Beatriz Acevedo Muñoz, Phd Email & Phone Number

Mol, Flanders, Belgium

Norwich, Reino Unido

- Organisation and management of the research engineering laboratories. Writing protocols and methodologies for different instruments, and COSHH and Risk Assessments. - Improvement the experimental outcome by enabling multiple parallel studies.- Daily guidance of characterization results and direct work with the technicians.- Management up to 5 projects simultaneously reaching all deadlines on time, resulting in 9 research outcomes. - Mentoring 1 postdoc and 1 PhD student, and training and supervising 4 undergraduate, 1 Master´s and 1 PhD students.- Networking, consultancy and collaboration with several national and international research groups and companies with fruitful results, being the group’s spokesperson.- Advise to other researchers in the use of analytical techniques, helping them on the experimental work and with the interpretation of the results.- Being a reviewer for international journals, e.g. Fuel, Waste and Biomass Valorization and Energy & Fuels.- Synthesis and characterization of activated carbons, graphene materials and composites for their use as active electrode materials in electrochemical energy storage systems. - Developing an innovative device to reduce the cost, time and environmental impact for graphene oxide reduction to obtain graphene-like products. Significant time and energy saving achieved. - Design a novel method for graphene oxide/polymer thin films reduction which no modification on the properties of the polymer.

Oviedo Y Alrededores, España

- Published 9 peer-review research articles and 7 international conference communications during management of 4 simultaneous projects. - Developed a new identification and characterization protocol of polymers by thermal analysis (TGA, DSC).- Designed and improved a novel production process to obtain pyrolytic oils with different organic composition from end-of-life tyres.- Synthesised and characterized new adsorbents from polymeric wastes with a successful application for dyes and heavy metal removal from textile industrial effluents water.- Laboratory management; supplies inventory, placing and expediting orders for supplies, schedule lab and equipment use time for staff. Reduction of consumable cost by 12%.- Consultancy and collaboration with national and international research groups and industry, including two research stays in Portugal and Poland. - Responsible for writing grant applications, manuscripts for peer-review publication and presenting research topics at project meeting and international conferences. - Trained technicians to ensure quality and efficiency.

Oporto Y Alrededores, Portugal

Researcher Visitor at at Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Porto University.

Wroclaw, Lower Silesian District, Poland

Guest researcher at Department of polymer and carbonaceous materials, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology.

Delft Y Alrededores, Países Bajos

- Modelling and validation of thermodynamic models for novel solvents with Aspen Plus.- Simulation with Aspen Plus and design of carbon dioxide capture plant by chemical absorption.

Department Of Materials - Physics Faculty

Incorporation of new techniques of electrodeposition of materials. Project: Magnetic nanomaterials produced by electrodeposition (GR85/920705).- Samples preparation and electrodeposition on them.

Ph.D Material Science, Summa Cum Laude

PhD Thesis: ‘Dye removal by means of adsorbents prepared from end-of-life tyres’.

Master'S Degree, Science And Technology Of Materials

MSc. Thesis: ‘Preparation of chars from blends of coal and tyre wastes’.

Meng, Chemical Engineer

MEng. Thesis: ‘Design of separation and recovery of CO2 unit from a conventional power station’. - ‘Beca de Excelencia’ (2006-2007).