Dr. JD Badia is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering (DIQ) of the University of València (UV). He holds M.Sc. degrees in Chemical Engineering (Extraord. Award), Mechanical Engineering and Materials, and Erasmus Mundus Materials and Sensor Systems for Environmental Technologies, as well as a PhD in Engineering and Industrial Production (Extraord. Award).
 
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RESEARCH/ His work has been devoted towards (i) the Design and Functionalisation of polymer-based dispositives for application sectors such as energy, biomedicine, packaging and environmental technologies, and (ii) Valorisation of polymer-based materials, through mechanical, chemical, thermal and biological means. His work has been placed at the RDT groups of Functionalisation, Recycling and Degradation of Polymer Materials (UPV, Spain, 2007-2017) and at the Materials Technology and Sustainability (UV, Spain, 2018-act). He has perfomed 5 research stays (33,5 months) in Dept of Fibre and Polymer Technology (KTH, Sweden) and Dept of Analytical and Organic Chemistry (URV, Spain). He shows recognition of 2 research periods (2007-2018). He shows 63 publications in JCR (85% Q1), >1900 citations and h-index of 27 (4 papers>100 cit), 3 research chapters, > 100 communications in conferences (>60% international, >10 oral), and 5 divulgative papers focusing on companies. He has participated in 32 research projects (including 8 National and 2 International, funded by LIFE and Chilean Government). He has led 2 regional projects and is currently co-leading 2 research projects from the Spanish Ministry. Collaborations with other research groups is shown in 32 co-authored papers (20 at int. level, with researchers of Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan -Sweden-, Università degli Studi di Genova - Italy-, or University of Aberdeen - UK-.). Since late 2019, he is leader of the RDT Group of Materials Technology and Sustainability (MATS) of the DIQ-UV.

TRANSFER / Concerning work with industry, he has participated in 26 contracts / technical assistances for companies, technological centers and/or administrations, leading 12 of them. Co-author of 1 patent. Concerning work with society, 10 projects (3 international, Interreg, Erasmus+), on public procurement of innovation for municipalities, and involvement of women in the STEM careers. He has organised 7 transfer workshops and offered 10 speeches in seminars and summer schools. Since 2024, director of the University Chair AIMPLAS-UV, in liason with AIMPLAS, the Institute of Technology of Plastics, a worldly known institution. 

TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT/ He shows recognition of 2 teaching periods (2007-2021). His teaching expertise is focused on the bases of chemical engineering, technology of materials, statistical process control and innovation procedures of the chemical industry. He has co-directed 1 PhD Thesis, with international mention, 10 (7 Q1) JCR-indexed papers and 1 research award. He's currently (co)directing 4 doctoral theses, 2 of them with industrial mention. He has also directed >65 B.Sc/M.Sc final degree theses. Trainer at the Teaching Service for Lecturers of the Universitat de València in teaching aspects (active methodologies, flipped teaching and ICT tools) and research issues (impact-driven design of projects or academic visibility). Teaching staff of the School of Doctorate (UV) for transversal courses. Coordinator of entrepreneurship-driven groups of students at the MOTIVEM initiative of the UV and contact point in chemical engineering at ETSE of the university incubators. Concerning assessment, he is international expert for the evaluation of European Projects of Erasmus+ call [Spanish Service of Internationalisation of Education-SEPIE], Research and Innovation Actions of H2020 [for BBI-JU/consortium and EASME] and recently for Horizon Europe, CBE consortium, M-Eranet, Spanish Agency of Research, Andalusian and Aragonese Spanish RDT Regional Agencies, and the Chilean Government.

OTHER RELEVANT ACTIONS /  Co-leader the Innovation Teaching Group in Chemical Engineering and Environment of the DIQ-UV (2018-2024). 24 innovation teaching projects (3 coordinated), being 5 of them Erasmus+ (2 as PI) focusing on primary/adult learners. 4 JCR-indexed papers and more than 40 communications. Co-director of 2 former University Expert Degrees related to (bio)circular economy: Bioplastics and Biocomposites, and Recycling of Plastics, in liason with the Institute of Plastics AIMPLAS. He was RTD manager of the Institute of Technology of Materials of the UPV for 2,5 years. Since 2022, Chief of Initiatives in Sustainable Waste Management at the Vicerrectorate of Sustainability of the University of Valencia. Since 2024, component of the Open Science Commission of the UV.

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My training as a pre-doctoral researcher, my experience as a post-doctoral researcher and my participation in several research projects have consolidated my professional expertise in green electrochemical engineering, focused in the fields of metals resource recovery and wastewater treatment. I received my bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering in 2009, and my master's degree in Hydraulic Engineering and Environment (2011) from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). I was awarded for the best academic track record in Chemical Engineering among all graduates in the academic year 2008/2009. From 2007 to 2010 I enjoyed several collaboration scholarships funded by the UPV, one of which was obtained thanks to my degree's award. From 2010 to 2014, I obtained a predoctoral grant (VALI+D program) funded by the Generalitat Valenciana (GV). During my PhD I had the opportunity to perform several international collaborations with the Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) in the inter-university Spanish-Brasilian collaboration program, and national level with the Universidad de Cantabria (UC), which served to acquire the scientific skills necessary for my thesis project and to build links with other laboratories for future collaborations. On July 2014, I defended my PhD entitled "Study of the zinc recovery from spent pickling baths (SPBs) coming from the hot dip galvanizing industries using electrochemical technologies", at the UPV, obtaining my doctorate with the CUM LAUDE distinction.

Afterwards, I was hired as a post-doctoral researcher (PDR) in the Jaume I University (2015), where I worked together with a researcher from the Sharif U. of Tech. in the electrochemical characterization of Perovskites solar cells. From 2015 to 2017, I was a PDR at the UPV of the VALI+D program, a competitive call funded by the GV. During the first year of this PD grant I worked on chlorine reduction during zinc electrodeposition at the UPV and, in the second year, I did a one-year stay at the UC, where I acquired new scientific skills on the electro-oxidation of per-fluorinated compounds. After, I was hired by the UC thanks to the GRADISAL project, where I carried out the set-up of the reverse electrodialysis stack and I learnt about the blue energy technology. Then, I was hired by the UPV in the LIFE-2-ACID project whose main aim is the technology transference by the construction of a reactor that combines the membrane technology with an electrochemical reactor. In 2021 I got an associate lecturer position in the chemical engineering department of the U. de València (UV), where I expect to improve my teaching experience and to consolidate my research activity. My research lines at the UV are related to nutrient concentration by electro-dialysis and electrochemical oxidation of refractory compounds (emergent pollutants).

I have actively participated in 9 regional, national and EU R&D projects obtained in competitive calls and two contracts with private entities. During my career, I have published 20 documents in peer-reviewed journals, 16 of them located in the 1st Q of JCR, 2 educational research works and 5 conference papers. Amongst them, there are 2 documents in collaboration with international researchers, Angela Kasper and Sara Rahimnejad. Besides. On the other hand, I have participated in 24 international and national congresses and I have, recently, published a book chapter with the Excellence Researcher net E3TECH. Regarding higher education academic activity, I have taught at undergraduate and master levels, with 4 final year projects and 7 master thesis co-directed, one of them with an international Student from the University of Strathclyde (Jennifer Bain). In the UV I participated as co-director in the doctoral thesis of Patricia Ruiz Barriga, entitled "Estudio de la Recuperación de Nutrientes de las Aguas Residuales". Finally, I have taken part in 4 science dissemination events prepared for all ages.

I hold a degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Industrial Safety and Environment, both awarded by the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). I obtained a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Production from the UPV in 2014, receiving the Extraordinary Doctoral Award in 2015. During my doctoral studies, I carried out a research stay at the School of Materials of the University of Manchester (United Kingdom), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Robert Akid. After defending my PhD thesis, I was employed (from 2014 to 2020) as a Senior Technician with a PhD degree in the Electrochemical Engineering and Corrosion (IEC) research group, belonging to the ISIRYM University Institute (Institute of Industrial Safety, Radiophysics and Environment) of the Universitat Politècnica de València. From 2020 to 2024, I served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Valencia. I am currently a Full Professor in the same department. My research focuses on several fields, including nanotechnology, photocatalysis, (photo)electrochemistry, and environmental engineering. I have been awarded two six-year research periods (“sexenios”) recognized by ANECA. I have an h-index of 25, 75 JCR-indexed articles, 2 book chapters, 3 complete books, and more than 60 contributions to national and international conferences, some of them oral presentations. Among these, I highlight one invited lecture on photoelectrocatalysis in environmental and energy processes at the 1st Ibero-American Conference on Scientific Dissemination “Electrochemical technology at the service of Society: applications in environment and energy”. I have co-authored publications with several international research centers, such as the Corrosion and Protection Centre (School of Materials, University of Manchester, United Kingdom), the Corrosion-Electrochemistry Laboratory (Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V-Agdal University of Rabat, Morocco), the Institute for Surface Science and Corrosion at Friedrich-Alexander University (Erlangen-Nuremberg), and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan). I have participated in 17 pre-competitive research projects at national and regional levels (one of them as Principal Investigator), as well as projects funded by universities. In terms of technology transfer, I have contributed to 1 patent and 7 technology transfer contracts with companies and technological centers. Notably, this includes a contract exceeding €200,000 with the company Power Electronics for the development of a rechargeable lithium-ion LFP-graphite battery with a prismatic configuration. I have supervised 2 PhD theses, one of them with International Mention, and I am currently supervising a third one. Additionally, I have supervised more than 25 Bachelor’s Final Projects and over 15 Master’s Final Projects.

Regarding teaching activities, during my PhD I taught several courses in the Bachelor’s degrees in Chemical Engineering, Industrial Technologies Engineering, and Energy Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València. Furthermore, after completing my PhD, I delivered a 15-hour theoretical-practical course on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) at the Public University of Navarre. I also taught at the Universitat Politècnica de València as an Associate Professor and as a Postdoctoral Researcher for four academic years (2016/2017–2019/2020). Currently, I teach in several undergraduate and master’s degree programs at the University of Valencia as a Full Professor.

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Mª Vicenta González Alfaro studied Chemical Sciences, specializing in Industrial Chemistry, at the University of Valencia (1987-1992). She earned her PhD in Chemical Sciences from the same university in 1998 under the supervision of Dr. Avelino Corma Canós and Dr. A.V. Orchillés Balbastre, receiving the 'cum laude' distinction and the Extraordinary Doctoral Award.

She has published 33 research papers in various fields of Chemical Engineering, mainly in the areas of heterogeneous catalysis, separation operations, and phase equilibrium, and has presented numerous papers at conferences. In recent years, she has collaborated with 3 international research centers, notably the Institute of Catalysis at Cardiff University and the University of Cambridge.

Her research line dedicated to heterogeneous catalysis began in 1993 when she started working with Dr. Avelino Corma of the ITQ, a joint center of the Polytechnic University of Valencia-CSIC. During that period, her line of work was focused on the search for and optimization of zeolite-based catalysts for catalytic cracking, having worked with pure compounds (paraffins, naphthenes, etc.). Since 1995, she has conducted part of her research in the field of vapor-liquid equilibrium of binary mixtures, joining the group specializing in the Thermodynamics of Electrolyte-Containing Solutions in the Department of Chemical Engineering. The group's objective has been to use electrolytes as entrainers for the extractive distillation separation of azeotropic or hard-to-separate mixtures. Initially, inorganic salts were used as extractants, but starting in 2006, they were replaced by ionic liquids, making the group one of the first in the world to use them as entrainers in the extractive distillation of mixtures. This line of research is complemented by the experimental determination of the thermodynamic and transport properties of mixtures formed by solvents and inorganic salts or ionic liquids. Since 2018, she has rejoined the Heterogeneous Catalysis group of the Department of Chemical Engineering. Some of the objectives of this research group are both the elimination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) through catalytic oxidation (improving the activity and stability of the catalysts used), and the valorization of biomass as a biofuel, using catalytic materials. In recent years, she has also worked on a project for the synthesis of photocatalytic materials by the electrochemical anodization of titanium.

She has participated in 20 research projects as a researcher. She has been recognized for five periods of research activity (sexennia) as a Full Professor.

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Hermenegild Maria i Femenia, degree in Chemical Sciences, industrial specialty, from the University of Valencia (1992) and degree in Environmental Sciences from UNED (2013). He currently works as an associate professor (1998), attached to the Chemical Engineering department at ETSE-UV. He also works as a secondary school teacher at the IES Historiador Chabàs in Dénia (2010). He has been a career civil servant since 2004.

Expert in wastewater treatment technologies, focused on the research areas of nutrient recovery and anaerobic digestion of waste streams. She led the Innovation Department of a company dedicated to the management and maintenance of municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and waste treatment facilities (from 2008 to 2021), and she is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Universitat de València. She obtained her PhD in Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de València in the field of phosphorus recovery from wastewater. Subsequently, she joined the private sector, where she headed the Innovation Department and led an active research team working on water treatment and reuse (biological nutrient removal, anaerobic digestion processes, disinfection technologies, biogas production and upgrading). In the corporate environment, she has promoted and led the innovation process and the link between corporate strategy and customer needs. She has participated in more than 25 research projects (nationally and EU-funded), is co-author of 3 patents and 1 utility model, and has around 30 conference communications and 40 articles in scientific journals.

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I hold a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Production from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, after completing official Master's degrees in Maintenance Engineering and Industrial Engineering.

I am also a Senior Technician in Risk Prevention, an Expert in Comprehensive Management of Healthcare Support Services, certified in Infrared Thermography by The Infrared Training Center (ITC), and an Expert in Maintenance Management by the Spanish Maintenance Association.

Professionally, I have over twenty years of experience in Infrastructures and Maintenance Engineering; the last six years as Head of the Engineering Department at the Valencia Clínico Malvarrosa Health Department.

Regarding research, I am co-author of 13 publications, including international journals and conference papers, funded by research projects. I have also participated as a speaker or moderator at various national and international conferences, primarily related to signal and image processing, artificial intelligence, and thermography.

Since 2014, I have been a lecturer at the Valencian School of Health Studies (EVES), and since 2019, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Valencia. There, I have taught various courses in the Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, the Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, and the Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering, covering both the theoretical and practical components. The courses I have taught primarily focus on subjects such as Occupational Health and Safety, Projects, Software Tools, Quality, Organization and Management, and Facilities and General Services. I have supervised 16 undergraduate final projects and served on their respective evaluation panels. Regarding the supervision of external internships, I have completed the corresponding training course for teachers (SYSTEM OF EVALUATION AND ACCREDITATION OF EXTERNAL INTERNSHIP TUTORS (SEATPE) OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA) and have monitored more than 30 students, in addition to the 8 assigned for the 25-26 course.

Chemical Engineer (2008) by the Universitat de València, and Master in Environmental Engineering (2010) and PhD in Water and Environmental Engineering (2013) by the Universitat Politècnica de València, specialized in anaerobic processes for the valorization of wastewater and other organic wastes. Recipient in 2014 of a postdoctoral contract of the VALi+d program, funded by the Generalitat Valenciana, and of a Juan de la Cierva contract in 2016, funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO). Associate Professor of the Dept. of Chemical Engineering at the UV since 2017. Researcher for more than two years at the Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement (LBE) of INRAE, in Narbonne, France. Member of the steering committee of the Specialist Group on Anaerobic Digestion and Specialist Group on Instrumentation, Control and Automation of the International Water Association (IWA). Member of 3 IWA working groups (TG on Meta-Data Collection and Organization - MetaCO, TG on Membrane Bioreactor Modelling and Control - MBR_MC, WG on algae and phototrophic microbes modeling), being co-chair of the MBR_MC group. Member of the Management Committee of the WATER4REUSE COST ACTION, which aims to promote the recycling and reuse of reclaimed water and its by-products. First vice-president of the IWA Young Water Professionals in Spain, during its creation and consolidation. Currently Deputy Director of Institutional Relations, Equality and Culture.

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I am a Full Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Valencia (UVEG) and researcher at the Environmental Engineering Research Group (GI2AM).

I have a degree in Chemical Engineering and a Masters in Environmental Engineering from the University of Valencia (UV-UPV). I did my doctoral thesis in the Chemical, Environmental and Process Engineering program of the UVEG, with the qualification of "Cum Laude", International Mention and Extraordinary Doctorate Award.

My research activity focuses on the development of bioprocesses for the valorization of waste streams and their integration in biorefinery platforms, aimed at obtaining biofuels, bioplastics and other products of high added value from different types of waste, including agricultural, agro-industrial, textile and other complex waste of industrial origin. This line addresses the transformation of these streams through fermentative processes and the design of operation strategies aimed at maximizing the production of target compounds, with application in the industrial environment.

I develop my research activity in collaboration with national and international groups, within the framework of regional, state and European projects, among which the Marie Curie "NextAirBiotreat" project stands out, which included a stay in the R&D department of PAS Solutions BV (Netherlands). Also, I obtained a competitive postdoctoral contract from the Generalitat Valenciana, with a research stay at the Universidade da Coruña.

My academic activity is completed with the direction of final master's theses and doctoral theses, as well as with the academic coordination of the first year of the Degree in Chemical Engineering and the Double Degreein Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

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