Catalysis and Kinetics Group
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UFPR researcher develops a method for monitoring pesticides that can be used in inspection
The passion for discovery and science has been part of the life of researcher Elisa Orth since she was a child. She passed from childhood to adolescence in laboratories, curiously seeing the work of the mother and father scientists. Full article at: link.
News
2020
#GCC at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
UFPR has new members affiliated with ABC
Members affiliated to the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) are chosen from among the most important researchers in Brazil! This year, UFPR was honored to have two distinguished researchers: Professor Rita de Cássia dos Anjos, from the Department of Engineering and Exact Sciences (Setor Palotina) and Professor Elisa Orth, from the Department of Chemistry (Curitiba)! The new members' take office is scheduled for January 1, 2021. Congratulations to the teachers !! #WomenInScience
Visit the profile of the Professor Elisa on the ABC website .
See the details on the official UFPR website.
#GCC at UTFPR
Live from the Gender and Technology Center - UTFPR
Prof. Elisa participates in the live "Conversando sobre", organized by Lindamir Casagrande and Michel Ferreira, members of the Gender and Technology Center of UTFPR-Curitiba.
Master's Defense
Master's Defense: Patrícia
On 11/27 we had the defense of master's degree from the student Patrícia Soares, entitled "REACTION OF METHYLIMIDAZOLES WITH ORGANO(THIO)PHOSPHATES: REACTIVITY, MECHANICAL MODULATION AND CHEMICAL SAFETY". Patrícia was argued by the board: Prof. Caroline D'Oca (UFPR) and Prof. Fernando Molin (UTFPR). The work was supervised by Prof. Elisa and co-supervised by Prof. Renan Campos (UTFPR). Congratulations to the newest GCC master!
#GCC Webinar
Women in Science
Profª. Elisa participates in SEI-SICITE 2020-UTFPR talking about women in science: "Where are they?"
GCC at IX Epfar & II Simbiotec
Round Table about Women in Science
Profª. Elisa participates in the round table "Women in science: perspectives, challenges and future" during the IX Epfar & II Simbiotec - Meeting of Graduate Programs in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, where she presented the speech "Are women scientists really a minority? "
#GCC Webinar
GCC at Chemistry Week at UNICAMP
Profª. Elisa participates in the Chemistry Week at UNICAMP where she talks about "Why do I do science? Why does science need women?"
Qualification
PhD Qualification: Valmir
On November 6, we had the PhD qualification of the student Valmir, with board members Marcus Sá (UFSC), Fábio Nunes (UFPR) and Paulo Zarbin (UFPR). The work is supervised by Prof. Elisa Orth and co-supervised by Prof. Alfredo Marques. Congratulations Valmir for this achievement!
#GCC Webinar
GCC at PPGQ / IQ-USP
Profª. Elisa presents the lecture entitled "Pesticides and Chemical Warfare: are we safe?" in the cycle of seminars of the Graduate Program in Chemistry at IQ-USP.
Chemical Weapons: an imminent danger
"Ligados pela Química" from DQ / UFPR
GCC in the Blog "Ligados pela Química", Department of Chemistry, UFPR. Profª. Elisa writes about chemical weapons: dangers, methods of action and the importance of studying methods of destruction! Read the full post here.
#GCC Webinar
GCC at PPGQ / UFGD
Profª. Elisa gave a lecture at the Cycle of Web Conferences of the Graduate Program in Chemistry at the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), entitled "Can women do science?"
A love affair with science!
Report in "Ciência Hoje"
Profª. Elisa is in the "Women in Science" section of SBPC's Ciência Hoje magazine talking about the importance and passion for science.
Check the news in full here .
#GCC Webinar
UNIARP Virtual Lecture
Profª. Elisa gives a lecture "Monitoring and degradation of pesticides" at the VI Technical-Scientific Meeting on Agronomy at UNIARP (Caçador-SC).
#GCC in the media
Profª. Elisa talks about Nobel Prize and women in science
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Profª. Elisa talks about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 and the importance of women in science, in an interview for Correio Braziliense.
Access the news in full here .
Defended !!
Master's Defense: Giseli
On September 28, we had the first defense of GCC by PROFQUI (Professional Master's Program in Chemistry in the National Network). Giseli Cristina Machado received a master's degree for the work "Indicators of socio-scientific activism of high school students from the theme of pesticides for the study of chemical solutions", which she defended brilliantly. The work was supervised by Prof. Elisa Orth and co-supervised by Prof. Camila Silveira da Silva. Still, the board was attended by Prof. Leonir Lorenzetti and Prof.ª Caroline D´Oca.
Congratulations to the new master Giseli!
#GCC in a new field
GCC at the new Center for Forensic Sciences at UFPR
Now the GCC is part of the UFPR Center for Forensic Sciences (founded in 2020), acting on the issue of chemical emergencies involving pesticides and chemical weapons!
For more information, access the portal here .
#GCC women on the UFPR portal
UFPR talks about the recently published GCC article
UFPR report discloses the article published by GCC in the magazine Química Novas on the life and career of women in science. See the full article here .
#GCC on UFPR TV
"How many #ScientistsWomen do you know?"
GCC is one of the highlights at UFPR TV with discussions and reflections on the survey carried out on women and their careers in Brazilian chemistry.
Congratulations to the GCC girls, deserved recognition!
#GCC @Twitter
#GCC at #LatinXChem
GCC participated in the mega scientific event #LatinXChem that took place on Twitter!
Posters in the areas of catalysis, organic, physical-chemical and nanomaterials were presented:
- Willian Takarada (master's student): Greening up battle against organophosphates: hydroxamate-derived biocatalysts
- Patrícia Soares (master's student): Imidazole Derivates as Catalysts for degradation of organothiophosphates
- Yane Honorato (PhD student): Selective Bifunctional functionalization of graphene oxide: nanocatalyst for organophosphate.
- Alex Teixeira (PhD student): Dephosphorylation reactions of organophosphate pesticide Diazinon with Imidazole: kinectis and mechanistic insights. HONORABLE MENTION IN THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL AREA
- Valmir Baptista (PhD student): Organo (thio) phosphates with imidazole: N-Alkylation or N-phosphorylation?
- Thayna Hack (SI): Carbon Nanotube and metallic nanoparticles as nanocatalysts for hydrogen generation
- José Guilherme Lopes (PhD student): A greener destruction of organophosphates by polysaccharide-derived materials
- Renata Hellinger (master's student): Colorimetric detection of glyphosate: towards a handmade and portable analyzer
- Jessica Fonsaca (doctoral co-supervision): A pathway towards air –stable BP- based materials: targeting cathodes for Na-ion batteries
UFF Virtual Meeting
Chemical Safety
Profª. Elisa presents a lecture at the Graduate Program in Chemistry at UFF on chemical safety.
Early Career Advisory Board
Profª. Elisa in a meeting
Profª. Elisa participates in a meeting with chief editor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer of Chemical Reviews with the first actions, as a member of the "Early Career Advisory Board".
OPCW Meeting
Virtual presentation by Profª. Elisa
Profª. Elisa is a guest speaker during the virtual meeting of green and sustainable chemistry for chemical safety, organized by OPCW-Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which usually takes place in The Hague (Netherlands).
#GCC at Chemical Reviews!
Initiatives for young researchers
Prof. Elisa is chosen to be part of the advisory board for young researchers (Early Career Advisory Board) of the renowned magazine Chemical Reviews of ACS. The council has 10 members from all over the world, with the aim of bringing the vision of young researchers, to propose initiatives that can promote scientists at the beginning of their careers.
APPLIED NANOMATERIALS
New collaboration article!
GCC at ACS Applied Nanomaterials with the paper ''Graphene Modified with Triruthenium Acetate Clusters as an Electrode for the Hybrid Energy Storage System '', result of collaboration with Prof. Herbert Winnischofer and Prof. Aldo Zarbin, and participation by Alejandro E. Pérez Mendoza, Naiane Naidek, Elizangela Cavazzini Cesca and Julio César Sagás. GCC collaborated with the synthesis / characterization of functionalized nanomaterials by Naiane Naidek.
Congratulations to everyone involved! #GCCNano
#GCC in virtual congress
José presents Green Chemistry work
PhD student José Guilherme Lopes Ferreira participated and presented work at 2020 - Postgraduate Summer School on Green Chemistry, organized by IUPAC. The event would take place in Italy, but it took place virtually due to the pandemic.
#GCC is cover of Química Nova!
Unprecedented survey in the country!
GCC was on the cover of Química Nova, with the paper "Mulheres cientistas na Química Brasileira". The article highlights data from the entire trajectory of a female scientist in the field of chemistry. The survey (of countless data) was carried out by the GCC girls: Naiane Naidek (was a postdoctoral fellow), Yane Santos (doctoral student), Patricia Soares (master's student), Renata Hellinger (master's student), Thayna Hack (SI), guided by Prof . Elisa S. Orth. Check the full publication at the link
#GCC Materials Science & Engineering
New collaboration article!
Another work published by GCC in collaboration with Prof. Márcio F. Bergamini, Luiz H. Marcolino-Junior and Aldo Zarbin. The work '' A simple enzymeless approach for Paraoxon determination using imidazole-functionalized carbon nanotubes '' used functionalized materials in the GCC to detect the Paraoxon pesticide and was published in the journal Materials Science & Engineering (IF: 4.96). DOI
Congratulations to those involved!
#GCC Lecture
"Women in Science" Webinar
Profª. Elisa presents webinar and opens the UEPB Virtual Day, talking about women in Brazilian chemistry!
Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
Virtual #GCC in the 1st ERCATSUL
GCC participates in the 1st ERCAT Sul totally virtual!
Profª. Elisa makes an oral presentation at the 1st Regional Meeting of Catalysis in the South Region, talking about the catalytic detoxification of pesticides.
The following were also presented:
- 1 poster work by master's student Willian Takarada;
- 1 flash presentation by the PhD student Alex Teixeira. The presentation won the best work award in the session! Congratulations!
New collaborative work!
Pyrrole and imidazole copolymers
GCC at Electrochimica Acta, the result of the work of doctoral student Bruna (supervised by Prof. Marcio) and Franciele's thesis (co-supervised by Prof. Elisa and supervised by Prof. Marcio). The work is the result of the collaboration of GCC with Prof Marcio Vidotti (UFPR) and Prof Pedro Gómez-Romero (The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology). DOI
New GCC and GQM nanomaterials
New functionalized nanomaterials
GCC in the special issue "Focus issue on women's perspectives in materials science: 2D materials" by the Journal of Physics: Materials. The work is the result of Leandro Hostert's thesis, supervised by Prof Elisa and co-supervised by Prof Aldo Zarbin. DOI
#GCC in the Journal of Molecular Liquids
New collaboration article!
GCC in the Journal of Molecular Liquids, the result of GCC's collaboration with Prof. Paulina Pavez from Chile. '' The effect of imidazolium salts with amino acids as counterions on the reactivity of 4-nitrophenyl acetate: A kinetic study ''. DOI
Congratulations to everyone involved in the work !!!
#GCC featured in PPGQ-UFPR!
GCC recognition
Profª. Elisa Orth as featured in the "Awards and titles" category in the PPGQ-UFPR newsletter in 2019. Congratulations to the teacher and the whole group !!
#GCC and #GQM collaboration
New materials based on black phosphorus
Work by doctoral student Jessica Fonsaca, under the guidance of Prof. Aldo Zarbin, co-directed by Prof. Elisa Orth and collaboration of Prof. Sergio Domingues, published in Chem. Comm., Describing for the first time the application of a material based on black phosphorus operating in water and in air - in this case, the possibility for Na + ion batteries. DOI
#GCC in Pandemic
Group Meetings
GCC continues its activities with weekly online meetings due to COVID-19, after all, science cannot stop!
#GCC in Chemistry: The European Journal
Imidazoles in organophosphate degradation
This work is the result of the thesis of Renan Campos (professor at UTFPR-Ctba) with the collaboration of doctoral student Valmir from GCC. In addition, it had the collaboration of master student Juliano (UTFPR), Dr Fernanda, Dr Leociley and professors Alfredo (UFPR), Andersson (UFPR) and Dean (University of California-Davis). DOI
GCC at Pure And Applied Chemistry
PhD Defense
PhD defense: Jessica
On February 19th, the defense of PhD student Jéssica Fonsaca took place, supervised by Prof Aldo Zarbin, and co-supervised by Prof Elisa Orth.
Master's Defense
Master's Defense: Alex
On February 19th, student Alex Teixeira defended his master's project. The board was composed by professors Marcus Sá (UFSC) and Prof Renan Campos (UTFPR-Curitiba).
Qualification
Master's Qualification: Patrícia
On February 4th, the qualification of the master student Patrícia Soares took place. The board was composed of professors Fernando Molin (UTFPR) and Paulo Zarbin (UFPR).
Qualification
PhD Qualification: Yane
On February 3rd, the qualification of PhD student Yane Honorato took place. The evaluating board was attended by Marcela Mohallem (UTFPR), Thiago Cervantes (UFPR) and Márcio Peres (UFPR).
GCC at events: Congresses - Lectures - Tables - Presentations
2020
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Prof Elisa S. Orth. Jornada Virtual- Profissionais de Química no Brasil: Pesquisa, Ensino e Inclusão Social - UEPB- Brasil. Junho/2020. As mulheres por trás (na frente) da Química Brasileira.
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Prof Elisa S. Orth. 1° Encontro Regional de Catálise da Região Sul - ERCAT Sul (virtual) - Brasil. Julho/2020. Detoxificação catalítica de Pesticidas.
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Prof Elisa S. Orth. Seminário Online em Instituto de Química UFF - Brasil. Agosto/2020. Estamos Seguros? Destruição e detecção de pesticidas.
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Prof Elisa S. Orth. Expert Group Meeting on Green and Sustainable Chemistry for Safety and Security - OPCW (virtual) - Haia / Holanda. Agosto/2020. Greening organophosphorus chemistry: Insights on a review article regarding green chemistry and the CWC.
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Prof Elisa S. Orth. Ciclo de Web conferências PPGQ/UFGD- Brasil. Outubro/2020. Mulheres podem fazer ciência?
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Prof. Elisa S. Orth. VI Encontro Técnico-científico de Agronomia (virtual) - Brasil. Outubro/2020. Monitoramento e Degradação de Agrotóxicos.
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Prof. Elisa S. Orth. 19ª Semana de Química - UNICAMP - Brasil. Novembro/2020. Carreira, Maternidade e Prêmio L’Oréal e UNESCO.
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Prof. Elisa S. Orth. Mesa Redonda IX EPFAR & II Simbiotec - UFMS - Brasil. Novembro/2020. Mulheres na ciência: Perspectivas, Desafios e Futuro.