Employment

Since 09/2021

PhD researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology (IAMT)

11/2020 - 07/2021

Senior Engineer at Companhia Brasileira de Projetos e Empreendimentos (COBRAPE), Brazil

10/2018 - 11/2018

Trainee at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico

03/2016 - 01/2017

Technological and industrial development researcher at Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Department of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering (DESA), Brazil

07/2014 - 08/2014

Trainee at Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary

05/2013 - 06/2014

Trainee at University of Applied Sciences Hochschule Emden-Leer, Germany

01/2010 - 12/2012

Scientific Initiation at Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Brazil

01/2012 - 03/2012

Trainee at Center for Agroecological Development of the Extreme South of Bahia - Terra Viva, Itamaraju, Brazil

08/2016 - 12/2016

Volunteer as a math teacher at State School Otávio Mangabeira, Brazil

Education

Since 2019

PhD in Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2017-2019

Masters in Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources at Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFOP), Brazil

Master thesis: Identification, Occurrence, Environmental and Human Health Risk of Phenolic Compounds in Aqueous Matrix

2015-2016

Specialization in Security and Safety Engineering at Engineering Faculty of Minas Gerais (FEAMIG), Brazil

Bachelor thesis: Safe behavior analysis in a public cleaning service sweeper team

2015-2016

Post-graduation in Environmental Management at Faculty of Vale do Cricaré (FVC), Brazil

Title of the article: Environmental education and the globalized environment in formal education

2008-2014

Degree in Environmental Engineering at Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Brazil

Bachelor thesis: Possibilities of mono- and polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic panel technology applications: case study in Brazil

Research Projects

2021 – currently: Solar electrodialysis in water desalination and by-products recovery

2020 – currently: Membrane distillation associated with solar energy in water treatment and removal of phenolic compounds

2020 – 2020: Wetlands and recycled ultrafiltration membranes associated with solar energy for the treatment of gray water and the generation of water for reuse

2019 – 2020: Application of multivariate chemometric methods in watershed management

2017 – 2019: Advanced water treatment to attendance in emergency situations

2018 – 2019: Development of membrane distillation module for water treatment

2016 – 2017: Treatment of acid effluent from gold mining using membrane separation processes (ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis)

2014 – 2014: Application possibilities of mono- and polycrystalline silicon solar modules? Brazilian case study

2013 – 2013: Biogas production using fresh maize and silage

2012 – 2013: Development and application of the daphnia magna toxicity test to evaluate textile industry effluents treated with different technologies

2010 – 2011: Treatment of textile industry effluents with anaerobic submerged membrane reactor

2009 – 2010: Biodiesel effluent characterization

Publications

RAMOS, R.L.; MOREIRA, V. R.; LEBRON, Y.A.R.; SANTOS, L.V.S.; AMARAL, M. C.S. Fouling in the membrane distillation treating superficial water with phenolic compounds. Chemical Engineering Journal, v. 437, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.135325

RAMOS, RAMATISA L.; LEBRON, YURI A.R.; MOREIRA, VICTOR R.; MARTINS, MATEUS F.; SANTOS, LUCILAINE V. S.; AMARAL, MÍRIAM C.S. Direct contact membrane distillation as an approach for water treatment with phenolic compounds. Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 303, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114117

RAMOS, R. L.; MOREIRA, V. R.; LEBRON, Y. A. R.; SANTOS, L. V. S.; AMARAL, M. C.S. Phenolic compounds in surface water: methodology and occurrence in Doce River, Brazil. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 193, 687, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09420-4

RAMOS, RAMATISA L.; MARTINS, MATEUS F.; LEBRON, YURI A.R.; MOREIRA, VICTOR R.; REIS, BEATRIZ G.; GROSSI, LUIZA B.; AMARAL, MÍRIAM C.S. Membrane distillation process for phenolic compounds removal from surface water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, v. O, p. 105588, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.105588

DE OLIVEIRA, KARLA LORRANE; RAMOS, R.L; OLIVEIRA, S. M. A. C.; CHRISTOFARO, CRISTIANO. Spatial variability of surface water quality in a large Brazilian semiarid reservoir and its main tributaries. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v. 194, p. 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09194-9

RAMOS, R. L.; LEBRON, Y. A. R.; MOREIRA, V. R.; SANTOS, A. V.; SANTOS, L. V. S.; AMARAL, M. C.S. Phenolic compounds seasonal occurrence and risk assessment in surface and treated waters in Minas Gerais – Brazil. Environmental Pollution, 115782. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115782

DE OLIVEIRA, KARLA LORRANE; RAMOS, RAMATISA LADEIA; OLIVEIRA, SÍLVIA CORRÊA; CHRISTOFARO, CRISTIANO. Water quality index and spatio-temporal perspective of a large Brazilian water reservoir. Water Science and Technology-Water Supply, v. ws2020, p. 1-12, 2020. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2020.374

ALVARES, CECÍLIA M.S.; GROSSI, LUIZA B.; RAMOS, RAMATISA L.; MAGELA, CÍNTIA S.; AMARAL, MÍRIAM C.S. Bi-dimensional modelling of the thermal boundary layer and mass flux prediction for direct contact membrane distillation. International journal of heat and mass transfer, v. 141, p. 1205-1215, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.07.014

AMARAL, MÍRIAM C.S.; GROSSI, LUIZA B.; RAMOS, RAMATISA L.; RICCI, BÁRBARA C.; ANDRADE, LAURA H. Integrated UF-NF-RO route for gold mining effluent treatment: From bench-scale to pilot-scale. Desalination, v. 1, p. 1-11, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2018.02.030

BAETA, B. E. L.; RAMOS, R. L.; LIMA, D. R. S.; AQUINO, S. F. Use of submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAMBR) containing powdered activated carbon (PAC) for the treatment of textile effluents. Water Science and Technology, v. 65, p. 1540, 2012. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2012.043