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Pedro Mendes is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at IST and a researcher at CQE on sustainable catalyst and process design, with expertise on catalysis informatics and multi-scale modelling. Prof. Mendes has been developing methodologies for catalysis informatics, including the combined use of statistical machine learning and kinetic models, aiming at process-informed, multi-scale catalyst design (see narrative CV for particular contributions and impact). His work is recognized by the community, being appointed as EU open science ambassador for catalysis (2022-2023), and council member of the European Federation of Catalysis (since 2024) and advisory board member of ACS Engineering Au. Additionally, Prof. Mendes serves as leader of the thematic line “Chemistry towards the Green Transition”, with the Executive Committee of CQE (2024-…). Prof. Mendes is leading two projects as PI: CausalCat (50 k€) and CCU-Tailor (150 k€) and is experienced with large research projects, e.g. H2020 C123 project (GA ID: 814557), ERC SERENiTi project (GA ID: 825783), PRR Moving2Neutrality. He has also supervised or mentored 35 MSc and 5 PhD successfully graduated students, getting involved with the researchers’ ambitions and hopes, while promoting autonomy and creativity. At his Digital Catalysis lab (DigiCat), Prof. Mendes is currently supervising 8 PhD students.
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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
  • 218419551 (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
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
2013/01/02 - 2017/03/27
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Hydroconversion catalysts based on zeolite mixtures, from ideality to reality" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com distintição e louvor
2007/09 - 2012/09/26
Concluded
 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
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
(...)
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
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
2018/10 - Current A Fundamental Approach to Efficient Catalyst Design for Sustainable Chemicals
BOF18/PDO/093
Post-doc Fellow
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
2008/09 - 2009/08 Catalisadores para ciclização de alcinos
BII/UNI/0100/2008
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/10/01 - Current Moving2Neutrality
PEP 1018P.06338
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
 Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP
Ongoing
2022/06/01 - Current RDA/EOSC Open Science Ambassador for Catalysis
101017536
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2024/11/01 - 2027/10/31 CCU-Tailor: projeto e optimizição de processos de captura e conversão de CO2 à medida do contexto industrial
CCU-Tailor
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
 Fundação Amélia de Mello
Ongoing
2025/01/01 - 2026/06/30 Inteligência Artificial de 2a geração aplicada à catálise heterogénea: simular o impacto da síntese nas propriedades do catalisador através de modelos de causalidade
2023.12566.PEX
10.54499/2023.12566.PEX
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2021/08/31 Methane oxidative conversion and hydroformylation to propylene
814557
Researcher
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
 European Commission
Concluded
2018/01/01 - 2020/03/01 Software Enhanced Research iN Transient kinetics
825783
Researcher
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
 European Commission
Concluded
2018/05 - 2019/09 Thermochemical Conversion of End-of-Life Plastics to Chemical Feedstocks
HBC.2018.0262
Post-doc
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
 Vlaanderen Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 100 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/QUI/UI0100/2011
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. "Single-Event MicroKinetic assessment of the aromatic hydrocarbon pool versus alkene homologation cycle contribution in methanol-to-olefins conversion over H-ZSM-5". CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (2026):
    10.1016/J.CEJ.2025.171388
  2. Rita Assis dos Santos; Arij Ben Hassine; Pedro José Sanches Filho; Maria Joana Neiva Correia; Pedro S. F. Mendes. "Continuous-flow hydroprocessing of long-chain fatty acids: reaction pathways and the impact of lignin-derived aromatics towards efficient deoxygenation". Catalysis Science & Technology (2026): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d6cy00118a.
    Open access • 10.1039/d6cy00118a
  3. Pedro S. F. Mendes; Núria López; Sandip De; Rebecca Fushimi; Ramazan Yildirim; Annette Trunschke. "Data as a Key Resource in Catalysis: A Community Account". ChemCatChem (2025): https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202501226.
    10.1002/cctc.202501226
  4. Hugo Marques; José N. Canongia Lopes; Adilson Alves de Freitas; Karina Shimizu; Pedro S. F. Mendes. "Robust Method for Property Prediction via Artificial Neural Networks: Incorporating Key Structural Features for Carbon Dioxide–Ionic Liquid Mixtures". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2025): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c04432.
    10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c04432
  5. "Mechanistic Insights into Structure-Driven Selectivity in CO2 Hydrogenation Over Cu-Based Catalysts". CHEMCATCHEM (2025):
    10.1002/CCTC.202501115
  6. Yonggang Cheng; Pedro S. F. Mendes; Parviz Yazdani; Christophe Detavernier; Joris W. Thybaut. "The Combined Effect of the Oxidizing Agent and its Concentration on the Oxidative Coupling of Methane". ChemCatChem (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202400877.
    10.1002/cctc.202400877
  7. "Microkinetic analysis of the CO2 effect on OCM over a La-Sr/CaO catalyst". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL KINETICS (2024):
    10.1002/KIN.21746
  8. Vandevyvere, Tom; Sabbe, Maarten K.; Pedro S. F. Mendes; Thybaut, Joris W.; Lauwaert, Jeroen. Corresponding author: Lauwaert, Jeroen. "NiCu-based catalysts for the low-temperature hydrodeoxygenation of anisole: Effect of the metal ratio on SiO2 and ¿-Al2O3 supports". Green Carbon 1 2 (2023): 170-184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.greenca.2023.10.001.
    10.1016/j.greenca.2023.10.001
  9. R.S. Postma; P.S.F. Mendes; L. Pirro; A. Banerjee; J.W. Thybaut; L. Lefferts. "Modelling of the catalytic initiation of methane coupling under non-oxidative conditions". Chemical Engineering Journal 454 (2023): 140273-140273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140273.
    10.1016/j.cej.2022.140273
  10. M.-E.M.L. Lissens; Pedro S.F. Mendes; Beatriz Estevens; Auguste Fernandes; Filipa Ribeiro; Maarten K. Sabbe; Joris W. Thybaut. "Impact of acid site concentration and temperature on the operating regime, activity and selectivity in methanol-to-olefins conversion over H-ZSM-5". Applied Catalysis A: General 648 (2022): 118918-118918. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2022.118918.
    10.1016/j.apcata.2022.118918
  11. Neha, Shukla; Remya, Neelancherry; Mendes, Pedro; Thybaut, Joris W.; da Silva, Wenes Ramos; Wisniewski, Alberto. "Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil obtained from microwave co-pyrolysis of food waste and low-density polyethylene". Process Safety and Environmental Protection 166 (2022): 23-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2022.07.056.
    10.1016/j.psep.2022.07.056
  12. Vasco A. C. Saltão; Joris W. Thybaut; Laura Pirro; Filipe G. Freire; Pedro S. F. Mendes. "Automation of Data-Driven Rate Equation Screening for Heterogeneously Catalyzed Reactions". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2022): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01920.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01920
  13. "Mixture effects in alkane/cycloalkane hydroconversion over Pt/HUSY: Carbon number impact". Fuel 318 (2022): 123651-123651. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123651.
    10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123651
  14. Pedro S. F. Mendes; Nemanja Vucetic; Antonio Valverde-González; Maxime Delporte; Liliana P. L. Gonçalves; Ghodsieh Isapour; Mohammad Khatamirad; et al. "Conference Report: YEuCat Better Together – Collaborative Catalysis in a Changing World". ChemCatChem (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202200166.
    10.1002/cctc.202200166
  15. Pedro S. F. Mendes; Sébastien Siradze; Laura Pirro; Joris W. Thybaut. "Extracting kinetic information in catalysis: an automated tool for the exploration of small data". Reaction Chemistry & Engineering (2022): https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RE00215E.
    10.1039/D1RE00215E
  16. Marie-Elisabeth M. L. Lissens; Pedro S. F. Mendes; Tingjun Lei; Maarten K. Sabbe; Joris W. Thybaut. "The intricacies of the “steady-state” regime in methanol-to-hydrocarbon experimentation over H-ZSM-5". Catalysis Science & Technology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CY01306H.
    10.1039/D1CY01306H
  17. Laura Pirro; Pedro S. F. Mendes; Joris De Keulenaer; Bart D. Vandegehuchte; Guy B. Marin; Joris W. Thybaut. "Productivity Enhancement for the Oxidative Coupling of Methane in Adiabatic Layered-Bed Reactors". ACS Engineering Au (2021): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsengineeringau.1c00008.
    10.1021/acsengineeringau.1c00008
  18. "Hydrocracking of complex mixtures: From bulk properties, over fundamental kinetics to detailed product composition". Catalysis Today 378 (2021): 189-201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2021.06.010.
    10.1016/j.cattod.2021.06.010
  19. Nebojsa Korica; Pedro S. F. Mendes; Jeriffa De Clercq; Joris W. Thybaut. "Interplay of Metal-Acid Balance and Methylcyclohexane Admixture Effect on n-Octane Hydroconversion over Pt/HUSY". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01775.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01775
  20. Elsa Koninckx; Pedro S.F. Mendes; Joris W. Thybaut; Linda J. Broadbelt. "Ethylene oligomerization on nickel catalysts on a solid acid support: From New mechanistic insights to tunable bifunctionality". Applied Catalysis A: General (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2021.118296.
    10.1016/j.apcata.2021.118296
  21. Pedro S. F. Mendes; Sébastien Siradze; Laura Pirro; Joris W. Thybaut. "Open Data in Catalysis: From Today's Big Picture to the Future of Small Data". ChemCatChem (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202001132.
    10.1002/cctc.202001132
  22. "Co-metal induced stabilization of alumina-supported copper: impact on the hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol". Catalysis Communications 146 (2020): 106134-106134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2020.106134.
    10.1016/j.catcom.2020.106134
  23. Pedro S.F. Mendes; João M. Silva; M. Filipa Ribeiro; Antoine Daudin; Christophe Bouchy. "Synergies, cooperation and other effects: a review for hydroconversion catalysts". Catalysis Today 356 (2020): 260-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2019.08.055.
    10.1016/j.cattod.2019.08.055
  24. Pedro S. F. Mendes; João M. Silva; M. Filipa Ribeiro; Antoine Daudin; Christophe Bouchy. "Bifunctional Intimacy and its Interplay with Metal-Acid Balance in Shaped Hydroisomerization Catalysts". ChemCatChem 12 18 (2020): 4582-4592. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202000624.
    10.1002/cctc.202000624
  25. "From catalyst to process: bridging the scales in modeling the OCM reaction". Catalysis Today (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2020.06.084.
    10.1016/j.cattod.2020.06.084
  26. Alexandra Bouriakova; Pedro S.F. Mendes; Kathy Elst; Jeriffa De Clercq; Joris W. Thybaut. "Techno-economic evaluation of squalene recovery from oil deodorizer distillates". Chemical Engineering Research and Design 154 (2020): 122-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2019.12.003.
    10.1016/j.cherd.2019.12.003
  27. Pedro S. F. Mendes; João M. Silva; M. Filipa Ribeiro; Antoine Daudin; Christophe Bouchy. "Bridging the gap between academic and industrial hydrocracking: on catalyst and operating conditions' effects". Catalysis Science & Technology 10 15 (2020): 5136-5148. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CY00568A.
    10.1039/D0CY00568A
  28. Laura Pirro; Pedro S. F. Mendes; Bart D. Vandegehuchte; Guy B. Marin; Joris W. Thybaut. "Catalyst screening for the oxidative coupling of methane: from isothermal to adiabatic operation via microkinetic simulations". Reaction Chemistry & Engineering (2020): https://doi.org/10.1039/C9RE00478E.
    10.1039/C9RE00478E
  29. Pedro S.F. Mendes; João M. Silva; M. Filipa Ribeiro; Christophe Bouchy; Antoine Daudin. "Quantification of the available acid sites in the hydrocracking of nitrogen-containing feedstocks over USY shaped NiMo-catalysts". Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 71 (2019): 167-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2018.11.019.
    10.1016/j.jiec.2018.11.019
  30. Pedro S. F. Mendes; Céline Chizallet; Javier Pérez-Pellitero; Pascal Raybaud; João M. Silva; M. Filipa Ribeiro; Antoine Daudin; Christophe Bouchy. "Interplay of the adsorption of light and heavy paraffins in hydroisomerization over H-beta zeolite". Catalysis Science & Technology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CY00788A.
    10.1039/C9CY00788A
  31. "Descriptor–property relationships in heterogeneous catalysis: exploiting synergies between statistics and fundamental kinetic modelling". Catalysis Science & Technology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9cy00719a.
    10.1039/c9cy00719a
  32. Pedro S.F. Mendes; João M. Silva; M. Filipa Ribeiro; Antoine Daudin; Christophe Bouchy. "From powder to extrudate zeolite-based bifunctional hydroisomerization catalysts: on preserving zeolite integrity and optimizing Pt location". Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 62 (2018): 72-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2017.12.046.
    10.1016/j.jiec.2017.12.046
  33. Mendes, P.S.F.; Silva, J.M.; Ribeiro, M.F.; Daudin, A.; Bouchy, C.. "Investigation of cooperative effects between Pt/zeolite hydroisomerization catalysts through kinetic simulations". Catalysis Today 312 (2018): 66-72. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042363911&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cattod.2018.02.011
  34. Mendes, P.S.F.; Mota, F.M.; Silva, J.M.; Ribeiro, M.F.; Daudin, A.; Bouchy, C.. "A systematic study on mixtures of Pt/zeolite as hydroisomerization catalysts". Catalysis Science and Technology 7 5 (2017): 1095-1107. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85015248735&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c6cy02642g
  35. Mendes, P.S.F.; Silva, J.M.; Ribeiro, M.F.; Duchêne, P.; Daudin, A.; Bouchy, C.. "Quantification of metal-acid balance in hydroisomerization catalysts: A step further toward catalyst design". AIChE Journal 63 7 (2017): 2864-2875. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85015145915&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/aic.15613
  36. Pedro S. F. Mendes; Anne-Lise Taleb; Anne-Sophie Gay; Antoine Daudin; Christophe Bouchy; João M. Silva; M. Filipa Ribeiro. "Nanoscale insights into Pt-impregnated mixtures of zeolites". Journal of Materials Chemistry A 5 32 (2017): 16822-16833. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA02534C.
    10.1039/C7TA02534C
  37. Mendes, P.S.F.; Gregório, A.F.C.; Daudin, A.; Bouchy, C.; Silva, J.M.; Ribeiro, M.F.. "Elucidation of the zeolite role on the hydrogenating activity of Pt-catalysts". Catalysis Communications 89 (2017): 152-155. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994796573&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.catcom.2016.11.006
  38. Mendes, P.S.F.; Lapisardi, G.; Bouchy, C.; Rivallan, M.; Silva, J.M.; Ribeiro, M.F.. "Hydrogenating activity of Pt/zeolite catalysts focusing acid support and metal dispersion influence". Applied Catalysis A: General 504 (2015): 17-28. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84942367215&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.apcata.2015.03.027
Journal issue
  1. Ana Paula Esteves; Bruno F. Machado; Vasco D. B. Bonifácio; Maria José V. Lourenço; Piñeiro Marta; Pedro S. F. Mendes. "Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química". Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química 47 168 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.52590/m3.p705.
    Published • 10.52590/m3.p705
Online resource
  1. Pedro S. F. Mendes; Sébastien Siradze; Laura Pirro; Joris W. Thybaut. Feature extraction software tool. 2021. https://github.com/ssiradze/feature_extraction.
Preprint
  1. Pedro Mendes; Daniel Costa; Matteo Manica; Teodoro Laino; Filipa Ribeiro. "Automated LLM based Extraction of Standardized Synthesis Procedures: an All-Domain, Zero-Shot Approach". 2025. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7860460/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-7860460/v1
  2. Pedro Mendes; Florence Vermeire; Thibaut Van Haute; Joris W. Thybaut. "Machine learning for catalyst design: data matters". 2024. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3792485/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-3792485/v1

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. 2014. "NON-OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION METHOD IMPLEMENTING A CATALYST COMPRISING A MANGANESE OXIDE ON AN ALUMINA SUBSTRATE".
  2. 2014. "METHOD OF NON-OXIDISING DEHYDROGENATION IMPLEMENTING A CATALYST COMPRISING A MANGANESE OXIDE ON A SILICA SUBSTRATE".

Other

Dataset
  1. Pedro S. F. Mendes; Sébastien Siradze; Laura Pirro; Joris W. Thybaut. State of open data in catalysis and contiguous fields. Zenodo.
    10.5281/zenodo.3939624
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022 Material science data sharing and management Machine learning in material science: hands-on workshop
Materials Pioneers
2021 Automated Screening of Catalytic Reaction Mechanisms: A Tool for Novel Chemistries AIChE annual meeting 2021
AIChE (United States)
2021 Tailored approaches for the reuse of catalytic data UK Catalysis Hub Data Management Workshop
UK Catalysis Hub
2020 YEuCat : 1-year old and already biting! EYCN Delegate Assembly 2020
European Young Chemistry Network (Spain)
2019 Multi-scale simulation framework for the oxidative coupling of methane: from process layouts to catalyst particles 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting
AIChE (United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - Current Sustainable catalysts by design: a multi-scale and multi-data approach for informed optimization
Supervisor of Thomas Hietala
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/11/01 - Current Hydroconversion of advanced non-conventional feedstock: impact of co-processing
Supervisor of Arij Ben Hassine
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09 - Current Novel Zeolite for Bioethanol Dehydration to Ethylene: A Text-Mining and Machine Learning Approach
Co-supervisor of Daniel Pereira Costa
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/03 - 2021/01 Automated rate equation screening for heterogeneous catalytic reactions based on experimental data
Supervisor of Vasco António Correia Saltão
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/07 Kinetic study of steam methane reforming for domestic use
Co-supervisor
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2019/09 - 2020/07 Automated construction of kinetic models from catalytic experimental data
Co-supervisor
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2019/09 - 2020/07 Recognition of key catalyst properties via data science
Co-supervisor
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2019/09 - 2020/07 On Reaching Steady-State in Methanol-To-Olefins Experimentation: Effect of Hydrocarbon Pool Species
Co-supervisor of Tingjun Lei
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2019/03 - 2019/11 Anisole Hydrotreatment over Ni-Cu catalysts as first step towards aldol condensates reactivity
Co-supervisor of Carlos Rodrigues Freitas
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/07 Automated kinetic feature extraction from Open Access data
Co-supervisor of Sébastien Siradze
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2018/09 - 2019/07 Catalytic upgrading of processed plastic waste via hydroprocessing
Co-supervisor of Bert Riems
Universiteit Gent, Belgium

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/09 - 2021/09 YEuCat better together: collaborative catalysis in a changing world (2021/09)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Young European Catalysis Network, Belgium
2019/08 - 2019/08 Young European Catalysis Network session at EuropaCat2019 (2019/08)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Young European Catalysis Network, Belgium
2011/03 - 2011/03 Jornadas de Engenharia Química e Biológica 2011 (2011)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021 Automatic generation of kinetic models for bifunctional catalytic mechanisms
Thesis Member
 Wout Callewaert (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2021 Process study, technical feasibility, and economic evaluation of a district heating and cooling system at Sines Refinery
Thesis Member
 António Vasconcelos Simões Coimbra de Carvalho (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021 Advanced Multivariate Data Analysis in Production Environment. An API Six Sigma Case Study
Thesis Member
 Jhara Alexandra Ochoa Pineda (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 Impact of the spatial distribution of active material on the performance of n-hexane hydrocracking with a bifunctional catalyst
Thesis Member
 Seniz Rodoplu (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2019 Automatic network generation: The extension of Genesys for catalytic reactions applied to Oxidative Coupling of Methane
Thesis Member
 Morgane Janssens (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2018 Experimental Investigation of PdCu Alloys for Ethanol Dehydrogenation
Thesis Member
 Maxime Beck (Master)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019/01 - Current Young European Catalysis Network Fundador e coordenador da equipa "Ciência"

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
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
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
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