| ARIADNA DASCA BENEITO | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Francisco J. Andrade and Dr. Jordi Riu |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “ORGANIC ELECTROCHEMICAL TRANSISTOR ARRAYS FOR ADVANCED POINT-OF-NEED DIAGNOSTICS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DQAQO |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. María Isabel Pividori Gurgo [President] (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra) – Dr. Alex Fragoso Sierra [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Barbara Giussani [Vocal] (Università Degli Studi Dell’Insubria, Italy) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Tuesday, 25th March 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.30h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, Chemistry Faculty |
| TAHEREH MOKARY YAZDELY | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Alberto Puga |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “ELECTROCHEMICAL AND PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CO2 REDUCTION INTO C1 AND C2 OXYGENATED PRODUCTS USING CU2O-BASED MATERIALS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Ricard Garcia Valls [President] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Miriam Diaz de los Bernardos Sánchez [Secretary] (Eurecat, Tarragona) – Dr. Miguel Rivero Crespo [Vocal] (Stockholm University, Sweeden) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Tuesday, 8th April 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| ANNA MAS HERRADOR | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Ricard Garcia Valls and Dr. Adrianna Nogalska |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “BALANCING THE FUTURE BY CAPTURING THE PAST AND PRESENT: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DIRECT AIR CAPTURE SYSTEM BASED ON MEMBRANE AND ABSORPTION TECHNOLOGIES” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Jose Luis Cortina Pallas [President] (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona) – Dr. Guillem Gilabert Oriol [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Iuliana Cota [Vocal] (Innova Consulting, Madrid) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Friday, 16th May 2025 |
| TIME: | 10.30h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ |
| *INDUSTRIAL MENTION | |
| FARNOOSH HORMOZINEZHAD | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Salvatore Cito and Dr. Alexandre Fabregat |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “DROPLET GENERATION DYNAMICS IN MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES FOR NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEM |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Anton Vernet Peña [President] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Irene Sancho Conde [Secretary] (AIQSA, Reus) – Dr. Jonhatan Florez [Vocal] (Universidad de la República, Uruguay) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Friday, 16th May 2025 |
| TIME: | 15.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Aula seminari 111 and Microsoft Teams |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| YASMIN KABALAN AMMAR | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Xavier Montané and Dr. Bartosz Tylkowsky |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “ALGINATE AND CHITOSAN-BASED BIODEGRADABLE SYSTEMS: A VERSATILE FRAMEWORK FOR DIVERSE DELIVERY NEEDS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ & QAQO |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Antxon Martínez de Ilarduya Sáez de Asteasu [President] (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona) – Dr. Magdalena Olkiewicz [Secretary] (Eurecat, Tarragona) – Dr. Pierfrancesco Cerruti [Vocal] (National Council of Research of Italy, Italy) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Monday, 26th May 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| EUDALD CORREIG FRAGA | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Marta Sales and Dr. Roger Guimerà |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “FROM NEURONS TO CLASSROOMS: MULTI-SCALE MODELS OF LEARNING” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Manlio de Domenico [President] (University of Padova, Italy) – Dr. Jordi Duch Gavaldà [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Andreia Sofia Teixeira [Vocal] (Northeastern University London, UK) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Thursday, 19th June 2025 |
| TIME: | 16.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ and Teams |
| *INDUSTRIAL MENTION | |
| LAURA CAROLINA VALENCIA VALERO | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Alberto Puga and Dr. Marta Giamberini |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DUAL-FUNCTION PHOTOCATALYTIC SYSTEMS FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Lluis Soler Turu [President] (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona) – Dr. Sandra Contreras Iglesias [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Michele Melchionna [Vocal] (University of Trieste, Italy) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Friday 11 July 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| REGAN CEASER | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Francesc Medina, Dr. Magda Constantí and Dr. Daniel Montané |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “SUSTAINABLE BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS VIA GREEN AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES: A FOCUS ON PRETREATMENT AND HYDROLYSIS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Ridha Djellabi [President] (Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia) – Dr. Margarita Jiménez Tototzintle [Secretary] (Aplicacions de la Catàlisi, S.L., Tarragona) – Dr. Mayra García Álvarez [Vocal] (Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Monday 14 July 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| ARMANDO ALFREDO ESCRIBÁ FLORES | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Albert Fabregat and Dr. Xavier Fernández |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “THERMO-MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ACRYLATE/EPOXY DUAL-CURING RESIN SYSTEMS FOR 3D PRINTING APPLICATIONS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEM |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. David Santiago Abraira [President] (EURECAT, Tarragona) – Dr. Francisco Huera Huarte [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Elisabeth Rossegger [Vocal] (Competence Center Leoben GmbH, Austria) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Friday 10 October 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| GHASSEN ZIN ELABEDINE | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Xavier Mateos and Dr. Rosa Maria Solé |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “DEVELOPMENT OF NEW LANTHANIDE-DOPED CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS FOR SOLID-STATE LASERS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DQFI |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Francesc Díaz [President] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Ji Eun BAE [Secretary] (Université Caen-Normandie, France) – Dr. Masood Ghotbi [Vocal] (University of Kurdistan) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Friday 10 October 2025 |
| TIME: | 12.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Seminari QFI, Chemistry Faculty |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| MADUSHIKA KESHANI RANSINGHE | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Montse Ferrando and Dr. Carme Güell |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “INSECT PROTEIN EXTRACTION AND FRACTIONATION VIA MICROWAVE, PH-SHIFTING, AND MEMBRANE SEPARATION: STRATEGIES TOWARDS INNOVATIVE INGREDIENTS FROM SUSTAINABLE SOURCES” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Nadia Ortega Olivé [President] (Universitat de Lleida, Lleida) – Dr. Rosalinda Mazzei [Secretary] (Institute on membrane Technology CNR-ITM, Italy) – Dr. Edirisinghe D. N. Sandun Abeyrathne [Vocal] (Uva Wellassa University, Sri Lanka) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Friday 17 October 2025 |
| TIME: | 10.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Seminari 111, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| NICOLÁS CATALÁN FARÍAS | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Salvatore Cito and Dr. Sylvana Varela |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF RESPIRATORY EVENTS IN PATHOGEN-LADEN EXHALATIONS AND SOLID PARTICLE INHALATIONS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEM |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Francesc Xavier Grau Vidal [President] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Virginia Palero Díaz [Secretary] (Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza) – Dr. Jure Ravnik [Vocal] (University of Maribor, Slovenia) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Friday 17 October 2025 |
| TIME: | 12.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| VAIBHAV VILAS ANDHALKAR | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Francesc Medina and Dr. Magdalena Constantí |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “CASCADE BIOREFINERY APPROACHES FOR MORE EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF LIGNOCELLULOSE FEEDSTOCKS TO BIOPRODUCTS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Stanislav Obruča [President] (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic) – Dr. Margarita Jiménez Tototzintle [Secretary] (Aplicacions de la Catàlisis, S.L., Tarragona) – Dr. Pablo Domínguez de María [Vocal] (Sustainable Momentum, SL, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Monday 20 October 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, Faculty of Oenology |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| NAGA ADITHYA CHANDRA PANDURANGI | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Ioanis Katakis |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “(BIO)ELECTROCHEMICAL TOOLS FOR INTEGRATION OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (BIONIC)” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Mamantos Prodromidis [President] (University of Ioannina, Greece) – Dr. Ciara O’Sullivan [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Mònica Campàs Homs [Vocal] (Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), La Ràpita) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Wednesday 22 October 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| ANDRÉS ALBERTO ANDREO ACOSTA | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Francisco Andrade and Dr. Pascal Blondeau |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “ENGINEERING NOVEL ELECTRONICS FOR THE NEW SMART SENSING PARADIGM: FROM SENSOR TO END-USER IN A HYPERCONNECTED WORLD” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DQAQO |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Beatriz Prieto Simón [President] (ICIQ, Tarragona) – Dr. Olivier Henry [Secretary] (University of Leuven, Belgium) – Dr. Pablo Fanjul-Bolado [Vocal] (Metrohm DropSens, S.L., Asturias) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Monday 27 October 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, Faculty of Chemistry |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| GIANFRANCO TERRONES MOREY | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Alex Fragoso, Dr. Nicolás Pazos and Dr. Luca Guerrini |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “ADVANCING IN THE DESIGN OF PLASMONIC PARTICLES FOR SERS APPLICATIONS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Rosa Maria Solé Cartañà [President] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Judit Morlà Folch [Secretary] (ICMAB-CSIC, Barcelona) – Dr. Yoel Negrín Montecelo [Vocal] (King’s College London, UK) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Friday 7 November 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Aula Seminari 111, Mechanical Engineering Department |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| MATHEO LÓPEZ PACHÓN | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Jordi Marcé |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “UNVEILING SUCTION-FEEDING MECHANISMS IN A HYBRID GIANT SALAMANDER (ANDRIAS JAPONICUS × ANDRIAS CF. DAVIDIANUS) THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEM |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Omar Darío López Mejía [President] (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) – Dr. Dolors Puigjaner Riba [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Andrea Villa [Vocal] (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Friday 7 November 2025 |
| TIME: | 15.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ & Microsoft Teams |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| SALEEM MUNIR | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Francesc Medina, Dr. Magda Constantí and Dr. Daniel Montané |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “CATALYTIC C-C COUPLING OF FURFURAL AND ACETONE VIA ALDOL CONDENSATION REACTION” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Marc Pera-Titus [President] (Cardiff University, UK) – Dr. Vanessa Torné Fernández [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Noelia Barrabés Rabanal [Vocal] (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Thursday 13 November 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| RONALDO LUÍS HÖHN | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Youssef Stiriba and Dr. Sylvana Varela |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “EFFECT OF SOLID PARTICLES ON HYDRODYNAMIC OF VERTICAL UPWARD GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEM |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: | – Dr. Cristina Masoller [President] (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa) – Dr. Anton Vernet Peña [Secretary] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Marcelo Souza de Castro [Vocal] (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Thursday 27 November 2025 |
| TIME: | 14.00h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Meeting room DEM and Microsoft Teams |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |
| GIUSEPPE COLELLA | |
|---|---|
| SUPERVISORS: | Dr. Josep Bonet and Dr. Allan Mackie |
| TITLE OF THESIS: | “STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF COARSE-GRAIN SYSTEMS WITH DENSITY- AND TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT POTENTIALS: APPLICATION TO GENERALIZED DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS” |
| DEPARTMENT: | DEQ |
| NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS PhD COMMITTEE: |
– Dr. Marta Sales Pardo [President] (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona) – Dr. Samy Merabia [Secretary] (Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, France) – Dr. Nigel Wilding [Vocal] (University of Bristol, UK) |
| DATE OF DEFENSE: | Friday 12 December 2025 |
| TIME: | 11.30h |
| ROOM OF DEFENSE: | Sala de Graus, ETSEQ, and Microsoft Teams |
| *INTERNATIONAL MENTION | |