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Academic Staff

Frederico Wanderley Tavares

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

  • E-mail: tavares@eq.ufrj.br

Charlles Rubber de Almeida Abreu

Prof. Charlles R. A. Abreu

  • Chemical Engineering Department - School of Chemistry - UFRJ

  • Graduate Program in Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering - School of Chemistry - UFRJ.

  • E-mail: abreu@eq.ufrj.br

* On sabbatical leave

Carla Luciane Manske Camargo

Profª. Carla L. M. Camargo

  • Chemical Engineering Department - School of Chemistry - UFRJ

  • Graduate Program in Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering - UFRJ

  • E-mail: carlamanske@eq.ufrj.br

Pedro Henrique Davi Constantino

Prof. Pedro H. D. Constantino

Papa Matar Ndiaye

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

  • E-mail: papa@eq.ufrj.br

Amaro Gomes Barreto Júnior

Prof. Amaro G. Barreto Jr.

  • Chemical Engineering Department - School of Chemistry - UFRJ

  • Graduate Program in Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering - School of Chemistry - UFRJ

  • E-mail: amaro@eq.ufrj.br

Ingrid Azevedo de Oliveira Young

Profª. Ingrid A. de Oliveira

Elvis do Amaral Soares

Prof. Elvis do Amaral Soares

Support staff

Alberto Wagner Medina Junior

Alberto Wagner Medina Junior

  • Graduate Researcher

  • Measurements, analysis and modelling of adsorption data.

  • E-mail: albertow@eq.ufrj.br

David dos Santos Pereira

David dos Santos Pereira

  • Technical Researcher
    Characterization of porous solids associated with adsorption processes

  • E-mail: davidpereira@eq.ufrj.br

João Gabriel Franco da Silva

João Gabriel Franco da Silva

Vanessa Silva da Mota

Vanessa Silva da Mota

Amanda Gerhardt de Oliveira

Amanda Gerhardt de Oliveira

Eduardo Ferreira Matos

Eduardo Ferreira Matos

Nathália Cerqueira Ribeiro

Nathália Cerqueira Ribeiro

Anabela Pestana Santos

Anabela Pestana Santos

Henrique Puga de Abreu Leandro

Henrique Puga de Abreu Leandro

Rômulo Costa de Holanda

Rômulo Costa de Holanda

  • Graduate Researcher
    Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for Phase Equilibria Prediction

  • E-mail: romuloholanda@eq.ufrj.br

Postdoctoral Researchers

Arthur Mussi Luz

Arthur Mussi Luz

  • Project: Calculation Of Colloids And Oil/Aqueous Interface Via Molecular Simulation

  • Advisors: Carla Luciane Manske Camargo, Frederico Wanderley Tavares

  • E-mail: arthur_mussi@eq.ufrj.br

Jéssica Caroline da Silva Linhares

Jéssica Caroline da Silva Linhares

  • Project: Adsorption Of Gases In Porous Aromatic Frameworks

  • Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.

  • E-mail: jessicaclinhares@gmail.com

Omar Garcia Roldan

Omar Roldan

Vítor de Morais Sermoud

Vítor de Morais Sermoud

  • Project: Thermodynamic Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage Processes

  • Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.

  • E-mail: vsermoud@gmail.com

Felipe Coelho Cunha

Felipe Coelho Cunha

Luan Vittor T. Duarte de Alencar

Luan Vittor T. Duarte de Alencar

  • Project: Thermodynamics Of Deep Eutectic Solvents

  • Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares, Félix Llovell

  • E-mail: luanvittor_@hotmail.com

Panneerselvam Murugesan

Panneerselvam Murugesan

  • Project: Simulation of Gas Hydrates Using Quantum DFT

  • Advisors: Luciano Tavares Costa, Frederico Wanderley Tavares

  • E-mail: panneerchem130491@gmail.com

Iuri Soter Viana Segtovich

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

  • E-mail: iurisegtovich@gmail.com

Marlon de Souza Gama

Marlon de Souza Gama

  • Project: Adsorption Process Analysis using the Modified Poisson-Boltzmann Equation and Neural Networks

  • Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.

  • E-mail: marlonsgama@hotmail.com.br

Rafael Cavalcante dos Santos

Rafael Cavalcante dos Santos

  • Project: Natural Gas Dehydration and Racemate Separation Using Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography

  • Advisors: Amaro Gomes Barreto Jr.

  • E-mail: rafaelcavalcante.santos@hotmail.com

Ph.D. Researchers

Aloísio Camargo Torres Jr.

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

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

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

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 dos Santos Pereira

Igor Pereira

Leonardo Tourasse Galdino

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

Luis Claudio Braga da Silva

Matheus Gomes Mesquita

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Isabela Barreto Correa

* Part time

Lucas José dos Santos

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

Maria Nathalia Hernández Cupaja

María Nathalia Hernández Cupaja

Ramon Gomes de Castro Lourenço

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

Suzane Carvalho Rufino

  • Project: Thermodynamics applied to microkinetic modeling

  • Advisors: Fred W .Tavares, Henrique P. Pacheco

  • E-mail: suzane@peq.coppe.ufrj.br

Thiago Pires Ponte

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

Victor Aias Martins Gomes

Yuri de Paiva Alves

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vinícius Gomes Morgan

M.Sc. Researchers

Andressa Christine Dutra da Silva

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

Barbara Bezerra Puppin

Felipe Lins Klein Gouvêa

Felipe Lins Klein Gouvêa

* Part time

Mariana da Silva

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 da Costa Chagas de Oliveira

Rodrigo Chagas de Oliveira

Arsénio Laissone

Arsénio Laissone

Clarissa Fernanda da Silva Macedo Costa

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

Laryssa do Nascimento Pereira

Mayra de Oliveira Ferreira

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

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

Edmundo Chibale

Lucas Faria da Silva

Lucas Faria da Silva

Naira Jamilly Oliveira Santos

Naira Jamilly Oliveira Santos

  • Project: Determination of the Soret Coefficient

  • Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares

  • E-mail: naira@peq.coppe.ufrj.br

Undergraduate Researchers

Adrieli Alcaires de Souza

Adrieli Alcaires de Souza

* Graduation Final Project

Bruno Santux Mendes Pereira

Bruno Santux Mendes Pereira

  • Project: Natural Gas Dehydration

  • Advisors: Amaro G. Barreto Jr

  • E-mail: bsantux@eq.ufrj.br

* Internship

Emanuel Lucas Ribeiro Pereira

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​

Flávio Lucas dos Santos Baptista

Flávio Lucas dos Santos Baptista

* Scientific Initiation​

Guilherme Thomaz Medina

Guilherme Thomaz Medina

* Scientific Initiation​​

Italo Barbosa Rodrigues

Ítalo Barbosa Rodrigues

* Scientific Initiation

João Victor Caccavo de Araujo Wanderley

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

Leonardo Yuri de Lima Lauriano

* Scientific Initiation​​

Natália Alexandre Leão Ramos

Natália Alexandre Leão Ramos

* Scientific Initiation​​

Rodrigo Takeshi Abe Iamaguti

Rodrigo Takeshi Abe Iamaguti

* Scientific Initiation​​

Victor Hugo Mateus da Silva

Victor Hugo Mateus da Silva

  • Project: Water Content Determination In Natural Gas Streams

  • Advisors:Papa Matar Ndiaye

  • E-mail: Victormateus@eq.ufrj.br

* Scientific Initiation​​

Alessandra Rachel Diniz Veloso

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

Clara de Abreu Amante

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

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​

Gabriel Pinheiro Rosa da Silva

Gabriel Pinheiro Rosa da Silva

  • Project:  Compositional gradation in oil reservoirs

  • Advisors: Papa M. Ndiaye

  • E-mail: gpinheiro09@eq.ufrj.br

* Scientific Initiation​

Hilton Wanderson de Souza e Sousa

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

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​

Kauã Tranquilino Fagundes

Kauã Tranquilino Fagundes

* Scientific Initiation​​

Luiz Fernando Lopes Braga

Luiz Fernando Lopes Braga

* Scientific Initiation​​

Nátalie Marques da Silva

Nátalie Marques da Silva

* Scientific Initiation​​

Samuel Mendonça Ferreira

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

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 Pousa

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

Davi Gabriel Menezes da Silva

Davi Gabriel Menezes da Silva

* Scientific Initiation

Felipe Amorim de Matos Magalhães Macedo

Felipe Amorim Macedo

* Scientific Initiation​

Guilherme Augusto de Vares Bruno

Guilherme Augusto de Vares Bruno

* Scientific Initiation​

Isabelle Rodrigues de Oliveira

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

João Pedro Duarte Gomes

  • Project: Solubility of PFAs (Forever Chemicals) and other surfactants

  • Advisors: Carla Manske

  • E-mail: gomesjpd@eq.ufrj.br

* Scientific Initiation​​

Leonardo Junio Silva de Oliveira

Leonardo Junio Silva de Oliveira

* Scientific Initiation​​

Mariana de Carvalho Fonseca

Mariana de Carvalho Fonseca

* Scientific Initiation​​

Paulo Diniz Chaves

Paulo Diniz Chaves

* Graduation Final Project

Sarah Wictoria Evangelista Cruz da Silva

Sarah Wictoria E. C. da Silva

  • Project: Natural Gas Hydrate Formation

  • Advisors: Frederico Wanderley Tavares

  • E-mail: sarahw@eq.ufrj.br

* Graduation Final Project

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