GARTZEN
LOPEZ ZABALBEITIA

I was born in 1979 in Balmaseda (Vizcaya), I obtained the Chemical Engineering degree in 2003 and my PhD in 2008 both at the University of the Basque Country. I received a scholarship from the UPV / EHU in January 2005, which, I changed to an FPI Grant (Ministry of Education and Science) in August 2005. After completing my PhD, I obtained a contract as a full-time researcher. I an Ikerbasque Research Fellow grant in 2019, currently I hold a Research Associate Professor position. My research lines are as follows: i) Design and hydrodynamics of spouted beds. Modifications aimed at scale up. ii) Biomass pyrolysis and line cracking. iii) Thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of plastics and tires. iv) Production of hydrogen and syngas from biomass and waste, by means of gasification and pyrolysis-reforming of biomass and plastics. I have published more than 160 papers in JCR journals and more than 200 communications to congresses. I have reached an h index of 70 and 12.960 citations (Scopus). I have collaborated in more than 30 research projects, 7 of them as principal investigator (1.950.000 euros of total funding). I have supervised 4 PhD theses, in addition I am currently supervising 5 PhD students. I am also guest editor of different JCR indexed journals such as Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Green Energy and Resources, Particuology, Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy, Catalysts, Processes o Energies. Project evaluator and/or member of evaluation panels for the Spanish Research Agency and other national agencies such as Poland, France, the Czech Republic, Argentina, and Ukraine.