On September 12, 2025, Magno Fonseca Santos defended his doctoral thesis in the Chemical Engineering Graduate Program at the Polytechnic School of USP. The thesis was developed under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves, with co-supervision from Prof. Dr. Luiz Alexandre Kulay and Dr. Antonio Esio Bresciani. Titled “Carbon dioxide hydrogenation […]

Between August 31 and September 5, 2025, PhD students Heloisa Ruschel Bortolini and Victor Albertini, together with postdoctoral researcher Morgana Rosset, participated in the 16th European Congress on Catalysis (EuropaCat), held in Trondheim, Norway. PhD student Heloisa gave an oral presentation entitled “Investigation of Ga-Pt/HZSM-5 catalysts prepared by atomic layer deposition for ethane dehydroaromatization with […]

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The doctoral student Leonardo Avilez presented his research at the 35th European Symposium on Computer-Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-35), held in Ghent, Belgium, between July 6 and July 9, 2025. The work, entitled “High-pressure Membrane Reactor for Ammonia Decomposition: Modeling, Simulation and Scale-up using a Python–Aspen Custom Modeler Interface”, focused on the development and scale-up of […]

This week, LaPCat – USP began conducting in-situ/operando analyses using diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS), a technique used to study, in real time, the molecular interactions between reactants and catalytic surfaces. DRIFTS spectroscopy enables the monitoring of molecular vibrations associated with changes in dipole moment, providing insights into adsorption modes of the reactants, […]

On June 24, 2025, Juliana Bertoldi successfully defended her doctoral thesis in the Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering at USP. The thesis was developed under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal. With the work entitled: “Uncovering alloy formation, oxygen dynamics, and carbon suppression in LaNi-based perovskite catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane”, Juliana focused […]

Between June 8 and 13, 2025, PhD student Heloisa Ruschel Bortolini participated in the 29th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM29), held in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). During the event, Heloisa presented part of her doctoral research, discussed relevant topics in the field of catalysis with renowned researchers, reconnected with colleagues, and established new professional connections. […]

On the morning of Friday, May 23, Egydio Terziotti Neto defended his master’s thesis entitled: Mathematical Modeling of Reactors for a Carbon Dioxide Conversion Process into Aviation Fuel. The work was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Giudici and co-supervision of Prof. Rita Maria de Brito Alves. Developed over the course of two […]

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