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Dr. Jose R. Leiza
Director
On-line monitoring and process control
Dr. Leiza has developed his research activities in the polymer reaction engineering area. The main activities have been focused on: kinetics, reaction mechanisms and modeling of polymerization processes in dispersed media; monitoring and control of emulsion polymerization reactors, and process and/or recipe development and optimization. He has also participated as research associate in several research projects with multinational companies of the field.
Dr. Juan J. Iruin
Vice-Director
Dr. Iruin has been focused on the study of polymer blends since 1980 and more recently on polymeric membranes and barrier films. He is an expert in different domains of physicochemical characterisation of polymers (GPC, DSC, Infrared microspectrometry, transport properties, etc.).
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Dr. José Ignacio Eguiazábal
Processing and mechanical characterization
Dr. Eguiazábal focuses his activity in the field of processing-structure-properties relations in thermoplastic polymers, mainly in polymer blends, including reactive processing, filled and reinforced polymers. The effects of reprocessing on the structure and properties are also studied. He possesses experience in different processing techniques (blending,extrusion, injection molding), as well as in physical characterization (DSC, DMTA, SEM,...), and mechanical testing (tensile, flexural, impact,...) of polymeric materials.
Dr. Mikel Gaztelumendi
Processing and mechanical characterization
Dr. Gaztelumendi has been working in the field of processing-structure-properties relationshps in thermoplastic polymers, mainly in reprocessing and in polymer blends. He has experience in different processing techniques, as well as in characterization and mechanical testing (DMTA, SEM, tensile, flexural, impact, ...) of polymeric materials.
Dr. Gonzalo Gerrika-Etxebarria
Processing and mechanical characterization
Dr. Gerrika-Etxebarria focuses his activity in the field of processing-structure-properties relations in thermoplastic polymers, mainly in polymer blends, including reactive processing, filled and reinforced polymers. He possesses experience in different processing techniques (blending,extrusion, injection molding), as well as in physical characterization (DSC, DMTA, SEM,...), and mechanical testing (tensile, flexural, impact,...) of polymeric materials.
Dr. Antxon Santamaría
Rheology
Dr. Santamaria focuses his activity in the field of Rheology of polymers in melt state as well as in dispersions, solutions and gels. She is skillful in different rheological techniques (Extrusion capillary rheometry, Rotational viscosimetry, Dynamic viscoelastic measurements of small amplitude, DMTA etc.)
Dra. María Eugenia Muñoz
Rheology
Dr. Muñoz focuses her activity in the field of Rheology of polymers in melt state as well as in dispersions, solutions and gels. She is skillful in different rheological techniques (Extrusion capillary rheometry, Rotational viscosimetry, Dynamic viscoelastic measurements of small amplitude, DMTA etc.)
Dr. María José Fernández-Berridi
Analysis and characterization
Dr. Fernandez-Berridi is specialized in the study of polymers and polymer blends by infrared spectroscopy. As the responsible of the laboratory of analysis and identification of polymer materials, she is in charge of the service offered by Polymat to the industry in relation with all the problems involved in the analysis and characterization of plastics, rubbers and related compounds. The instrumental techniques mainly used for these purposes are infrared microspectroscopy, GC/FTIR, pyrolisis/FTIR, DSC and NMR.
Dra. Lourdes Irusta
Analysis and characterization
Dr. Irusta (1966) began her career synthesizing and studying the photooxidative degradation of segmented polyurethanes. Furthermore, she has been solving numerous industrial problems related to the analysis and characterization of polymeric materials. The instrumental techniques currently used are Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), FTIR microspectroscopy, Infrared gas chromatography (GC-IR), Attenuated total reflectance (ATR), Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and other techniques related to the analysis of polymers.
Dr. Agustín Etxeberría
Analysis and characterization
Dr. Etxeberria has focused his activity on polymer blends and basically on those aspects related to their miscibility. He is also involved in the area of analysis and characterization of polymeric materials. He is a user of different experimental techniques such as DSC, Gas Chromatography (IGC), GPC, FTIR, NMR.
Dra. Marian Iriarte
Analysis and characterization
Dr. Iriarte is a specialist in the physicochemical characterization of polymer blends. In recent years, she has also included the topic of barrier properties of multicomponent polymeric films. She is a current uses of experimental techniques such as DSC, GPC, Flux calorimetry, Cahn Electrobalance or Inverse Gas Chromatography.
Dra. Cristina Uriarte
Analysis and characterization
Dr. Uriarte has focused her activity in the field of polymer blends and basically on those aspects related to their physicochemical characterization. In recent years, she has also included the topic of transport and barrier properties of multicomponent polymeric films. She is a current user of experimental techniques such as DSC, GPC, Inverse Gas Chromatography (IGC), Permeability Cells, Cahn Electrobalance...
Dra. Isabel Goñi
Product development
Dr. Goñi started her research studying the modification of starch by copolymerization with various acrylic monomers. Afterwards, and after obtaining these new copolymers, she drew her research interest to their applications in the Biomaterials fiels. Particularly in two fields: obtaining of new acrylic bone cements to be used for the fixation of hip and knee prostheses and development of new polymeric matrix that allow the drug controlled release. By other side, she is professor of Science and Technology of Polymeric Coatings. .
Dra. Mariló Gurruchaga
Product development
The professional activity of Dr. Gurruchaga deals with two fields inside the Materials Science: development and characterization of acrylic polymers to be applied in medicine, surgery and pharmacy and teaching of science and technology of polymeric coatings.
Dr. José M. Asua
Polymerisation processes
The research interests of Professor Asua include Polymer Reaction Engineering (polymerization kinetics, mathematical modeling and computer simulation of polymer reactors, on-line sensor development, and design and control of polymerization reactors), Polymerization in Dispersed Media (emulsion polymerization, microemulsion polymerization, miniemulsion polymerization and dispersion polymerization), polycondensation, HIPS and polyolefins.
Dr. José Carlos de la Cal
Polymerisation processes
Dr. de la Cal has focused his activity in the field of polymer reaction engineering, mainly in the study of polymerizations in dispersed media (kinetics and mechanisms), modeling and simulation of polymerization reactors and olefin polymerization.
Dra. Jacqueline Forcada
Polymerisation processes
Dr. Forcada has focused her work in the synthesis, by emulsion polymerization, of functionalized latexes useful in immunodiagnosis. She is a habitual user of different experimental techniques for polymer and colloidal characterization (GPC, NMR, GC, DLS, DCP, TEM).
Dr. María J. Barandiarán
Polymerisation processes
Dr. Barandiaran has focused her work in polymeric dispersions (synthesis, characterization, testing and modeling). She has experience in different techniques for characterization of polymers and colloids (DLS,DCP, GC, GPC, HPLC,...).
Dr. María Paulis
Polymerisation processes
La Dra. Paulis reparte su actividad profesional entre la docencia de la ingeniería química y la investigación en procesos de polimerización, si bien sus comienzos en la investigación se desarrollaron en el campo de la catálisis heterogénea para la destucción de contaminantes atmosféricos. Actualmente su investigación se centra en la producción de nanocomposites polímero/arcilla y polímero/polímero dispersos en agua, junto con la nueva vía abierta en imprimación molecular.
IKERBASQUE RESEARCHERS
Dr. David Mecerreyes
Dr. David Mecerreyes is interested in new polymer chemistry approaches. His current research interest are focused on the following topics: (i) organic/ionic catalyzed polymerization (ii) supramolecular polymers based on new ionic interactions, (iii) polymerization of monomers from renewable sources, (iV) development of new polymers for environment, energy, food and health.
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Dr. Radmila Tomovska
Radmila Tomovska finished the chemical engineering studies in 1990 at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University St Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia. Almost 10 years, she worked in the area of liquid- liquid extraction and reactive solvent extraction. In this period she finished her master and doctoral studies and got her PhD in 1999. Part of the PhD experimental work was done trough the several stays as a fellow in the Extraction Laboratory, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. During the postgraduate and doctoral studies, in continuation she was under fellowships from Macedonian Government.
Since 2001 she obtained NATO postdoc fellowship and started to work in Laboratory of Laser Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Prague, Czech Republic in a new field: UV and IR lasers induced chemical reaction in gas phases, chemical vapor deposition of novel nano sized materials, polymers, copolymers. She was engage in the preparation of the organosilicon, organotin, organoselenium, organogermanium and organothiene materials.
Between 2005 and 2009 she worked as Assistant professor at the University of St Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia.
Since beginning of 2009 Radmila Tomovska has got a position of Ikerbasque researcher professor at the POLYMAT Institute, University of the Basque Country. As a part of the research group of Prof. Asua, she is engaged in the investigation in the area of photopolymerization in dispersed media and preparation of new polymer composite materials with wide possibilities of application. Besides, she is working in application of photoinduced techniques for surface modification of polymers and inorganic nanoparticles, and in photocatalysis.
Dr. Thomas Schäfer
Nano Bio Separations
Thomas's interests are in the field of mixed-matrix membranes involving selective biomolecules and emerging materials such as room-temperature ionic liquids, as well as stimuli-responsive membranes which are to be employed in nano/microdevices (microreactors). The research focuses on both a molecular understanding and modelling of interactions, as well as the characterisation of the resulting overall mass transport properties. A sideline activity is the application of pervaporation for producing complex, high-value aroma concentrates."
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Fecha de la última modificación: 28/09/2011