Academic Staff
Prof. Frederico W. Tavares
Chemical Engineering Department - School of Chemistry - UFRJ
Graduate Program in Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering - School of Chemistry - UFRJ
Chemical Engineering Program - COPPE - UFRJ
Prof. Charlles R. A. Abreu
Chemical Engineering Department - School of Chemistry - UFRJ
Graduate Program in Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering - School of Chemistry - UFRJ.
* On sabbatical leave
Profª. Carla L. M. Camargo
Chemical Engineering Department - School of Chemistry - UFRJ
Graduate Program in Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering - UFRJ
Prof. Pedro H. D. Constantino
Chemical Engineering Department - School of Chemistry - UFRJ
Prof. Papa M. Ndiaye
Chemical Engineering Department - School of Chemistry - UFRJ
Graduate Program in Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering - School of Chemistry - UFRJ
Chemical Engineering Program - COPPE - UFRJ
Prof. Amaro G. Barreto Jr.
Chemical Engineering Department - School of Chemistry - UFRJ
Graduate Program in Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering - School of Chemistry - UFRJ
Profª. Ingrid A. de Oliveira
Chemical Engineering Department - School of Chemistry - UFRJ
Prof. Elvis do Amaral Soares
Chemical Engineering Program - COPPE - UFRJ
Support staff
Alberto Wagner Medina Junior
Graduate Researcher
Measurements, analysis and modelling of adsorption data.
E-mail: albertow@eq.ufrj.br
Anabela Pestana Santos
Laboratory Technician
Water Content Determination In Natural Gas
E-mail: anabela@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Henrique Puga de Abreu Leandro
Technical Researcher
Natural Gas Hydrate Formation
Nathália Cerqueira Ribeiro
Project Management Assistant
RD&I and Infrastructure Project Management
Amanda Gerhardt de Oliveira
Project Management Assistant
Integrated Management, Quality, Environment and Safety.
E-mail: agerhardt@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
David dos Santos Pereira
Technical Researcher
Characterization of porous solids associated with adsorption processes
João Gabriel Franco
Graduate Researcher
Chemical Engineering of new Flow Assurance Pilot Plant
Rômulo Costa de Holanda
Graduate Researcher
Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for Phase Equilibria Prediction
Ana Carolina Lustosa
Master Researcher
Process Engineering of new Flow Assurance Pilot Plant
E-mail: anacarolinalustosa@eq.ufrj.br
Eduardo Ferreira Matos
Laboratory Technician
Natural Gas Dehydration Pilot Plant Operation
João Victor Alegrio
Graduate Researcher
Safety Engineering of new Flow Assurance Pilot Plant
E-mail: alegrio@eq.ufrj.br
Vanessa Silva da Mota
Project Management Assistant
RD&I and Infrastructure Project Management
Postdoctoral Researchers
Arthur Mussi Luz
Project: Calculation Of Colloids And Oil/Aqueous Interface Via Molecular Simulation
Advisors: Carla Luciane Manske Camargo, Frederico Wanderley Tavares
Iuri Soter Viana Segtovich
Project: Thermodynamic Modeling Of Natural Gas Hydrates
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Papa Matar Ndiaye, Carla Luciane Manske Camargo
Marlon de Souza Gama
Project: Adsorption Process Analysis using the Modified Poisson-Boltzmann Equation and Neural Networks
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
Rafael Cavalcante dos Santos
Project: Natural Gas Dehydration and Racemate Separation Using Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
Arthur Roman Hardiagon
Project: Adsorbent design guided by process criteria – integration between molecular simulation and process simulation
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Frederico W. Tavares
Jéssica Caroline da Silva Linhares
Project: Adsorption Of Gases In Porous Aromatic Frameworks
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
Omar Roldan
Project: PVT Modeling of Oil and Gas
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares
Vítor de Morais Sermoud
Project: Thermodynamic Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage Processes
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
Felipe Coelho Cunha
Project: Natural Gas Purification Pilot Plant
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
Luan Vittor T. Duarte de Alencar
Project: Thermodynamics Of Deep Eutectic Solvents
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Félix Llovell
Panneerselvam Murugesan
Project: Simulation of Gas Hydrates Using Quantum DFT
Advisors: Luciano Tavares Costa, Frederico Wanderley Tavares
Ph.D. Researchers
Aloísio Camargo Torres Jr.
Project: Removal Of Quinoline Insoluble Compounds On The Crude Coal Tar From Metallurgical Coke Production
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: aloisiotorres@hotmail.com
* Part time
Bruno Miranda Nogueira
Project: Phase Equilibria Of Systems Containing Glycerol, Methanol, Carbon Dioxide And Sodium Chloride
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye, Frederico Wanderley Tavares
E-mail: nogueirab@gmail.com
* Part time
Daniele P. S. Dalto
Project: Molecular Dynamics Of Nanoparticles In Polymer Matrix
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Verônica M. A. Calado
E-mail: danieledalto@gmail.com
* Part time
Gabriela Barreto Correa
Project: Solid-liquid Equilibrium by Molecular Simulations
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Edward Maginn
E-mail: gcorrea@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Igor Pereira
Project: Thermodynamics of Adsorption
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares
E-mail:ipereira@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Leonardo Tourasse Galdino
Project: Simulation Of Multiphase Hydrate Equilibria Involving Natural Gas Hydrates And Electrolyte Solutions
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Iuri Soter Viana Segtovich
E-mail: lgaldino@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
* Part time
Luis Claudio Braga da Silva
Project: Asphaltene Precipitation
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: luisclaudio.silva@eq.ufrj.br
Matheus Gomes Mesquita
Project: Exergy Analysis of CO2 Capture and Storage
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Frederico Wanderley Tavares
E-mail: mmesquita@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Reza Hassanzadeh Khadar
Project: Investigation Of Behavior Of Asphaltene Molecules In Co2 Injection Process
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye, Iuri Soter Viana Segtovich
E-mail: hasanzadereza@yahoo.com
* Part time
Thiago Guedes Garrot
Project: Study of Oil/Aqueous and Surfactant Interfaces Via Molecular Simulation
Advisors: Carla Luciane Manske Camargo, Frederico Wanderley Tavares
E-mail: tgarrot@eq.ufrj.br
Vanessa Pimentel Lages
Project: Theoretical-Experimental Evaluation Of The Use Of Magnetic Devices In The Precipitation Of Calcium Carbonate In Pipes
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
E-mail: vanessaplages@hotmail.com
Wilfred Andres Gomez Jaramillo
Project: High Pressure Phase Equilibria In Carbon Dioxide + Waxy Systems: Experimental And Thermodynamic Study
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: wilfredjara@gmail.com
* Part time
Amanda Vilela Fonseca
Project: Materials Characterization Via Atomic Force Microscopy And Thermodynamic Models
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Helen Ferraz
E-mail: afonseca@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Caio Rodrigues Soares
Project: Molecular Dynamics Calculation Of Hydration Properties In Calcium Carbonate Clusters
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Frederico Wanderley Tavares
E-mail: caiors@eq.ufrj.br
* Part time
Felipe Rocha Pinto
Project: Simulation Of Adsorption Columns For Natural Gas Dehydration
Advisors: Carla Luciane Manske Camargo, Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
E-mail: felipefrpinto@gmail.com
Gerson Francisco da Silva Junior
Project: Study Of Phase Equilibrium To Predict Scale Deposition Of Caco3
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Iuri Soter Viana Segtovich
E-mail: gersonsf.junior@gmail.com
* Part time
Isabela Barreto Correa
Project: Adsorption
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Argimiro Secchi
E-mail: icorrea@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
* Part time
Lucas José dos Santos
Project: Adsorption-Induced Deformation Using Classical Density Functional Theory
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
E-mail: lucasjs@eq.ufrj.br
María Nathalia Hernández Cupaja
Project: High Pressure Polymerization
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: hernandez@eq.ufrj.br
Ramon Gomes de Castro Lourenço
Project: Lattice Boltzmann Method Applied In Multiphase Systems
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Pedro Henrique Davi Constantino
E-mail: ramon@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Suzane Carvalho Rufino dos Santos
Project: Thermodynamics applied to microkinetic modeling
Advisors: Fred W .Tavares, Henrique P. Pacheco
E-mail: suzane@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Thiago Pires Ponte
Project: Production of enantiomerically pure praziquantel: integration of chromatography and racemization
Advisors: Amaro G. Barreto Jr, Henrique Poltronieri Pacheco (NUCAT)
E-mail: tponte@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Victor Aias Martins Gomes
Project: Under Definition
Advisors: Fred W .Tavares
E-mail: vmgomes@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Yuri de Paiva Alves
Project: Natural Gas Dehydration Using Adsorption Technology
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Argimiro R. Secchi
E-mail: yurialves@eq.ufrj.br
Arthur Jesse Oliveira Braga
Project: High Pressure Phase Equilibria Of Petroleum Heavy Fractions: Experimental And Thermodynamic Study
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: arthur.ufma@gmail.com
* Part time
Camila Freitas Santana Gonçalves
Project: Determination Of The Electrical Conductivity Of Oils And Emulsions, Aiming The Application In Industrial Electrocoalescer Operations And Projects.
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Márcio Nele
E-mail: cgoncalves@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Fernando Arrais Romero Dias
Project: Crystallization Process Control
Advisors: Maurício Bezerra, Argimiro Secchi, Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
E-mail: farrais@eq.ufrj.br
Hugo de Lacerda Coutinho Neto
Project: Prediction of Bioproduct Properties
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Argimiro Resende Secchi
E-mail: hneto@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
João Ricardo Friggo e Barros
Project:Lattice-Boltzmann Modeling
Advisors:Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Pedro Henrique Davi Constantino
E-mail: jrfriggo@gmail.com
* Part time
Lucas Silva Calado
Project: Computer Aided Chemical Laboratory Monitoring System For Water Content In Gas
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
E-mail: lucascaladoufrj@gmail.com
* Part time
Marvin Martins dos Santos
Project: Natural Gas Hydrate Formation
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Iuri Soter Viana Segtovich
E-mail: marvin@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Renata Cazelato Gaioto
Project: Physicochemical And Thermodynamic Analysis Of Carbohydrates In Aqueous Choline Chloride Solutions
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye, Marcos Mafra
E-mail: renatacgaioto@gmail.com
* Part time
Thales Cainã dos Santos Barbalho
Project: Water Content Determination In Natural Gas Streams
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: thales@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
* Part time
Vanessa Andrea Mascietti
Project: High-Pressure Micro Differential Scanning Calorimetry (HPμDSC) Applied to Asphaltene Fraction Stability
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: vanessa_mascietti05@hotmail.com
Vinícius Gomes Morgan
Project: Natural Gas Hydrate Formation
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: viniciusmorgan2@gmail.com
M.Sc. Researchers
Andressa Christine Dutra da Silva
Project: Experimental Investigation of Interfacial Properties
Advisors: Carla Luciane Manske Camargo, Frederico Wanderley Tavares
E-mail: andressa.dutra.s@gmail.com
* Part time
Barbara Bezerra Puppin
Project: Confined Fluids / Adsorption
Advisors: Amaro Barreto Jr.
E-mail: barbarabpuppin@eq.ufrj.br
Felipe Lins Klein Gouvêa
Project: Inorganic Scaling
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
E-mail: felipelkg@hotmail.com
* Part time
Mariana da Silva
Project: Interfacial Tension of Hydrocarbon Mixtures at High Pressures
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Marcio Nele de Souza
E-mail: marianasilva@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Rodrigo Chagas de Oliveira
Project: Enantiomeric Separation Process
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Argimiro R. Secchi
E-mail: rcoliveira@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Arsénio Laissone
Project: Natural Gas Dehydration
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: arseniolaissone@yahoo.com.br
Clarissa Fernanda Costa
Project: Natural Gas Hydrate Formation
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
E-mail: cfcosta@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Laryssa do Nascimento Pereira
Project: Petroleum Rheology
Advisors: Papa M. Ndiaye
E-mail: laryssanascimento@id.uff.br
Mayra de Oliveira Ferreira
Project: Thermodynamics In Oil And Gas Systems
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares
E-mail: mayraoliveira@gmail.com
* Part time
Arthur Scalco Campagnolo
Project: Chemical and Phase Equilibria for the Precipitation of Solid Carbonates
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Iuri Soter Viana Segtovich
E-mail: arthur-campagnolo@hotmail.com
Edmundo Chibale
Project: Natural Gas Dehydration
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: edmundochibale85@gmail.com
Naira Jamilly Oliveira Santos
Project: Determination of the Soret Coefficient
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares
E-mail: naira@peq.coppe.ufrj.br
Undergraduate Researchers
Alessandra Rachel Diniz Veloso
Project: Crystallization of pharmaceuticals
Advisors: Amaro G. Barreto Jr, Argimiro R. Secchi, Rafael Cavalcante dos Santos, Marcellus Guedes
E-mail: alessandraveloso@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Arthur Chehab Lasmar
Project: 3D Printing in Education and R&D: study of emulsions
Advisors: Carla Manske
* Scientific Initiation
Clara de Abreu Amante
Project: Hydrates in carbon capture: a study of potential promoters.
Advisors: Ingrid Oliveira
E-mail: claraamante@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Erik Fernando Pacheco Queiroz
Project: Liquid-liquid thermodynamic equilibria in low-pressure systems
Advisors: Papa M. Ndiaye, María Nathalia Hernández Cupaja
E-mail: erikuniv340@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Flávio Lucas dos Santos Baptista
Project: Hamiltonian Monte Carlo
Advisors: Amaro G. Barreto Jr, Fred W. Tavares
E-mail: flaviobaptista1037@gmail.com
* Scientific Initiation
Hilton Wanderson de Souza
Project: Surfactant screening for hydrate kinetic inhibitors
Advisors: Fred W .Tavares, Ingrid Oliveira
E-mail: hwandsu@eq.ufrj.br
* Graduation Final Project
João Henrique P. Lins Souza
Project: Development Of New Materials For Co2 Adsorption Under Pre-Salt Conditions
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
E-mail: jhenriquelinss@gmail.com
* Graduation Final Project
João Vítor Santos
Project: Natural Gas Hydrates Formation
Advisors: Ingrid Oliveira
E-mail: ctjvsantos@eq.ufrj.br
* Graduation Final Projec
Mariana de Carvalho Fonseca
Project: Carbon Capture
Advisors: Carla Manske, Ingrid Oliveira
E-mail: marianafonseca@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Nátalie Marques da Silva
Project: Inorganic incrustations
Advisors: Ingrid Oliveira
E-mail: nathymsj316@gmail.com
* Scientific Initiation
Samuel Mendonça Ferreira
Project: Liquid Chromatography Separation and Crystallization Operations
Advisors: Ingrid de Oliveira
E-mail: samuelferrreira@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Vitor Oliveira de Azevedo
Project: Cristalization of Praziquantel
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Argimiro R. Secchi
E-mail: vitoroa@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
André Zanon
Project: Surfactants
Advisors: Carla Manske
* Scientific Initiation
Bruno Santux Mendes Pereira
Project: Natural Gas Dehydration
Advisors: Amaro G. Barreto Jr
E-mail: bsantux@eq.ufrj.br
* Internship
Davi Gabriel Menezes da Silva
Project: Experimental study of diffusion coefficients
Advisors: Carla Manske
E-mail: davigabriel@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Feldy Jodelph Espoir Moukambou
Project: Asphaltenes Precipitation
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye
* Scientific Initiation
Gabriel Pinheiro Rosa da Silva
Project: Compositional gradation in oil reservoirs
Advisors: Papa M. Ndiaye
E-mail: gpinheiro09@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Isabelle Rodrigues de Oliveira
Project: Natural Gas Hydrates Formation
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Ingrid Oliveira
E-mail: isabelle@eq.ufrj.br
* Graduation Final Project
João Pedro Duarte Gomes
Project: Solubility of PFAs (Forever Chemicals) and other surfactants
Advisors: Carla Manske
E-mail: gomesjpd@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Kauã Tranquilino Fagundes
Project: 3D Printing in Education and R&D: study of emulsions
Advisors: Carla Manske
E-mail: tranquilinokaua@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Matheus Andrade Weissblum
Project: Thermodynamical Modelling
Advisors: Carla Manske
* Graduation Final Project
Paulo Diniz Chaves
Project: Natural Gas Dehydration
Advisors: Carla Manske
E-mail: pauldiniz7@gmail.com
* Graduation Final Project
Sarah Wictoria E. C. da Silva
Project: Natural Gas Hydrate Formation
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares
E-mail: sarahw@eq.ufrj.br
* Graduation Final Project
André Pousa
Project: Stochastic and Deterministic Models for Particles in Potential Surfaces
Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Pedro Henrique Constantino
E-mail: andrepousa@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Caio Araújo Carvalho
Project: Confined Fluids / Adsorption
Advisors: Carla Manske
E-mail: caio.carvalho@eq.ufrj.br
* Graduation Final Project
Emanuel Lucas Ribeiro Pereira
Project: Creation of a Natural Gas Humidity module for the Aspen HYSYS Simulator
Advisors: Papa M. Ndiaye
E-mail: emanuka@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Felipe Amorim Macedo
Project: Natural Gas Hydrates Formation
Advisors: Ingrid Oliveira
E-mail: felipe.ammm12@gmail.com
* Scientific Initiation
Guilherme Thomaz Medina
Project: Colloids
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.
E-mail: gtmedina99@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Ítalo Barbosa Rodrigues
Project: Natural Gas Hydrates Formation
Advisors: Ingrid Oliveira
E-mail: itbarbosa08@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
João Victor Caccavo Wanderley
Project: Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography
Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr., Felipe Cunha
E-mail: j.caccavo@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Leonardo Yuri de Lima Lauriano
Project: Extraction of Bioactive Compounds Using Supercritical CO2
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: leonardolauriano478@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Natália Alexandre Leão Ramos
Project: Compositional Grading in Oil Reservoirs
Advisors:Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Papa Matar Ndiaye
* Scientific Initiation
Rodrigo Takeshi Abe Iamaguti
Project: Thermodynamics Of Wax Deposition
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye
E-mail: rodrigotakeshi@eq.ufrj.br
* Scientific Initiation
Victor Hugo Mateus da Silva
Project: Water Content Determination In Natural Gas Streams
Advisors: Papa Matar Ndiaye
* Scientific Initiation