Teaching staff
AMAIA BUTRON JANICES
- Knowledge area
- Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering
- Department
- Mining and Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
- Centre
- Faculty of Engineering - Bilbao
- Electronic mail
- amaia.butron@ehu.eus
Prof. Amaia Butrón
Senior Researcher
ETS de Ingeniería de Bilbao
Alameda de Urquijo s/n
48013 Bilbao
Bizkaia
email: amaia.butron@ehu.eus
Tel:+34 946 014994
Education
Amaia Butron earned her BSc, and MSc in Chemistry from the University of the Basque Country in Donostia-San Sebastián. Later she obtained a PhD in Chemical Sciences, Chemical-Physical specialty, Faculty of Sciences, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa under the supervision of Prof. Issa Katime Amashta.
She is an associate professor in the University College of Technical Mining and Civil Engineering (EHU) since 2011. A. Butron is a thermal analysis specialist with experience in Calorimetry techniques; DSC, High Resolution Thermogravimetry and Microthermal Analysis.
Research
Her research has been focused on mechanical properties and characterization of polymers as bicomponent sistems with interest in the curing behavior.
Her fields of interest include also the preparation and characterization of nanocelulose based biopolymers for medicinal aplications.