Institution: Institute for Polymer Materials (POLYMAT), Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea

Jose Maria Asua is Professor of Chemical Engineering and director of the Institute for Polymer Materials (POLYMAT), in the University of the Bask Country. His research is focused on polymerization processes that are industrially important, and on knowledge-based strategies for the production of waterborne polymers.

He has published over 230 research articles, which have received over 4000 citations, and given over 45 invited and keynote lectures in international conferences. He is also coauthor of four patents and has directed over 30 PhD thesis. He was Associate Editor of Polymer Reaction Engineering and is a member of the editorial boards of Chemical Engineering Journal, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, and Macromolecular Reaction Engineering.

He received the 2005 Euskadi Research Prize in Science and Technology, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Clean Technologies, and is a member of Jakiunde, Academy of Arts and Sciences of Eusko Ikaskuntza.

Seminars within the program

Oct. 1, 2010 - Chemical engineering challenges in the production of waterborne dispersed polymers