Yuliana Rodriguez Lamar

Yuliana Rodriguez Lamar is a Chemical Engineer graduated from Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador, and holds a Master’s degree in Water Resources Engineering (IUPWARE) from KU Leuven, Belgium. Her research interests lie at the intersection of sustainable materials, water treatment, and circular economy strategies, with a long-term goal of valorising waste derived feedstocks into high value biomaterials for environmental remediation and water recovery.

Throughout her academic career, Yuliana has been actively engaged in research focused on resource recovery and pollution mitigation. She has worked on the conversion of plastic waste into liquid fuels and chemical precursors, addressing key challenges in plastic waste management and water pollution. She later broadened her research scope to bio-based and circular solutions for hazardous waste management, gaining experience in the synthesis of porous carbon-based materials and the development of catalytic systems for sustainable fuel production. Her work also includes the integration of biopolymers into inorganic matrices to enhance process efficiency, strengthening her expertise in catalyst design, material functionalization, and process optimisation.

As Doctoral Candidate 4 in the NEUTEN project, Yuliana’s current research focuses on the conversion of key priority pollutants from wastewater to highly efficient energy-rich products through controlled catalytic hydrothermal reactions.