About us

The Centre of Excellence for Research in Sustainable Chemistry (CERSusChem) is part of the Engineering Research Centers Program (CPE) financed by FAPESP and GSK

The Centre is formed by faculty members of a Public University, UFSCar, with ongoing projects in the area and with well-established national and international research collaborations. The expertise in the area by this team has allowed a continuous work production at the state of the art and justified the creation of the Centre. The members of the CERSusChem have come together and defined a series of challenges, over-arching goals as long-term directions of research and integrative activities of the Centre.

The research features novel strategies from across pharma, biotech and academia to meet current challenges in organic synthesis focused in the principles of sustainable chemistry, such as: cascade organocatalytic/multicomponent reactions, nanomaterials, solvent free approach or bio-solvents, biocatalysis, flow chemistry and new models for protein ligand assays.

The education and knowledge dissemination action plan encompasses changeling approaches focused in all segment of society. A special attention is given in producing experimental training focused in qualified industry worker and secondary school teacher.

Technology transfer is an integrated part of this proposal and a master goal of this Centre. To meet this aim collaborative work with industrial partner is pursued in a flexible manner in order to respond to our partners’ necessities. Our final goal is the development of a tool box for operating catalytic reactions and assays which will afford practical applications impacting in the way of manufacturing new or well-established products with more environmental and economic returns, addressing social well-being and government legislation regarding environmental approaches.