On October 22, LaPCat student Victor Terra defended his PhD dissertation, entitled “CO₂ Hydrogenation to Produce Light Olefins over Iron-Based Catalysts Supported on ZrO₂ Oxide.” The research was conducted at LaPCat under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal and co-supervision of Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves. Initially developed in partnership with Braskem, […]

Last week, LaPCat welcomed the PETRONAS team for a series of meetings focused on following up on projects developed in partnership with the University of São Paulo (USP), as well as discussing new opportunities for collaboration and the development of future projects. The meeting provided an important opportunity for the exchange of knowledge and experiences […]

The article “Performance comparison of pressure swing adsorption and amine-based absorption for synthesis gas purification,” developed at LaPCat, was selected as a Highlight by the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. The study, authored by Magno Fonseca Santos, Antonio Esio Bresciani, and Prof. Rita Maria Brito Alves, presents a comparison between Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) and […]

On Friday, September 11, Laureen Emily Hernández Lefrán defended her master’s thesis, entitled “Evaluation of the Ammonia Decomposition Process by Electrolysis,” developed under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves. The examination committee was composed of the supervisor, Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves, Dr. Miguel Tayar Galante, and Prof. Dr. […]

A seminar was held at LaPCat to present and conclude the research projects developed over the past year by undergraduate students in Chemical Engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (Poli-USP) as part of their undergraduate research projects in our research group. The event was an important opportunity to share the […]

LaPCat was represented by researchers Egydio Terziotti Neto, PhD candidate, and Morgana Rosset, postdoctoral researcher, at CHISA 2026 – the 28th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, held from August 23 to 27 in Prague, Czech Republic. The congress provided an important opportunity for scientific updates, knowledge exchange, and interaction with researchers from different […]

O LaPCat foi representado pelo pesquisador João Felipe Calandrine, doutorando, no PSEBR2026 (4º Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia de Sistemas em Processos), realizado de 03 a 05 de agosto, em Campina Grande. O congresso proporcionou um ambiente para troca de ideias e interação com outros pesquisadores da área, permitindo acompanhar de perto as inovações e os […]

Last month, postdoctoral researcher Morgana Rosset and PhD candidate Lucas Alves represented LaPCat at the 4th Summer School in Catalysis – Catalysis: From Understanding to Applications, held in Albi, France. The event brought together researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from several countries to discuss the latest advances in catalysis aimed at the development of […]

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Over the past two weeks, LaPCat organized two editions of the Rietveld Refinement course, a mathematical technique widely used for the quantitative analysis of crystalline phases through X-ray Diffraction (XRD). The course was taught by Rodrigo Brackmann, professor in the Department of Chemistry at UTFPR – Pato Branco Campus and currently a visiting researcher at […]