Elvira Fortunato
Universidade NOVA
Chairs, Committee & Organisers
Chairs and Ambassadors
Alexey Tarasov
Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences & MUNASET project
Amaia Zurutuza
Graphenea Semiconductor SL & 2D-PL, Next-2DIGITS, MUNASET, GIANCE projects
Cedric Huyghebaert
Black Semiconductor & 2DNeuralVision project
Local Committee
Antonio Vilanova
Hycarb, Portugal
Sara Barros
Graphenest, Portugal
Jerome Borme
INL, Alpuim Research Group, Portugal
Paula Dias
LEPABE – FEUP, Portugal
Bruna Fonseca
FI Group, Portugal
Marlene Faria
FI Group, Portugal
Sofia Oliveira
FI Group, Portugal
Business Developer and Head of Sustainability at HyCarb
António Vilanova is an Environmental Engineer specialised in renewable fuels, advanced materials and sustainability. He holds an MSc in Environmental Engineering (2014) and a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering (2021) from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). He currently works as Business Developer and Head of Sustainability at HyCarb, a Portuguese deep-tech spin-off from the University of Porto, founded in 2024. HyCarb develops plug-and-play, containerized and modular units based on its proprietary Intermediate Temperature Catalytic Methane Splitting (IT-CMS) technology, which converts methane - sourced from natural gas, biogas, landfill gas, or biomethane - into clean hydrogen and high-value graphitic carbon, without direct CO2 emissions.
Graphenest is a technology provider of graphene based EMI shielding solutions for the automotive, electronics, and aerospace markets. Graphenest offers metal free conductive plastics and coatings products that provide high RF/EMI/EMC Shielding performance while reducing production costs and weight.
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Paula Dias is a Chemical Engineer and permanent Assistant Researcher at LEPABE - Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). Her major training aimed at processes, products and energy with complementary training in photoelectrochemistry and materials science. Currently, she is coordinating EIC Transition ZEROCARB project (101215113) for hydrogen and graphitic carbon production, without CO2 emissions, through catalytic methane splitting.
Organisers (Graphene Flagship CSA)
Luciana Löberg
Events Manager
Rebecca Waters
Dissemination Manager
Sara Plebani
Events Coordinator
Flavia Maia
Administration Manager
Dana Gilliland-Wiström
Communications Coordinator
Kirsten Loewenthal
Digital Media Coordinator
International Scientific Programme Committee
Alba Centeno, Graphenea, Spain
Alexey Tarasov, Hochschule Kaiserslautern, Germany
Amaia Zurutuza, Graphenea, Spain
Antonio Vilanova, Hycarb, Portugal
Cedric Huyghebaert, Black Semiconductor, Germany
Dusan Losic, Adelaide University, Australia
Elvira Fortunato, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
Francesco Bonaccorso, BeDimensional, Italy
Guilhermino Fechine, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil
Henning Döscher, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung EV, Germany
Hyeon Suk Shin, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Seoul, South Korea
Inge Asselberghs, imec, Belgium
Jerome Borme, INL, Alpium Research Group,Portugal
Johnathan Coleman, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Maria Abrahamsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Graphene Flagship Director, Sweden
Marianna Rossetti, ICN2, Spain
Sara Barros, Graphenest, Portugal
Saroj Dash, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Sofia Öiseth, Chalmers Industriteknik, Sweden
Vincenzo Palermo, ISOF-CNR, Italy
Zdenek Sofer, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (UCT), Czech Republic