Pedro Mendes, from Instituto Superior Técnico, was distinguished with the Ramôa Ribeiro Prize 2026 at the XIII Encontro Nacional de Catálise e Materiais Porosos and IV Encontro do Grupo do Carbono (XIII ENCMP and IV RGC) presenting an invited talk entitled “Rethinking catalyst design: from literature data to multi-scale process optimization”
This prize is granted by the Divisão de Catálise e Materiais Porosos e do Grupo do Carbono of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Química to a Young Researcher recognizing the scientific work carried out in Portugal and significant contribution to the advancement of catalysis and porous materials in any of their areas of application.

