Dr. Serena Molina Martínez

She obtained her PhD by the Complutense University of Madrid. Her doctoral thesis, supervised by Prof. Javier de Abajo and Prof. José G. de la Campa, was presented in November 2012: “Preparation of porous membranes from hydrophilic aromatic polyamides. Evaluation as membranes for ultrafiltration and pervaporation operations”. Her knowledge about material science has been complemented with the Master Degree in Advanced Specialization in Plastics and Rubber at Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) and Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), with the Project: “Applications of polymers in the preparation and use of membranes for brackish water distillation”.

During 4 years she has worked at Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP-CSIC) and she has participated in 5 research projects on the development and testing of polymeric membranes for different water treatment operations: Ultrafiltration, Reverse and Direct Osmosis, Membrane Distillation.

She has taught laboratory practices in the Master of Advanced Specialization in Plastics and Rubber. She has presented 17 communications at several national and international conferences. She has published 12 articles in indexed journals, a patent and a book chapter of molecular biorecognition.

She joined IMDEA Water in July 2014. Currently, she is involved in different projects carrying out the evaluation, modification and (spectroscopic and morphological) characterization of reverse osmosis, nanofiltration and ultrafiltration membranes.