Theses 2022

Antonio Jesús Carrasco Muñoz
Greta Gaiani
Mohammad Shaiful Alam Amin
Joshua David Selvaraj
Ximena Verónica Jaramillo Fierro
Venkata Subba Rao Mandava
Oleg Dubov
Alberto Tampieri
Jorge Mellado Carretero
Edilene Pereira Andrade
Laura Andrea Uribe Uribe
Zaida Nair Herrero Medina
Alireza Zare
Deepika
Anna Barbara Orlowska
Mariacristina Turino
Adil Ait Yazza

ANTONIO JESÚS CARRASCO MUÑOZ
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Joan Rosell
TITLE OF THESIS: “PRODUCTION OF HOMOGENEOUS PARTICLES BY CONTROLLED NEUTRALIZATION OF ELECTROSPRAYS”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Jose Luis Castillo [President] (UNED, Madrid)
– Dr. Ricard Garcia Valls [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Luewton Lemos Felicio Agostinho [Vocal] (NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Thursday, 13th January 2022
TIME: 11.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus, ETSEQ
*INTERNATIONAL MENTION

GRETA GAIANI
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Mònica Campàs, Dr. Ciara K. O’Sullivan and Dr. Carles Alcaraz
TITLE OF THESIS: “DEVELOPMENT OF BIOANALYTICAL DEVICES FOR THE DETECTION OF CIGUATOXINS AND THE CIGUATOXIN PRODUCING GENERA GAMBIERDISCUS AND FUKUYOA”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ and IRTA
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Wayne Richard Litaker [President] (National Centers for Coastal Oceans Science, Center for Fisheries and Habitat Research, USA)
– Dr. Miriam Jauset Rubio [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Francisco Rodríguez Hernández [Vocal] (Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Spain)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Thursday, 24th February 2022
TIME: 15.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus, ETSEQ
*INTERNATIONAL MENTION

MOHAMMAD SHAIFUL ALAM AMIN
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Josep Font
TITLE OF THESIS: “CARBON-BASED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS FOR THE ANAEROBIC DECOLORIZATION OF DYES”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Azael Fabregat Llangostera [President] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Albert Guisasola Canudas [Secretary] (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra)
– Dr. Natalia Soledad Inchaurrondo [Vocal] (Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Thursday, 17th March 2022
TIME: 12.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus, ETSEQ

JOSHUA DAVID SELVARAJ
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Jordi Pallarès and Dr. Anton Vernet
TITLE OF THESIS: “EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF FLOW IN A LID-DRIVEN CYLINDRICAL CAVITY”
DEPARTMENT: DEM
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Robert Castilla López [President] (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa)
– Dr. Alexandre Fabregat Tomàs [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Paolo Juan Sassi Arobba [Vocal] (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Thursday, 24th March 2022
TIME: 12.30h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Microsoft Teams

XIMENA VERÓNICA JARAMILLO FIERRO
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Francisco Medina and Dr. Silvia González
TITLE OF THESIS: “SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS OF ZNTIO3 FOR THE ADSORPTION AND PHOTOCATALYTIC REMOVAL OF METHYLENE BLUE DYE”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Francisco López Bonillo [President] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Francisco Fernández Martínez [Secretary] (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid)
– Dr. Luis Miguel Villamagua [Vocal] (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Tuesday, 29th March 2022
TIME: 17.30h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Microsoft Teams
*INTERNATIONAL MENTION

VENKATA SUBBA RAO MANDAVA
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Francesc Giralt and Dr. Joan Herrero
TITLE OF THESIS: “WAKE BEHIND A DISCONTINUOUS CYLINDER: UNVEILING THE ROLE OF THE LARGE SCALES IN WAKE GROWTH AND ENTRAINMENT”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Josep Anton Ferré i Vidal [President] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Josep Maria Bergadà Granyó [Secretary] (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa)
– Dr. Joan Llorens Llacuna [Vocal] (Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Thursday, 28th April 2022
TIME: 16.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Seminar Room 111, Mechanical Engineering Department

OLEG DUBOV
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Josep Font Capafons
TITLE OF THESIS: “SEMI-AMORPHOUS CARBON NITRIDE FILMS DERIVED FROM SOLUBLE POLYMERIC PRECURSORS: TOWARDS MULTIFUNCTIONAL ELECTROCHEMICAL COATINGS WITH ENHANCED STABILITY”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Carlos Enrique Aleman Llanso [President] (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona)
– Dr. Alex Fragoso Sierra [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Javier Pérez-Ramírez [Vocal] (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Monday, 16th May 2022
TIME: 13.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus, ETSEQ

ALBERTO TAMPIERI
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Francesc Medina
TITLE OF THESIS: “CATALYTIC ALDOL CONDENSATIONS OF BIO-DERIVED ALDEHYDES AND KETONES”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Didier Tichit [President] (Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, France)
– Dr. Sandra Contreras Iglesias [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Stefania Albonetti [Vocal] (Universitá di Bologna, Italy)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Thursday, 19th May 2022
TIME: 10.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus (ETSEQ) & Microsoft Teams
*INTERNATIONAL MENTION

JORGE MELLADO CARRETERO
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Sílvia de Lamo and Dr. Diego García
TITLE OF THESIS: “EVALUATION OF PORTABLE VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY EQUIPMENT COMBINED WITH MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS FOR FOOD APPLICATIONS”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Dolores Pérez Marín [President] (Universidad de Córdoba, Spain)
– Dr. Anna Grazia Mignani [Secretary] (CNR-Institute of Applied Physics ‘Nello Carrara’, Italy)
– Dr. Daniel Cozzolino [Vocal] (University of Queensland, Australia)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Tuesday, 7th June 2022
TIME: 09.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Microsoft Teams
*INTERNATIONAL MENTION

EDILENE PEREIRA ANDRADE
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Laureano Jiménez, Dr. Assumpció Anton and Dr. August Bonmati
TITLE OF THESIS: “ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS DUE TO THE INCLUSION OF NOVEL SOLUTIONS FOR NUTRIENT RECOVERY: TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRICULTURE”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Giuliana d’Imporzano [President] (Università degli studi di Milano, Italy)
– Dr. Jordi Doltra Bregón [Secretary] (Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, Girona)
– Dr. Elsa Varela Redondo [Vocal] (Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia , Solsona)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Friday, 10th June 2022
TIME: 11.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus, ETSEQ
*INTERNATIONAL MENTION

LAURA ANDREA URIBE URIBE
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Alex Fragoso
TITLE OF THESIS: “CYCLODEXTRIN-BASED SUPRAMOLECULAR SYSTEMS OF EMERGING GUESTS WITH PHARMACEUTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. María Icíar Vélaz Rivas [President] (Universidad de Navarra, Spain)
– Dr. Pascal Blondeau [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Francesco Trotta [Vocal] (Università di Torino, Italy)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Monday, 27th June 2022
TIME: 10.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus, ETSEQ
*INTERNATIONAL MENTION

ZAIDA NAIR HERRERO MEDINA
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Ioanis Katakis
TITLE OF THESIS: “STRATEGIES TO INCREASE THE CELL-TO-ELECTRODE ELECTRON TRANSFER OF BIOANODES FOR THEIR APPLICATION IN CELLULAR-BASED BIOPHOTOVOLTAICS”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Alex Fragoso Sierra [President] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Fréderic Barriere [Secretary] (Université de Rennes 1, France)
– Dr. Mamas Prodromidis [Vocal] (University of Ioannina, Greece)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Friday, 8th July 2022
TIME: 11.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus, ETSEQ
*INTERNATIONAL MENTION

ALIREZA ZARE
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Martan Giamberini and Dr. José Antonio Reina
TITLE OF THESIS: “NOVEL POLYMERIC MEMBRANE FOR ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Veronica Ambrogi [President] (Universitá degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Italy)
– Dr. Xavier Montané Montané [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Bartosz Tylkowski [Vocal] (Eurecat Tarragona)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Tuesday, 12th July 2022
TIME: 11.30h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus, ETSEQ
*INTERNATIONAL MENTION

DEEPIKA
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Vikas Kumar, Dr. Marta Schuhmacher and Dr. Raju Prasad Sharma
TITLE OF THESIS: “QUANTITATIVE SYSTEMS TOXICOLOGY MODELING FOR NEURONAL ADVERSE OUTCOME”
DEPARTMENT: DEQ
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Robert Barouki [President] (Université Paris Cité, France)
– Dr. Maria Teresa Colomina Fosch [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Antonio Hernández Jerez [Vocal] (Universidad de Granada, Spain)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Wednesday, 7th September 2022
TIME: 10.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus, ETSEQ
*INTERNATIONAL MENTION

ANNA BARBARA ORLOWSKA
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Vladmir Baulin
TITLE OF THESIS: “STUDY OF BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS ON IN VITRO AND IN VIVO MODELS”
DEPARTMENT: DQFI
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Mahvash Tavassoli [President] (Kings College London University, UK)
– Dr. Javier Capilla Luque [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Mohammad Al Kobaisi [Vocal] (RMIT University, Australia)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Thursday, 8th September 2022
TIME: 11.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus, ETSEQ
*INTERNATIONAL MENTION

MARIACRISTINA TURINO
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Luca Guerrini and Dr. Ramon Álvarez
TITLE OF THESIS: “ENGINEERING PLASMONIC NANOMATERIALS FOR SERS APPLICATIONS”
DEPARTMENT: DQFI
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Miguel Ángel Correa Duarte [President] (Universidade de Vigo, Spain)
– Dr. Eduard Llobet Valero [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Vincenzo Giannini [Vocal] (Institute for the Structure of Matter, Madrid)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Thursday, 3rd November 2022
TIME: 10.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Microsoft Teams

ADIL AIT YAZZA
SUPERVISORS: Dr. Francico Javier Andrade and Dr. Pascal Blondeau
TITLE OF THESIS: “NEW ORGANIC ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSING PLATFORMS FOR THE POINT-OF-NEED”
DEPARTMENT: DAQO
NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: – Dr. Arben Merkoçi [President] (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Bellaterra)
– Dr. Beatriz Prieto Simón [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona)
– Dr. Jesús Alberto Escarpa Miguel [Vocal] (Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid)
DATE OF DEFENSE: Thursday, 22nd December 2022
TIME: 12.00h
ROOM OF DEFENSE: Sala de Graus, ETSEQ