Research group
Materials for Sustainability and Wellness
Position
Academic Staff
Associate Professor at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT) of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) since 2012.
PhD in Chemical Engineering (Heterogeneous Catalysis) from FCT-UNL (1983); Master in Chemistry of the Catalytic Processes from Instituto Superior Técnico (1986); graduated in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (1982). Invited Professor at Pennsylvania State University (USA) (1993-1996).
Participated as main researcher or as research member in 20 International and National projects.
Participated in 140 international and national conferences.
Published 153 papers in peer-reviewed international scientific journals of high scientific impact (H36) and 5 chapters in books.
Representative Publications
New and Advanced Porous Carbon Materials in Fine Chemical Synthesis. Emerging Precursors of Porous Carbons
10.3390/catal9020133
Evaluation of the adsorption potential of biochars prepared from forest and agri-food wastes for the removal of fluoxetine
10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121973
Glycerol conversion into biofuel additives by acetalization with pentanal over heteropolyacids immobilized on zeolites
10.1016/j.cattod.2019.04.048
Activation of co-pyrolysis chars from rice wastes to improve the removal of Cr3+ from simulated and real industrial wastewaters
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121993
