Identificação
Identificação pessoal
- Nome completo
- Mirtha Alejandra Oliveira Lourenço
Nomes de citação
- Lourenço, M.A.O.
Identificadores de autor
- Ciência ID
- DA14-BB1E-087F
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0260-3422
- Researcher Id
- I-4186-2015
Endereços de correio eletrónico
- mirtha@ua.pt (Profissional)
Moradas
- CICECO, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Profissional)
Websites
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mirtha_Lourenco (Profissional)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirtha-lourenço-7874bb74 (Profissional)
Domínios de atuação
- Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Nanotecnologia - Nanomateriais
- Ciências Exatas - Química
- Ciências Exatas - Química
- Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia do Ambiente - Engenharia Ambiental
- Ciências Exatas - Ciências da Computação e da Informação - Ciências da Computação
- Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia dos Materiais
Idiomas
| Idioma | Conversação | Leitura | Escrita | Compreensão | Peer-review |
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| Português (Idioma materno) | |||||
| Espanhol; Castelhano | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) |
| Inglês | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) | Utilizador proficiente (C1) |
| Italiano | Utilizador elementar (A1) | Utilizador independente (B1) | Utilizador elementar (A1) | Utilizador independente (B1) | Utilizador elementar (A2) |
Formação
| Grau | Classificação | |
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2012/11/01 - 2016/12/19
Concluído
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Materials Science and Engeneering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
"Tuning functionalized periodic mesoporous organosilicas for CO2/CH4 separation" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
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Approved |
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2009/09/05 - 2010/09/06
Concluído
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Chemistry (Mestrado)
Especialização em 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." (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
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17 |
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2005/10 - 2009/07/20
Concluído
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Chemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
"Synthesis of dyes and application in solar cells" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
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Percurso profissional
Ciência
| Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento |
Empregador | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026/04/01 - 2029/03/31 | Investigador Auxiliar (carreira) (Investigação) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
| 2025/08/07 - 2026/03/31 | Investigador (Investigação) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal | ||
| 2023/03/01 - 2025/08/07 | Investigador (Investigação) | Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal | ||
| 2022/05/15 - 2023/02/28 | Investigador (Investigação) | Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal | ||
| 2021/05/15 - 2022/05/14 | Investigador Contratado (Investigação) | Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal | ||
| 2020/11/01 - 2021/03/30 | Investigador Contratado (Investigação) | Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Itália |
| Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Itália | ||
| 2018/11/16 - 2020/10/31 | Investigador Contratado (Investigação) | Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Itália |
| Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Itália | ||
| 2017/05/01 - 2018/11/15 | Pós-doutorado (Investigação) | Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal | ||
| 2016/11/01 - 2017/04/30 | Pós-doutorado (Investigação) | Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
Projetos
Bolsa
| Designação | Financiadores | |
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| 2023/03 - Atual | Exploring at the atomic-level solid-gas interactions in polysaccharide-based materials
for CO2 capture combining computational and NMR methods
2022.15931.CPCA
Investigador responsável
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
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| 2021/05/15 - Atual | Unveiling CO2 chemisorption mechanisms in solid adsorbents via surface-enhanced ex(in)-situ
NMR
Investigador
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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European Research Council
Em curso
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| 2026/04/01 - 2029/03/31 | Enhancing Biogas Upgrading: Advanced CO2 Capture and Conversion with Single-Atom Catalysts
in Mesoporous Carbon
2024.08302.CEECIND
Investigador responsável
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação em Materiais Cerâmicos e Compósitos, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
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| 2025/07/01 - 2028/06/30 | Synergistic Dual Functional Materials for Efficient CO2 Adsorption and Conversion
in Biogas Upgrading (CharM)
COMPETE2030-FEDER-00776600
Investigador responsável
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
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| 2022 - 2028 | Biomass waste valorization for biogas upgrading
2021.01158.CEECIND
Investigador responsável
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
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| 2023/03/01 - 2025/02/28 | Rationale design of sustainable porous organosilicas for optimal CO2 uptake from biogas
(GRACE)
AMD-101090287-1
Investigador responsável
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Em curso
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| 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
Investigador responsável
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
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| 2017/05/01 - 2018/11/15 | SGH - SMART GREEN HOMES project
SGH/CICECO-UA/163-01/2017
Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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Universidade de Aveiro CICECO
Concluído
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| 2016/11/01 - 2017/04/30 | Synthesis and characterization of periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMO) for gas
adsorption / separation
BI/UI89/5389/2016
Bolseiro de Investigação
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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Universidade de Aveiro CICECO
Concluído
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| 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
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
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| 2010/03/01 - 2012/10/31 | Intelligent Design of Mesoporous Organosilicas for Adsorptive Separation Processes
Bolseiro de Investigação
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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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
Bolseiro de Integração na Investigação
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluído
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Projeto
| Designação | Financiadores | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 | CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials
UIDP/50011/2020
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
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| 2018/11/16 - 2021/03/31 | Novel carbon-based materials for environmental applications
IIT/2018
Investigador
Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Itália
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Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies
Em curso
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| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | CICECO-Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro
UID/CTM/50011/2019
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
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| 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
Concluído
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| 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
Concluído
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Outro
| Designação | Financiadores | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Em curso
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| 2020/06/01 - 2021/03/31 | OCEAN- Oxalic acid from CO2 using Eletrochemistry at demonstratioN scale
Investigador
Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Itália
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Commission Européenne Représentation au Luxembourg
Em curso
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| 2020/06 - 2021 | SATURNO- Scarti organici e Anidride carbonica Trasformati in carbURanti, fertilizzanti
e prodotti chimici; applicazione concreta dell’ecoNOmia circolare
Investigador
Istituto Italiano di Technologia - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Itália
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Em curso
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Produções
Publicações
| Artigo em boletim informativo |
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| Artigo em revista |
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| Capítulo de livro |
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| Edição de número de revista |
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| Poster em conferência |
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| Tese / Dissertação |
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Outros
| Invenção |
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| Outra produção |
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Atividades
Apresentação oral de trabalho
| Título da apresentação | Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento) |
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| 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, Polónia)
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| 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, Polónia)
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| 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, Polónia)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 2025/04 | Tuning Porous Adsorbents: How Synthesis Conditions Shape Microstructure and Co2 Capture Efficiency | 9th PYCheM
Portuguese Chemistry Society, SPQ (Faro, Portugal)
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| 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, Espanha)
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| 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, Itália)
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| 2024/06/07 | Advancing Porous Materials Design for CO2 Capture | Encontro Nacional da DCMP (XII ENDCMP, Coimbra, Portugal)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2024/05 | Exploring the influence of N-doped biochar microstructure on CO2 capture and separation | 8th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference
(Dresden, Alemanha)
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| 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, República Checa)
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| 2023/11 | Amplifying CO2 Adsorption in Seafood Waste Base Materials | XXVII Encontro Luso Galego de Química
(Porto, Portugal)
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| 2023/05 | Understanding CO2 sorption mechanisms in sustainable cellulose and chitosan aerogels | 1st Mediterranean Conference on Porous Materials (MEDPore2023)
(Crete, Grécia)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 2021/03 | Exploring Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas for Ethane–Ethylene Adsorption–Separation | 14º Encontro de Química Física
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (online, Portugal)
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| 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)
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| 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, Alemanha)
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| 2018/09 | Titanium oxide meso-porous materials with carbon for photo-catalysis of dyes | Bucharest Autumn Meeting
MultiComp COST Action (Bucharest, Roménia)
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| 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)
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| 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, Estónia)
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| 2017/04 | Tuning functionalized periodic mesoporous phenylene-silicas for CO2/CH4 separation | Materiais2017
Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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, Itália)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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, Turquia)
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| 2012/07 | Controlled N-monoalkylation of amine functionalized crystal-like mesoporous benzenosilica | 35th British Zeolite Association Meeting
(Chester, Reino Unido)
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| 2010/11 | BINOL based ligands. Synthesis and evaluation in homogeneous catalysis | XVI Encontro Luso-Galego de Química
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 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)
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Orientação
| Título / Tema Papel desempenhado |
Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização |
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|---|---|---|
| 2026/05/01 - Atual | Design of Dual Functional Materials for Efficient CO2 Adsorption and Conversion
Orientador de Joana Oliveira
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Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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| 2022/03/01 - Atual | Tailoring and unraveling the Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas properties for enhanced
CO2 separation
Orientador de Tiago Morais
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Química (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2026/03/01 - 2030/02/28 | Enhanced CO2 Capture Using Hybrid Amine–Adsorbent Systems: From Materials Design to
Process Integration
Orientador
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Chemistry (Doutoramento)
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
Coorientador
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Chemistry (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidad de Oviedo, Espanha |
| 2026/03/01 - 2027/02/28 | Atomistic Modeling of CO2 Capture and Electrochemical Reduction on Dual-Function
Materials
Orientador
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Curso Avançado em Investigação Científica (Outra)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 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
Orientador
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Curso Avançado em Investigação Científica (Outra)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 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.
Orientador
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Materials Sciences and Engineering (Outra)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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| 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.
Orientador
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Materials Sciences and Engineering (Outra)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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| 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”.
Orientador
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Advanced Materials for Sustainable Future Technologies (Outra)
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
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| 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.
Orientador
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MSc Internship (Outra)
Université Grenoble Alpes Phelma, França
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| 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).
Orientador
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MSc. in Materials Engineering - Internship (Outra)
Panepistemio Ioanninon, Grécia
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| 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
Coorientador
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MSc (Mestrado)
Politecnico di Torino, Itália
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| 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).
Coorientador
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PhD (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2023/02 - 2023/07 | Impressão 3D de adsorventes à base de biocarvão para captura de CO2
Orientador
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BSc degree in Biotechnology (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2022/10/01 - 2023/07 | Valorização de resíduos: adsorventes à base de biocarvão para a captura de CO2
Orientador
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Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Química (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2022/01 - 2023/01 | Transformação de resíduos de marisco em adsorventes de CO2
Coorientador
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Bioquímica (Iniciação científica)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2022/03 - 2022/07 | Development of a silica-based mesoporous adsorbent for capturing hormones from water
Orientador de Karla Sequera
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Química (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2022/03 - 2022/07 | Desenvolvimento de organossílicas mesoporosas periódicas para a captação de hormonas
Orientador de Ana Moreira
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Biotecnologia (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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| 2022/03 - 2022/07 | Desenvolvimento de aerogéis de celulose para adsorção de hormonas encontradas na água
Orientador de Bruno Castro
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Bioquímica (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Organização de evento
| Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação) |
Instituição / Organização | |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
|
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)
Outro (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
|
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)
Exposição (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
|
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)
Outro (Coorganizador)
|
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)
Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
|
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal |
Participação em evento
| Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento |
Nome do evento Instituição / Organização |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Outro
|
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.
Outro
|
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.
Exposição
|
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.
Simpósio
|
2º Smart Green Homes Open Campus
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
Júri de grau académico
| Tema Tipo de participação |
Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau) Instituição / Organização |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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”
Arguente principal
|
Inês Sofia Ferreira Tavares (Outro)
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"
Arguente principal
|
Diogo Queiroz Vieira da Silva (Outro)
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"
Arguente principal
|
Diana Maria da Costa Alves (Outro)
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)
Arguente principal
|
Silvia Mazzotta (Doutoramento) |
| 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"
Arguente
|
Salomé Cardetas da Rosa (Outro)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
Arbitragem científica em conferência
| Nome da conferência | Local da conferência | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Arbitragem científica em revista
| Nome da revista (ISSN) | Editora | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Comissão de avaliação
| Descrição da atividade Tipo de assessoria |
Instituição / Organização | Entidade financiadora | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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).
Presidente
|
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).
Presidente
|
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).
Presidente
|
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).
Avaliador
|
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).
Avaliador
|
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).
Avaliador
|
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).
Avaliador
|
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).
Avaliador
|
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).
Avaliador
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Consultoria / Parecer
| Descrição da atividade | Instituição / Organização | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/04 - Atual | •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 |
Entrevista (jornal / revista)
| Descrição da atividade | Jornal / 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 |
Membro de associação
| Nome da associação | Tipo de participação | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015/01 - Atual | ASSOCIAÇÃO DE SOLIDARIEDADE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, RECREATIVA E DESPORTIVA DO CASELHO DO GUARDÃO | Associated member |
| 2009/05/13 - Atual | Sociedade Portuguesa de Qúimica | Associated member |
Tutoria
| Tópico | Nome do aluno | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 - Atual | Elisa Maruccia | |
| 2017/02/01 - Atual | 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 |
Distinções
Prémio
| 2024 | Junior FISOCAT 2024 Award
Ibero-American Federation of Catalysis Societies (FISOCAT), Espanha
|
| 2024 | MOF 2024 Carbon Capture Innovation Prize (selected for 6 shortlisted finalists).
Surface Measurement Systems company , Reino Unido
|
| 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, Bélgica
|
| 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, França
|
| 2016 | Best Poster Prize (HINT – Hybrid Interfaces COST ACTION MP1202, Stockholm, Sweden,
May 2016)
International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS), Austrália
|
| 2010 | Top 5 Posters
2nd Ibero American Symposium of Organic Chemistry, Espanha
|
Outra distinção
| 2020 | Selection of one Young Researcher for Future Application to the Ibero-American FISOCAT JUNIOR 2020 Prize |
