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I graduated in Chemical Engineering in 2019 (Grade: 17/20) and obtained my MSc degree in 2022 (Grade: 20/20) both at Unicamp - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil). During my graduation, I worked as a researcher intern in a project aiming the obtention of adsorption isotherms for bovine serum albumin (BSA) in DEAE-TOYOPEARL that was funded by CNPq, the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. My MSc dissertation was titled "Study of diffusion aspects in confined media subject to external electric potential for application in catalysis via Molecular Dynamics simulations" and focused on the application of electrostatic catalysis in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis by performing all-atom Molecular Dynamics simulation. The project was funded by the Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuel Brazilian agency (ANP) and aimed to understand the behaviour of the products of the Fischer-Tropsch reaction, namely methane, butane and pentene, in aqueous solutions under the application of an electric field. In March of 2023 I started my PhD in Chemical Engineering at University of Aveiro (UA), aiming the development of a sustainable, cost-effective and efficient process for the recovery and separation of platinum group metals from spent automotive catalytic converters, in line with the principles of Circular Economy and Green Chemistry. As a researcher intern my BSc project was presented at the XXIV Unicamp Scientific Initiation Congress (2016) with the publication of a conference summary and the presentation of a poster entitled “Determination of bovine serum albumin adsorption isotherms in DEAE-TOYOPEARL”. My MSc thesis led to the publication of a scientific article on the journal Fuel (IF= 8.035) concerning the diffusion of fluids confined in carbonate minerals. Currently, I have one more article under preparation focusing on the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis regarding confined fluids between graphene walls. At Unicamp I was also involved in a series of extracurricular activities, namely as member of the organization committee of events such as the II University meeting on social responsibility and sustainability (II ENURES) and III ProFEQ, a public exhibition of the scientific research developed on the Chemical Engineering Faculty. Moreover, between 2018 and 2019, I had an experience in the Solvay Group acting in process engineering to the development of industrial projects for Latin America. Additionally, during my MSc, I engaged in pedagogical activities for the Chemical Engineering BSc course at Unicamp, acting as the professor assistant in the Process Analysis and Simulation classes along with the mentoring of an undergraduate student in her project developed in my research group.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Flavia Nogueira Braga

Citation names

  • N. Braga, Flavia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D11A-7ACE-377B
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5381-7178

Email addresses

  • flavianbraga@ua.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/01 - 2027
Ongoing
PhD in Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/09/10
Concluded
Master in Chemical Engineering (Master)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
"Study of diffusion aspects in confined media subject to external electric potential for application in catalysis via Molecular Dynamics simulations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
20
2014 - 2019
Concluded
Chemical Engineering (Graduado)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
"Simulation and technical-economic analysis of the reactor and the purification step of acrolein produced from glycerol" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/09 - 2022/09 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
2015 - 2016 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/04 - 2019/12 Process Engineer Rhodia Brasil, Brazil
2018/01 - 2018/12 Process Engineering Intern Rhodia Brasil, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/03 - Current PlatILPlus - Recovery and separation of platinum group metals and rare earth elements from spent automotive catalytic converters
2022.04478.PTDC
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/09 - 2022/09 Technologies for production and processes of oil refining
Master Student Fellow
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Finep

Agência Nacional do Petróleo Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis
Ongoing
2015/08 - 2016/07 Determination of bovine serum albumin adsorption isotherms in Deae-Toyopearl
800356/2014-4
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Braga, Flavia; MARIA ALVES BUENO, SONIA; LUIZA PAVAN, GISELE. Corresponding author: MARIA ALVES BUENO, SONIA. "DETERMINAÇÃO DE ISOTERMAS DE ADSORÇÃO DE ALBUMINA DO SORO BOVINO EM DEAE-TOYOPEARL". Paper presented in XXIV Congresso de Iniciação Científica da Unicamp, 2016.
    10.19146/pibic-2016-52139
Conference poster
  1. N. Braga, Flavia; Sosa, Filipe; Schaeffer, Nicolas; Helena Passos; João A.P. Coutinho. "Novel ionic liquid-based aqueous biphasic system for the selective recovery of platinum group metals from spent automotive catalytic converters". 2023.
  2. N. Braga, Flavia; António Coelho; Ana R. F. Carreira; Sosa, Filipe; Schaeffer, Nicolas; João A.P. Coutinho. "Hydrometallurgical process for the selective recovery of platinum from spent automotive catalytic converters". Paper presented in Jornadas CICECO 2023, 2023.
  3. Braga, Flavia; Sonia Maria Alves Bueno; LUIZA PAVAN, GISELE. Corresponding author: Sonia Maria Alves Bueno. "DETERMINAÇÃO DEISOTERMAS DE ADSORÇÃO DE ALBUMINA DO SORO BOVINO EM DEAE-TOYOPEARL". Paper presented in XXIV Congresso de Iniciação Científica daUnicamp, 2016.
Journal article
  1. Braga, Flavia; Marcelle B.M. Spera; Rodrigo A.C. Bartolomeu; Ioannis G. Economou; Luís Fernando Mercier Franco. Corresponding author: Luís Fernando Mercier Franco. "Diffusion of fluids confined in carbonate minerals: A molecular dynamics simulation study for carbon dioxide and methane–ethane mixture within calcite". Fuel 325 (2022): 124800-124800. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124800.
    Published • 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124800
Online resource
  1. N. Braga, Flavia; Helena Passos; Sosa, Filipe. PlatILPlus website. 2023. https://platilplus.wixsite.com/platilplus.
  2. Braga, Flavia; Luís Fernando Mercier Franco; Rodrigo A. C. Bartolomeu; Marcelle B. M. Spera. Corresponding author: Luís Fernando Mercier Franco. Simulation of calcite-confined systems. 2022. https://github.com/Flavianbraga/Simulation-of-calcite-confined-systems.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Study of diffusion aspects in confined media subject to external electric potential for application in catalysis via molecular dynamics simulations". Master, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12733/5951.
Website
  1. Helena Passos; Sosa, Filipe; N. Braga, Flavia. PlatILPlus. 2023. https://platilplus.wixsite.com/platilplus/research.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09/06 Selective recovery of Platinum from spent automotive catalytic converters using salt-based leaching agent Wastes - Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities
CVR – Centro para a Valorização de Resíduos (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/07/12 Recovery of platinum group metals from spent automotive catalytic converters Research Summit 2023
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2016/06 - 2016/10 Organizing Committee of III Profeq: presentation of the professors' lines of research and the structure of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at Unicamp. (2016/10/03 - 2016/10/04)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas Faculdade de Engenharia Química, Brazil
2014/04 - 2014/10 Organizing Committee of the II University Meeting on Social Responsibility and Sustainability (ENURES) (2014/10/31)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/05/26 - 2021/05/28 Participation in the IV National Congress of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel Engineering (IV CONEPETRO)
Congress
IV National Congress of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel Engineering (IV CONEPETRO)
2016/10/19 - 2016/10/21 Exhibitor at the XXIV Congress of Scientific Initiation at Unicamp
Congress
XXIV Congress of Scientific Initiation at Unicamp
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016 - 2017 Collaborator at the Academic Athletic Association of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at Unicamp Collaborator for the development and organization of sports activities and events aimed at integrating the student body of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at UNICAMP.
2014 - 2016 Collaborator at CAFEQ - Academic Center of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at Unicamp Development of activities related to the representativeness of the student body of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at UNICAMP.
2014/02 - 2014/12 Collaborator at Propeq - Junior Company of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at Unicamp Organization of Social Projects aimed at the internal and external community of UNICAMP. Development of Social Responsibility and Sustainability in the members of the Junior Company through lectures and training.

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/08 - 2021/12 Professor's assistant in the class of Process Analysis and Simulation Chemical Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/07 - 2022/11 Mentoring of undergraduate student Loreena Pinotti at Unicamp Loreena Yoshii Pinotti