1. CURRICULUM VITÆ
Name: João Miguel Faim Martins
Date of birth: 17/05/1981
Nationality: Portuguese
Marital Status: Single
Address: Rua José da Silva Ribeiro nº2, 3080 Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Telephone: +351 9669-13788/ 233 435496
E-mail: joaofaim@gmail.com
MAIN INTERESTS
Industrial Production, Planning, Management, Strategy, Research.
Oil&Gas, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Sustainability, Clean Technologies, Energy,
Environment, CO2, Climate Change, Carbon Capture and Storage.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
2009 - Master of Science in Materials Engineering and Technology by Pontifical
Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2009)
Thesis: CO2 strategic reservoirs for future use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
and CO2 geological storage in Brazil
2007 - Degree in Chemical Engineering by University of Aveiro, Portugal (2 years of
study in the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) (2007)
WORK EXPERIENCE
07/2010 - until now – Researcher at National Energy and Geology Laboratory -
Lisbon, Portugal.
Main roles: Development of COMET project - Integrated infrastructure for CO2
transport and storage in the west Mediterranean.
2007-2009 – Project Manager at Brazilian Carbon Storage Research Center
(CEPAC/ PETROBRAS) - Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Main roles: Development of the Brazilian CCGS (CO2 Capture and Geological Storage)
Technology Roadmap (organization of group dynamics, structure and methodology
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2. development, institutional networking, results analysis and final publication), research
projects development for Petrobras and other institutional partners, research for
innovative technologies, strategies and initiatives development to promote Carbon
Capture and Storage implementation in Brazil and development of international
cooperation.
2007-2008 – Project Manager at Ecoar Institute – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Main roles: Development of the Brazilian Sustainability Roadmap for CCGS (CO2
Capture and Geological Storage) Technologies and Ventures (organization of group
dynamics, structure and methodology development, institutional networking and results
analysis).
2007 - 2007 – Technical adviser of the “Brainstorming meeting on Carbon Capture and
Storage” conducted by the “Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel” (STAP) to the
“Global Environment Facility” (GEF), “United Nations Environment Programme”
(UNEP), Washington DC, USA, October 17th and 18th, 2007.
2007 - 2007 – Intern at Research and Developing Center Petrobras (CENPES) -
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Main roles: Research in the catalyst test area of the Fischer-Tropsch process in the GTL
(„Gas to Liquid‟) Cell and in the Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change group of
BTA (Biotechnology and Environmental Treatments), developing work in areas such as
CO2 capture and geological storage, climate science and clean coal technologies.
Specialties: Strategic vision, team leader, ability to analyze scenarios and define goals,
goal achievement oriented, creative with good communication skills, taste for
challenging assignments, hard worker and develop winning culture.
Languages: Portuguese (native language), English (speak, read, write), Spanish (speak,
read), French (read)
Computers Skills: MS Office package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access), MS
Project, HYSYS and Matlab.
Hobbies: Bodyboard, bodysurf, basketball, sport events organization, travel.
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3. PUBLICATIONS
1. MARTINS, João Miguel Faim; HEEMANN, Roberto; KETZER, João Marcelo;
CORREA DA SILVA, Zuleika Carretta; “Brazil’s Coalbed Methane
Challenge”, World Coal 19(5) - Surrey, United Kingdom (Palladian
Publications Ltd; May 2010), pp. 39-42.
2. MARTINS, João Miguel Faim; Brazilian Clean Coal Technologies (CCT)
Roadmap: proposal for development; II International Workshop on Carbon
Capture and Storage, Fortaleza, Brazil, November 10th – 11th 2009.
3. MARTINS, João Miguel Faim; Brazilian Clean Coal Technologies (CCT)
Roadmap: proposal for development and deployment; 3rd Symposium on
Gondwana Coals, Brazilian Carbon Storage Research Centre, Porto Alegre,
Brazil, September 16th – 18th 2009.
4. CORREA DA SILVA, Zuleika Carretta; HEEMANN, Roberto; MARTINS,
João Miguel Faim; FERREIRA, Telmo Rodrigo; FILIPE, Luís Miguel;
KETZER, João Marcelo; BIANCHINI, Rafael Valdetaro; Clean Coal
Technologies Projects in Brazilian Carbon Storage Research Centre; 10th
International Conference on Energy for a Clean Environment, Instituto Superior
Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, July 7th – 9th 2009.
5. MARTINS, João Miguel Faim; HEEMANN, Roberto; Brazilian Clean Coal
Technologies (CCT) Roadmap 2009; Workshop on Regional Production of
Clean Fuel from Rio Grande do Sul Coal, Brazilian Carbon Storage Research
Center, Porto Alegre, Brazil, March 4th 2009.
6. HEEMANN, Roberto; KETZER, João Marcelo; CORRÊA DA SILVA, Zuleika
Carretta; MARTINS, João Miguel Faim; BIANCHINI, Rafael Valdetaro;
CASTRO, Luciana Probst; MAIA, Eduardo; IGLESIAS, Rodrigo; FILIPE, Luís
Miguel; FERREIRA, Telmo Rodrigo; Brazilian Potential for Clean Coal
Technologies Application; Seminar on Energy, Greenhouse Gases and
Environment, Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal, October 6th - 8th
2008.
7. KETZER, João Marcelo; HEEMANN, Roberto; MARTINS, João Miguel Faim;
MAIA, Eduardo; IGLESIAS, Rodrigo; BIANCHINI, Rafael Valdetaro; CEPAC
Projects - CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) and Clean Coal Technologies
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4. (CCT) in Brazil; Seminar on Energy, Greenhouse Gases and Environment,
Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal, October 6th - 8th 2008.
8. HEEMANN, Roberto; KETZER, João Marcelo; MARTINS, João Miguel Faim;
CUNHA, Paulo; SANTAROSA, Cristian Sartori; BIANCHINI, Rafael
Valdetaro; CASTRO, Luciana Probst; CORRÊA DA SILVA, Zuleika Carretta;
SANTOS, Adriano Nunes; MAIA, Eduardo; FILIPE, Luís Miguel; FERREIRA,
Telmo Rodrigo; Conceptual Outline of the Brazilian Clean Coal
Technologies (CCT) Roadmap; Seminar on Energy, Greenhouse Gases and
Environment, Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal, October 6th - 8th
2008.
9. CUNHA, Paulo; SANTAROSA, Cristian Sartori; MURCE, Thais; LOVATO,
Clarissa; VILAR, Pedro; MACHADO, Claúdia Xavier; KETZER, João
Marcelo; MARTINS, João Miguel Faim; CARVALHO, Rodrigo Delalíbera;
LAMPREIA, João; DUAILIBI, Miriam; SARAIVA, Fábio; PINHEIRO, Diogo
Zaverucha; Strategies for CO2 Capture and Geological Storage
Implementation in Brazil; 2nd Petrobras International Seminar on CO2 Capture
and Geological Storage, Salvador, Brazil, September 9th - 12th 2008.
10. GOMES, Cleber; ZANCAN, Fernando; SANTOS, Mauro Meirelles de Oliveira;
HEEMANN, Roberto; KETZER, João Marcelo; MARTINS, João Miguel Faim;
BIANCHINI, Rafael Valdetaro; CASTRO, Luciana Probst; CORRÊA DA
SILVA, Zuleika Carretta; SANTOS, Adriano Nunes; Brazilian Clean Coal
Technologies Roadmap to drive CO2 Capture and Geological Storage
(CCGS) Implementation; 2nd Petrobras International Seminar on CO2 Capture
and Geological Storage, Salvador, Brazil, September 9th - 12th 2008.
11. HEEMANN, Roberto; KETZER, João Marcelo; MARTINS, João Miguel Faim;
BIANCHINI, Rafael Valdetaro; CASTRO, Luciana Probst; CORRÊA DA
SILVA, Zuleika Carretta; SANTOS, Adriano Nunes; CCGS and other Clean
Coal Technologies Contribution for the increasing Brazilian Energy
Demand and Climate Change Mitigation; 2nd Petrobras International Seminar
on CO2 Capture and Geological Storage, Salvador, Brazil, September 9th - 12th
2008.
12. MARTINS, João M. Faim; KETZER João Marcelo; CO2 Storage as a Strategic
Reserve for Future use in EOR/EGR Activities; 2nd Petrobras International
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5. Seminar on CO2 Capture and Geological Storage, Salvador, Brazil, September
9th - 12th 2008.
13. SANTOS, Mauro Meirelles de Oliveira; KETZER, João Marcelo; MARTINS,
João M. Faim; MACHADO, Claudia Xavier; BELLO, Sérgio; ZILIOTTO,
Marco Aurélio; NAGAL, Fernanda; CUNHA, Paulo; HIPPERT, Eduardo;
BATISTA, Gilmar Zacca; TOLMASQUIM, Sueli Tiomno; MUSSE, Ana Paula;
CO2 Capture and Geological Storage Brazilian Roadmap; 2nd Petrobras
International Seminar on CO2 Capture and Geological Storage, Salvador, Brazil,
September 9th - 12th 2008.
14. CUNHA, Paulo; DUAILIBI, Miriam; SARAIVA, Fabio; MARTINS, João M.
Faim; QUARTIM, Eduardo; ZILIOTTO, Marco Aurélio; NAGAL, Fernanda;
CO2 Capture and Geological Storage Brazilian Sustainability Roadmap; 2nd
Petrobras International Seminar on CO2 Capture and Geological Storage,
Salvador, Brazil, September 9th - 12th 2008.
15. MARTINS, João M. Faim; KETZER, João Marcelo; Establishment of CO2
Strategic Reservoir for Fast Hydrocarbons (Oil/Gas) Supply in Brazil,
through Enhanced Recovery (EOR/EGR); Petrobras Technology Award;
Brazil, July 2008.
16. ZANCAN, Fernando; CORRÊA DA SILVA, Zuleika Carretta; SANTAROSA,
Cristian Sartori; KETZER, João Marcelo; CUNHA, Paulo; BIANCHINI, Rafael
Valdetaro; MARTINS, João Miguel Faim; RDID&D (Research, Development,
Innovation, Demonstration and Deployment) Perspectives towards
“Climatechangeless” Coal Technologies in Brazil; Third International
Conference on Clean Coal Technologies For Our Future, Cagliari, Sardinia,
Italy, May 15th-17th 2007.
17. CUNHA, Paulo; SANTAROSA, Cristian Sartori; DINO, Rodolfo; KETZER,
João Marcelo; BIANCHINI, Rafael Valdetaro; MARTINS, João Miguel Faim;
RD&D (Research, Development and Demonstration) of CO2 storage in
Brazil; Sixth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration,
Pittsburgh, USA, May 9th -10th 2007.
18. CUNHA, Paulo Cunha; KETZER, João Marcelo; MAIA, Eduardo Bandeira;
BIANCHINI, Rafael Valdetaro; MARTINS, João Miguel Faim; Climate
changes myths and truths, renewable energies and CO2 capture and
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6. geological storage (CCGS); I Brazilian Seminar on Carbon Sequestration and
Climate Change, Natal, Brazil, April 10th-11th 2007.
Technical Reports:
1. MURCE, Thais; CUNHA, Paulo; SANTAROSA, Cristian Sartori; MARTINS,
João Miguel Faim; BIANCHINI, Rafael Valdetaro; Geological Carbon
Sequestration Map; Research and Developing Center Leopoldo Américo
Miguez de Mello (CENPES/ Petrobras), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 20th 2007.
COURSES, MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS
2009 - Coaching Trainers Course, recognized by National Authorities, Figueira Viva
Institution, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, December 2009.
2009 - Technical visit to the 1st Latin America CBM (Coalbed Methane) Pilot Project,
Porto Alegre, Brazil, September 18th 2009.
2009 - Ryo Matsumoto Gas Hydrates Short Course, Brazilian Carbon Storage Research
Centre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, March 6th 2009.
2009 - Workshop on Regional Production of Clean Fuel from Rio Grande do Sul Coal,
Brazilian Carbon Storage Research Centre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, March 4th 2009.
2008 - John Bradshaw CO2 Geological Storage Short Course, Brazilian Carbon Storage
Research Centre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, November 5th and 6th 2008.
2008 - Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Capacity Building Workshop,
Salvador, Brazil, September 8th - 9th 2008
2008 - Solid Fuel Gasification and Gas Cleaning Course, Brazilian Coal Association,
Criciúma, Brazil, March 31st - April 4th 2008.
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7. 2008 - Meeting in Geogreen (CO2 Geological Storage Engineering) headquarters with
CEPAC (Brazilian Carbon Storage Research Centre) and Petrobras committee to be
informed of the CO2 capture, transport and storage products and negotiate possible
businesses, Paris, France, January 25th 2008.
2008 - Meeting in IFP (French Institute of Petroleum) headquarters to evaluate the
Brazilian EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) project development implemented together
with Petrobras, Paris, France, January 25th 2008.
2008 - Meeting in CEA (Atomic Energy Commission) headquarters for discussion of
terms of a possible collaboration between CEPAC ( Brazilian Carbon Storage Research
Centre), Petrobras and CEA to improve synergies for the CCS (Carbon Capture and
Storage) development, Paris, France, January 24th 2008.
2008 - Visit to the CEA (Atomic Energy Commission) Research Centre with the
CEPAC (Brazilian Carbon Storage Research Centre) and Petrobras committee to
discuss new geological research activities with the objective of developing “cap rock”
bilateral knowledge in CO2 storage activity, Cadarache, France, January 22nd and 23rd
2008.
2007 - International Workshop on CO2 Geological Storage and Ethics, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, October 30th - November 1st 2007.
2007 - Environmental Education Course, I Brazilian Central West Seminar on Carbon
Sequestration and Climate Change, Cuiaba, Brazil, August 10th 2007.
2007 - “Public policy and climate change discussion forums” Course, I Brazilian
Central West Seminar on Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change, Cuiaba, Brazil,
August 9th 2007.
2007 - “Juridical aspects of climate change” Course, I Brazilian Central West Seminar
on Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change, Cuiaba, Brazil, August 9th 2007.
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8. 2007 - Visit to NETL (National Energy Technology Laboratory) to develop skills in
new clean energy technologies and preparation of the Memorandum of Understanding
between CEPAC (Brazilian Carbon Storage Research Centre) and NETL to develop
CCT (Clean Coal Technologies) and CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) activities in
Brazil, Pittsburgh, USA, May 11th 2007.
2007 - “Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Capacity Building Workshop
for Emerging Economy Members”, Pittsburgh, USA, May 7th-8th 2007.
2007 - CO2 Sequestration Course, I Brazilian Seminar on Carbon Sequestration and
Climate Change, Natal, Brazil, April 12th 2007.
2007 - CO2 Capture Course, I Brazilian Seminar on Carbon Sequestration and Climate
Change, Natal, Brazil, April 13th 2007.
2007 - Workshop on Underground Coal Gasification, Porto Alegre, Brazil, March 15th
2007.
2007 - International Workshop on Coal Technology – Petrobras/ABCM, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, March 13th and 14th 2007.
Seminars and conferences:
2009 - 3rd Symposium on Gondwana Coals, Brazilian Carbon Storage Research Centre,
Porto Alegre, Brazil, September 16th – 18th 2009.
2008 - Seminar on Energy, Greenhouse Gases and Environment, Fernando Pessoa
University, Porto, Portugal, October 6th - 8th 2008.
2008 - I National Conference on Climate Change - CLIMA08, University of Aveiro,
Aveiro, Portugal, September 29th and 30th 2008.
2008 - 2nd Petrobras International Seminar on CO2 Capture and Geological Storage,
Salvador, Brazil, September 9th - 12th 2008.
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9. 2007 - I Brazilian Central West Seminar on Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change,
Cuiaba, Brazil, August 7th -10th 2007.
2007 - Climate Change Forum, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, May 30th 2007.
2007 - Third International Conference on Clean Coal Technologies for Our Future,
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, May 15th -17th 2007.
2007 - Sixth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh,
USA, May 9th-10th 2007.
2007 - "Climate Change and Carbon Credits Market" Seminar, Siqueira Castro
Advogados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 19th 2007.
2007 - I Brazilian Seminar on Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change, Natal, Brazil,
April 10th -11th 2007.
2007 - I Brazilian Symposium on Global Environmental Changes, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, March 11th-12th 2007.
2007 - Seminar – “The recent results on the Earth climate change Human contribution:
physical aspects and the social and economical impacts”, COPPE/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, March 6th 2007.
2006 - Rio Oil and Gas Expo and Conference 2006, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September
2006.
2004 - IPAM (Portuguese Institute of Marketing and Management) Aveiro Seminar,
Aveiro, Portugal, November 2004.
2004 - VII Chemical Engineering Technological Seminar, Universidade Nova de
Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2004.
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10. 2003 - XVI Chemical Engineering Seminar, Instituto Superior Técnico – IST, Lisbon,
Portugal, April 2003.
João Miguel Faim Martins
November 2010
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