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Marta Vivar Garcia serves as a Contracted Professor within the Department of Electronic and Automatic Engineering at the University of Jaén, actively contributing to the Center for Advanced Studies in Earth Sciences, Energy. Her work centers on the Research and Development in Solar Energy group, where she pioneers hybrid photovoltaic-water treatment technologies with global sustainability applications.
She earned her PhD from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 2009 with a dissertation on Optimization of Euclidean Concentration Photovoltaic Technology, supervised by Dr. Gabriel Sala Pano. Her academic foundation integrates electronics engineering with renewable energy systems.
Vivar Garcia's research focuses on solving critical water-energy challenges through innovations like the SolWat system, which simultaneously generates electricity and disinfects water using photovoltaic modules. Her work spans solar disinfection kinetics, hybrid system optimization, IoT-based monitoring for remote installations, and practical implementations in arid regions and refugee camps. She emphasizes scalable solutions for developing communities while addressing environmental and economic viability.
Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals three dominant trends: (1) Evolution from basic SolWat prototypes to grid-integrated wastewater treatment systems compliant with EU regulations; (2) Increasing sophistication in pathogen-specific disinfection modeling using UV-LEDs and solar optics; (3) Strategic expansion into IoT-enabled mass monitoring for off-grid solar systems in resource-constrained settings. Her work consistently bridges fundamental engineering principles with urgent global sustainability needs.
As leader of the Research and Development in Solar Energy group, she directs projects focused on photovoltaic-water synergy, with field trials spanning Mexico's rural communities to Saharawi refugee camps. Her team specializes in converting theoretical solar energy concepts into field-deployable technologies that address both electricity access and water safety challenges.
