Mirtha A. O. Lourenço

Researcher

Summary

Mirtha Alejandra de Oliveira Lourenço is a European Research Area Postdoctoral Fellow (ERA-PF) funded under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)-PF 2021 call. She started this position in March 2023 at the University of Aveiro/CICECO, where she is developing sustainable porous silicas for optimal CO2 uptake from biogas (GRACE project). She holds a degree in Chemistry and a Master's in Chemistry in the field of Chemical and Industrial Processes from the University of Coimbra. In 2016, she obtained her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Aveiro (UA). During this period, under the supervision of P. Ferreira and J.R.B. Gomes, she focused her research ativity on the development of new functionalized periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) for different adsorption and catalysis applications combining computational and experimental methods. In 2018, she started to work as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. C.F. Pirri at Istituto Italiano di Technologia (IIT) - Center for Sustainable Future Technologies (CSFT, Italy). Here, she developed new carbon based-materials for environmental applications, such as gas adsorption/separation and catalytic CO2 reduction. From May 2021 to May 2022, she was a Researcher at the CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials focusing on the synthesis and structural elucidation of functionalized porous silicas towards CO2 adsorption-separation under the EU-funded NMR4CO2 project, led by L. Mafra. In November 2021, she was awarded a Junior researcher grant by FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) to valorize biomass waste for biogas upgrading.

Ongoing Supervisions

Publications

Chiral periodic mesoporous copper(II) bis(oxazoline) phenylene-silica: A highly efficient and reusable asymmetric heterogeneous catalyst

Lourenco, MAO; Carneiro, L; Mayoral, A; Diaz, I; Silva, AR; Ferreira, P
2014, JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, 320, 63-69.

Synthesis of Chiral Bis-MOP-type Diphosphines. Chelating Effect in Nickel-catalyzed Phosphination

Abreu, AR; Peixoto, AF; Almeida, AR; Lourenco, MAO; Neves, ACB; Bayon, JC; Pereira, MM
2013, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 42, 1, 37-39.

Microwave assisted N-alkylation of amine functionalized crystal-like mesoporous phenylene-silica

Lourenco, MAO; Siegel, R; Mafra, L; Ferreira, P
2013, DALTON TRANSACTIONS, 42, 16, 5631-5634.

Rhodium/tris-binaphthyl chiral monophosphite complexes: Efficient catalysts for the hydroformylation of disubstituted aryl olefins

Carrilho, RMB; Neves, ACB; Lourenco, MAO; Abreu, AR; Rosado, MTS; Abreu, PE; Eusebio, MES; Kollar, L; Bayon, JC; Pereira, MM
2012, JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, 698, 28-34.

Synthesis of New Metalloporphyrin Triads: Efficient and Versatile Tripod Optical Sensor for the Detection of Amines

Pinto, SMA; Lourenco, MAO; Calvete, MJF; Abreu, AR; Rosado, MTS; Burrows, HD; Pereira, MM
2011, INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 50, 17, 7916-7918.

Enantioselective ethylation of aromatic aldehydes catalysed by titanium(IV)-bis-BINOLate-2 ',2 ''-propylethercomplexes: An inside view of the catalytic active species

Abreu, AR; Lourenco, M; Peral, D; Rosado, MTS; Eusebio, MES; Palacios, O; Bayon, JC; Pereira, MM
2010, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL, 325, 01-fev, 91-97.

We use cookies for marketing activities and to offer you a better experience. By clicking “Accept Cookies” you agree with our cookie policy. Read about how we use cookies by clicking "Privacy and Cookie Policy".