Daniela Vanessa Rosendo Lopes

Junior Researcher

Short CV

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)

Current Activity

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

- Development of electrocatalysts for green hydrogen generation.

Research Interests

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.

Supervisions

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).

Awards

- 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)

Ongoing Supervisions

Projects

Publications

MXene-containing composite electrodes for hydrogen evolution: Material design aspects and approaches for electrode fabrication

Sergiienko, SA; Lopes, DV; Constantinescu, G; Ferro, MC; Shchaerban, ND; Tursunov, OB; Shkepu, VI; Pazniak, H; Tabachkova, NY; Castellon, ER; Frade, JR; Kovalevsky, AV
2021, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 46, 21, 11636-11651.
ISBN: 1879-3487

Prospects for Electrical Performance Tuning in Ca3Co4O9 Materials by Metallic Fe and Ni Particles Additions

Constantinescu, G; Mikhalev, SM; Lisenkov, AD; Lopes, DV; Sarabando, AR; Ferro, MC; da Silva, TF; Sergiienko, SA; Kovalevsky, AV
2021, MATERIALS, 14, 4.
ISBN: 1996-1944

Alkaline Electrochemical Reduction of a Magnesium Ferrospinel into Metallic Iron for the Valorisation of Magnetite-Based Metallurgical Waste

Lopes, DV; Lisenkov, AD; Sergiienko, SA; Constantinescu, G; Sarabando, A; Quina, MJ; Frade, JR; Kovalevsky, AV
2021, JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 168, 7.
ISBN: 1945-7111

Beneficial use of lime mud from kraft pulp industry for drying and microbiological decontamination of sewage sludge

Santos, AF; Vaz, TE; Lopes, DV; Cardoso, O; Quina, MJ
2021, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 296.
ISBN: 1095-8630

Microstructural design of cellular 3 YTZ-Al2O3 ceramic membranes

Ivanova, YA; Lopes, DV; Durana, E; Lisenkov, A; Frade, JR; Kovalevsky, AV
2021, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, 47, 1, 1040-1046.
ISBN: 1873-3956

Exploring the High-Temperature Electrical Performance of Ca3-xLaxCo4O9 Thermoelectric Ceramics for Moderate and Low Substitution Levels

Constantinescu, G; Rasekh, S; Amirkhizi, P; Lopes, DV; Vieira, MA; Kovalevsky, AV; Diez, JC; Sotelo, A; Madre, MA; Torres, MA
2021, SYMMETRY-BASEL, 13, 5.
ISBN: 2073-8994

Cellular zirconia ceramics processed by direct emulsification

Ivanova, YA; Freitas, C; Lopes, DV; Kovalevsky, AV; Frade, JR
2020, JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 40, 54, 2056-2062.
ISBN: 1873-619X

Direct processing of cellular ceramics from a single red mud precursor

Lopes, DV; Durana, E; Cesconeto, FR; Almeida, PV; Kovalevsky, AV; Quina, MJ; Frade, JR
2020, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, 46, 10, 16700-16707.
ISBN: 1873-3956

Electrochemical Deposition of Zero-Valent Iron from Alkaline Ceramic Suspensions of Fe2-xAlxO3 for Iron Valorisation

Lopes, DV; Kovalevsky, AV; Quina, MJ; Frade, JR
2020, JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 167, 10.
ISBN: 1945-7111

Novel adsorbents based on eggshell functionalized with iron oxyhydroxide for phosphorus removal from liquid effluents

Almeida, PV; Santos, AF; Lopes, DV; Gando-Ferreira, LM; Quina, MJ
2020, JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING, 36.

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