EOSC Future grant: Pedro Mendes – Catalysis
Summary
Chemical Engineering, in particular Catalysis, can design a new circular economy based on powerful scientific models. While Open Science Tools for using data are being developed (catalysis informatics), data sharing is incipient and significant community level activities do not exist. My main goal is to break the ground and make data sharing a community practice. This will be achieved by:
- (i) raising awareness on open science and FAIR data among young researchers and established researchers;
- (ii) developing key guidelines for FAIR data sharing in catalysis;
- (iii) setting the ground for a data sharing framework in catalysis.
People and Organisations
Pedro Mendes is an assistant professor at Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal). His research aims primarily at 1) understanding how catalysts work via mathematical models (catalysis informatics) an 2) designing sustainable processes by combining key knowledge at all scales (multi-scale modelling).
He enjoys collaborative work with other scientists (e.g. he founded the Young European Catalysis Network) and taking part in initiatives aiming at transforming academia, like this ambassadorship.
Key outputs
Domain specific Engagement
Moderation of the “Chemistry Europe Data Day” organized by ChemistryOpen journal (of Wiley-VCH) on 18/10/2022. The discussion of the current open science practices in chemistry led to concrete actions on how to further promote data and knowledge sharing within our community. Widespread use of electronic laboratory notebooks is deemed to be central.
Promotion and Networking
National:
- Developed and instructed the workshop on Open Data in Catalysis: “Open Data Crash Course”, at Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal) on 03/06/2022.
International:
- Catalyzed the first community curator in Chemistry/Catalysis at fairsharing.org (Daniel Costa, PhD student at Técnico)
- Co-developed the presentation of RDA/EOSC ambassadors at ACUM2022 (https://acum.unitbv.ro/)
Connection to RDA WG/IG or CoP
Pedro is co-developing the RDA disciplinary page on chemistry. Interested in telling your open data story regarding your chemical data? Reach Pedro via pedro.f.mendes@tecnico.ulisboa.pt.
He is active in the following WG/IG:
Talks, Publications and Outputs
- 2023-07-06 Interactive lecture at the “Federation of European Zeolites Associations conference” (Slovenia)
- 2023-05-30 Organized and presented at the “European Federation of Chemical Engineers Spotlight Talks on Open Science“
- 2023-05-18 Instructed Open Data Crash Course at 8PyChem conference (Portugal)
- 2023-04-17 Lecture at NFDI4Chem-NFDI4Cat symposium
- 2023-03-15 Submitting a short symposia proposal on “Open Science and Catalysis Informatics” to “18th International Congress on Catalysis”
- 2023-02-20 Interview with Beth Knazook
- 2023-02-16 RDA Chemistry webpage + spotlights
- 2023-02-15 Instructed Open Data Crash Course at UAveiro (Portugal)
- 2022-10-28 The RDA / EOSC Future Domain Ambassadors: FAIR engagement across the RDA and EOSC; 11th Edition of the International Colloquium of Social Sciences and Communication (ACUM 2022) and the National RSS Conference
- 2022-10-18 Presented and moderated at the “Chemistry Europe Data Day” organized by ChemistryOpen journal
- 2022-06-03 Open Data Crash Course
- 2022-06-03 Open Data Crash Course at ULisboa
- Instructed Open Data Crash Course at CQE (Portugal)
- Chairing a session on “Open Science for Catalysis” at “15th European Congress on Catalysis” (Czech Republic)
More information
Contact: pedro.f.mendes@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
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