Principal Investigator

URJC
ORCID: 0000-0001-7614-4025
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering. She has more than 15 years of experience in systems analysis by LCA and exergoeconomic analysis tools. Expert on heterogeneous catalysis for biomass upgrading. Head of the Research Chair in Circular Economy.

Principal Investigator

URJC

ORCID: 0000-0001-5929-2608

Professor of Chemical Engineering. Group leader in chemical valorization of biomass to bioproducts. Expertise on rational design and preparation of multifunctional catalysts for process intensification.

Work Team

URJC

ORCID: 0000-0002-7585-8138
PhD student specializing in textile waste valorization for the production of nanocellulose as a biopolymer reinforcement material. Fractionation of textile blends such as polycotton in their components. Research also fouses on high-quality cyclic hydroxyester dimers for bio-based polymers.

Work Team

URJC

ORCID: 0000-0003-0526-2897

Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry in URJC. Research focuses on the synthesis of heterogeneous catalysts and the valorisation of biomass to produce bio-based monomers.

Work Team

URJC

Chemical Engineer, currently pursuing a PhD focused on the valorization of biomass into high-value bioproducts. 

Work Team

URJC

ORCID: 0009-0004-0355-7995
PhD student working on the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass using advanced catalytic and characterization techniques. Previously, I conducted research on furfural upgrading, hemicellulose valorization, and glucose isomerization.

Work Team

URJC
ORCID: 0000-0001-7217-1624
PhD student focused on lignocellulosic biomass valorization, with research experience in heterogeneous catalysis and zeolite-based catalyst development.

Work Team

URJC
ORCID: 0009-0001-1513-8980

PhD student working on catalyst with controlled active-site environments for the transformation of biomass-derived carbohydrates and the sustainable production of biomonomers.

Research Team

URJC
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering. Expertise on heterogeneous catalytic systems green and fine chemistry, feedstock recycling of plastic wastes and sustainable transformation of biomass to bioproducts.

Research Team

URJC

ORCID: 0000-0002-7869-5231

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at URJC. Research focuses on the synthesis of heterogeneous catalysts applied to hydrogenation and catalytic transfer hydrogenation reactions for biomass valorization.

Research Team

URJC

ORCID: 0000-0002-8166-6511
Assistant professor in Chemical Engineering. He works in the fields of process systems engineering and process intensification with multi-scale modeling and mathematical optimization approaches.

Research Team

URJC

ORCID: 0000-0002-5451-9022
Assistant Professor on Chemical and Environmental Engineering. LCA expert on national and international projects, and group coordinator of the Energy Sector of the Spanish LCA Network. Expertise in process systems engineering and sustainability analysis.

Research Team

URJC

ORCID: 0000-0002-3688-7235
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering. Research experience in the development of advanced heterogeneous catalyst based on zeolites for biomass valorization.

Research Team

URJC

ORCID: 0000-0001-6709-5102

Assistant Professor in the Depart. of Chemical Engineering at URJC and researcher in the GIQA group, specialized in the chemical valorization of biomass and chemical recycling of polymers. Expert in the synthesis and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts for the production of platform molecules and the development of sustainable catalytic processes.

Principal Investigator

UPV/EHU

ORCID: 0000-0002-9764-8377

Professor at the University of the Basque Country, specializing in advanced catalytic processes for obtaining value-added compounds from biomass. His research covers the development of catalysts and the design of advanced reaction systems aimed at process intensification. It also includes process optimization through technical-economic assessments (TEA) and life cycle assessments (LCA) to determine their viability and sustainability.

Principal Investigator

UPV/EHU

ORCID: 0000-0002-4082-5352

Assistant professor at the University of the Basque Country. Specialized in the development of advanced catalytic processes for the production of value-added compounds from biomass platform molecules. Integration of the processes developed through techno-economic studies.

Work Team

UPV/EHU

ORCID: 0009-0002-3653-9422

PhD candidate at the University of the Basque Country specializing in heterogeneous catalytic processes for biomass recovery. Development of conversion and selective oxidation routes using gold-based catalysts. Integration of the processes developed with a focus on sustainable technologies and precursors for renewable materials.

Work Team

UPV/EHU

ORCID: 0000-0003-4626-7299

PhD student at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) specializing in the development and advanced characterization of catalytic systems for the production of monomers derived from biomass. His research focuses on the optimization of conversion routes for furanic platforms using non-noble catalysts.

Research team

UPV/EHU

ORCID: 0000-0002-0078-9617

Professor at the Bilbao School of Engineering (EHU). Throughout his career, he has carried out research work in both academia and industry, accumulating more than 14 years of experience in the transformation and functionalization of polymeric materials and composites.

Research team

UPV/EHU

ORCID: 0000-0002-4246-5231

Professor with a PhD from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), with more than eight years of experience in sustainable catalytic processes for the production of biofuels and high added-value compounds. Specialized in biomass recovery through the development of catalytic technologies.

Principal Investigator

UMA

ORCID: 0000-0002-3704-1215

Professor at the University of Malaga with three six-year periods of research. His lineas of research are related to the development of solid catalysts for applications in niorefineries.

Principal Investigator

UMA

ORCID: 0000-0002-7610-6042

Professor at the University of Malaga, with six years of research experience. His main line of research focuses on the development of heterogeneous catalytic processes for the conversion of biomass into biofuels and bioproducts.

Work Team

UMA

Graduate in Chemistry from the University of Malaga. Pre-doctoral student. Hired to work on the SUSCATEX Project.

Research Team

UMA

ORCID: 0000-0002-9523-4381

Professor at the University of Malaga with five six-year periods of research. Current research focuses on the valorization of biomass through catalytic processes.

Principal Investigator

UMA

ORCID: 0000-0003-4464-0432

Professor at the University of Malaga withtwo six-year periods of research. Her lines of research focus on the development of heterogeneous catalysts for biomass recovery and biofuel production.

Research team

UMA

ORCID: 0000-0002-8681-1191

Professor at the University of Malaga with five six-year periods of research. His lines of research have focused on the preparation of catalysts capable of eliminating atmospheric pollutants such as NOx, producing biofuels, revaluing products such as glycerin or hydrocarbons such as propane, and in recent years on the revaluation of sugars in relation to the use of biomass resources.

Principal investigator

CSIC

ORCID: 0000-0002-1269-0622

CSIC Research Professor. His research focuses on developing and understanding the fundamentals of catalytic technologies aimed at transforming biomass into chemical products and biofuels.

Principal investigator

CSIC

ORCID: 0000-0002-1891-1748

CSIC Scientific Researcher: his research activity focuses on the valorization of biomass through sustainable heterogeneous catalytic processes in both batch and continuous liquid phases. In general, he focuses on hydrogenation reactions to obtain renewable monomers and optimize protocols for their purification so that they can be used later in their polymerization.

Work Team

CSIC

ORCID: 0009-0001-1425-1738

PhD student. The topic of his doctoral thesis is the synthesis of 1,5-pentanediol from biomass-derived furfural using sustainable catalytic processes. This monomer has numerous applications in the polymer production industry, such as polyesters and polyurethanes, among others. 

Work team

CSIC

PhD student. His doctoral thesis deals with the synthesis of polyalcohols, 1,2,5-pentanetriol and 1,2,5,6-hexanetetrol from furfuryl alcohol (FA, five C atoms) and bishydroxymethylfuran (BHMF, six C atoms), both derived from biomass through heterogeneous catalytic processes. These products are very interesting for use as cross-linkers in polymer production. 

Work team

CSIC

ORCID: 0000-0002-2295-0774

PhD student. His doctoral thesis focuses on the development of catalytic processes for the production of dicarboxylic acids (maleic and succinic acids) from lignocellulosic biomass. These dicarboxylic acids, which are useful in the synthesis of polyesters, are currently obtained from petroleum.

Research team

CSIC

ORCID: 0000-0003-0635-6844

CSIC Scientific Researcher. His research activity focuses on the photo-directed upcycling of PET into monomers and molecules with high added value through photocatalytic and photothermal depolymerization of PET micro- and nanoparticles using heterogeneous catalysts. He has extensive experience in the scaling of environmental catalytic processes and in the technological development of catalytic solutions for air pollution control and wastewater treatment. His current lines of research also focus on the production, distribution, and remediation of microplastics and nanoplastics/oligomers.