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 […]

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On February 27, 2026, PhD student Leonardo Antonio Cáceres Avilez successfully passed his qualifying examination, during which he presented the project entitled “Optimization-based Process Synthesis Applied to Hydrogen Production via Ammonia Decomposition,” under the supervision of Professor Rita Maria de Brito Alves. The examination committee was composed of Professor Ofélia de Araújo (UFRJ), Professor Karen […]

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Between November 2 and 6, 2025, PhD students Lucas Alves and Leonardo Avilez, postdoctoral researcher Morgana Rosset, and Professor Rita Maria de Brito Alves, coordinator of the laboratory, participated in the AIChE Annual Meeting 2025, held in Boston, Massachusetts. The AIChE Annual Meeting is the leading international forum for chemical engineers seeking innovation, learning, and […]

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