Materials Engineer and Physicist with over 10 years of experience as a university professor and researcher. Throughout my career, I have been at the forefront of using smart materials for wastewater purification and energy production. I have taught a range of courses in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, as well as Environmental Science. These courses include processing and design materials, materials science, nanomaterials, and materials characterization. My research primarily focuses on smart materials, specifically adsorption, water treatment, energy harvesting, and recycling materials.
Topic 3. Resource recovery and valorization
Topic 4. Economic, environmental and social implications of water reuse and recovered products
We seek to collaborate on a project focused on water treatment through adsorption and/or advanced oxidative processes.
Project Proposal (for Topics 3 or 4): Development of high-performance adsorbents capable of removing a wide range of organic contaminants from aqueous media. These adsorbents would include graphene family-based materials, carbon nanotubes, biochars, and activated carbons derived from agro-industrial, forestry, and food processing residues as feedstock.
keywords: materials synthesis and characterization, nanomaterials, carbon-based materials, adsorption.