Team members

Co-Principal Investigator
Prof. Helena Passos
Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto (FEUP) | LSRE-LCM / ALICE
E-mail: hpassos@fe.up.pt

PhD student
Flavia Braga
University of Aveiro |
CICECO/ LSRE-LCM / ALICE
E-mail: flavianbraga@ua.pt
"Recovery of platinum group metals from spent automotive catalytic converters"
Contracted Personnel

Researcher
Dr. Amir Nobahar
University of Aveiro | CICECO
E-mail: anobahar@ua.pt
"Recovery and separation of platinum group metals and rare earth elements from spent automotive catalytic converters"

PhD student
Rita Carvalho
Faculty of Engineering -
University of Porto (FEUP) |
CICECO/ LSRE-LCM / ALICE
Email: up202410247@edu.fe.up.pt
"Recovery and Selective Separation of Platinum Group Metals from Spent Catalytic Converter Leachates Using Membrane Technology"

MSc researcher
José Santos
Faculty of Engineering -University of Porto (FEUP) |CICECO/ LSRE-LCM / ALICE
E-mail: up202410247@edu.fe.up.pt
"Selective recovery and separation of strategic metals using bioleaching"

MSc student
Pedro Teixeira
Faculty of Engineering -
University of Porto (FEUP)
Email: up202004713edu.fe.up.pt
"Development of ovalbumin-based materials for the selective separation of platinum group metals"
Former team members

PhD student
Ana Rita Carreira
PhD defence: Nov 2023
"Development of alternative processes for the recovery of critical and strategic metals from secondary sources"

MSc student
António Coelho
Master's defence: Oct 2023
"Recovery and separation of platinum group metals from spent automotive catalytic converters"