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Nora Vidal Duarte

Nora Vidal Duarte is a a pre-doctoral researcher in training (4th year) at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, her doctoral thesis focuses on the field of lignocellulosic waste valorisation through the use of basic catalysts to obtain high added value products and design of natural solvents for the liquid-liquid extraction (HES) of long-chain volatile fatty acids from fermentation current, in turn she also teach in the department of chemical and environmental engineering.

Previously she was a research assistant doing research tasks in the field of Biomass and Biofuels: in the field of transformation of sugars and lignocellulosic biomass derivatives into bio-products of interest, study of the production of GVL (γ-valerolactone) from glucose, optimising the use of Al/Zr zeolites and investigation of the formation of DPA (diphenolic acid) through the reaction of Levulinic Acid with phenol using zeolites.

Previously she was in different companies from different industrial sectors, where she acquired different skills, such as database management, facility engineering studies and elaboration of facility measurements, support in IT project management, among others.

Regarding training, she graduated in 2017 in the double degree of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Organization Engineering from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, and she obtained the Master of Industrial Engineering with specialization in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Distance Education in 2020.

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URL Web: https://gestion2.urjc.es/pdi/ver/nora.vidal

Keywords: Biomass, lignocellulose, catalysis, VFAs, HES