Dr. Silvia Greses holds a Ramón y Cajal fellowship in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Valencia (UV). She completed a Chemical Engineering Degree (2010) and a MSc. in Environmental Engineering (2012) at the UV. In both degrees, she obtained competitive research collaboration grants for excellent students, along with the extraordinary awards for the best academic records. In 2018, she obtained the PhD in Chemical, Environmental and Process Engineering (UV), which was awarded the best doctoral thesis on Wastewater Management and Resource Recovery by Cátedra DAM-UV.
Her research career started at UV by studying the anaerobic digestion (AD) of wastewater to produce bioenergy (biogas), where she gained deep expertise in AD optimization using innovative reactor technologies, such as advanced anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR). Beyond biogas, her efforts focused on the development and optimization of anaerobic bioprocesses for organic waste valorization into bioenergy (CH4, H2) and bioproducts (carboxylates, ethanol, lactic acid), and the valorization of AD streams via photosynthetic microorganisms culture. This research line includes biotechnology development and microbiome analysis to establish key relationships with process outcomes. Henceforth, her mid-to-long-term objectives are to elucidate the key strategy that drives a tailor-made microbiome to obtain a target product. The development of her research line in the last years has been performed through international research stays (NMBU-Norway, University of Padova-Italy, INRAE-France), and the postdoctoral and Assistant Senior Researcher contracts (6 years) in the Biotechnological Processes Unit (BTPU) at IMDEA Energy (IME).
Dr. Greses has participated or is participating in 18 national/European (53.3%) projects, including projects with private companies that confirmed her capability for technology transfer. Moreover, evidence of, she is currently PI of a project funded by NextGenerationEU (RAVIOLIC), which evidences her leadership capacity. As proof of her scientific excellence, she has been granted with Ramón y Cajal (2023) and R3-certificated (2023). She is co-author of 34 scientific articles and 1 book chapter (GoogleScholar: h index 19, 955 cites, 89% Q1, 35% CA, 29% international collaboration, 17% industrial collaboration). The international and economic impact of her results can be proven by the citation worldwide, including cites in 2 patents (USA, UK). She co-authored more than 35 scientific communications to national/international conferences and workshops (1 invited). She was guest editor in 2 Special Issues and is currently Review editor (Frontiers). She was member of the Evaluation Committee in 1 PhD Thesis. She was member of 2 COST Actions (COST/H2020) and participates in national/international networks that increased her visibility and collaborations. The candidate taught more than 200 hours (UV) and has supervised 3 Final Degree Projects, 8 MSc. thesis, 2 postdocs and 1 practicum (IME). She is currently supervising 3 PhD thesis and 1 practicum. Her scientific career has been completed with important efforts to disseminate research to general public through interviews (iAgua.es), publications in RETEMA, participating in European Researchers Night, Science Week and Women in Science events and organizing international training schools for organic waste valorization using biotechnologies. Besides, she was invited to conferences to communicate the results with experts and companies, including the Circular Economy Conference organized by REPSOL.