Marta Costa Figueiredo

Assistant professor
Eindhoven University of Technology

Department

Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

Contact information

Room
Helix building, room STW 4.43

Email address
m.c.costa.figueiredo@tue.nl

Key expertises

Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, electrosynthesis and energy

About me

My name is Marta Costa Figueiredo, and since 2019 I have been a Tenure track Assistant professor at Eindhoven University of Technology. I am Portuguese, but since I decided to pursue a PhD, I have been living in different European countries, from Spain (PhD) to Finland and Denmark (Post-Doc). I came to the Netherlands in 2014 to Leiden University as a Postdoctoral researcher, and after a few years, I decided to make the Netherlands my home. Before embracing the new journey in academia, I worked for two years as a Scientist at Avantium Chemicals in Amsterdam.

About my research

My research is devoted to electrocatalysis and electro(catalytic)synthesis for sustainable processes and producing high-value chemicals like fuels and organic molecules from “waste” substrates such as carbon dioxide and biomass. The main aim is to understand, develop and optimize electrochemical reactions under practical, relevant conditions in order to give a step further on the usage of electrochemistry at industrial scale.

Academic career

Tenure Track Assistant Professor 2019- present: at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the field of Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis Postdoctoral experience 2017- 2017: Postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Electrocatalysis and nanomaterials at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Under the supervision of Maria Escudero Ecribano and Jan Rossmeisl Postdoctoral experience 2014- 2017: Postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Catalysis and Surface chemistry at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Under the supervision of Prof. Marc Koper Postdoctoral experience 2012- 2014: Postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Fuel Cells at Aalto University, Finland. Under the supervision of Prof. Tanja Kalio PhD student 2009-2012: PhD student in the group of Interfacial Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis at Alicante University, under the supervision of Prof Juan Feliu

Awards and scientific honors

PhD Electrochemistry Science and Technology, (cum laude) ISE Travel Award for Young Electrochemists, 2015 ROW Fellow, Research Opportunities Week from Technical University of Munich, 2014 Best PhD thesis in Chemistry at the University of Alicante, 2012