Researcher Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Futur Scientific Profile

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Dr. Eva Gonzalez-Flo is a Biomedical Engineer with a Doctoral Degree in Biomedicine specified in synthetic biology and bioengineering. Her research is based on applying engineering principles in biological processes with the ambition of solving real-world problems in both the environmental and biomedicine fields. She obtained her BSc in Biomedical Engineering (2015) and MSc in Biomedical Research (2016) from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. She was the recipient of a doctoral scholarship from the Generalitat de Catalunya (FI 2017-2020) and developed her doctoral thesis in the Synthetic Biology for Biomedical Applications laboratory at UPF-DCEXS.

Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow in the Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology (GEMMA) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech) involved in the H2020 PROMICON Project. Her research seeks to improve the predictability and exploitation of the natural and synthetic microbial consortia for the biosynthesis of products of high industrial relevance by developing genetic and molecular analysis techniques.

Postdoctoral Researcher Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Futur Scientific Profile

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Dr. Antonio Ortiz holds a Bachelor's degree in Architectural Technology and Building Construction from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain) in 2014, and he did the bachelor’s thesis at Universidad Autónoma de México within the framework of the programmes UPC-Latin America. He obtained his MSc in Environmental Engineering at Barcelona School of Civil Engineering (UPC) (2018). He was recruited by the Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology (GEMMA) as a researcher (2017-2021). During this time, he carried out his PhD Thesis in the framework of the international projects INCOVER (Innovative Eco-Technologies for Resource Recovery from Wastewater) and PAVITR (Potential and Validation of Sustainable Natural & Advance Technologies for Water & Wastewater Treatment, Monitoring and Safe Water Reuse in India), both funded by the European Commission H2020 Research and Innovation Programme.

He is expert in the field of nature-based solutions for wastewater treatment on a pilot and demonstrative full-scale assist by biokinetic and hydrodynamic modelling, with special focus on microalgae-based treatement. Antonio Ortiz is co-author of 8 research papers and currently his research interest is focused on implementing nature-based solutions at demonstrative-scale.

Ramón y Cajal Researcher Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Futur Scientific Profile

 

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Dr. Etiele Morais holds a degree in Food Engineering (2012), a Master’s (2015), and a PhD (2019) in Food Science and Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande (Brazil). She has extensive experience in microalgae cultivation, downstream processing, and biomass applications at laboratory, pilot, and industrial scales. Since 2008, she has been involved in a wide range of activities related to microalgae research, including CO₂ biofixation, wastewater treatment (lab and pilot scale), production of biostimulants and biofertilizers, development of bioplastics, as well as food and feed applications. Her expertise also includes random mutagenesis for microalgae strain improvement. Dr. Morais is currently a Ramón y Cajal researcher and professor at the Department of Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), and since 2022 she has been part of the Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Research Group (GEMMA).