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Isabel Barbosa completed her master degree in Chemical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto (FEUP) in July 2018. In 2019, she started her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering at Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering – Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LSRE-LCM), FEUP. Her thesis, titled "Photocatalytic Technologies for Sustainable Ammonia Production: Reactor Design and Prototyping" was concluded in October 2024. Her research focused on the design and prototyping of innovative reactors, addressing fundamental principles, key challenges, and scaling opportunities. This work contributed to advancing sustainable photocatalytic technologies for ammonia production, supporting the transition toward a greener, more resource-efficient chemical industry. During her PhD, Isabel was a visiting researcher at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands, where she collaborated with the Department of Thermodynamic Engineering. There, she developed molecular models for metal-free photocatalysts tailored to sustainable ammonia synthesis. Therefore, her work focused on key areas, including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), photocatalysis, and molecular modelling, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to advancing sustainable chemical processes. Currently, Isabel is a junior contract researcher of the Sun2Fuel project at LSRE-LCM.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Isabel Sofia Oliveira Barbosa
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Barbosa, Isabel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8416-5CE9-F785
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2399-2914

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/06/25 - 2024/10/29
Concluded
 Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
"Photocatalytic Technologies for Sustainable Ammonia Production: reactor design and prototyping" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/09/27 - 2018/07/20
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Processes and Product
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Modelação do foto-reator FluHelik usando ferramentas de CFD" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/12/03 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/05/01 - 2024/10/29 Photocatalytic Technologies for Sustainable Ammonia Production: reactor design and prototyping
UI/BD/151092/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
Concluded
2019/03/27 - 2019/06/30 2Misturadores 2D - Estudo Fundamental e Aplicações da Inversão da Cascata de Energia Turbulenta
PTDC/QEQ-FTT/0041/2014 - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016851
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
Concluded
2018/12/03 - 2019/03/27 Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reação - Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais
UID/EQU/50020/2013- POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006984
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 SUN2Fuel - Photo-assisted production of green ammonia-based fuels
2022.04682.PTDC
10.54499/2022.04682.PTDC
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07 - 2022/04 LED-NETmix: an innovative photoreactor for process intensification in chemical synthesis
PTDC/EQU-EPQ/31398/2017
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/07/09 - 2018/09/08 Estagiária no Laboratório Central em Super Bock Group
Super Bock Group
Other
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Barbosa, Isabel; Oliveira, M. Teresa; Brito, Margarida S.C.A.; Cláudia G. Silva; Santos, Ricardo J.. Corresponding author: Santos, Ricardo J.. "CFD design of photocatalytic mesostructured reactors for green ammonia production". Paper presented in CAMURE12- ISMR 11, Ghent, 2024.
    Submitted
  2. Barbosa, Isabel; Cancela, Joana; Oliveira, M. Teresa; Jorge, Margarida; Brito, Margarida S.C.A.; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Sampaio, Maria J.; et al. Corresponding author: Silva, Cláudia G.. "Photo-assisted production of green ammonia-based fuels". Paper presented in 6th EUChemS Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Salerno, 2023.
    Published
  3. Barbosa, Isabel; Costa, João M.; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Dias, Madalena M.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.; Brito, Margarida S.C.A.. Corresponding author: Brito, Margarida S.C.A.. "ChannelCOMB, 3D-Printed Device for Flow Distribution Uniformity in Mesostructured Reactors". Paper presented in 5th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE23), Porto, 2023.
    Published
  4. Joy, Amala; Cancela, Joana; Barbosa, Isabel; Sampaio, Maria J.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.. "Photocatalytic Ammonia Production using Immobilized GCN-T Catalysts". Paper presented in 5th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE23), Porto, 2023.
    Published
  5. Barbosa, Isabel; Costa, João M.; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Dias, Madalena M.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.; Brito, Margarida S.C.A.. Corresponding author: Brito, Margarida S.C.A.. "ChannelCOMB device for mesostructured reactors and networks of reactors". Paper presented in 26th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA 2022), Prague, 2022.
    Published
  6. Barbosa, Isabel; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Paiva, Diana; Dias, Madalena M.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.. Corresponding author: Silva, Cláudia G.. "Additive Manufacturing Applied to the Design of Photocatalytic Reactors". Paper presented in 11th European Conference on Solar Chemistry and Phtocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA 11), Turin, 2022.
    Published
  7. Barbosa, Isabel; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.. Corresponding author: Silva, Cláudia G.. "3D-Printed Recators for Photocatalytic Applications". Paper presented in 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (Virtual), Porto, 2021.
    Published
  8. Barbosa, Isabel; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.. Corresponding author: Silva, Cláudia G.. "3D-Printed Reactors for Photocatalytic Applications". Paper presented in 14º Encontro de Química Física, Coimbra, 2021.
    Published
  9. Barbosa, Isabel; Brito, Margarida S.C.A.; Oliveira, Beatriz; Fernandes, Isabel; Sampaio, Maria J.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Silva, Cláudia G.; Santos, Ricardo J.. Corresponding author: Santos, Ricardo J.. "A multichannel device for high throughput photocatalysts testing". Paper presented in CHISA 2020, Prague, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Joy, Amala; Cancela, Joana; Barbosa, Isabel; Sampaio, Maria J.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.. Corresponding author: Silva, Cláudia G.. "Design and Characterization of 3D structured photocatalysts for green ammonia synthesis". Paper presented in XXVII Encontro Luso Galego de Química, 2023.
  2. Oliveira, M. Teresa; Barbosa, Isabel; Brito, Margarida S.C.A.; Silva, Cláudia G.; Santos, Ricardo J.. Corresponding author: Santos, Ricardo J.. "CFD Simulation of Mass Transfer and Chemical Reaction in Photocatalytic Mesostructured Reactors". Paper presented in XXVII Encontro Luso Galego de Química, 2023.
  3. Oliveira, M. Teresa; Barbosa, Isabel; Brito, M.S.C.A.; C.G. Silva; Santos, Ricardo J.. "CFD design of immobilised mesostructured photocatalytic reactor for green-ammonia production". Paper presented in II Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotocatálise, 2023.
  4. Barbosa, Isabel; Cancela, Joana; Oliveira, M. Teresa; Jorge, Margarida; Brito, Margarida S.C.A.; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Sampaio, Maria J.; et al. Corresponding author: Silva, Cláudia G.. "Photo-assisted production of green ammonia-based fuels". Paper presented in 14th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE), 2023.
  5. Oliveira, M. Teresa; Barbosa, Isabel; Brito, Margarida S.C.A.; Silva, Cláudia G.; Santos, Ricardo J.. Corresponding author: Santos, Ricardo J.. "Mass transfer limitations in photocatalytic mesostructured reactors for green ammonia production". Paper presented in 14th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE), 2023.
  6. Barbosa, Isabel; Santos, Ricardo J.; Dias, Madalena M.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Silva, Cláudia G.. Corresponding author: Silva, Cláudia G.. "CFD Radiation Models for Annular Photoreactors Simulation". Paper presented in 17th European Conference on Mixing (Mixing17), 2023.
  7. Oliveira, M. Teresa; Barbosa, Isabel; Brito, Margarida S.C.A.; Silva, Cláudia G.; Santos, Ricardo J.. "Mass Transfer Limitations in Photocatalytic Mesostructured Reactors for Green Ammonia Production". Paper presented in 17th European Conference on Mixing (Mixing17), 2023.
  8. Oliveira, M. Teresa; Barbosa, Isabel; Brito, Margarida S.C.A.; Silva, Cláudia G.; Santos, Ricardo J.. Corresponding author: Santos, Ricardo J.. "CFD Design of Photocatalytic Mesostructured Reactors for Ammonia Production". Paper presented in 5th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE23), 2023.
  9. Oliveira, M. Teresa; Barbosa, Isabel; Brito, M.S.C.A.; C.G. Silva; Santos, Ricardo J.. "CFD design of photocatalytic mesostrucuted reactors for ammonia production". Paper presented in DCE23- Doctoral Congress in Engineering, 2023.
  10. Barbosa, Isabel; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Paiva, Diana; Dias, Madalena M.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.. Corresponding author: Silva, Cláudia G.. "Design of Photocatalytic Active Materials for Additive Manufacturing". Paper presented in 8th EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC8), 2022.
  11. Barbosa, Isabel; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Paiva, Diana; Dias, Madalena M.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.. Corresponding author: Silva, Cláudia G.. "Design of Photocatalytic Active Materials for Additive Manufacturing". Paper presented in 26th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA 2022), 2022.
  12. Barbosa, Isabel; Dias, Madalena M.; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Silva, Cláudia G.; Santos, Ricardo J.. Corresponding author: Santos, Ricardo J.. "CFD Radiation Simulation Review in Annular Photoreactors". Paper presented in 26th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA 2022), 2022.
  13. Barbosa, Isabel; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Paiva, Diana; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.. Corresponding author: Silva, Cláudia G.. "Additive Manufacturind aplied to the Design of Photocatalytic Reactors". Paper presented in XXVII Encontro Nacional da SPQ (Virtual), 2021.
  14. Barbosa, Isabel; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Silva, Cláudia G.; Santos, Ricardo J.. Corresponding author: Santos, Ricardo J.. "A Review of CFD Radiation Simulation in Photoreactors". Paper presented in XXVI Encontro Nacional da SPQ, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Isabel S. O. Barbosa; Yaidelin A. Manrique; Diana Paiva; Joaquim L. Faria; Ricardo J. Santos; Cláudia G. Silva. "Efficient photocatalytic reactors via 3D printing: SLA fabrication and TiO2 hybrid materials". RSC Advances (2025): https://doi.org/10.1039/D4RA07121B.
    10.1039/D4RA07121B
  2. Barbosa, Isabel; Santos, Ricardo J.; Dias, Madalena M.; Faria, Joaquim L.; Silva, Cláudia G.. Corresponding author: Silva, Cláudia G.. "Radiation Models for Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Photocatalytic Reactors". Chemical Engineering & Technology 46 6 (2023): 1059-1077. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ceat.202200551.
    10.1002/ceat.202200551
  3. Barbosa, Isabel; Costa, João M.; Manrique, Yaidelin A.; Dias, Madalena M.; Faria, Joaquim L.; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.; Brito, Margarida S. C. A.. Corresponding author: Brito, Margarida S. C. A.. "ChannelCOMB Device for Mesostructured Reactors and Networks of Reactors". Chemical Engineering & Technology 46 6 (2023): 1241-1250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ceat.202200560.
    10.1002/ceat.202200560
  4. Brito, M.S.C.A.; Barbosa, Isabel; Fonte, C.P.; Dias, M.M.; Lopes, J.C.B.; Santos, R.J.. Corresponding author: Santos, R.J.. "Effective mixing of dissimilar fluids in asymmetric Confined Impinging Jets mixers". Chemical Engineering Science 258 (2022): 117756. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2022.117756.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117756
  5. Barbosa, Isabel S.O.; Santos, Ricardo J.; Silva, Cláudia G.; Brito, Margarida S.C.A.. "Consecutive Flow Distributor Device for Mesostructured Reactors and Networks of Reactors". Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification 167 (2021): 108541. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2021.108541.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cep.2021.108541
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Barbosa, Isabel. "Modelação do foto-reator FluHelik usando ferramentas de CFD". Master, 2018. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/114128.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09/15 Periodic Conditions on Prismatic Repeating Cells 2nd Baldyga Technical Seminar
(Berlin, Germany)
2023/06/15 ChannelCOMB, 3D-Printed device for Flow Distribution Uniformity in Mesostructured Reactors 5th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE23)
(Porto, Portugal)
2022/10/18 Development and Optimization of a Device in Continuous Flow Regime for Photocatalytic Oxygen Production 1st Baldyga Technical Seminar
(Toulouse, France)
2022/08/22 ChannelCOMB device for mesostructured reactors and networks of reactors 26th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA 2022)
(Prague, Czech Republic)
2021/06/29 3D-Printed Recators for Photocatalytic Applications 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (Virtual)
FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2021/03/29 3D-Printed Recators for Photocatalytic Applications 14o Encontro Nacional de Química Física (Virtual)
SPQ (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/03/15 A multichannel device for high throughput photocatalysts testing 24th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA 2021 Virtually
(Prague, Czech Republic)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020/03/01 - 2023/07/30 Organizing Committee of the 17th European Conference on Mixing, 2-5 July 2023 in Porto (http://mixing17.eu/) (2023/07/02 - 2023/07/05)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

European Federation of Chemical Engineering, Germany
2023/01/05 - 2023/03/31 Organizing Commitee of Olímpiadas da Química Júnior (Semifinal) - FEUP (2023/03/18 - 2023/03/18)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/01/05 - 2023/03/01 Organizing Commitee of Escola de Engenharia de Fluídos - FEUP (2023/02/20 - 2023/02/20)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/08/01 - 2022/09/01 Staff of 8thEuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC8) (2022/08/28 - 2022/09/01)
Conference (Other)
2022/03/01 - 2022/05/10 Organizing Commitee of Olímpiadas da Química Júnior (Semifinal) - FEUP (2022/05/07 - 2022/05/07)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/05/26 Organizing Commitee of Olímpiadas da Química Júnior (Semifinal) - FEUP (2021/05/26 - 2021/05/26)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/11/05 - 2023/11/10 Attendance of 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting (Orlando, USA)
Conference
 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting (Orlando, USA)
2020/12/05 - 2020/12/23 SolidWorks - Modelação Paramétrica
Workshop
GALILEU - Centro de Formação, Portugal
2020/11/21 - 2020/11/28 Introdução ao SolidWorks
Workshop
 Introdução ao SolidWorks
GALILEU - Centro de Formação, Portugal
2019/12/01 - 2020/05/31 "Light Emitting Diodes and Semiconductor Lasers" online course
Other
 Light Emitting Diodes and Semiconductor Lasers
Coursera, United States

University of Colorado Boulder, United States
2020/01/03 - 2020/02/24 "Quantum Optics 1 : Single Photons" online course Quantum Optics 1 : Single Photons
École polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay., France

Coursera, United States

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/11/20 - 2023/06/30 Milireatores de Fabricação Aditiva para Tratamento Fotocatalítico de Águas José Carlosa, Barbosa, Martim Ferreira, Vasco Coelho
2021/11/20 - 2022/05/30 Simulação de Reatores Agitados Carolina Figueiredo, Mafalda Alves, Gustavo Alves, Andreia Carneiro
2021/11/04 - 2022/03/04 Estudo da distribuição de caudal em dispositivos produzidos em impressão 3D João Miguel Ferreira Costa
2020/11/27 - 2021/06/30 Modelação e Impressão 3D de um reator NETmix High School Students
2019/10/15 - 2020/06/30 Limpeza de Superfícies Ativada por Luz High School Students
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Poster "TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY"