Uxue Iturriondobeitia

Uxue Iturriondobeitia

Biography

Uxue Iturriondobeitia García is graduated in Industrial Process Ecotechnologies Engineering at Mondragon University (2019) and in Environmental Sciences at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) (2023). As part of the engineering degree, she spent 6 months at the Warsaw University of Technology Poland and another 6 months at the company K1 Ekopaisaia, working on the development of optimized phytodepuration processes. During the UPV/EHU studies the student spent 6 months at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra and in the last year worked in the environmental consultancy Teknimap Energía y Medio Ambiente and developed internships in the research group `Materials + Technologies´ (GMT).

Research

Nowadays, she’s line of research on GMT is oriented towards the chemical and physical recycling of post-industrial polymeric waste, mainly polyamide. The researcher has also collaborated in the development of an industrial symbiosis project developed in the University-Business Classroom of Circular Economy of the Faculty of Engineering, Gipuzkoa. She carried out depolymerizations of polyamides by means of hydrolysis for the Final Degree Project. He has also completed a Master's degree in Renewable Materials Engineering (UPV/EHU), extending his research with the physical recycling of polyamide.