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(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

Isabel Maria Figueiredo Ligeiro da Fonseca

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Research group
Materials for Sustainability and Wellness

Position
Academic Staff

Researcher IDD-2513-2013
Ciência ID2C13-007E-3AF1
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

Porous carbon: A versatile material for catalysis
10.1016/j.cattod.2017.01.039
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
New adsorbents from maize cob wastes and anaerobic digestate for H2S removal from biogas
10.1016/j.wasman.2019.05.048
Development of a model for an industrial acetylene hydrogenation reactor using plant data - Part I
10.1016/j.cej.2019.122390
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
Properties of κ-carrageenan aerogels prepared by using different dissolution media and its application as drug delivery systems
10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.123290