Sustainability for Catalysis, Organic synthesis, Photobiology and Engineering (SCOPE-Chem)

Research in the group will focus on developing effective homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts for a better synthetic chemistry, from multi-ton products to fine chemistry and pharmaceuticals, besides photobiology. Catalysis and photochemistry are both cross matterr in many fields, including organic synthesis, material science and photomedicine, and serves for the understanding of chemistry and how it influences our way of life. However, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis are usually separated and low inter-crossed fields, plus photochemistry, thus the objective of our group is a cross-fertilization between them. For that, the group will try to develop excellent basic science while, at the same time, work with the best companies in the field.