Ana Rita Duarte, Professor and leader of the Des.solve lab at LAQV in FCT NOVA, is the coordinator of the Cost Action “CA18224 - Green Chemical Engineering Network towards upscaling sustainable processes” that has been approved by the Committee of Senior Officials on the 4th of June 2019.
Manuel Nunes da Ponte will be distinguished with a Scientific Merit Medal on July 8, 2019 in the Science and technology Summit in Portugal, Ciência 2019, that will take place in the Lisbon Congress Centre in Lisbon.
Sir Martyn Poliakoff will be distinguished with an honorary doctorate by NOVA University Lisbon on 22nd July, at 11:00 am at the Auditorium of NOVA University of Lisbon Rectorate, Campolide Campus. On 23rd July at 12:00, Sir Martyn Poliakoff will give a seminar at the Auditorium of FCT NOVA, in the scope of the celebrations of the International Year of the Periodic Table.
Andrew Livingston, Professor de Engenharia Química no Imperial College London, estará na FCT NOVA no dia 22 de Outubro às 12h00 no Auditório da Biblioteca, com o seminário “Molecular Separations in Organic Solvents, and the Quest for Perfect Polymers”.
Andrew Livingston será homenageado com a Cerimónia de Doutoramento Honoris Causa a ter lugar no Auditório da Reitoria da NOVA, no dia 21 de Outubro pelas 17h00.
Using combinations of molecules that form deep eutectic systems, Ana Rita Duarte, leader of the des.solve lab at LAQV - FCT NOVA, was able to ally anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties of natural occurring molecules, such as limonene, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory substances, such as ibuprofen, creating a new formulation that unveils a potential chemotherapeutical deep eutectic solvent (DES) for cancer treatment.
Cecília Roque, professor at DQ-FCT NOVA and principal researcher at UCIBIO, has been distinguished with a European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant with the project "ENSURE: Non-invasive follow-up of urinary tract cancers" aiming to validate the technological and business feasibility of an innovative method for the non-invasive follow-up of bladder cancer patients.
The Department of Chemistry, is a permanent organic unity of the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT / UNL), devoted to teaching, and scientific research and to provide services in areas of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering.
The Chemistry Department (DQ), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa , founded in 1981, has recognized market implementation of education and employment, particularly so because of the novelty and specificity introduced by the course in Chemistry with which teaching at the School of Chemistry began in 1981.