Amaia Morales
(Biorefinery Processes)
Biography
She studied a degree on Industrial Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering (EHU/UPV) in Vitoria-Gasteiz (2012-2016). Then, she studied a Master on Renewable Material Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of Gipuzkoa (EHU/UPV) in San Sebastian (2016-2017). Her final project was carried out in the BioRP (Bio Refinery Processes) research group at the same faculty under the supervision of Dr. Patricia Gullón and Dr. Jalel Labidi. Currently, she is a member of BioRP group and she is on her first PhD.
Research
Her research is mainly focused on the revalorization of lignocellulosic biomass in order to obtain precursors of new materials and chemical products.