Rui Galhano dos Santos got his PhD in Organic Chemistry in 2013 from the University of Lisbon, after having completed his degree in Chemistry in 2006 at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. He is a senior researcher at Instituto Superior Técnico. He frequently lectures at Instituto Superior Técnico and Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa. He has published more than 30 articles in scientific journals and is co-inventor in 9 patents.
Presently, his studies are mainly focused and involves the studies and development of new strategies to up-cycle biomass and wastes for the production of added-valuable chemicals and/or materials as well as for the productions fo bio-fuels. Besides his exceptional knowledge of biomass liquefaction, organic synthesis, and carbohydrate chemistry, he has a scientific background in polymer chemistry, extraction, and separation of natural compounds, chemical structure elucidation, 1D and 2D–NMR, green chemistry, scale-up of chemical processes, biorefineries.
In early 2016, Rui Galhano dos Santos became a permanent member of CERENA - Center for Natural Resources and Environment
Publications
Fuel | 2024
Ana Paula Soares Dias
Nawik Saraiva
Bruna Rijo
Francisco Costa Pereira
Luís F. Santos
Ivo Paulo
Reactions | 2023
Bruna Rijo
Novi Saksiwi
Manuel Pereira
Rodica Zăvoianu
Octavian Pavel
Olga Ferreira
Development of BioPolyurethane Coatings from Biomass-Derived Alkylphenol Polyols—A Green Alternative
Polymers | 2023
Forests | 2023
Luciana Silva
Sofia Orišková
Diogo Gonçalves
José Condeço
Miguel Monteiro
Nuno Xavier
Amélia Rauter
João Bordado
Resources | 2023
Sila Ozkan
Diogo Gonçalves
Carla Queirós
Ana Carvalho
Jaime Puna
João Bordado