PUGA VACA, ALBERTO
iMarina ID: 04-323563Departament
Enginyeria Química. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona
Grup
MEMTEC, Materials, Membrane and Encapsulation Technology (2017 SGR 00085). Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona
Codis d'identificació
Cronologia
maig de 2019
Personal investigador Ramón y Cajal
Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Enginyeria Química
2019 - 2024
maig de 2019
Personal Investigador Ramon y Cajal. Enginyeria Química
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
2019 - 2020
gener de 2012
Appointed initially from a successful JAE-Doc grant. The project involved the use of ionic liquids and heterogeneous catalysis for the efficient transformation of biomass into value-added chemicals, and the generation of solar fuels by photocatalysis, focusing for both areas on the implementation of the studied technologies in processes of commercial interest.
Later, I became the Principal Investigator of the project entitled Producción fotocatalítica de hidrógeno mediante energía solar a partir de biomasa o de aguas residuales, successfully awarded a three-year national grant for young researchers (CTQ2015-74138-JIN, total amount: 194810 €, co-funded by the Spanish Research Agency and the EU), devoted to designing highly efficient nanostructured photocatalysts for the transformation of low-cost feedstocks derived from waste and/or renewable substrates to solar fuels, chiefly hydrogen or light carbon-based products. This is in line with a strategy based on earning energy from both the Sun and residues from human activities. Furthermore, I have recently become the Principal Investigator and coordinator of an international project (ADSIDEO-AD1705) in collaboration with Université Hassan I (UHI, Morocco) aiming at developing a cost-effective technology for hydrogen production by solar treatment of wastewaters, to be transferred to industrial sectors in both countries.
I supervised an early-stage researcher (M. Imizcoz, MSc degree), whose MSc thesis on the photoreforming of bio-oil components for sustainable H2 production was awarded the Third Cemex-Sostenibilidad Prize from Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV).
On an educational ambit, I held collaborations with (UPV, general Chemistry teaching and laboratory demonstration courses for undergraduate students).
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2012 - 2016
juny de 2011
Personal investigador. Enginyeria Química
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
2011 - 2011
maig de 2011
Membrane technologies and polymer-coated capsules for detergents.
MARIE CURIE Fellowship for the project Advanced encapsulation technology for sustainable detergency (CAP-IT!) within the Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7, grant agreement n° 251298).
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
2011 - 2011
febrer de 2008
Ionic liquid technologies for polymers, electrochemistry, gas separations and fragrances.
The research undertaken during this stage was done at the Queen's University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL), within projects funded by major industrial partners, such as INVISTA, PETRONAS or PROCTER & GAMBLE.
Queen's University Belfast
2008 - 2011
maig de 2006
Reactions of halogenated carboranes with phosphinidenoid complexes.
Project carried out at Institut für Anorganische Chemie (Universität Bonn, Germany) while on my doctoral stage.
Universitat Bonn
2006 - 2006
setembre de 2004
Research on boron cluster ionic liquids of high hydrophobicity and thermal resistance.
Project carried out at the Queen’s University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL, Belfast, UK) while on my doctoral stage.
Queen's University Belfast
2004 - 2006
octubre de 2002
Doctoral research based on the synthesis and structural characterisation (spectroscopic, crystallographic) of boron clusters, especially on highly halogenated or methylated carboranes for medical applications, such as contrast agents, and on weakly coordinating boron clusters for the production of ionic liquids.
Work performed at the Barcelona Institute of Materials Science (ICMAB, Spain).
Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales de Barcelona
2002 - 2007
desembre de 1999
Synthesis of chiral auxiliaries and study of asymmetric organic reactions.
Done at the Asymmetric Synthesis Research Unit (Barcelona).
Universitat de Barcelona
1999 - 2000
Reconeixements Investigació
Reconeixements Docents
Transferència
Projectes participats
Direcció y participació en projectes
IP
NO IP
Grups, xarxes
MEMTEC, Materials, Membrane and Encapsulation Technology (2017 SGR 00085)
Activitat docent
Centres
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Assignatura/Curs
Publicacions en Altmetrics
| 2020 | High-throughput toxicity screening of novel azepanium and 3-methylpiperidinium i... | |
| 2020 | Simultaneous H-2 Production and Bleaching via Solar Photoreforming of Model Dye-... | |
| 2019 | Assessment of Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Biomass or Wastewaters Dep... |
Col·laboracions institucionals darrers 5 anys
