Get to know... Ana Faria

Ana Catarina Faria is a chemical engineer with a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, currently working at Fraunhofer Portugal AWAM. Her work has been shaped by a strong interest in turning environmental challenges into meaningful solutions for industry and society, especially in areas of carbon management and resource valorization. During her PhD, she focused on combining CO₂ capture and its conversion into methane within a single system, exploring innovative reactor designs and advanced materials. Since then, she has been involved in several research and innovation projects, contributing to the development and proof-of-concept validation of new technologies for carbon utilisation, working closely across different TRLs from experimental lab setups to pilot-scale systems.