Dr. Carmen Sans has a degree in Chemistry (specialty in Industrial Chemistry, 1989) and a PhD in Chemical Sciences from the University of Barcelona since 1992. She has been an Assistant Professor between 1994 and 1997 and since July 1997 she is Full Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry of the University of Barcelona. She has been Secretary of the Department between 2008 and 2015. She is a CEQAP member (Technology Transfer Network of Catalonia (XIT, CIDEM, Generalitat de Catalunya). She has four six-year research periods (sexenios de investigación) (date of the last six-year period: 2017), one six-year knowledge transfer period (sexenio de transferencia) and five five-year teaching periods (quinquenios), recognized by quality agencies (CNEAI and AQU). She has the national accreditation to University Professor (Catedrática de Universidad), in Engineering and Architecture.
Since 1993 she has been involved in undergraduate teaching (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Biotechnology) and Master (Environmental Engineering). She is a member of the QISU-Chemistry Teaching Innovation Group at the Secondary School-University interface, since 2006.
Dr. Carmen Sans is currently the director of the research group Advanced Oxidation Processes Engineering (EPOA), accredited as a quality group by the Generalitat of Catalonia (consolidated group since 2005). Her experience and interests in research are focused on the field of Environmental Engineering, mainly in the treatment of domestic and industrial waters by advanced oxidation processes, and in their integration with other processes (biological, adsorption and membrane processes) for the reuse of water. Moreover, her future research interests also include the deeper knowledge of the fundamentals and engineering of those technologies and how water management strategies can help to reach an environment free of toxic pollutants.
At present she is the principal investigator of three competitive projects: one national (CTQ2017-86466-R); one autonomous (2017SGR131) and one European (H2020-RISE-2015-690618), of which she is also the main coordinator of the project. Previously she coordinated another European project (FP7-PIRSES-GA-2012-318926), and she was the main investigator of several international cooperation projects (AECI, Catalan Cooperation Agency, UB), as well as of numerous technology transfer projects with industry (CENIT, PROFIT and an Industrial Doctorate, among others). She actively collaborates as referee of several international magazines with a high impact index. She has worked as project evaluator for different national agencies, and as expert for the Research Executive Agency from the EU.
Carmen Sans has 79 publications in indexed scientific journals (51 Q1 and 4 Q2), and several book chapters and proceedings. She has also more than 145 contributions to international congresses. She has directed 7 national doctoral theses and has co-directed two doctoral theses of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
She has made several stays as a researcher or visiting professor in institutions such as the Università degli Studi di Venezia (2 years, between 1990-1992), the INRA-Narbonne (3 months, 1995), Illinois Institute of Technology (3 months, 1997), National Autonomous University of Mexico (1996, 2001), the Colorado State University (1 year between 2003-2004), and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), among others.
