People EgiChem Team

Carlos Manuel Silva

Carlos Manuel Silva is currently professor of Chemical Engineering at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Aveiro (Portugal) and is member of CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials. CMS has published over 150 peer reviewed journal articles, 14 book chapters and 2 patents.

CMS research areas range from separation processes (membranes, ion exchange, adsorption / SMB, supercritical fluid extraction), transport properties and molecular dynamics simulation, synthesis and characterization of microporous silicates for catalysis, adsorption and ion exchange, and reaction (catalytic oligomerization of olefins, biomass conversion, and oxidative catalysis), thermodynamics, and analysis and processing/preparation of heavy crude oil mixtures and bitumens.

Professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Aveiro (UA).
Diretor of Doctoral Program in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering at UA.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the PhD Course in Chemical Engineering at UA.
Vice-Director of the Integrated Master in Chemical Engineering of UA.
Erasmus coordinator of the Integrated Master in Chemical Engineering of UA.
Elected Member of Conselho do Departamento de Química at UA.
Representative of UA in AIPQR - Association for the Petrochemical, Chemical and Refining Industries (Portugal).
Member of the Editorial Board of: Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry, International Journal of Green Technology, Materials.
Scientific Reviewer of international journals and of High School Manuals of Chemistry (10th, 11th and 12th grades) of Porto Editora – Portugal.
Integrated two national and international evaluation panels of scholarships and projects.

Inês Portugal

Inês Portugal is currently professor of Chemical Engineering at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Aveiro (Portugal) and is member of CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials. She has published ca. 40 peer reviewed journal articles and 4 book chapters, and she has supervised ca. 20 master degree graduates.

Her main research interests include chemical valorisation of renewable resources, chemical reaction engineering as a tool for sustainability, and Chemical Engineering Education.