{"id":194,"date":"2019-07-04T12:32:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T14:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.usp.br\/lapcat\/?page_id=194"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:08:40","slug":"teses-de-doutorado","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.usp.br\/lapcat\/en\/producao-intelectual\/teses-de-doutorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Theses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Doctoral Theses in Progress<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"> <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Catalytic Studies for the Production of Light Olefins from CO2 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Lucas Alves da Silva<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisors: Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves, Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Brackmann and Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: in progress<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"> <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Ammonia decomposition for hydrogen production: Modeling, simulation, and process optimization <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Leonardo Antonio C\u00e1ceres Avilez<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisors: Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: in progress<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Development of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Hydrogen Production via Catalytic Ammonia Decomposition: Synthesis, Characterization, Optimization, and Kinetic Modeling<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Jo\u00e3o Baptista<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisors: Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves and Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: in progress<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong> Hydrogenation of CO2 to Light Olefins (C2=C4=) using Iron-based Catalysts Supported on ZrO2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author:: Victor Terra Lima<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: in progress<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Direct synthesis of acetic acid from methane and CO2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: \u00c1ron Seixas Terra Rodrigues<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: in progress<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Study of the performance of hydrotalcite and graphene with palladium and copper as catalysts in the oxidation of d-glucose to glucaric acid<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Guilherme Carmelo Ungar<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisors: Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal and Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Giudici<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: in progress<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Catalytic Conversion of Ethane and CO2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Heloisa Ruschel Bortolini<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisor: Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: in progress<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Synthesis and characterization of nanocatalysts for CO hydrogenation, kinetics and modeling<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Thaieny Zucolotto<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisor: Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Giudici<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: in progress<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"> <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application of ionic liquids in the CO2 hydrogenation<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Valdeir Ara\u00fajo de Abreu<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisors: Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: in progress<\/span> <\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Utilization of CO2 and CH4 for vinyl acetate production<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Victor Lopes Albertini<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisors: Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal and Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Giudici<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: in progress<\/span> <\/div><\/div>\n<h3><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Doctoral Theses Concluded<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong> Carbon dioxide hydrogenation to produce liquid hydrocarbons: process simulation and assessments<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Magno Fonseca Santos<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisor: Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: 2025<\/span>\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Synthesis of La2NiZrO6 perovskites for synthesis gas production via dry reforming<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Juliana Bertoldi<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisors: Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal and Dr. Camila Emilia Kozonoe<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: 2025<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis for Production of Light Olefins<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Higor Azevedo Garona<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisors: Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal and Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-15092025-074047\/pt-br.php\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-15092025-074047\/pt-br.php <\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Evaluation of catalysts supported on carbon nanotubes and kinetic modeling of the Water-Gas-Shift reaction (WGS) for hydrogen production<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: F\u00e1bio Machado Cavalcanti<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisors: Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Giudici, Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves e Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: 2023\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-08032024-101425\/en.php\">https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-08032024-101425\/en.php<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Soybean Oil Epoxidation Reaction: Kinetic Modeling and Continuous Reactor Process Study<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Gustavo Vieira Olivieri<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisor: Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Giudici<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: 2022 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-22052023-111719\/en.php\">https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-22052023-111719\/en.php<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Novel natural-based polymers for dewatering of iron ore tailings<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Gustavo Pereira Zago<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisor: Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Giudici<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-20072023-132733\/en.php\">https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-20072023-132733\/en.php<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>CO hydrogenation on Co\/SBA-15 and Co\/Al2O3 catalysts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Thiago Ferreira de Abreu<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisors: Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves and Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: 2022<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-29042022-074945\/pt-br.php\">https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-29042022-074945\/pt-br.php<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Synthesis, monitoring and modeling of the formation of hollow porous polymeric particles with cross-linked shell<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Maria Giuliana Fontanelli Torraga<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisor: Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Giudici<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: 2021<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-25102021-120824\/pt-br.php\">https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-25102021-120824\/pt-br.php<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Cobalt nanoparticles supported on graphene and promoted with lanthanum for fuel production<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Tamara Ramalho Mignoli<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisors: Prof. Dr. Rita Maria de Brito Alves and Prof. Dr. Martin Schmal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: 2020<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-05112020-135507\/es.php\">https:\/\/www.teses.usp.br\/teses\/disponiveis\/3\/3137\/tde-05112020-135507\/es.php<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#d8d7d1;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f2f1eb;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;-webkit-border-radius:4px;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Development of pH- and Temperature- Sensitive Microgel Particles: Synthesis Monitoring, Characterisation and Application as Potential Oral Drug Carriers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Author: Esmar Faben Souza<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Advisor: Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Giudici<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Conclusion: 2019<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" 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