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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marta Ramos-Andrés

Citation names

  • Ramos-Andrés, Marta

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D21E-472F-E086
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0344-7655

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017 - 2022
Concluded
 PhD in chemical and environmental engineering (Doctor)
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
"Pilot-scale biorefinery of agri-food residual biomass oriented to valuable bioproducts" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015 - 2017
Concluded
 Master degree in chemical engineering (Master)
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
"Study and improvement of mass transfer in membranes using CFD technology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011 - 2015
Concluded
 Bachelor degree in chemical engineering (Graduado)
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
"Biotechnological valorization of industrial by-products/wastes: production of succinic acid and lactic acid" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/11/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Universidad de Valladolid Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente, Spain
2023/05/01 - 2025/10/31 Postdoc (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
2021/08 - 2023/04 Researcher (Research) Fundación CARTIF, Spain
Fundación CARTIF, Spain
2017/01 - 2022/03 Researcher (Research) Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Universidad de Valladolid Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente, Spain
2020/10 - 2021/04 Visiting Researcher (Research) Åbo Akademi, Finland
Åbo Akademi Laboratoriet för naturmaterialteknik, Finland
2014 - 2015 Research Trainee (Research) Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Universidad de Valladolid Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/05 - Current Bio-derived Carbon Fibers (BioCFiber)
2022.08091.PTDC
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021 - 2023 Advanced chemicals production from biogenic CO2 emissions for circular bio-based industries (CO2SMOS)
10.3030/101000790
Researcher
Horizon 2020
2021 - 2023 Biofuels production from syngas fermentation for aviation and maritime use (BioSFerA)
10.3030/884208
Researcher
Horizon 2020
2021 - 2022 Creating added-value chemicals from bio-industrial CO2 emissions using integrated catalytic technologies (CATCO2NVERS)
10.3030/101000580
Researcher
Horizon 2020
2021 - 2022 Development of a bifunctional hierarchically structured zeolite based nano-catalyst using 3D-technology for direct conversion of methane into aromatic hydrocarbons via methane dehydroaromatization (ZEOCAT-3D)
10.3030/814548
Researcher
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
2016 - 2018 Lignocellulosic biorefinery of agro-food industry by-products to obtain bioproducts by hydrothermal fractionation and catalytic hydrogenation
CTQ2015-64892-R
PhD Student Fellow
Fondos FEDER, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad

Contract

Designation Funders
2022 - 2023 Development of lignin-based bio-adhesives for wood composite panels (WoodLi)
MQM-20220068
Principal investigator
Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial
2018 - 2020 Research and development of new continuous fractionation processes of biomass
061/182531
PhD Student Fellow
Fundación General de la Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
 Hiperbaric SA
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Ramos-Andrés, Marta; Marta C. Lourenço; Talita Lorena da S. do Nascimento; Marques, Ana C.. "Acidic oxidative depolymerization towards functionalized low molecular weight lignin and high value-added aliphatic monomers". Paper presented in International Symposium on Green Chemistry 2025, 2025.
  2. Talita Nascimento; Ramos-Andrés, Marta; Ana Clara Marques. "Depolymerization and functionalization of lignin in the absence of catalysts and solvents for obtention of novel monomers under environmentally friendly conditions". Paper presented in Ciencia 2024 - Science and Technology Summit in Portugal, 2024.
  3. Talita Nascimento; Ramos-Andrés, Marta; Ana Clara Marques. "Catalyst-free and solvent-free depolymerization and functionalization of lignin with environmentally friendly operating conditions". Paper presented in 20th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries, 2024.
  4. Ramos-Andrés, Marta; José María Sanz-Martín; Jorge Barriuso-Maicas; José Luis García-López; Ellen Verhoeven; Koen Quataert; Raúl Piñero-Hernanz. Corresponding author: Ramos-Andrés, Marta. "Biotechnological platform to produce CO2-derived intermediates and monomers". Paper presented in 2nd Greenering International Conference, 2023.
  5. José María Sanz-Martín; Ramos-Andrés, Marta; Raúl Piñero-Hernanz; Jorge Barriuso-Maicas; José Luis García-López; Elodie Vlaeminck; Koen Quataert; Kostis Atsonios. Corresponding author: José María Sanz-Martín. "Influence of acetate as main carbon source for lipid production via oleaginous yeast fermentation". Paper presented in 2nd Greenering International Conference, 2023.
  6. Juan García-Serna; Roberto Hornero-Sánchez; Jesús Poza-Crespo; Raúl Muñoz-Torre; Sara Isabel Pérez Elvira; Ramos-Andrés, Marta. "PERSONAL BRAND and PRE-CURRICULUM to draw the future of UVa undergraduate students from the first year of their studies". Paper presented in V Congress of teaching innovation in chemical engineering, 2020.
  7. Ramos-Andrés, Marta; Beatriz Aguilera-Torre; Segio Díaz-Cesteros; Juan García-Serna. Corresponding author: Ramos-Andrés, Marta. "Production of high-value added products from carrot discards through green processes". Paper presented in The 20th International Symposium on Wood, Fiber, and Pulping Chemistry, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Talita Nascimento; Marta Ramos-Andrés; Rui Galhano dos Santos; António Aguiar; Ana C. Marques. "A mild acidic oxidative process for lignin-derived functionalized monomers under catalyst, solvent, and pressure-free conditions". Biomass and Bioenergy (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2025.107949.
    10.1016/j.biombioe.2025.107949
  2. Marta C. Lourenço; Talita Nascimento; Pedro José Sanches Filho; Ana C. Marques; Marta Ramos-Andrés. "Acidic Oxidative Depolymerization Towards Functionalized Low-Molecular-Weight Lignin and High-Value-Added Aliphatic Monomers: Operating Conditions, Scale-Up, and Crosslinking". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26104872.
    10.3390/ijms26104872
  3. Ramos-Andrés, Marta; Liqiu Hu; Henrik Grénman; Chunlin Xu; Juan García-Serna. "Upcycling of carrot waste into pectin-arabinogalactan and lignin-cellulose films via hydrothermal treatment, ultrafiltration/diafiltration, and casting". Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112645.
    10.1016/j.jece.2024.112645
  4. Ramos-Andrés, M.; Díaz-Cesteros, S.; Majithia, N.; García-Serna, J.. "Pilot-scale biorefinery for the production of purified biopolymers based on hydrothermal treatment in flow-through reactor cycles". Chemical Engineering Journal 437 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85126146307&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cej.2022.135123
  5. Ramos-Andrés, M.; Aguilera-Torre, B.; García-Serna, J.. "Hydrothermal production of high-molecular weight hemicellulose-pectin, free sugars and residual cellulose pulp from discarded carrots". Journal of Cleaner Production 290 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85097376451&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125179
  6. Ramos-Andrés, M.; Aguilera-Torre, B.; García-Serna, J.. "Biorefinery of discarded carrot juice to produce carotenoids and fermentation products". Journal of Cleaner Production 323 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85115950514&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129139
  7. Ramos-Andrés, M.; Aguilera-Torre, B.; García-Serna, J.. "Production of purified hemicellulose-pectin fractions of different molecular weight from discarded carrots by hydrothermal treatment followed by multistep ultrafiltration/diafiltration". Journal of Cleaner Production 321 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85115081985&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128923
  8. Ramos-Andrés, M.; Andrés-Iglesias, C.; García-Serna, J.. "Production of molecular weight fractionated hemicelluloses hydrolyzates from spent coffee grounds combining hydrothermal extraction and a multistep ultrafiltration/diafiltration". Bioresource Technology 292 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85070503193&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121940
Preprint
  1. Marta C. Lourenço; Talita Nascimento; Pedro Miguel Sanches Filho; Ana C. Marques; Marta Ramos-Andrés. "Acidic Oxidative Depolymerization Towards Functionalized Low Molecular Weight Lignin and High Value-Added Aliphatic Monomers: Operating Conditions, Scale-Up, and Crosslinking". 2025. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202503.2415.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202503.2415.v1
  2. Talita Nascimento; Marta Ramos-Andres; Rui Galhano Santos; António Aguiar; Ana C. Marques. "A Mild Process to Achieve Lignin-Derived Functionalized Monomers Under Catalyst, Solvent, and Pressure-Free Conditions". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4991171.
    10.2139/ssrn.4991171
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/05/16 Lignin depolymerization and copolymerization with eco-acrylonitrile in aqueous media targeting sustainable carbon fiber precursors International Symposium on Green Chemistry 2025
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) (La Rochelle, France)
2024/06 Solvent- and Catalyst-free Oxidative Depolymerization/Functionalization of Lignin: Generating Novel Monomers for Advanced Polymers 3rd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Polymers & Chemistry
(Portugal)
2023/06 From discarded carrots to 100 % bio based films: purified hemicellulose pectin combined with lignin cellulose nanofibers 19th International conference on renewable resources and biorefineries
(Latvia)
2019/05 Hydrothermal extraction, separation and purification of hemicelluloses from residual biomass 5th International Symposium on Green Chemistry
(France)
2018/06 Hemicellulose fractionation by multistep ultrafiltration of liquid effluents from a hydrothermal process 14th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries
(Belgium)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Silica/titania-lignin hybrids for wastewater treatment
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/03 - 2024/12 Lignin depolymerization strategies and their scale-up
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/03 - 2024/11 Lignin based copolymers by free radical polymerization for sustainable carbon fibers
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Hydrothermal fractionation of carrot in pilot plant in cycles and separation by ultrafiltration membrane
Co-supervisor
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
2019 - 2019 Particle preparation from hemicellulose, pectin and pigments from carrot discards using spray drying and lyophilization
Co-supervisor
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
2017 - 2018 Simulation of a hemicellulose hydrothermal extraction process using Aspen Plus with Aspen Polymers
Co-supervisor
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/07 - 2022/07 Innovative technologies for aviation and marine fuels from waste biomass (BioSFerA project)
Workshop
 8th training workshop on innovative solutions applied to the bioeconomy
Fundación CARTIF, Spain
2022/02/11 - 2022/02/11 Tell me about 11F: Marta Ramos
Other
 Platform 11F
2017/07/02 - 2017/07/16 Downstream processing of liquid effluents of biomass hydrothermal processing plants
Other
 European Summer School in High Pressure Technology
Technische Universität Graz, Austria

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025/07 - 2025/07 Food Hydrocolloids (1873-7137) Elsevier
2025/05 - 2025/05 Chemical Engineering Journal (1385-8947) Elsevier
2025/02 - 2025/02 Chemical Engineering Journal (1873-3212) Elsevier
2025/01 - 2025/01 Journal of Supercritical Fluids (1872-8162) Elsevier
2024/08 - 2024/08 Journal of applied polymer science (0021-8995) Wiley
2024/08 - 2024/08 Journal of Applied Polymer Science (0021-8995) Wiley

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019 - 2020 MSc in chemical engineering Chemical engineering of product (Master) Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
2018 - 2020 BSc in chemistry Projects in chemistry (Graduado) Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
2018 - 2018 BSc in electronic and automatic engineering Environmental and process technology (Graduado) Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
2017 - 2017 BSc in chemical engineering Experimentation in chemical engineering (Graduado) Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021/10 Biorefinery techniques transform carrot waste into value-added materials such as biofilms or lactic acid Communication Office of the University of Valladolid, "El español" newspaper, "Tribuna de Valladolid" newspaper, "El día de Valladolid" newspaper

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/02/18 - 2022/02/18 News Castilla y León. Carrots to make biodegradable plastics.
Distinctions

Award

2017 Extraordinary end of studies prize (MSc in chemical engineering)
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
2015 Extraordinary end of studies prize (BSc chemical engineering)
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

Other distinction

2022 Cum Laude doctorate mention
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
2022 International doctorate mention
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain