Rafael Ángel García Muñoz
Prof. García Muñoz is an ITPS member since its creation. He is a Chemical Engineering full professor. He received his Ph D. in 1997. He undertook two different postdoctoral research stays in the group of Prof. D. Sherrington at university of Strathclyde (UK) working on the synthesis of Sharples enantioselective catalyst (2002), and in the group of Prof. H. Spiess working on the solid-state NMR of polyolefins (2009).
One of the research fields of RGM research is focused on the nanoscience area, particularly in the preparation of zeolites and mesostructured materials and their application in catalysis and biomedical applications. Regarding this research line, he is or has been the PI of 4 Projects granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Spain): CTQ2011-22707, CTQ2014-57858-R, CTQ2017-88642-R and PID2021-125216OB-I00.
The other research field is aimed to the synthesis and characterization of polyolefins, mainly polyethylene, polypropylene and their copolymers, and the study of their recyclates towards the Circular Economy of Plastics. In this topic, RGM is the Head of the Polymer Technology Laboratory (LATEP). In this topic RGM is the PI of the Project granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Spain), in the frame of "Proyectos de Transición Ecológica y Digital", TED2021-130820B-C21: "Transitioning towards a circular economy of automotive plastic waste (CIRPLACAR)". Also, RGM is the IP of a Industrial Doctorate Project granted by the Madrid Community, IND2022/AMB-23683: "Incorporación de PVC reciclado para la fabricación de tuberías de PVC para el transporte de agua. Nuevas oportunidades para estimular la Economía Circular en plásticos". LATEP collaborates with several national and international companies, and generated incomes of more than 9 MM € (uninterrupted income of more than 400,000€/year since 2004).
Best Rey Juan Carlos University Researcher in 2014, awarded by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA).
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Keywords:
Nanoscience; zeolites; mesostructured materials; catalysis; circular economy; latep; polyolefins.
