Research group
Bio(chemical) Process Engineering
Position
Junior Researcher
Ana Reis Machado graduated from Instituto Superior Técnico in Chemical Engineering, obtained a PhD degree in Chemistry from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and concluded a MBA from the Portuguese Catholic University. She worked for more than 15 years in R&D in companies. She is co-inventor of several patents in several fields of knowledge. Her current main scientific interests are in the field of Green Chemistry, in particular in CO2 utilization, functional materials, energy storage systems, electrochemistry, ionic liquid technologies and sustainable separations processes including supercritical fluid technologies.
Representative Publications
Carbon Materials as Cathode Constituents for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction-A Review
10.3390/c5040083
Prediction of sunlight-driven CO2 conversion: Producing methane from photovoltaics, and full system design for single-house application
10.1016/j.mtener.2019.07.004
Electrochemical production of syngas from CO2 at pressures up to 30 bar in electrolytes containing ionic liquid
10.1039/c9re00271e
Sunlight-driven CO2-to-fuel conversion: exploring thermal and electrical coupling between photovoltaic and electrochemical systems for optimum solar-methane production
doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2020.100425
