Summary
Luis Hidalgo is an assistant professor and chemical engineering researcher with 9 years’ experience specializing in waste valorization, bioprocesses, and sustainable materials development. He holds a Ph.D. (Cum Laude) from Universidad de Oviedo, a master’s from Universitat de Barcelona, and a chemical engineering degree from Universidad de Guayaquil, and has translated academic research into industry-relevant outcomes such as bioplastics derived from sewage sludge. His doctoral work produced biomolecules, proteolytic enzymes, and bio-adsorbents from hydrolyzed sludge and expanded into advanced oxidation and thermochemical approaches during a research stay at Ghent University. He has a record of high-impact publications, conference presentations, and funded projects that demonstrate both technical depth and leadership in resource recovery and pollutant removal. In teaching he has coordinated Unit Operations I and taught Heat Transfer and process control, blending hands-on lab mentoring with curricular leadership. Pragmatic and sustainability-driven, he combines lab-scale innovation with real-world application to advance circular economy solutions in environmental engineering.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Chemical, environmental and bio-food engineering, Cum Laude, Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Chemical, environmental and bio-food engineering, Cum Laude at Universidad de Oviedo
Chemical engineer, Chemical Engineering, Chemical engineer, Chemical Engineering at Universidad de Guayaquil
Master's degree in chemical engineering, Chemical Engineering, Master's degree in chemical engineering, Chemical Engineering at Universitat de Barcelona
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