Staff GIQA Chemical and Environmental Engineering Group

Beatriz graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad AutÃ³noma de Madrid in 2018, after which she completed a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and the Universidad AutÃ³noma de Madrid in 2019. During the last years, he has enjoyed different grants for introduction to research: "Aid for the Promotion of Research in master studies by the Universidad AutÃ³noma de Madrid" in 2018, focused on methods of removal of ionic liquids from wastewater and "Grants for Introduction to Research for university students (JAE Intro 2019)" in the application of solar photocatalysis to wastewater treatment at the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry (ICP-CSIC).
Subsequently, from September 2020 to August 2021, she spent one year of research work at the ICP-CSIC in the project RTI2018-094958-B-I00 "Development of efficient strategies for water treatment using photocatalytic processes with solar light".
Currently, Beatriz has been hired as a visiting professor at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. There, apart from her teaching activity, she is working on her doctoral thesis focused on wastewater reuse and sludge valorisation.

Sustainable integrated approach to achieve CECs and PTEs removal from contaminated waters (SusWater)
Funding : Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovaciÃ³n ()
Start / End Years : 2021 - 2025
Principal Investigator : LÃ³pez MuÃ±oz, MÂª JosÃ©
Research Team : - Arencibia VillagrÃ¡, Amaya - GÃ³mez RodrÃguez, MÂª Pilar - LÃ³pez MuÃ±oz, MÂª JosÃ© - Plaza Morales, Jorge - Sanz MartÃn, RaÃºl - Sanz PÃ©rez, Eloy S. - Villajos Espinosa, Beatriz

Tratamiento de aguas contaminadas con metales pesados mediante adsorciÃ³n con materiales carbonosos obtenidos a partir de biomasa lignocelulÃ³sica
Funding : Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovaciÃ³n ()
Start / End Years : 2022 - 2024
Principal Investigator : Arencibia VillagrÃ¡, Amaya y LÃ³pez MuÃ±oz, MÂª JosÃ©
Research Team : - Arencibia VillagrÃ¡, Amaya - GÃ³mez Pozuelo, Gema - GÃ³mez RodrÃguez, MÂª Pilar - LÃ³pez MuÃ±oz, MÂª JosÃ© - Plaza Morales, Jorge - Villajos Espinosa, Beatriz

Bioelectrocatalytic Activity of W-Formate Dehydrogenase Covalently Immobilized on Functionalized Gold and Graphite Electrodes

Alvarez-Malmagro, J.; Oliveira, A.R.; GutiÃ©rrez-SÃ¡nchez, C.; Villajos, B.; Pereira, I. A. C.; VÃ©lez, M.; Pita, M.; De Lacey, A.L.

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(10), pp. 11891 – 11900 (2021)
doi:10.1021/acsami.0c21932

Cutting-edge materials combining zerovalent iron applied to the photocatalytic treatment of organic contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater

Mesa-Medina, S.; Villajos, B.; GascÃ³, A.; Hermosilla, D.

Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 30, pp. 100484 (2021)
doi:10.1016/j.cogsc.2021.100484

Degradation of Endocrine Disruptors, Pesticides, and Pharmaceuticals Using Photocatalysis

Villajos, B.; Mesa-Medina, S.; Faraldos, M.; Byrne, C.; Bahamonde, A.; GascÃ³ A.; Hermosilla, D.

In: Photocatalysis, edited by Suresh C. Pillai and Vignesh Kumaravel, De Gruyter, pp. 257–342 (2021)
doi:10.1515/9783110668483-008

Sustainable integrated approach to achieve CECs and PTEs removal from contaminated waters (SusWater)

Tratamiento de aguas contaminadas con metales pesados mediante adsorciÃ³n con materiales carbonosos obtenidos a partir de biomasa lignocelulÃ³sica

Bioelectrocatalytic Activity of W-Formate Dehydrogenase Covalently Immobilized on Functionalized Gold and Graphite Electrodes

Cutting-edge materials combining zerovalent iron applied to the photocatalytic treatment of organic contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater

Degradation of Endocrine Disruptors, Pesticides, and Pharmaceuticals Using Photocatalysis