Personal Presentation

Luis Miguel Madeira graduated in Chemical Engineering (1993) and received his PhD (1998) from the Technical University of Lisbon (IST, Portugal) in Chemical Engineering - Heterogeneous Catalysis. He joined FEUP in 1999 where is presently Full Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department. He is the Scientific Coordinator of the research unit LEPABE (since July 2023). L.M. Madeira is member of the Working Party on Chemical Reaction Engineering (WPCRE) from the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE). He teaches mostly Reaction Engineering subjects. He was awarded the “Pedagogical Excellence Prize” in 2015/16 and the “Scientific Excellence Prize” in 2020, both by FEUP, and received the 1^st prize of the worldwide Air Liquide Scientific Challenge 2023, in the topic “Energy storage using essential small molecules”.

His main research interests include multifunctional reactors (sorptive-based, membrane-based, etc.), and their use in H₂ production and purification technologies (e.g., reforming, water-gas shift), CO₂ capture and valorisation (namely in CO₂ methanation), and the use of Advanced Oxidation Processes for the treatment of gases and water/wastewater. L.M. Madeira authored/co-authored 236 articles in peer-reviewed internationals journals (h-index of 53; source: Scopus, March 2025), and co-authored over 280 communications in conferences. He has participated  in ca. 40 research projects, either as a coordinator or as a member of the team, including national and international projects. He was/is the coordinator/advisor/co-advisor of 17 postdoc level researchers, 31 PhD students (24 theses already completed, 5 of them in companies) and >60 dissertations of master students.