Mar 14, 2024

Meet our new researchers!
Leonel Rojas joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a PhD researcher. His research will be focused on wastewater treatment by membrane photobioreactors and the further optimization of the phototrophic biomass.

Musavir Rafiq joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting PhD researcher. His research will be focused on the production of VFAs from polylactic acid and further transformation into PHA.

Mar 6, 2024

Meet our new researchers!
Minerva Maya joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting postdoc researcher. Her research will be focused on the production of biomethane and bioethanol from synthesis gas derived from solid waste gasification.

Shafana Farveen joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting PhD researcher. Her research will be focused on the microbe-mediated degradation of bioplastics and its metagenomic insights.

Feb 12, 2024

Meet our new researchers!
Rebecca Serna-García joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting postdoc. Her research will be focused on the optimization of technologies for the extraction of high added-value products such as ectoine from biogas.

Antonio León Vaz joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a ‘Juan de la Cierva’ postdoc researcher. His research will be focused on the inactivation of viruses using microalgae-based wastewater treatment systems.

Feb 2, 2024

Jan 31, 2024

Meet our new researchers!
Estheisy López joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting PhD student. Her research will be focused on the magnetic stimulation of microorganisms to improve the biological elimination of air pollutants.

Ingrid Hernández joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting PhD student. Her research will be focused on microalgae cultures for the obtaining of high-value compounds.

Jan 29, 2024

New paper accepted at Computational Biology
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Our group member Sara Sáez Orviz received the PhD Extraordinary Award for her thesis 'Incorporation of probiotics and lactobionic acid in biomaterials for food application'.
Congratulations!



Nov 30, 2023

Meet our new researcher!
Thalita dos Santos joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting PhD student. Her research will be focused on evaluating the performance of photobioreactors for domestic wastewater treatment using a consortium of microalgae and bacteria.

Nov 17, 2023

Our group member Raul Muñoz presenting 'Biogas: mucho más que electricidad y calor en planta' at the 'XXI Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería Química', held in Santiago de Chile (November 13-16, Chile).