CANMILK

Vasco Guerra

Full Professor

I am a faculty member in the Department of Physics at IST and a researcher with the N‑PRiME group at IPFN. I am the Principal Investigator (PI) of the IST team and lead the research focused on advancing the development of a surface kinetics model

Pedro Viegas

Researcher

 I am a researcher with the N-PRiME group at IPFN, leading the task dedicated to validating the surface kinetics model.

Carmen Bacariza

Researcher

 I am with the Department of Chemical Engineering at IST and a researcher at CQE, where I lead the studies on the assessment of catalysts based on biowastes.

Karina Shimizu

Researcher

I am researcher at CQE and lead the DFT studies to calculate accurate surface parameters.

Carlos Henriques

Associate Professor

  I am with the Department of Chemical Engineering at IST and a researcher at CQE. I work on heterogeneous and plasma catalysis and participate in the preparation and investigation of biochar-based catalysts.

José Madeira Lopes

Associate Professor

I am with the Department of Chemical Engineering at IST and a researcher at CQE. I am interested in hydrocarbon transformation in catalysis by zeolites.

Nuno Pinhão

Researcher

I am with the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Engineering at IST and a researcher at the N-PRiME group of IPFN. I am interested in electron swarm parameters and CO₂ and CH₄ plasma conversion. I am involved in the design of plasma-catalysis experiments for model validation.

Adilson A. Freitas

Researcher

I am a physical chemist and researcher at CQE, with research interests in the mechanisms of ultrafast chemical reactions. I will conduct density functional theory (DFT) studies to determine reaction rates at the solid-gas interface.

José Afonso

Researcher

I am a research intern focused on developing and refining surface kinetic models using data-driven optimization approaches.

Farzaneh Ostovarpouro

PhD Student

I am doing my PhD on Surface kinetic modelling of methane oxidation by plasma-catalysis.

Mariana Pereira

MSc Student

I have a research initiation scholarship at CQE related to experiments in heterogeneous and plasma catalysis.

Rita de Jesus

MSc Student

I am studying Chemical Engineering at IST and join the project to do experimental work on heterogeneous and plasma catalysts.