By Dr. Óscar PRADO
Department of Chemical Engineering (UAB) / MATGAS 2000 AIE

Date:  March 5^th 12:00 PM
Location: MATGAS meeting room

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MatGas, a center of excellence on CO₂ born as a joint venture among Carburos Metálicos- Air Products Group, the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-CSIC) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-UAB) has initiated a Seminar Series on CO₂ and related issues.

MatGas aims at contributing at different levels in the research and development of technologies for CO2 capture and utilization, working in the improvement of green technologies, friendly with the environment. The objective of this series of seminars is to acquire and divulgate a solid knowledge of the state of the art in the field of CO₂ capture, utilization and energy issues associated to environmentally benign energy technology.

Several international experts on CO₂ capture, sequestration, utilization and energy related issues (including hydrogen) have been and will be invited to participate at this series. Their expertise gives a broad perspective to the subject: from fundamental knowledge to well developed technologies. The complementary approach will enlighten the issues and challenges on this relevant topic.

The seminar series was inaugurated on December 2007. A list of invited speakers who already participated includes:

• Prof. Alain Demourgues, ICMCB-CNRS-University of Bordeaux 1 (France),
• Dr. J. Angel Menendez, INCAR-CSIC, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain),
• Prof. Ken Seddon, University of Belfast (UK),
• Prof. Mercedes Maroto-Valer, University of Nottingham (UK), Director of the Center for Carbon Capture and Sequestration
• Dr. Santiago Sabugal, president of the Spanish CO₂ Platform (Spain)
• Prof. Bob Armstrong, Deputy Director of the MIT Center for Energy Initiative (USA)
• Dr. Roberta Pacciani, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Cambridge University (UK)
• Prof. Joan Ramon Morante, Catalonian Institute for Energy Research (Spain)
• Prof. Jordi Marquet, Vice-rector for Strategic Projects and Director of the Parc de Recerca, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)
• Dr. Jara Imbers, University of Nottingham (UK)
• Dr. Thomas Roussel, Centre de Recherche en Matière Condensée et Nano-Sciences (CRMCN) (France)
• Dr. Vicente J. Cortés, Director of the CO₂ Capture Programme. CIUDEN, Fundación Estatal Ciudad de la Energía, Ponferrada (Spain)
• Dr. Ignacio Pagonabarraga, Department of Fundamental Physics, University of Barcelona, (Spain)

These seminars are held on monthly basis at the MatGas building (Campus Universitat Autonoma de  Barcelona), if you want to receive information, please contact Ms. Montse Salas, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Short Bio

Degree in Marine Sciences (University of Vigo, 1999)

PhD in Environmental Science and Technology (University of A Coruña, 2006)

Member of GENOCOV since 2005 (Quality Research Group, Chemical Engineering Department, UAB)

10 years experience in research on Waste Gas Treatment by means of Biological Technologies.

He is interested in the physical properties of materials which show internal activity, as is the case in microorganism suspensions or in subcellular processes involving biofilaments, and also on the control patterns in forced capillary thin fluid films with variable wetting behavior.