CERENA – Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente

CERENA-Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente is a R&D Unit recognized by FCT and rated with Excellent.

CERENA’s mission is to develop research at the highest level of excellence related to the sustainable use of natural resources, including energy, as well as their impact on the environment. CERENA uses an approach that is simultaneously integrative, multidisciplinary and multi-scale, from the molecular level to the planetary scale, where researchers from different scientific fields – earth, chemical and material engineering – converge towards the same objectives.

We are committed to finding solutions to current societal challenges, including those related to climate action, environment, health, raw materials and resources, efficiency and, safe, clean and efficient energy, in order to contribute to achieving the goals of sustainable development.

CERENA is a medium size R&D Unit with researchers from various scientific fields such as mining engineering, geosciences, chemical engineering, materials engineering and geophysics among others gathered either by a common field of application and/or by the methodological approaches. Researchers are organized in three main groups: Raw Materials, Energy and Environment.

Advanced training and initiation to research, internationalization, collaboration with the industry in search of more sustainable, eco-innovative and competitive engineering solutions from a circular economy perspective, and promotion of scientific culture are our objectives.

CERENA is hosted by two largest portuguese engineering schools: Instituto Superior Técnico from University of Lisbon and Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.