Fernando Pereira

M. Fernando R. Pereira is a Full Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He served as President of the Carbon Group of the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ) from 2021 to 2024 and has represented Portugal on the Council of the International Association of the Catalysis Communities (IACS) since 2018 and in the European Carbon Association since 2019. He has been a member of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering since 2024. His main research interests are heterogeneous catalysis, carbon materials, environmental and energy applications, biomass conversion, chemical reaction engineering, functional materials, and smart textiles.