Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Pedro Simão Freitas Mendes
Citation names
- Mendes, Pedro
- Pedro S. F. Mendes
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 2818-5E65-1249
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-2768-353X
- Researcher Id
- S-4781-2016
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 218419551 (Professional)
Websites
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
French | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2013/01/02 - 2017/03/27
Concluded
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Engenharia Química (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Hydroconversion catalysts based on zeolite mixtures, from ideality to reality" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado com distintição e louvor |
2007/09 - 2012/09/26
Concluded
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Engenharia Química (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Heterogeneous catalysts for light olefins dehydrogenation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2017/05/01 - 2021/08/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Universiteit Gent, Belgium |
2013/03 - 2017/02 | Researcher (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal (...) |
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2012/03/01 - 2012/12/23 | Research Trainee (Research) | Egide France, France |
IFP Energies nouvelles Solaize, France | ||
2008/09/01 - 2009/08/31 | Research Trainee (Research) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/09/01 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Universidade de Lisboa Departamento de Engenharia Química, Portugal (...) |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/10 - Current | A Fundamental Approach to Efficient Catalyst Design for Sustainable Chemicals
BOF18/PDO/093
Post-doc Fellow
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Universiteit Gent |
2013/03 - 2017/02 | Synergies between zeolites on a model hydrocracking reaction, from ideality to reality
SFRH/BD/87927/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
IFP Energies nouvelles Solaize, France |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2008/09 - 2009/08 | Catalisadores para ciclização de alcinos
BII/UNI/0100/2008
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2022/10/01 - Current | Moving2Neutrality
PEP 1018P.06338
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
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Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP
Ongoing
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2022/06/01 - Current | RDA/EOSC Open Science Ambassador for Catalysis
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2019/01/01 - 2021/08/31 | Methane oxidative conversion and hydroformylation to propylene
Researcher
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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European Commission
Ongoing
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2018/01/01 - 2020/03/01 | Software Enhanced Research iN Transient kinetics
Researcher
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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European Commission
Concluded
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2018/05 - 2019/09 | Thermochemical Conversion of End-of-Life Plastics to Chemical Feedstocks
HBC.2018.0262
Post-doc
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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Vlaanderen Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Journal article |
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Online resource |
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Preprint |
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Intellectual property
Patent |
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Other
Dataset |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2022 | Material science data sharing and management | Machine learning in material science: hands-on workshop
Materials Pioneers
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2021 | Automated Screening of Catalytic Reaction Mechanisms: A Tool for Novel Chemistries | AIChE annual meeting 2021
AIChE (United States)
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2021 | Tailored approaches for the reuse of catalytic data | UK Catalysis Hub Data Management Workshop
UK Catalysis Hub
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2020 | YEuCat : 1-year old and already biting! | EYCN Delegate Assembly 2020
European Young Chemistry Network (Spain)
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2019 | Multi-scale simulation framework for the oxidative coupling of methane: from process layouts to catalyst particles | 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting
AIChE (United States)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2024/01/01 - Current | Sustainable catalysts by design: a multi-scale and multi-data approach for informed optimization
Supervisor of Thomas Hietala
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Doutoramento em Engenharia Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2023/12/01 - Current | Modelagem genérica, análise e otimização de processos catalíticos de desidratação de Gás Natural. Aplicação da
Inteligência Artificial e Machine Learning como ferramenta adicional para melhoria dos modelos
Supervisor of Estêvão Tibúrcio
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Doutoramento em Engenharia Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2023/11/01 - Current | Hydroconversion of advanced non-conventional feedstock: impact of co-processing
Supervisor of Arij Ben Hassine
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Doutoramento em Engenharia Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2023/09 - Current | Novel Zeolite for Bioethanol Dehydration to Ethylene: A Text-Mining and Machine Learning Approach
Co-supervisor of Daniel Pereira Costa
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Doutoramento em Engenharia Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020/03 - 2021/01 | Automated rate equation screening for heterogeneous catalytic reactions based on experimental data
Supervisor of Vasco António Correia Saltão
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020/01 - 2020/07 | Kinetic study of steam methane reforming for domestic use
Co-supervisor
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Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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2019/09 - 2020/07 | Automated construction of kinetic models from catalytic experimental data
Co-supervisor
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Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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2019/09 - 2020/07 | Recognition of key catalyst properties via data science
Co-supervisor
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Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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2019/09 - 2020/07 | On Reaching Steady-State in Methanol-To-Olefins Experimentation: Effect of Hydrocarbon Pool Species
Co-supervisor of Tingjun Lei
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Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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2019/03 - 2019/11 | Anisole Hydrotreatment over Ni-Cu catalysts as first step towards aldol condensates reactivity
Co-supervisor of Carlos Rodrigues Freitas
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2019/03 - 2019/11 | A Steady State Study: Effect of Zeolite and Operating Conditions on Methanol-to-Olefins
Co-supervisor of Bernardo José Vitória Pessanha
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2018/09 - 2019/07 | Automated kinetic feature extraction from Open Access data
Co-supervisor of Sébastien Siradze
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Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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2018/09 - 2019/07 | Catalytic upgrading of processed plastic waste via hydroprocessing
Co-supervisor of Bert Riems
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Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2021/09 - 2021/09 | YEuCat better together: collaborative catalysis in a changing world (2021/09)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
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Young European Catalysis Network, Belgium |
2019/08 - 2019/08 | Young European Catalysis Network session at EuropaCat2019 (2019/08)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
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Young European Catalysis Network, Belgium |
2011/03 - 2011/03 | Jornadas de Engenharia Química e Biológica 2011 (2011)
Congress (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2021 | Automatic generation of kinetic models for bifunctional catalytic mechanisms
Thesis Member
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Wout Callewaert (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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2021 | Process study, technical feasibility, and economic evaluation of a district heating and cooling system at Sines Refinery
Thesis Member
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António Vasconcelos Simões Coimbra de Carvalho (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021 | Advanced Multivariate Data Analysis in Production Environment.
An API Six Sigma Case Study
Thesis Member
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Jhara Alexandra Ochoa Pineda (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020 | Impact of the spatial distribution of active material on the performance of n-hexane hydrocracking with a bifunctional catalyst
Thesis Member
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Seniz Rodoplu (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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2019 | Automatic network generation: The extension of Genesys for catalytic reactions applied to Oxidative Coupling of Methane
Thesis Member
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Morgane Janssens (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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2018 | Experimental Investigation of PdCu Alloys for Ethanol Dehydrogenation
Thesis Member
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Maxime Beck (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2019/01 - Current | Young European Catalysis Network | Fundador e coordenador da equipa "Ciência" |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2017/09 - 2021/01 | Kinetic modelling and simulation | Master of Science in Chemical Engineering (Master) | Universiteit Gent, Belgium |
2018/02 - 2020/06 | Course-cross project | Master of Science in Chemical Engineering (Master) | Universiteit Gent, Belgium |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2015 - Current | External accreditation commission of a MSc degree program in Chemical Engineering | Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2021/01 - Current | Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis | |
2020/12 - Current | ChemCatChem | Wiley |
2019/12 - Current | Chemical Engineering Science | |
2019/09 - Current | Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research | |
2019/03 - Current | Applied Catalysis A: General | |
2019/01 - Current | Chemical Engineering Journal | |
2018/09 - Current | Catalysis Science & Technology | Royal Society of Chemistry |
2018/04 - Current | ACS Catalysis |