Alberte Regueira

Alberte Regueira is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Her research focuses on advancing biorefinery design, metabolic modeling, and microbial fermentation processes for valorizing organic waste into valuable chemicals like volatile fatty acids (VFAs). She leads projects such as the VIALACTEA biorefinery initiative and has co-authored numerous high-impact publications in journals like Journal of Cleaner Production and Science of the Total Environment.

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Her research interests include:
- Bioprocess optimization using metabolic and stoichiometric models
- Anaerobic mixed-culture fermentations for VFA production
- Integration of mathematical programming in bioreactor design
- Waste-to-chemical conversion strategies

Notable achievements include:
- 3rd Best Oral Presentation at the 2019 Environmental Technologies Symposium
- Best Video Pitch Award at the 2018 biobased products workshop

She supervises doctoral and master’s students on topics like biorefinery design (Lucas Van der Hauwaert), odd-chain fatty acid production (Catalina Andrea Mieres), and culture medium effects (Miriam Baleato). Her work bridges chemical engineering, microbiology, and process systems engineering to address sustainability challenges in waste valorization.

Current projects include developing lactic acid-based biorefineries (VIALACTEA) funded by national grants (PID2023-152622OA-I00).