LAQV REQUIMTE

(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

Rui Faria

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Research group
Materials for Sustainability and Wellness

Position
PhD student

Chemistry BSc. and MSc. from the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto. My dissertation focused on the preparation and application of porous coordination polymers in sustainable catalytical processes, under the orientation of Dr. Luís Cunha-Silva. I am currently working for LAQV-REQUIMTE as a volunteer.
To date, I have published 2 papers. I am also a team member for the "Design of new gold catalysts for glycerol
transformation into value added products" (PTDC/CTM-CTM/31983/2017) project, I was a FCT research fellow in the "Verão com Ciência - Hands on Nano" program , and I was also awarded "Best Oral Communication" for my presentation in the 13th Edition of the Meeting of Young Reserachers of the University of Porto.

Representative Publications

Straightforward activation of metal-organic framework UiO-66 for oxidative desulfurization processes
10.1016/j.cattod.2020.05.026
Hf-Based UiO-66 as Adsorptive Compound and Oxidative Catalyst for Denitrogenation Processes
10.3390/compounds1010002