presented in Ciência 2024, 2024.
Journal article	G. Matias, Rui D.; Alexandre Filipe Porfírio Ferreira; Nogueira, Idelfonso; Ribeiro, Ana Mafalda. Corresponding author: Ribeiro, Ana Mafalda. "A Novel AI-Driven Approach for Parameter Estimation in Gas-Phase Fixed-Bed Experiments". PSE Press (2025): Accepted Ana Catarina Rebelo; Diana Campinho; Guilherme Amaral; Gonçalo Pereira; Rui Matias; Ana Filipa Freitas. "Product Development of an Animal Shampoo from Lettuce Waste". U.Porto Journal of Engineering (2022): https://doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_008.005_0011. Accepted • 10.24840/2183-6493_008.005_0011
Thesis / Dissertation	Rui Daniel Gonçalves Matias. "Photo-thermocatalytic hydrogenation of CO2 into methane driven by sunlight". Master, 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/152370.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/12/02	Valorization of CO2 into Methane via Solar Photo-Thermocatalytic Hydrogenation over Plasmonic Metal-Semiconductor Nanocomposites	EA3G2024 Conference \| Ozone and Advanced Oxidation: Science, technologies and applications for a better world Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto; University of Coimbra; International Ozone Association, Europe-Africa-Asia-Australasia (Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/05/01 - 2025/05/23	15th Fundamentals of Adsorption (FOA) Conference (2024/12/01 - 2025/05/23) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2024/05/01 - 2024/09/04	XLIII Iberian Adsorption Meeting (2024/09/01 - 2024/09/04) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2021/11/17 - 2022/11/17	XXII Jornadas de Engenharia Química (2022/11/17 - 2022/11/17) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/04/15 - 2022/09/11	Member of the organizing committee for the X ENEEQ, the 10th National Meeting of Chemical Engineering Students (2022/04/08 - 2022/04/11) Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/11/15 - 2019/04/15	Organizing member of the VII National Meeting of Chemical Engineering Students (2019/04/12 - 2019/04/15) Meeting (Other)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/07/03 - 2024/07/05	Ciência 2024 poster presentation Conference	Ciência 2024
2023/11/16 - 2023/11/16	Participation at the XXIII Jornadas de Engenharia Química at FEUP under the theme "Industry 4.0" Conference	XXIII Jornadas de Engenharia Química Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/11/17 - 2022/11/17	Participation at the XXII Jornadas de Engenharia Química at FEUP Conference	XXII Jornadas de Engenharia Química Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/04/08 - 2022/04/11	Participation at the X National Meeting of Chemical Engineering Students Meeting	X National Meeting of Chemical Engineering Students Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/03/11 - 2022/03/11	Participation at the XXI Jornadas de Engenharia Química, under the theme "Industrial (R)Evolution" Conference	XXI Jornadas de Engenharia Química Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/04/14 - 2021/04/17	Participation at the XX Jornadas de Engenharia Química, under the theme "Chemical Engineering in Expansion" Conference	XX Jornadas de Engenharia Química Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/03/20 - 2021/03/21	Participation at IX National Meeting of Chemical Engineering Students Meeting	IX National Meeting of Chemical Engineering Students Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/11/14 - 2019/11/14	Participation at the XIX Jornadas de Engenharia Química Conference	XIX Jornadas de Engenharia Química Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/04/12 - 2019/04/15	Participation at VII National Meeting of Chemical Engineering Students	VII National Meeting of Chemical Engineering Students Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2019/09/15 - 2022/09/15	NEEQ-FEUP : Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Química da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto	Member of the Pedagogic Team (2019/2020); President of the Fiscal Council (2020/2021); Treasurer (2021/2022)
2021/09 - 2022/07	MIEQ+	Mentor of younger students that started the Chemical Engineering degree at FEUP
2020/09 - 2021/06	APA - Academia de Política Apartidária	Member of the Finance Department