Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior

Associate Professor (2026) in Hydrometallurgy in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Current 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 Academic Productivity Award (2021), Best Thesis Award in Environmental Sustainability (2022), Young Leader Professional Development Award (2025), and Recycling Award (2025). Among 2 of the most relevant researchers in the world by Stanford/Elsevier (2024-2025). 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. (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)