Porträt Olga Guerrero-Perez

Olga Guerrero-Perez

Olga Guerrero-Pérez received the Ph.D. in 2003 at the Universidad Autónoma in Madrid, working under the supervision of Prof. Bañares at the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry (CSIC) and Repsol-YPF. During 2003 and 2004, she was a visiting scholar at different institutions. First, at the group of Prof. Haber, at the Polish Academy of Sciences (Cracow, Poland), working on the selective destruction of organic pollutants. Then, at the group of Prof. I.E. Wachs, at Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA, USA), investigating novel techniques of characterization of materials; and in the group of Prof. V.V. Guliants (University of Cincinnati, OH, USA), developing new synthesis methods to prepare nanoporous materials. During 2004 and 2007, she obtained a “Juan de la Cierva” Researcher position at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Málaga. During 2007 and 2008, she was as “I3P Researcher“ fellow at the Instituto de Catálisis (Madrid) to work on new concepts and ideas on valorization of glycerol. In 2008 she moved again to the University of Malaga, where she was awarded a position as Assistant Professor, in 2010, she was promoted to Associate and in 2015, to Full Professor. During the last decades, she has participated in several national and european projects, having published around 100 peer-review papers in the field of chemical engineering, materials, and enviromental sciences. She has also served as Deputy Vicepresident for Malaga University sice 2016 to the present.