RESEARCHER TOPICS
Biorefinery processes applied to the treatment and recovery of wastewater and organic waste, and to the recovery of resources.
Recovery of organic matter present in different types of wastewaters and solid waste through the use of bioreactors to obtain different products of high interest in the market: volatile fatty acids, methane, hydrogen and biopolymers.
Application of molecular biology techniques to determine microbial communities and population dynamics present in bioreactors.
Biorefinery processes applied to the treatment and recovery of industrial emissions and greenhouse gases.
Development and optimization of innovative (bio)conversion processes of industrial gas emissions and greenhouse gases, mainly synthesis gas, CO, CO2, CH4, Volatile Organic Compounds, Volatile Inorganic Compounds, into (bio)fuels (e.g. bioethanol, biobutanol, biogas, bio-hydrogen, biodiesel) and other bioproducts (e.g. carboxylic acids, alcohols, biopolymers, proteins, carotenoids), in (bio)reactors.