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Dr. García obtained his degree in Biology in 1990 from the Universitat de Barcelona (UB), and in 1991 started to work as Assistant Professor in Environmental Engineering at the Civil Engineering School of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Prof. García defended his doctoral dissertation on wastewater treatment engineering in 1996 at the UB. He has worked as postdoc research visitor at the University of California at Berkeley (2001), the University of Ghent, Belgium (2005) and the Florida Gulf Coast University (2018).

Dr. García carries out interdisciplinary research on the development and improvement environmental biotechnologies that allow the treatment of wastewaters and other types of wastes whilst mimicking natural functioning and therefore maximizing eco-efficiency. His research is currently focused in the recovery of bioproducts and bioenergy in the context of the circular bioeconomy, nature-based solutions and water reuse.

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Prof. Ivet Ferrer is Agricultural Engineer by the University of Lleida, Spain (2002) and MSc. in Environmental Diagnostics by Cranfield University, UK (2003). In 2008 she obtained her Doctoral Degree in Environmental Sciences by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. She has been postdoctoral research visitor at the Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology (LBE-INRAE), France (2009) and Wageningen University, The Netherlands (2010).

At UPC, she was initially assistant professor (2006), associate professor (2011) and since 2020 she is Full Professor in Environmental Engineering. She leads the research line on anaerobic digestion and biogas production of GEMMA Research Group. Her research is now focused on the recovery of resources from waste streams to obtain bioproducts and bioenergy, in the framework on the circular bioeconomy. Her main fields of expertise are anaerobic digestion and algal biotechnologies.

Associate Professor Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Futur Scientific Profile

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Dr. Marianna Garfí is an internationally recognized expert in low-cost and nature-based technologies for waste and wastewater treatment, and also in sustainability assessment (mainly life cycle assessment and multi-criteria analysis). She obtained an MSc in Environmental Engineering from the Universitá di Bologna (Italy) (2005) and in 2009 she presented her Ph.D Thesis at the same University. After her Ph.D Thesis defense, she joined the Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology (GEMMA) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) (Spain).

Currently, Dr. Marianna Garfí is leading the research line on sustainability assessment and nature-based technologies for waste and wastewater treatment at GEMMA-UPC. Her research activities aim to improve low-cost and nature-based technologies for waste and wastewater treatment (e.g. anaerobic digesters, constructed wetlands, algae-based systems) considering technical, socio-economic and environmental aspects.