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I am currently an Assistant Researcher (Ref. 2024.08302.CEECIND, 3-year contract) funded through the FCT Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus – 7th Edition. My research focuses on developing advanced materials for CO2 capture and conversion in biogas upgrading, particularly single-atom catalysts supported on mesoporous carbon. I also coordinate the FCT-funded CharM project (Ref. 16589, IC&DT 2023), dedicated to the development of dual-functional materials for integrated CO2 adsorption and conversion processes. Previously, I was awarded a European Research Area Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF 2021) at the University of Aveiro/CICECO (2023–2025), where I developed sustainable porous silica materials for CO2 capture from biogas. My ERA-PF fellowship included international secondments at the University of Iceland and SINTEF Industry (Norway), strengthening my expertise and international network. In parallel, I held an FCT Junior Researcher position (Ref. 2021.01158.CEECIND) focused on biomass waste valorization for biogas upgrading. I obtained my degree in Chemistry (2009) and my MSc in Chemistry, specializing in Chemical and Industrial Processes (2010), from the University of Coimbra. In 2016, I completed my PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Aveiro, where I developed functionalized periodic mesoporous organosilicas for adsorption and catalysis using both computational and experimental approaches. From 2018 to 2021, I worked at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-CSFT) in Prof. C.F. Pirri’s group, developing carbon-based materials for gas adsorption, separation, and catalytic CO2 reduction. I later contributed to the EU-funded NMR4CO2 project at CICECO, focusing on the synthesis and structural characterization of porous silicas for CO2 adsorption and separation. I am actively involved in several European COST Actions, including HINT, NETPORE, TrANsMIT, EU4MOF, and EU-CONCERT. I currently serve as Junior WG4 Leader in NETPORE and as both Management Committee Member and WG4 Leader in EU-CONCERT, where I have been involved since the proposal stage. My work has been recognized with 12 national and international awards, including distinction in the Best Doctoral Thesis Award in Catalysis – Ramôa Ribeiro (2018), the EFCATS Young Scientist Contest award, the CICECO Young Researcher Award (2022), the UA Researcher Award (2024), the Ramôa Ribeiro Young Researcher Award (2024), and the Junior FISOCAT Award (2024). In 2024, I was also invited to join the University of Aveiro’s internal MSCA-PF evaluation panel. Despite being at an early stage of my career, I have established an independent research profile, with an h-index of 19 and more than 980 citations (Scopus). I have authored or co-authored 45 ISI-indexed publications, including 18 as first author and 13 as corresponding author, in high-impact journals such as Carbon and Chemical Engineering Journal, and contributed to 2 book chapters. I have presented over 75 oral and poster communications at national and international conferences, served on organizing committees for 3 conferences, chaired sessions at the 2025 E-MRS Fall Meeting, and currently serve on the scientific committee of CICAT2026 in Chile. As Principal Investigator, I have secured competitive funding for several projects, including the CEEC Assistant Researcher contract, CharM, ERA-PF (GRACE), SWAN CEEC Junior, two FCT computational projects, a TrANsMIT short-term scientific mission, and multiple COST travel grants. Over the past four years, I have supervised or co-supervised undergraduate, MSc, internship, Erasmus+, and PhD students working on carbon- and silica-based materials for adsorption and catalysis. I currently collaborate with researchers from 14 institutions across 7 countries, review for leading Q1 journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, and serve as Guest Editor of a Catalysis Today special issue on advancements in CO2 capture and utilization.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mirtha Alejandra Oliveira Lourenço

Citation names

  • Lourenço, M.A.O.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DA14-BB1E-087F
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0260-3422
Researcher Id
I-4186-2015

Email addresses

  • mirtha@ua.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • CICECO, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Environmental Engineering
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2012/11/01 - 2016/12/19
Concluded
 Materials Science and Engeneering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
"Tuning functionalized periodic mesoporous organosilicas for CO2/CH4 separation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
2009/09/05 - 2010/09/06
Concluded
 Chemistry (Mestrado)
Major in Chemical and Industrial Processes
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
"Design and synthesis of amino acid derivatives of 3-vinyl-1H-indole, via catalytic hydroformylation for the development of potential sweeteners. Molecular modeling of the ligands and rhodium catalysts." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2005/10 - 2009/07/20
Concluded
 Chemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
"Synthesis of dyes and application in solar cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2026/04/01 - 2029/03/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/08/07 - 2026/03/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/03/01 - 2025/08/07 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2022/05/15 - 2023/02/28 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2021/05/15 - 2022/05/14 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2020/11/01 - 2021/03/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Italy
Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Italy
2018/11/16 - 2020/10/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Italy
Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Italy
2017/05/01 - 2018/11/15 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2016/11/01 - 2017/04/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/03 - Current Exploring at the atomic-level solid-gas interactions in polysaccharide-based materials for CO2 capture combining computational and NMR methods
2022.15931.CPCA
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/05/15 - Current Unveiling CO2 chemisorption mechanisms in solid adsorbents via surface-enhanced ex(in)-situ NMR
865974
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 European Research Council
Ongoing
2026/04/01 - 2029/03/31 Enhancing Biogas Upgrading: Advanced CO2 Capture and Conversion with Single-Atom Catalysts in Mesoporous Carbon
2024.08302.CEECIND
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação em Materiais Cerâmicos e Compósitos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025/07/01 - 2028/06/30 Synergistic Dual Functional Materials for Efficient CO2 Adsorption and Conversion in Biogas Upgrading (CharM)
COMPETE2030-FEDER-00776600
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022 - 2028 Biomass waste valorization for biogas upgrading
2021.01158.CEECIND
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2025/02/28 Rationale design of sustainable porous organosilicas for optimal CO2 uptake from biogas (GRACE)
AMD-101090287-1
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Ongoing
2022/02/16 - 2022/07/16 Towards an atomic-level understanding of the interaction of CO2 molecules with functional groups in polysaccharides
CPCA/A0/432327/2021
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/05/01 - 2018/11/15 SGH - SMART GREEN HOMES project
SGH/CICECO-UA/163-01/2017
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 Universidade de Aveiro CICECO
Concluded
2016/11/01 - 2017/04/30 Synthesis and characterization of periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMO) for gas adsorption / separation
BI/UI89/5389/2016
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 Universidade de Aveiro CICECO
Concluded
2012/11/01 - 2016/10/31 TUNING FUNCTIONALIZED PERIODIC MESOPOROUS ORGANOSILICAS FOR CO2/CH4 SEPARATION
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBD2%F808832%F2011/PT
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/03/01 - 2012/10/31 Intelligent Design of Mesoporous Organosilicas for Adsorptive Separation Processes
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/99423/PT
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2009/01/01 - 2009/12/31 Synthesis of Sweeteners and Evaluation of their Physical Properties by Thermal Methods
BII/2008
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials
UIDP/50011/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50011/2020
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/11/16 - 2021/03/31 Novel carbon-based materials for environmental applications
IIT/2018
Researcher
Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Italy
 Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 CICECO-Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro
UID/CTM/50011/2019
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31 Strategic Project - LA 11 - 2013-2014
PEst-C/CTM/LA0011/2013
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Strategic Project - LA 11 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/CTM/LA0011/2011
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2018/07/26 - 2021/07/25 Imidazole pyrene porphyrin- and phthalocyanine-carbon nanostructure materials assembled through supramolecular interactions for energy- and electronic-transference in photovoltaic solar cells integrated in smart devices
PTDC/QUI-QOR/31770/2017
Researcher collaborator in the project team
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2020/06/01 - 2021/03/31 OCEAN- Oxalic acid from CO2 using Eletrochemistry at demonstratioN scale
767798
Researcher
Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Italy
 Commission Européenne Représentation au Luxembourg
Ongoing
2020/06 - 2021 SATURNO- Scarti organici e Anidride carbonica Trasformati in carbURanti, fertilizzanti e prodotti chimici; applicazione concreta dell’ecoNOmia circolare
POR FESR 2014/2020 Azione I.1b.2.2
Researcher
Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Italy
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Ferreira, P.. "Gas-Organic and Gas-Inorganic Interfacial Effects in Gas/Adsorbent Interactions: The Case of CO2/CH4 Separation". In Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Interfaces, edited by Delville, M.-H.; Taubert, A., 413-458. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2017.
    Published • 10.1002/9783527807130.ch9
  2. Ferreira, P.; Bispo, C.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Bion, N.; Vigier, K.O.; Jérôme, F.. "Making periodic mesoporous organosilicas functional materials". In Comprehensive guide for mesoporous materials, edited by Aliofkhazraei, M., 261-295. New York, United States: Nova Science Publishers, 2015.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Lourenço, M.A.O.; I. Correia; M. Ilkaeva; Rui Novais; Nuno P.F. Gonçalves; Mafra, Luís. Corresponding author: Lourenço, M.A.O.. "3D-printed N-doped biochar/inorganic polymer composites as a promising sorbent for CO2/N2 gas separation". Paper presented in 1st Mediterranean Conference on Porous Materials (MEDPore2023), 2023.
  2. Daniel Pereira; F.rancisco Vicente; Ricardo Vieira; Sardo, Mariana; Marina Ilkaeva; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Marín-Montesinos, Ildefonso; Mafra, Luís. Corresponding author: Marín-Montesinos, Ildefonso. "Valorization of crab shells as potential sorbent materials for CO2 capture". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2022- Hand in Hand with Society, 2023.
  3. Francisco Vicente; Lourenço, Mirtha; Marín-Montesinos, Ildefonso; Marina llkaeva; Daniel Pereira; Sardo, Mariana; Mafra, Luís. Corresponding author: Francisco Vicente. "Tailoring the crab shell properties for CO2 adsorption¿". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2022 - Hand in Hand with Society, 2022.
  4. Catarina Moreira; Geraldine Sequera; Tiago Moreira; Marina Ilkaeva; Érica Sousa; Diogo Pereira; Sardo, Mariana; Calisto, Vânia; Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.. Corresponding author: Catarina Moreira. "Development of periodic mesoporous organosilicas for hormone capture". Paper presented in Jornadas do CICECO 2022, 2022.
  5. Maruccia, E.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Priamushko, T.; Bartoli, M.; Bocchini, S.; Kleitz, F.; Gerbaldi, C.. "Nitrogen-containing ordered mesoporous carbons applied as CO2 adsorbents and anode materials in energy storage devices". Paper presented in XXVII Congresso Nazionale della Società Chimica Italiana - LA CHIMICA GUIDA LO SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE, Rome, Italy, Online, 2021.
  6. Maruccia, E.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Priamushko, T.; Bartoli, M.; Bocchini, S.; Kleitz, F.; Gerbaldi, C.. "Design of nitrogen-containing carbonaceous adsorbents for CO2 capture and energy storage applications". Paper presented in 72nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), Jeju Island, Korea/Online, 2021.
  7. Maruccia, E.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Bocchini, S.; Gerbaldi, C.. "Sustainable nitrogen/carbon precursors for the synthesis of N-containing ordered mesoporous carbons conceived for CO2 capture". Paper presented in 25th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, USA, Virtual conference, 2021.
  8. Maruccia, E.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Jagdale, P.; Bocchini, S.; Gerbaldi, C.. "Tuning mesoporous carbon materials with nitrogen content for CO2 up-take". Paper presented in Merck Young Chemists' Symposium 2019, Società Chimica Italiana (MYCS2019), Rimini, Italy, 2019.
  9. Maruccia, E.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Bocchini, S.; Gerbaldi, C.. "Design of nitrogen containing mesoporous carbon materials for CO2 up-take and sustainable electrochemistry". Paper presented in Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italian (GEI2019), Padova, Italy, 2019.
  10. Silva, Mariana; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Tobaldi, D.M.; Ferreira,P.; Seabra, M.P.. "Carbon nanostructures as a tool to enhance TiO2 performance in the photocatalytic degradation of pollutants from water and air". Paper presented in 8th International Conference on Carbon NanoParticle based Composites (London, Englnd), 2019.
  11. Leite, C.; Coppola, F.; Monteiro, R.; Russo, T.; Polese, G.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Ferreira, P.; Pereira, E.; Freitas, R.. "Toxic impacts of Rutile (TiO2 NPs) in Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to warming conditions". Paper presented in SEB’s 2019 Annual Meeting, Sevilhe, Spain, 2019.
  12. Silva, M.R.F.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Tobaldi, D.M.; Seabra, P.; Ferreira, P.. "Carbon-modified titanium oxide materials for improved water and air quality". Paper presented in Materiais 2019, Lisboa, Portugal, 2019.
  13. Silva, M.R.F.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Tobaldi, D.M.; Seabra, P.; Ferreira, P.. "The benefit of carbon nanostructures addition to titanium oxide for benzene photocatalytic degradation in air". Paper presented in MULTICOMP COST Action, Aveiro Spring meeting, Aveiro, Portugal, 2019.
  14. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Martis, A.; Bocchini, S.; Pirri, C.F.; Giordani, S.. "Tuning carbon nano onions for CO2 capture". Paper presented in MULTICOMP COST Action, Aveiro Spring meeting, Aveiro, Portugal, 2019.
  15. Silva, M.R.F.; Tobaldi, D.M.; Seabra, P.; Ferreira, P.. "Titanium oxide-based materials for photo-catalysis of dyes and benzene". Paper presented in 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (CHEMPOR 2018), Aveiro, Portugal, 2018.
  16. Silva, M.R.F.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Tobaldi, D.M.; Ferreira, P.; Seabra, P.. "Use of meso-porous materials for adsorption and photo-catalysis of organic volatile compounds". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2018: Living science together, Aveiro, Portugal, 2018.
  17. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Ferreira, P.; Gomes, J.R.B.. "Evaluation of periodic mesoporous phenylenesilica for flue gas adsorption/separation - A DFT study". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2018: Living science together, Aveiro, Portugal, 2018.
  18. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Pinto, M.L.; Pires, J.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Ferreira, P.. "Cooking periodic mesoporous phenylene- and biphenylene-silicas for CO2/CH4 separation". Paper presented in 5th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, Lisboa, Portugal, 2017.
  19. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siquet, C.; Sardo, M.; Mafra, L.; Pires, J.; Jorge, M.; Pinto, M.L.; Ferreira, P.; Gomes, J.R.B.. "Design of amine modified-periodic mesoporous organosilicas for CO2/CH4 separation: Experimental and computational studies". Paper presented in 13th CICECO Meeting: Energy – trends and future challenges Aveiro, Portugal, 2016.
  20. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siquet, C.; Sardo, M.; Mafra, L.; Pires, J.; Jorge, M.; Pinto, M.L.; Ferreira, P.; Gomes, J.R.B.. "Designing PMOs for biogas upgrading: a computational and experimental approach". Paper presented in Research day, Aveiro, Portugal, 2016.
  21. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siquet, C.; Sardo, M.; Mafra, L.; Pires, J.; Jorge, M.; Pinto, M.L.; Ferreira, P.; Gomes, J.R.B.. "Designing PMOs for biogas upgrading: a computational and experimental approach". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2016, Lisboa, Portugal, 2016.
  22. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siquet, C.; Sardo, Mariana; Mafra, Luís; Pires, J.; Pinto, M. L.; Ferreira, P.; Gomes, J. R. G.. "Tuning periodic mesoporous organosilicas for CO2/CH4 separation: experimental and computational studies.". Paper presented in XII encontro de química-física / 1o Simpósio de química computacional, 2016.
  23. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siquet, C.; Sardo, M.; Mafra, L.; Pires, J.; Jorge, M.; Pinto, M.L.; Ferreira, P.; Gomes, J.R.B.. "Tuning functionalized periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica for CO2/CH4 separation: DFT calculations and gas adsorption measurements". Paper presented in HINT training school, Functional hybrid materials: structure elucidation from molecular to macroscopic level - a workshop and training school, Stockholm, Sweden, 2016.
  24. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siegel, R.; Sardo, M.; Ferreira, M.J.G.; Mafra, L.; Siquet, C.; Santos, J.; et al. "Novel amine functionalized mesoporous phenylene-silicas for CO2/CH4 separation". Paper presented in HINT Training School, Bottom-up approaches of hybrid materials: preparation and design, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2015.
  25. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siquet, C.; Santos, J.; Jorge, M.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Ferreira, P.. "Impact of amine functionalization of periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica in the CO2/CH4 separation". Paper presented in 12th CICECO Meeting: Nanotechnology ... from the lab to the industry, Aveiro, Portugal, 2015.
  26. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siquet, C.; Santos, J.; Jorge, M.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Ferreira, P.. "Influence of amine modification of periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica on the CO2/CH4 separation". Paper presented in HYMA2015, 4th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, Stiges, Spain, 2015.
  27. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Carneiro, L.; Mayoral, A.; Diaz, I.; Silva, A.R.; Ferreira, P.. "Highly efficient and reusable chiral periodic mesoporous copper(II) bis(oxazoline) phenylene-silica catalyst". Paper presented in Research day, Aveiro, Portugal, 2014.
  28. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siquet, C.; Santos, J.; Jorge, M.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Ferreira, P.. "Tuning the pore size of amine functionalized periodic mesoporous benzenesilicas with cationic surfactants for CO2/CH4 separation". Paper presented in COST CM1101 Workshop, 20th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS), Coimbra, Portugal, 2014.
  29. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siegel, R.; Sardo, M.; Ferreira, M.J.G.; Mafra, L.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Ferreira, P.. "New Amine Mesoporous Organosilicas for CO2 adsorption". Paper presented in International Symposium Nanoporous Materials – 7, Niagara Falls, Canada, 2014.
  30. Silva, A.R.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Carneiro, L.; Ferreira, P.. "A novel chiral periodic mesoporous bis(oxazoline)-phenylenesilica as an highly efficient and reusable asymmetric heterogeneous catalyst". Paper presented in EuropaCat XI - 20 years of European Catalysis... and beyond, Lyon, France, 2013.
  31. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Ferreira, P.; Gomes, J.R.B.. "Synthesis of functionalized periodic mesoporous organosilicas: Experimental and computational studies". Paper presented in 13th Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, 2013.
  32. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siegel, R.; Mafra, L.; Ferreira, P.. "N-monoalkylation of amine functionalized periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica". Paper presented in 10th CICECO Meeting, 2013.
  33. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siegel, R.; Sardo, M.; Mafra, L.; Ferreira, P.. "New functional periodic mesoporous benzene-silicas". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, Sorrento, Italy, 2013.
  34. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siegel, R.; Mafra, L.; Ferreira, P.. "Microwave assisted N-alkylation of amine functionalized crystal-like mesoporous benzenosilica". Paper presented in Junior Euromat 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2012.
  35. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Bispo, C.; Siegel, R.; Ferreira, P.. "Synthesis of amine functionalized crystal - like mesoporous benzenosilicas with different pore sizes". Paper presented in 9th CICECO Meeting, 2012.
  36. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Bispo, C.; Siegel, R.; Mafra, L.; Ferreira, P.. "Microstructural characterization of periodic mesoporous benzenesilica functionalized with amino groups". Paper presented in 2nd Joint Congress of the Portuguese and Spanish Microscopy Societies, 2011.
  37. Neves, A.C.B.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Abreu, A.R.; Peixoto, A.F.; Rosado, M.T.S.; Abreu, P.E.; Eusébio, M.E.S.; Pereira, M.M.. "Evaluation of 2,2’-bis-BINOL – phosphorous rhodium complexes for asymetric catalysis by PM6 semiempirical calculations". Paper presented in 12th SPQ National Meeting, Braga, Portugal, 2011.
  38. Abreu, A.R.; Peixoto, A.F.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Almeida, A.R.; Pereira, M.M.. "Synthesis of hard and soft bis- and tris-BINOL based ditopic ligands. Evaluation in homogeneous catalysis". Paper presented in 7th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry, Crete, Greece, 2011.
  39. Abreu, A.R.; Peixoto, A.F.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Almeida, A.R.; Pereira, M.M.; Bayón, J.C.. "Binol as a versatile building block for the preparation of hard and soft ligands. Evaluation in homogeneous catalysis". Paper presented in 2nd Iberoamerican Symposium on Organic Chemistry, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2010.
  40. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Abreu, A.R.; Pereira, M.M.; Eusébio, M.E.S.; Rosado, M.T.S.. "Design and synthesis of potential indol based sweeteners sequential hydroformylation Strecker reaction for the synthesis of triptophan derivatives". Paper presented in 17th International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis, Poznan, Poland, 2010.
  41. Abreu, A.R.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Pereira, M.M.; Bayón, J.C.. "Binol a versatil chiral building block: synthesis of bis-BINOL ligands and screening in asymmetric catalysis". Paper presented in 8th National Meeting on Organic Chemistry, 2009.
Journal article
  1. Morais, Tiago; Pereira, Diogo; Sequera, Geraldine; Moreira, Ana C.; Ilkaeva, Marina; Mafra, Luís; Sardo, Mariana; Calisto, Vânia; Lourenço, Mirtha A. O.. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Mirtha A. O.. "Silica-Based Porous Adsorbents for Efficient 17a-Ethinylestradiol Removal: Role of Organic Functionalization and Water Matrices". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 18 5 (2026): 9006-9017. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c19533.
    Published • 10.1021/acsami.5c19533
  2. Lourenço, M.A.O.. "A step-by-step real-time EPR-monitored protocol for the synthesis of a nitroxide-functionalized periodic mesoporous organosilica". Chemistry of Materials (2026):
    Accepted
  3. Pereira, Daniel; Lourenço, Mirtha A. O.; Sardo, Mariana; Silvestre, Armando J. D.; Marin-Montesinos, Ildefonso; Mafra, Luís. "Deciphering CO<sub>2</sub> Adsorption Mechanisms at the Atomic Scale in Cellulose and Chitosan Aerogels". ACS Applied Polymer Materials 7 19 (2025): 12964-12977. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.5c02075.
    10.1021/acsapm.5c02075
  4. Gianola, Giulia; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Basile, Luca; Morais, Tiago; Mafra, Luís; Pirri, Candido; Specchia, Stefania; Zeng, Juqin. Corresponding author: Lourenço, M.A.O.. "Pore structure engineering <i>via</i> hard-template synthesis: unlocking the high oxygen reduction reaction activity and stability of Fe–N@C electrocatalysts". Nanoscale Horizons (2025): https://doi.org/10.1039/d5nh00300h.
    Published • 10.1039/d5nh00300h
  5. Bagheri, Mitra; Lourenço, Mirtha A. O.; Dangbegnon, Julien K.; Monti, Nicolò B. D.; Mafra, Luís; Pirri, Fabrizio; Zeng, Juqin. "Green Synthesis of MOF-Based Materials for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide". ChemSusChem 18 2 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202400684.
    10.1002/cssc.202400684
  6. Correia, Inês; Ilkaeva, Marina; Castellino, Micaela; Bocchini, Sergio; Novais, Rui M.; Mafra, Luís; Gonçalves, Nuno P.F.; Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.. "Impact of pyrolysis heating methods on biochars with enhanced CO2/N2 separation and their incorporation in 3D-printed composites". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 12 5 (2024): 113875. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.113875.
    10.1016/j.jece.2024.113875
  7. Zeng, Juqin; Monti, Nicolò B.D.; Chen, Tengfei; Castellino, Micaela; Ju, Wenbo; Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.; Jagdale, Pravin; Pirri, Candido F.. "Evolution of bismuth electrodes activating electrosynthesis of formate from carbon dioxide reduction". Catalysis Today 437 (2024): 114743. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114743.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114743
  8. Pereira, Daniel; Ilkaeva, Marina; Vicente, Francisco; Vieira, Ricardo; Sardo, Mariana; Lourenço, Mirtha A. O.; Silvestre, Armando; Marin-Montesinos, Ildefonso; Mafra, Luís. "Valorization of Crab Shells as Potential Sorbent Materials for CO<sub>2</sub> Capture". ACS Omega (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c09423.
    10.1021/acsomega.3c09423
  9. Mariana Isabel Coutinho Sardo; Tiago Morais; Soares, Márcio; Ricardo Borda Lopes Vieira; Ilkaeva, Marina; Lourenço, Mirtha; Marín-Montesinos, Ildefonso; Mafra, Luís. Corresponding author: Mafra, Luís. "Unravelling the structure of CO2 in silica adsorbents: an NMR and computational perspective". ChemComm (2024):
    Under revision • 10.1039/d3cc05942a
  10. Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.; Frade, Tânia; Bordonhos, Marta; Castellino, Micaela; Pinto, Moisés L.; Bocchini, Sergio. "N-doped sponge-like biochar: A promising CO2 sorbent for CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2 gas separation". Chemical Engineering Journal 470 (2023): 144005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.144005.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cej.2023.144005
  11. Maruccia, E.; Piovano, A.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Priamushko, T.; Cavallo, M.; Bocchini, S.; Bonino, F.; et al. "Revealing the competitive effect of N2 and H2O towards CO2 adsorption in N-rich ordered mesoporous carbons". Materials Today Sustainability 21 (2023): 100270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100270.
    10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100270
  12. Bordonhos, Marta; Galvão, Tiago L. P.; Gomes, José R. B.; Gouveia, José D.; Jorge, Miguel; Lourenço, Mirtha A. O.; Pereira, José M.; et al. "Multiscale Computational Approaches toward the Understanding of Materials". Advanced Theory and Simulations (2022): 2200628. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adts.202200628.
    Published • 10.1002/adts.202200628
  13. Gonçalves, Nuno P.F.; Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.; Baleuri, Simone R.; Bianco, Stefano; Jagdale, Pravin; Calza, Paola. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.. "Biochar waste-based ZnO materials as highly efficient photocatalysts for water treatment". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10 2 (2022): 107256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.107256.
    10.1016/j.jece.2022.107256
  14. Maruccia, E.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Priamushko, T.; Bartoli, M.; Bocchini, S.; Pirri, F.C.; Saracco, G.; Kleitz, F.; Gerbaldi, C.. "Nanocast nitrogen-containing ordered mesoporous carbons from glucosamine for selective CO2 capture". Materials Today Sustainability 17 (2022): 100089. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2021.100089.
    10.1016/j.mtsust.2021.100089
  15. Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.; Fontana, Marco; Jagdale, Pravin; Pirri, Candido Fabrizio; Bocchini, Sergio. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.. "Improved CO2 adsorption properties through amine functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes". Chemical Engineering Journal 414 (2021): 128763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.128763.
    10.1016/j.cej.2021.128763
  16. Lourenço, Mirtha A. O.; Zeng, Juqin; Jagdale, Pravin; Castellino, Micaela; Sacco, Adriano; Farkhondehfal, M. Amin; Pirri, Candido F.. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Mirtha A. O.. "Biochar/Zinc Oxide Composites as Effective Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9 15 (2021): 5445-5453. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00837.
    Published • 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00837
  17. Zeng, Juqin; Jagdale, Pravin; Lourenço, Mirtha A. O.; Farkhondehfal, M. Amin; Sassone, Daniele; Bartoli, Mattia; Pirri, Candido Fabrizio. "Biochar-Supported BiOx for Effective Electrosynthesis of Formic Acid from Carbon Dioxide Reduction". Crystals 11 4 (2021): 363. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cryst11040363.
    10.3390/cryst11040363
  18. Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.; Ferreira, Paula; Gomes, José R.B.. "CO2 and CH4 adsorption on periodic mesoporous organosilica: A DFT study". Materials Today Communications (2021): 102088. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102088.
    Published • 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102088
  19. Bordonhos, Marta; Lourenço, Mirtha; Gomes, José R.B.; Ferreira, Paula; Pinto, Moisés L.. "Exploring periodic mesoporous organosilicas for ethane–ethylene adsorption–separation". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2021): 110975. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2021.110975.
    10.1016/j.micromeso.2021.110975
  20. d’Orey, Piedade; Cordeiro, Teresa; Lourenço, Mirtha A. O.; Matos, Inês; Danède, Florence; Sotomayor, João C.; Fonseca, Isabel M.; et al. "How Molecular Mobility, Physical State, and Drug Distribution Influence the Naproxen Release Profile from Different Mesoporous Silica Matrices". Molecular Pharmaceutics (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00908.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00908
  21. Zhiltsova., Tatiana; Martins, Nelson; Silva, Mariana R. F.; Silva, Carla F. Da; Lourenço, Mirtha A. O.; Tobaldi, David M.; Covita, Daniel; Seabra, Maria Paula; Ferreira, Paula. "Experimental and Computational Analysis of NOx Photocatalytic Abatement Using Carbon-Modified TiO2 Materials". Catalysts 10 12 (2020): 1366. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/catal10121366.
    Published • 10.3390/catal10121366
  22. Leite, Carla; Coppola, Francesca; Monteiro, Rui; Russo, Tania; Polese, Gianluca; Silva, Mariana R.F.; Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.; et al. "Toxic impacts of rutile titanium dioxide in Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to warming conditions". Chemosphere 252 (2020): 126563. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126563.
    Published • 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126563
  23. Leite, Carla; Coppola, Francesca; Monteiro, Rui; Russo, Tania; Polese, Gianluca; Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.; Silva, Mariana R.F.; et al. "Biochemical and histopathological impacts of rutile and anatase (TiO2 forms) in Mytilus galloprovincialis". Science of The Total Environment 719 (2020): 134886. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134886.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134886
  24. Silva, Mariana R.F.; Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.; Tobaldi, David Maria; da Silva, Carla F.; Seabra, Maria Paula; Ferreira, Paula. "Carbon-modified titanium oxide materials for photocatalytic water and air decontamination". Chemical Engineering Journal 387 (2020): 124099. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.124099.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cej.2020.124099
  25. Jaria, Guilaine; Lourenço, Mirtha A.O.; Silva, Carla Patrícia; Ferreira, Paula; Otero, Marta; Calisto, Vânia; Esteves, Valdemar I.. "Effect of the surface functionalization of a waste-derived activated carbon on pharmaceuticals' adsorption from water". Journal of Molecular Liquids 299 (2020): 112098. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2019.112098.
    10.1016/j.molliq.2019.112098
  26. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Nunes, C.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Pires, J.; Pinto, M.L.; Ferreira, P.. "Pyrolyzed chitosan-based materials for CO2/CH4 separation". Chemical Engineering Journal 362 (2019): 364-374. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.12.180.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cej.2018.12.180
  27. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Ferreira, P.; Gomes, J.R.B.. "Flue gas adsorption on periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica: a DFT approach". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20 24 (2018): 16686-16694. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8cp02589d.
    Published • 10.1039/c8cp02589d
  28. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Pinto, M.L.; Pires, J.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Ferreira, P.. "Carbonization of periodic mesoporous phenylene- and biphenylene-silicas for CO2/CH4 separation". Carbon 119 (2017): 267-277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.04.029.
    Published • 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.04.029
  29. Figueira, P.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Pereira, E.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Ferreira, P.; Lopes, C.B.. "Periodic mesoporous organosilica with low thiol density - A safer material to trap Hg(II) from water". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 5 5 (2017): 5043-5053. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029924699&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jece.2017.09.032
  30. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Ferreira, P.; Ferreira, M.J.G.; Sardo, M.; Mafra, L.; Gomes, J.R.B.. "Microwave-assisted N,N-dialkylation of amine-functionalized periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica: An easy and fast way to design materials". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 249 (2017): 10-15. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018309306&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.micromeso.2017.04.016
  31. Kunkel, C.; Viñes, F.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Ferreira, P.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Illas, F.. "Selectivity for CO2 over CH4 on a functionalized periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica explained by transition state theory". Chemical Physics Letters 671 (2017): 161-164. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85010304098&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.01.033
  32. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Figueira, P.; Pereira, E.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Lopes, C.B.; Ferreira, P.. "Simple, mono and bifunctional periodic mesoporous organosilicas for removal of priority hazardous substances from water: The case of mercury(II)". Chemical Engineering Journal 322 (2017): 263-274. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017451315&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cej.2017.04.005
  33. Carneiro, L.; Silva, A.R.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Mayoral, A.; Diaz, I.; Ferreira, P.. "Chiral Copper(II) Bis(oxazoline) Complexes Directly Coordinated to Amine-Functionalized Phenylene/Biphenylene Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas as Heterogeneous Catalysts". European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2016 3 (2016): 413-421. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84955699112&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1002/ejic.201501196
  34. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siquet, C.; Sardo, M.; Mafra, L.; Pires, J.; Jorge, M.; Pinto, M.L.; Ferreira, P.; Gomes, J.R.B.. "Interaction of CO2 and CH4 with Functionalized Periodic Mesoporous Phenylene-Silica: Periodic DFT Calculations and Gas Adsorption Measurements". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 7 (2016): 3863-3875. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959274216&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11844
  35. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siquet, C.; Santos, J.; Jorge, M.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Ferreira, P.. "Insights into CO2 and CH4 Adsorption by Pristine and Aromatic Amine-Modified Periodic Mesoporous Phenylene-Silicas". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120 26 (2016): 14236-14245. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978079800&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b04605
  36. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Ferreira, P.. "Optimization of the time and temperature of the microwave-assisted amination of phenylene-PMO". RSC Advances 5 12 (2015): 9208-9216. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921282857&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1039/c4ra12364f
  37. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Mayoral, A.; Díaz, I.; Silva, A.R.; Ferreira, P.. "Amino-modified periodic mesoporous biphenylene-silica". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 217 (2015): 167-172. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84938124895&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.micromeso.2015.06.026
  38. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Silva, R.M.; Silva, R.F.; Pinna, N.; Pronier, S.; Pires, J.; Gomes, J.R.B.; Pinto, M.L.; Ferreira, P.. "Turning periodic mesoporous organosilicas selective to CO2/CH4 separation: Deposition of aluminium oxide by atomic layer deposition". Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3 45 (2015): 22860-22867. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84946903169&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1039/c5ta05964j
  39. Gomes, A.C.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Bruno, S.M.; Ferreira, P.; Valente, A.A.; Pillinger, M.; Gonçalves, I.S.. "Post-synthetic modification of crystal-like periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica with ferrocenyl groups". Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 751 (2014): 501-507. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893793123&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2013.10.022
  40. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Carneiro, L.; Mayoral, A.; Diaz, I.; Silva, A.R.; Ferreira, P.. "Chiral periodic mesoporous copper(II) bis(oxazoline) phenylene.silica: A highly efficient and reusable asymmetric heterogeneous catalyst". Journal of Catalysis 320 1 (2014): 63-69. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925397177&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jcat.2014.09.017
  41. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Siegel, R.; Mafra, L.; Ferreira, P.. "Microwave assisted N-alkylation of amine functionalized crystal-like mesoporous phenylene-silica". Dalton Transactions 42 16 (2013): 5631-5634. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877029009&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1039/c3dt32011a
  42. Abreu, A.R.; Peixoto, A.F.; Almeida, A.R.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Neves, A.C.B.; Bayón, J.C.; Pereira, M.M.. "Synthesis of chiral bis-MOP-type diphosphines. Chelating effect in nickel-catalyzed phosphination". Chemistry Letters 42 1 (2013): 37-39. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871808231&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1246/cl.2013.37
  43. Carrilho, R.M.B.; Neves, A.C.B.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Abreu, A.R.; Rosado, M.T.S.; Abreu, P.E.; Eusébio, M.E.S.; et al. "Rhodium/tris-binaphthyl chiral monophosphite complexes: Efficient catalysts for the hydroformylation of disubstituted aryl olefins". Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 698 (2012): 28-34. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-83555164592&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2011.10.007
  44. Pinto, S.M.A.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Calvete, M.J.F.; Abreu, A.R.; Rosado, M.T.S.; Burrows, H.D.; Pereira, M.M.. "Synthesis of new metalloporphyrin triads: Efficient and versatile tripod optical sensor for the detection of amines". Inorganic Chemistry 50 17 (2011): 7916-7918. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052227064&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1021/ic200727f
  45. Abreu, A.R.; Lourenço, M.; Peral, D.; Rosado, M.T.S.; Eusébio, M.E.S.; Palacios, S.; Bayón, J.C.; Pereira, M.M.. "Enantioselective ethylation of aromatic aldehydes catalysed by titanium(IV)-bis-BINOLate-2',2¿-propylether complexes: An inside view of the catalytic active species". Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 325 1-2 (2010): 91-97. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954177639&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.molcata.2010.04.003
Journal issue
  1. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Sacco, Adriano; Zeng, Juqin. "Special Issue: Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Environmental Catalysis". Catalysts (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/catalysts/special_issues/Hybrid_cata.
    Invited editor
Newsletter article
  1. Lourenço, M.A.O.; Ferreira, P.; Gomes, J.R.B.. "Desenho de organossílicas mesoporosas periódicas como adsorventes na purificação de Biogás", Boletim da Química, 2019, https://www.spq.pt/magazines/BSPQuimica/686.
  2. Lourenço, M.A.O.. "Sucesso de participação portuguesa no EFCATS Young Scientist Contest", Boletim da Química, 2018, https://www.spq.pt/magazines/BSPQuimica/685/article/30002150/pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Lourenço, Mirtha. "Tuning functionalized periodic mesoporous organosilicas for CO2/CH4 separation". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, 2016.
  2. Lourenço, Mirtha. "Design and synthesis of amino acid derivatives of 3-vinyl-1H-indole, via catalytic hydroformylation for the development of potential sweeteners. Molecular modeling of the ligands and rhodium catalysts.". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, 2010.
  3. Lourenço, M.A.O.. "Synthesis of dyes and application in solar cells". Degree, Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, 2009.

Other

Invention
  1. Design of inorganic porous materials with high adsorption capacity for CO2 uptake under the “Saturno” project. The developed materials can adsorb a high amount of CO2 at relatively high temperatures (300 °C) and are selective. These materials have attracted attention for potential industrial applications.. Environmental sector. 2021. Lourenço, M.A.O..
  2. Participation in industrial innovation: Design of photocatalytic oxidation system prototype for air purification systems during the Post-doc position at SMART GREEN HOMES Project (a partnership between Bosch Portugal and University of Aveiro). This prototype was selected by Bosch Portugal to be applied in the vent duct of the home gas water heaters.. Water heating. 2018. Lourenço, M.A.O..
Other output
  1. Valorization of Crab Shells as Potential Sorbent Materials for Co<sub>2</sub> Capture. 2023. Pereira, D.; Ilkaeva, M.; Vicente, F.; Vieira, R.; Sardo, M.; Lourenço, M.A.O.; Silvestre, A.; Marin-Montesinos, I.; Mafra, L.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85177789526&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2139/ssrn.4631838
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2026/03/16 Synthesis-Driven Design of Porous Carbon Adsorbents for Enhanced CO2 Uptake Porous Materials for Environmental Applications 2026
Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (Slovak Republic) and Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava (Czech Republic) (Bialka Tatrzanska, Poland)
2026/03/16 Efficient Removal of 17a-Ethinylestradiol from Water Using Silica-Based Adsorbents: Impact of Organic Functionalities and Water Matrices Porous Materials for Environmental Applications
Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (Slovak Republic) and Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava (Czech Republic) (Bialka Tatrzanska, Poland)
2025/09/16 Impact of carbonaceous materials on metal-based composites for CO2 capture and electroconversion The 2025 Fall Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS)
European Materials Research Society (Warsaw, Poland)
2025/09/09 Designing Porous Carbon Adsorbents: Unveiling Synthesis Pathways for Enhanced Microstructure and CO2 Uptake IS07 – CO2 Conversion and Utilization Symposium at CIBIQ2025
DECHEMA e.V. in cooperation with the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE), the European Society of Biochemical Engineering Sciences (ESBES), the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology (SPBT) and the Ordem dos Engenheiros/Colégio de Engenharia. (Lisbon, Portugal)
2025/07/02 Enhancing CO2 Capture via Microstructural Tuning of N-Doped Biochar Industrial-NETPORE Workshop at Materiais 2025
Portuguese Materials Society, SPM (Lisbon, Portugal)
2025/05 Improving CO2 Capture: The impact of N-doped Biochar’s Microstructure on Separation Performance 15th Fundamentals of Adsorption (FOA15)
International Adsorption Society (IAS) (Porto, Portugal)
2025/04 Tuning Porous Adsorbents: How Synthesis Conditions Shape Microstructure and Co2 Capture Efficiency 9th PYCheM
Portuguese Chemistry Society, SPQ (Faro, Portugal)
2024/09/24 Exploring the Impact of Carbonaceous Materials on Metal-Derived Composites in Electro- and Photo- Catalysis CICAT2024 (29º Congresso Ibero-americano de Catálise, Bilbao, Spain)
(Bilbao, Spain)
2024/09/11 Evaluating the Impact of Synthesis Conditions on the Microstructure and CO2 Adsorption and Separation of Nitrogen-Doped Biochar NanoInnovation Conference (Rome, Italy)
(Rome, Italy)
2024/06/07 Advancing Porous Materials Design for CO2 Capture Encontro Nacional da DCMP (XII ENDCMP, Coimbra, Portugal)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/05 Exploring the influence of N-doped biochar microstructure on CO2 capture and separation 8th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference
(Dresden, Germany)
2024/05 Enhanced performance of CO2 capture and separation using N-doped biochar: exploring the influence of microstructure 13th Porous Semiconductors – Science and Technology (PSST 2024)
(Brno, Czech Republic)
2023/11 Amplifying CO2 Adsorption in Seafood Waste Base Materials XXVII Encontro Luso Galego de Química
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/05 Understanding CO2 sorption mechanisms in sustainable cellulose and chitosan aerogels 1st Mediterranean Conference on Porous Materials (MEDPore2023)
(Crete, Greece)
2021/12 Carbon added titanium oxide for enhanced photo-degradation of organic polluted air and wastewaters Virtual XI National Meeting on Catalysis and Porous Materials & II Meeting of the Carbon Group
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/09 Nitrogen-containing mesoporous carbons via nanocasting for CO2 capture and energy storage applications Euromat 2021
Federation of European Materials Society, ASMET, and The Austrian Society for Metallurgy and Materials (Virtual meeting)
2021/03 Exploring Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas for Ethane–Ethylene Adsorption–Separation 14º Encontro de Química Física
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (online, Portugal)
2020/01/23 Simulation of photodegradation of nitric oxides at indoor levels using CFD TEchMA2020 – 3rd International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions
Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA) of the University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/05 Upcycling industrial wastes through the production of modified activated carbons to remove pharmaceuticals from water 4th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2019
(Dresden, Germany)
2018/09 Titanium oxide meso-porous materials with carbon for photo-catalysis of dyes Bucharest Autumn Meeting
MultiComp COST Action (Bucharest, Romania)
2018/06 Flue gas adsorption on periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica: A DFT approach XIII Encontro Nacional de Química-Física e II Simpósio de Química Computacional
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Faro, Portugal)
2017/07 Pyrolysis of periodic mesoporous phenylene- and biphenylene- silicas: a strategy to enhance CO2 adsorption/separation capacity MultiComp Tallinn meeting and Baltic Polymer Symposium
MultiComp Cost Action (Tallinn, Estonia)
2017/04 Tuning functionalized periodic mesoporous phenylene-silicas for CO2/CH4 separation Materiais2017
Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais (Aveiro, Portugal)
2016/10 Experimental and computational studies in the CO2/CH4 separation: The case of amine modified periodic mesoporous organosilicas HINT General Scientific Workshop and Review Meeting
HINT COST ACTION MP1202 (Aveiro, Portugal)
2016/06 Tuning periodic mesoporous organosilicas for CO2/CH4 separation: Experimental and Computational studies XII Encontro Nacional de Química-Física e I Simpósio de Química Computacional
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Évora, Portugal)
2016/06 Tuning functionalized periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica for CO2/CH4 separation: DFT calculation and gas adsorption measurements CASE2016, Computational Approaches to Sciences & Engineering
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2015/10 Preparation of aluminium oxide – periodic mesoporous organosilicas composites by ALD for CO2/CH4 separation HINT General Scientific Workshop and Review Meeting
HINT COST ACTION MP1202 (Milan, Italy)
2015/07 Turning periodic mesoporous organosilicas selective to CO2/CH4 separation: Controlled deposition of aluminum oxide by ALD XXIV Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/11 Microstructural study of the use of Atomic Layer Deposition to prepare aluminum-modified periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica composite INCOMAM’14, International Conference on Microscopy and Microanalysis, XLVIII Congress of the Portuguese Microscopy Society
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microscopia (Porto, Portugal)
2014/09 Influence of the wall nature in the amine-modified periodic mesoporous phenylene-silica in the CO2 and CH4 separation Scientific Workshop on Applications of Hybrid Materials Interfaces
HINT COST ACTION MP1202 (Istanbul, Turkey)
2012/07 Controlled N-monoalkylation of amine functionalized crystal-like mesoporous benzenosilica 35th British Zeolite Association Meeting
(Chester, United Kingdom)
2010/11 BINOL based ligands. Synthesis and evaluation in homogeneous catalysis XVI Encontro Luso-Galego de Química
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2010/05 Synthesis of titanium-bis-BINOLate-2,2´-propylether complexes and their evaluation in asymmetric alkylation of aldehydes. Studies of catalytic active species in solution BIT's 1st Annual World Congress of Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis
(Beijing, China)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role		 Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2026/05/01 - Current Design of Dual Functional Materials for Efficient CO2 Adsorption and Conversion
Supervisor of Joana Oliveira
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2022/03/01 - Current Tailoring and unraveling the Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas properties for enhanced CO2 separation
Supervisor of Tiago Morais
 Química (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2026/03/01 - 2030/02/28 Enhanced CO2 Capture Using Hybrid Amine–Adsorbent Systems: From Materials Design to Process Integration
Supervisor
 Chemistry (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

NET4CO2, Portugal
2026/01/02 - 2028/01/31 Mechanistic Insights into CO2 Capture by Microporous Polymeric Carbon Nitrides using solid-state NMR
Co-supervisor
 Chemistry (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
2026/03/01 - 2027/02/28 Atomistic Modeling of CO2 Capture and Electrochemical Reduction on Dual-Function Materials
Supervisor
 Curso Avançado em Investigação Científica (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/11/15 - 2026/02/15 Designing Metal-Coordinated Porous Carbons for Efficient CO2 Adsorption and Conversion to CH4: From Atomic Insights to 3D-Printed Materials
Supervisor
 Curso Avançado em Investigação Científica (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/05/15 - 2025/07/30 MSc. student in Materials Sciences and Engineering, Grenoble-INP Phelma, Grenoble, France 1st MSc year internship: “Development of a 3D-Printed Composite Adsorbent for Hormone Removal from Water” May 2025 – August 2025. Defining the thesis working plan and supervising the synthesis and characterization tasks. Project supervision: M.A.O. Lourenço. A scientific publication is currently being prepared based on the work completed during the internship.
Supervisor
 Materials Sciences and Engineering (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2025/05/13 - 2025/07/30 MSc. student in Materials Sciences and Engineering, Grenoble-INP Phelma, Grenoble, France 1st MSc year internship: “Engineering Sustainable Biochar-Metal Nanocomposites for Enhanced CO2 Capture and Utilization” May 2025 – July 2025. Defining the thesis working plan and supervising the synthesis and characterization tasks. Project supervision: M.A.O. Lourenço. A scientific publication will be prepared based on the work completed during the internship.
Supervisor
 Materials Sciences and Engineering (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2024/11 - 2025/06 PhD student in Advanced Materials for Sustainable Future Technologies, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy. Mitra performed 2 secondments at our group under my supervision. First secondment (1.5 months, Nov. 2024 - Dec. 2024) entitled: Designing Mesoporous Nitrogen-Derived Carbons Doped with Metals for CO2 Capture and Electroconversion; Second secondment (~3.5 months, Mar. 2025 - Jun. 2025) entitled: “Designing Mesoporous Nitrogen-Derived Carbons Doped with Metals for CO2 Capture and Electroconversion and ORR applications”.
Supervisor
 Advanced Materials for Sustainable Future Technologies (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2024/05 - 2024/08 MSc. student in Materials Sciences and Engineering, Grenoble-INP Phelma, Grenoble, France 1st MSc year internship: “Studying the microstructure effect of carbon-based materials on CO2 capture” May 2024 – August 2024. Defining the thesis working plan and supervising the synthesis and characterization tasks. Project supervision: M.A.O. Lourenço. A scientific publication is currently being prepared based on the work completed during the internship.
Supervisor
 MSc Internship (Other)
Université Grenoble Alpes Phelma, France
2024/03 - 2024/07 MSc. in Materials Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, internship: “Designing Metal-Doped Mesoporous Carbons for CO2 Capture and Conversion” March 2024 – June 2024. Defining the thesis working plan and supervising the synthesis and characterization tasks. Project supervision: M.A.O. Lourenço (UAVR). A scientific publication is currently being prepared based on the work completed during the internship, in collaboration with J. Zeng from POLITO (Italy).
Supervisor
 MSc. in Materials Engineering - Internship (Other)
Panepistemio Ioanninon, Greece
2023/10 - 2024/07 MSc. student in Chemical and Sustainable Process Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, thesis: “Synthesis and characterization of novel catalytic materials for the oxygen reduction reaction” October 2023 – July 2024 (internship from October 2023 to March 2024). Defining the thesis working plan and supervising the synthesis and characterization tasks. Project supervision: J. Zeng (POLITO, supervisor), S. Specchia (POLITO, co-supervisor), and M.A.O. Lourenço (UAVR, co-supervisor). From the work developed, a scientific publicat
Co-supervisor
 MSc (Master)
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
2023/10 - 2024/04 PhD. student in Chemical Engineering, “Preparation of carbon-based materials modified with metallic nanoparticles for adsorption and electroconversion of CO2”, October 2023 – March 2024. Defining the project working plan and supervising the synthesis, characterization, and application tasks. Project supervision: L. Mafra (supervisor), M.A.O. Lourenço (UAVR, co-supervisor), and Mariana Sardo (UAVR, co-supervisor).
Co-supervisor
 PhD (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07 Impressão 3D de adsorventes à base de biocarvão para captura de CO2
Supervisor
 BSc degree in Biotechnology (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/10/01 - 2023/07 Valorização de resíduos: adsorventes à base de biocarvão para a captura de CO2
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/01 - 2023/01 Transformação de resíduos de marisco em adsorventes de CO2
Co-supervisor
 Bioquímica (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/07 Development of a silica-based mesoporous adsorbent for capturing hormones from water
Supervisor of Karla Sequera
Química (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/07 Desenvolvimento de organossílicas mesoporosas periódicas para a captação de hormonas
Supervisor of Ana Moreira
 Biotecnologia (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/07 Desenvolvimento de aerogéis de celulose para adsorção de hormonas encontradas na água
Supervisor of Bruno Castro
 Bioquímica (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)		 Institution / Organization
2024/09/22 - 2024/09/25 Specko team, including Dr. Luís Mafra, Dr. Mariana Sardo, etc, and myself were actively involved in organizing the 8th Ed. of the SMARTER workshop, hosted at UA (Sep 2024). https://smarter8.events.chemistry.pt/ (2024/09/22 - 2024/09/25)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/07/26 - 2021/09/30 Organization of commemorative activities of CICECO's 20th anniversary in collaboration with CAD to raise the awareness of pollution concerns: 1) "There is art in cleaning up our local beach!" at Barra local beach, and at Fábrica Ciência Viva: 2) cleaning up walk "Tem Arte despoluir a rua, passo a passo!"; 3) painting workshop "Pelo Ambiente, com rigor, coração e arte!", with the local Pais em Rede association; and 4) construction of collective sculpture with the trash collected in the cleaning walk activities: "Artistas(s) pelo Ambiente". (2021/09/22 - 2021/09/24)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2021/09/24 Organization of the Specko activities at the European Research Night (ENR) organized at Fábrica Ciência Viva, Aveiro, Portugal. (2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal

Ciência Viva, Portugal
2018/10/22 - 2018/10/26 Computer modeling of phase diagrams using PANDAT software (PANDAT course 2018) https://sites.google.com/view/short-course-pandat/ (2018/10/22 - 2018/10/26)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2015/06/25 - 2015/06/26 Computational Approaches to Materials Design (CAMD 2015) http://sweet.ua.pt/jrgomes/CAMD2015/ (2015/06/25 - 2015/06/26)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event		 Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 ERN 2024. Organizing the Specko group activities at the European Researcher Night for the General public. Here, families and the general audience had the opportunity to engage in various experiments related to the environmental impact of CO2 and learn how CO2 capture technologies can help mitigate it.
Other
 ERN 2024
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/05 - 2024/05 Xperimenta – UA 2024. Organizing the activity "Explorando nanomateriais para o combate às alterações climáticas" for the high-schools students. Here, students had the opportunity to engage in various experiments related to the environmental impact of CO2 and learn how CO2 capture technologies can help mitigate it.
Other
 Xperimenta – UA 2024
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/10/11 - 2018/10/13 Participation in the Techdays Aveiro 2018: Welcome to the Future. Here, the I&D of the project SMART GREEN HOME (a co-promotion project between Bosch Termotecnologia S.A. and the University of Aveiro) was disseminated to the general community (families, schools, academics, industries, etc) in a showcase perspective.
Exhibition
 Techdays: Welcome to the Future.
2018/01/24 - 2018/01/24 Participation in the 2º Smart Green Homes Open Campus. Here, it was promoted and disseminated the results of the Smart Green Homes Project (SGH) to the general academic community.
Symposium
 2º Smart Green Homes Open Campus
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role		 Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/07/14 Bachelor's Degree Project in Biochemistry submitted to the University of Aveiro: “Study of porous covalent organic frameworks for remediation of wastewater”
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Sofia Ferreira Tavares (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/07/14 Bachelor's Degree Project in Biotechnology submitted to the University of Aveiro: "Study of Sodium Poly (Heptazine Imides) and its CO2 adsortion capacity"
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diogo Queiroz Vieira da Silva (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/07/08 Bachelor's Degree Project in Biomedical Engineering submitted to the University of Aveiro: "Estudo de Agentes de Contraste para MRI à Base de Lantanídeos: Caracterização Estrutural"
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diana Maria da Costa Alves (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/03/11 Silvia Mazzotta – PhD Thesis in Sustainable Development and Climate Change (Curriculum: Earth System and Environment) submitted to the Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia (IUSS): Towards Climate Change Mitigation: Study of Fluid Mixtures for CO2 Capture (13/11/2025). (via online)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Silvia Mazzotta (PhD)
2024/07 Bachelor's Degree Project in Biomedical Engineering submitted to the University of Aveiro: "Influência de Agentes Externos na Incorporação e Libertação de Agentes Terapêuticos em Sílicas Porosas"
(Thesis) Arguer
 Salomé Cardetas da Rosa (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2015/01 - Current ASSOCIAÇÃO DE SOLIDARIEDADE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, RECREATIVA E DESPORTIVA DO CASELHO DO GUARDÃO Associated member
2009/05/13 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Qúimica Associated member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2026/01/01 - 2026/09/11 30º Congreso Iberoamericano de Catálisis (CICAT 2026) Sociedade Chilena de Química
2025/07 - 2025/09/18 The 2025 Fall Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) European Materials Research Society

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/04 - Current •I have been invited by the Research Support Office of the University of Aveiro to support MSCA applicants, leveraging my experience as an ERA-PF Researcher to provide personalized counseling and guidance to enhance their proposals and increase their chances of securing funding. I have been working closely with selected applicants to improve their proposals. More information at: https://www.ua.pt/en/marie-curie-grant. Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role		 Institution / Organization Funding entity
2026/01 - 2026/02 Jury member of 1 Research Grant, to be selected under the project CharM project, University of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal). Composition of the Selection Jury: Mirtha Lourenço (Chair) Dr. Luís Mafra, and Dr. José Gomes (January 2026).
President
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/08 - 2025/10 Jury member of 1 PhD Research Grant, to be selected under the project CharM project, University of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal). Composition of the Selection Jury: Mirtha Lourenço (Chair) Dr. Luís Mafra, and Dr. Nuno Gonçalves (September 2025).
President
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/06 - 2025/06 Jury Chair of 1 PhD Research Grants, to be selected under the IC&DT project CharM (Synergistic Dual Functional Materials for Efficient CO2 Adsorption and Conversion in Biogas Upgrading) financed by ERDF Funds through COMPETE 2030 and by National Funds through FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology within the scope of the project COMPETE2030-FEDER-00776600 (FCT Ref.: 16589), University of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal). Composition of the Selection Jury: Dr. Mirtha Lourenço (Chair), Dr. Nuno Gonçalves, and Dr. Luís Mafra (June 2025).
President
 Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/03 Jury member of 1 Starting Research Grant (SRG), to be selected under the project European research Council – Grant agreement N.º 865974 (Unveiling CO2 chemisorption mechanisms in solid adsorbents via surface-enhanced ex(in)-situ NMR), University of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal). Composition of the Selection Jury: Dr. Luís Mafra (Chair), Dra. Mirtha Lourenço, and Dr. Ildefonso Marín (March 2023).
Evaluator
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/06 - 2022/06 Jury member of 2 PhD Research Grants, to be selected under the project European research Council – Grant agreement N.º 865974 (Unveiling CO2 chemisorption mechanisms in solid adsorbents via surface-enhanced ex(in)-situ NMR), University of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal). Composition of the Selection Jury: Dr. Luís Mafra (Chair), Dra. Mariana Sardo and Dra. Mirtha Lourenço (June 2022).
Evaluator
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/03 Jury member of 1 PhD Research Grant, to be selected under the project European research Council – Grant agreement N.º 865974 (Unveiling CO2 chemisorption mechanisms in solid adsorbents via surface-enhanced ex(in)-situ NMR), University of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal). Composition of the Selection Jury: Dr. Luís Mafra (Chair), Dra. Mariana Sardo and Dra. Mirtha Lourenço (March 2022).
Evaluator
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/02 - 2022/02 Jury member of 2 PhD Research Grants, to be selected under the project European research Council – Grant agreement N.º 865974 (Unveiling CO2 chemisorption mechanisms in solid adsorbents via surface-enhanced ex(in)-situ NMR), University of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal). Composition of the Selection Jury: Dr. Luís Mafra (Chair), Dra. Mariana Sardo and Dra. Mirtha Lourenço (February 2022).
Evaluator
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/11 - 2021/11 Jury member of 3 PhD Research Grants, to be selected under the project European research Council – Grant agreement N.º 865974 (Unveiling CO2 chemisorption mechanisms in solid adsorbents via surface-enhanced ex(in)-situ NMR), University of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal). Composition of the Selection Jury: Dr. Luís Mafra (Chair), Dra. Mariana Sardo and Dra. Mirtha Lourenço (November 2021).
Evaluator
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/09 - 2021/09 Jury member of 3 PhD Research Grants, to be selected under the project European research Council – Grant agreement N.º 865974 (Unveiling CO2 chemisorption mechanisms in solid adsorbents via surface-enhanced ex(in)-situ NMR), University of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal). Composition of the Selection Jury: Dr. Luís Mafra (Chair), Dra. Mariana Sardo and Dra. Mirtha Lourenço (September 2021).
Evaluator
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2018/08/24 Vaguense Mirtha Lourenço premiada no EFCATS Young Scientist Contest Secção: Ciência e Inovação Jornal O Ponto - Edição 12 de Setembro 2018
2018/07/24 Jovem investigadora da UA fez parte de equipa premiada em desafio europeu de catálise Jornal da Universidade de Aveiro
2016/06/17 Estudo sobre separação de CO2 na produção de biogás premiado Jornal da Universidade de Aveiro

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/01/19 - 2023/02/26 Chemical Engineering Journal (1385-8947) Elsevier
2021/11 - 2021/12/09 Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling (1093-3263) Elsevier
2021/06 - 2021/07/13 Process Safety and Environmental Protection (0957-5820) Elsevier
2021/03 - 2021/03/30 Fuel (0016-2361) Elsevier
2020/12 - 2021/01 Journal of Molecular Liquids Elsevier
2020/06 - 2020/06 Chemical Engeneering Journal Elsevier
2018/12/11 - 2018/12/17 Materials (ISSN 1996-1944) MPDI
2018/04/10 - 2018/04/28 Catalysts (2073-4344) MPDI
2017/07/11 - 2017/09/06 Journal of Molecular Liquids (0167-7322) Elsevier

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019 - Current Elisa Maruccia
2017/02/01 - Current Mariana Silva
2023/10 - 2024/12 Synthesis and characterization of fluorinated porous materials for CO2 capture Filipa Costa
2024/03 - 2024/07 Study the efficiency of periodic mesoporous biphenylene-silica in the removal of hormones from water Inês Neves
2021/04 - 2022/07 Tuning and unraveling the cellulose membranes properties for enhanced CO2 uptake Daniel Pereira
2020 - 2021 Chemistry - Simone Rubat Baleuri
2018/01 - 2018/11/15 Guilaine Jaria
2017 - 2018/11/15 Fernando Sá
2018 - 2018 Rui Pinho
2018 - 2018 Manon Wilhelm
Distinctions

Award

2024 Junior FISOCAT 2024 Award
Ibero-American Federation of Catalysis Societies (FISOCAT), Spain
2024 MOF 2024 Carbon Capture Innovation Prize (selected for 6 shortlisted finalists).
Surface Measurement Systems company , United Kingdom
2024 Ramôa Ribeiro Young Researcher Award-2024
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2024 UA Researcher Award
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022 Seal of Excellence from European Commission
European Commission, Belgium
2022 CICECO Young Researcher Award
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2021 Winner team of the Blue Bio Value Ideation (BBVI) contest
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Oceano Azul Foundation, Portugal
2019 Best Poster Prize - Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiane (GEI2019)
2018 Three Best Theses prize in the Best Doctoral Thesis Award in Catalysis – Ramôa Ribeiro
Division of Catalysis and Porous Materials of Portuguese Chemistry Society, Portugal
2018 Project Prize Winners - The EFCATS Young Generation Catalysis Challenge
European Federation of Catalysis Societies, France
2016 Best Poster Prize (HINT – Hybrid Interfaces COST ACTION MP1202, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2016)
International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS), Australia
2010 Top 5 Posters
2nd Ibero American Symposium of Organic Chemistry, Spain

Other distinction

2020 Selection of one Young Researcher for Future Application to the Ibero-American FISOCAT JUNIOR 2020 Prize