Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology. GEMMA

Dr. Joan García

  

Full Professor

Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology

Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringFutur Scientific Profile 

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Biography

 

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.