Daniela Vanessa Rosendo Lopes

Education:

2011 – Integrated Master in Environmental Engineering, thesis title: “Studies on the treatment of urban landfill leachates by Fenton-like processes with zero-valent iron”.

2020 – PhD in Advanced Materials and Processing (AvaMTech), thesis title “Electrochemical reduction of iron oxides into zero-valent iron for red mud valorisation”.

Training:

2018 – Scanning Electron Microscopy | Hitachi S4100 – Independent operator training.

2021 – Scanning Electron Microscopy | Hitachi SU-70 + EDS (Bruker, QUANTAX 400) – Independent operator training.

2022 – X-ray Diffraction | X’Pert-Pro M.P.D. Philips/PANalytical X-ray diffractometer – Independent operator training.

Employment history:

2009-2008: Research Fellow for initiates (BSc) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal.

2012: Research Fellow at Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal.

2013-2014: Research Fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal.

2014-2015: Junior Researcher at the Laboratory of Green Chemistry of the Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Mikkeli, Finland.

2020-2022: Research Fellow at the Department of Materials and Ceramics Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

2022: Post-doctoral Researcher at the Department of Materials and Ceramics Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

January 2023- 2024: Contracted Researcher, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Materials and Ceramics Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

September 2024-ongoing: CEEC, Research Eployment Contract FCT (2023.07163.CEECIND)

- Development of CO₂ – free steel production by electrowinning in acidic and basic electrolytes;

- Development of electrocatalysts for green hydrogen generation.

Electrochemical reduction; processing of cellular ceramics for electrolytic and catalytic applications; water splitting for hydrogen generation; iron waste recycling and valorisation; wastewater treatment; adsorption; catalysis.

PhD Thesis:

- Adélio Fumo, Dec 2023-ongoing, sustainable iron alloying

MSc Theses:

- Inês Ferreira, 2024-ongoing, iron rich waste valorisation for iron electrodeposition;

- Mónica Margarido, 2024-ongoing, preparation of an electrocatalyst for H₂ evolution;

- Américo Cruz, 2022-2023, "Desenvolvimento de elétrodos inovadores para a produção de hidrogénio verde/Development of innovative electrodes for the green hydrogen production", MSc Degree Program of the Integrated Master in Materials Engineering of the University of Aveiro (Supervision);

- Francisco Duarte, 2021-2022, "Industrial iron-rich slags valorisation by electrodeposition for steel production", MSc Degree Program of the Integrated Master in Materials Engineering of the University of Aveiro (Supervision);

- Sixing Cao, 2015-2016, “Studies on the reactivity of zero-valent iron (ZVI) with hydrogen peroxide for nitrate reduction in mine water”, MSc Degree Program of Chemical and Process Engineering, Laboratory of Green Chemistry of the Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Mikkeli unit, Finland (single supervision).

PostDoc supervision:

- Dr Aleksey Lisenkov, January- June 2023, "Green iron electrodeposition from alkaline suspensions based on hematite-magnetite mixtures with iron-rich industrial waste addition", Department of Materials Engineering, University of Aveiro (Co-supervision);

Erasmus+ Internship: Clara Boehme, October 2021- February 2022, "Electrowinning of Fe from iron oxides in strong alkaline aqueous solutions" (single supervision).

- 2 Young Researcher Travel supports for conferences by JECS Trust Fund (2020, 2021)

- PhD scholarship in the highly competitive Advanced Materials and Processing doctoral program (AdvaMTech), FCT Portugal (2016-2020)

- Full scholarship for attending a PhD course on minerals industry sustainability within a Nordic context, offered to 20 people by NordMin company, in Luleå University of Technology, Sweden (2014)

- Award for the 3% of the best students in the course of the Integrated Master Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Coimbra (2010)

- Award for the 3% of the best students in the course of the Integrated Master Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Coimbra (2009)