Irati Berasarte
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Biography
Irati Berasarte graduated in Chemistry at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), in Donostia between 2014 and 2018. She completed her master's degree in Chemistry and Polymers in 2019. In her final degree projects she focused in Analytical Chemistry, delving into smartphone detection and digital image analysis. She also did an internship at the Polymat institute, using isosorbide derivatives to obtain isocyanate-free polyurethanes. She obtained her PhD in 2024, developing analytical screening techniques to solve specific analytical problems. Currently, she works as a researcher in the Materials + Technologies (GMT) group of the Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department of UPV/EHU.
Research
She currently works as a researcher in the Materials + Technologies (GMT) group of the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering of the UPV/EHU. The project focuses on the use and recycling of cheese whey produced in local cheese factories for the synthesis of biopolymers and the creation of new sustainable films and materials.