Lucía Argiz

Lucía Argiz is a Research Fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela. Her research focuses on wastewater treatment and resource recovery, particularly biopolymers production from industrial effluents. She holds a Chemical Engineering degree and a Master's in Environmental Engineering from the same institution.

Education:

• Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering (University of Santiago de Compostela)
• Master's in Environmental Engineering (University of Santiago de Compostela)

Her work emphasizes sustainable biotechnological processes for waste valorization, including lipid-rich wastewater treatment and microbial community dynamics. Key contributions include strategies for PHA and triacylglyceride production using industrial byproducts. She has presented research at conferences such as the IWA Resource Recovery Conference and the Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries.

Awards:

• Linguistic Quality Award for optimizing mixed culture enrichment for PHA production from mussel wastewater (2018)

Her articles explore topics like saline wastewater treatment, bioreactor design, and anaerobic digestion optimization. Lucía collaborates on projects addressing environmental sustainability and industrial waste conversion, with a focus on scalable bioprocess engineering solutions.