Álvaro Pun García

Álvaro Pun García holds a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alcalá, awarded for his thesis Eliminación de contaminantes emergentes del agua en sistemas bioelectroquímicos (2023), supervised by Dr. Abraham Esteve Núñez and Dr. Ana Karina Boltes Espínola. His research focuses on innovative bioelectrochemical systems for removing pharmaceuticals and emerging contaminants from water. He is currently affiliated with a research project under a contractual role as indicated by 'Contrato Proyecto P.I.'

Research interests include environmental engineering, wastewater treatment, electrochemistry, and sustainable technologies. His recent work emphasizes chiral contaminant removal, purple phototrophic bacteria applications, and the development of bioelectrochemical filters like METland®.

Publications span topics from brewery wastewater valorization to pharmaceutical detoxification, highlighting interdisciplinary approaches in environmental biotechnology and chemical engineering. No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts.