Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior

Prof. Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior

Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
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Associate Professor

Biography

Associate Professor (2026) in Hydrometallurgy in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Postdoc Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (PI Yet-Ming Chiang, 2024-2025). Postdoc fellow at Stanford University in the Department of Chemical Engineering (PI William Tarpeh 2023-2024). Chemical Engineer (2011-2015) with PhD (2019-2021) and MSc (2016-2018) in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo. Visiting Scholar at The University of British Columbia (2017-2018) and The University of Queensland (2019). Professor and supervisor in the graduate program (Chemical Engineering) at the University of São Paulo. Won the Academic Productivity Award (2021), the Best Thesis Award in Environmental Sustainability (2022), the Young Leader Professional Development Award (2025), and the Recycling Award (2025). Among 2% of the most relevant researchers in the world (Stanford/Elsevier). Research interests are focused on sustainable mining towards recovery of critical minerals: electrochemistry, (electro)hydrometallurgy, membrane separation, Li-ion batteries and e-waste recycling, mining waste, synthesis of greener materials, life cycle assessment, and circular economy.

Affiliations

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Department of Chemical Engineering

Honors and Awards

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Travel Award

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MDPI

Awarded by Membranes in 2024

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