Mª PILAR LOBERA GONZALÉZ ACTUAL POSITION 2012- up to now Researcher. Nanoscience Institute of Aragon (University of Zaragoza), since January 2012 in the frame of the NANOVALID European project (FP7). RESEARCH TOPICS Development of highly-effective and stable catalytic layers for the activation of the nano-structured ceramic oxygen transport membranes (OTM’s) with infinite selectivity for oxygen separation from air. The produced oxygen is provided to Oxyfuel power plants or chemical processes, which will contribute in a way to the mitigation of CO2 emissions. Study of the selective oxidation of CO in excess hydrogen for application to PEMFC’s; using two-zone fluidized bed reactors. Improving the catalytic dehydrogenation of propane and butane using two-zone fluidized bed reactors, where separate oxidation and reduction zones are present in the same vessel. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2009-2011 Postdoctoral fellow at the Instituto de Tecnología Química (Valencia) since October 2009 in the frame of the NASA-OTM European project (FP7). 2005-2009 Ph.D. fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education (FPI program) in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies at University of Zaragoza. 2007-2008 Assistant Professor of subject: “Chemical Engineering Lab”. University of Zaragoza. Zaragoza (Spain). ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS September, 2009 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering. University of Zaragoza. Zaragoza (Spain). July, 2004 M.S. Chemistry/Chemical Engineering. University of Zaragoza. Zaragoza (Spain). ORGANIZATION OF MEETINGS, COURSES September, 2010 Organizing member of “MEM-BRAIN and NASA-OTM Summer School. Ceramic membranes for green chemical production and clean power generation”. CSIC-UPV. Valencia (Spain). November, 2006 Organizing member of “Nanostructured material and membrane synthesis and characterization”. University of Zaragoza. Zaragoza (Spain). PERSONAL PUBLICATIONS Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. Transient kinetic modelling of propane dehydrogenation over a Pt-Sn-K/Al2O3 catalyst. Applied Catalysis A, 349 (2008), 156-164. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. Propane dehydrogenation over a Pt-SnK/Al2O3 catalyst in a two-zone fluidized bed reactor.Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 47 (23) (2008) 9314– 9320. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. Pt-Sn/MgAl2O4 as n-butane dehydrogenation catalyst in a two-zone fluidized-bed reactor. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 48 (14) (2009) 6573-6578. Lobera, M.P.; Biausque, G.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M.; Schuurman, Y. Comparison of different methods for quantitative analysis of TAP pulse-response data. Chemical Engineering Science 65 (2010) 2417-2424. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. Catalytic purification of H2-rich streams by COPROX over Pt-Co-Ce/γ-Al2O3 in fluidized bed reactors. Catalysis Today 157 (2010) 404-409. Lobera, M.P.; Valero, S.; Serra, J.M.; Escolástico, S.; Argente, E.; Botti, V. Optimization of ODHE membrane reactor based on mixed ionic electronic conductor using soft computing techniques. Chemical Engineering Science, in press, Corrected Proof (doi.: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.12.013). Baumann, S.; Serra, J.M.; Lobera, M.P.; Escolástico, S.; Schulze-Küppers, F.; Meulenberg, W.A. Ultrahigh Oxygen Permeation Flux through Supported Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δ Membranes. Journal of Membrane Science 377 (2011) 198-205. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Schuurman, Y.; Menéndez, M. TAP Studies of Pt-Sn-K/γAl2O3 Catalyst for Propane Dehydrogenation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 171 (2011) 1317-1323. García-Torregrosa, I.; Lobera, M.P.; Solís, C.; Atienzar, P.; Serra, J.M. Development of CO2 Protective Layers by Spray Pyrolysis for Ceramic Oxygen Transport Membranes. Advanced Energy Materials 1 (2011) 618-625. Lobera, M.P.; Escolástico, S.; Serra, J.M. High Ethylene Production through ODHE Membrane Reactors based on Fast Oxygen-Ion Conductors. ChemCatChem, 3 (2011) 1503-1508. Lobera, M.P.; Serra, J.M., Foghmoes, S.; Soegaard, M.; Kaiser A. On the Use of Supported Ceria Membranes for Oxyfuel process/Syngas, Journal of Membrane Science, 385-386 (2011) 154-161. Lobera, M.P.; Escolástico, S.; Serra, J.M. Ethylene Production by ODHE in Catalytic Modified Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δ Membranes Reactors. Accepted in ChemSusChem (2012) RESEARCH STAY IRCELYON-CNRS, Villeurbanne (France). 2008. 6 meses. Pre-doctoral. Topic: Pulse-response TAP studies of propane dehydrogenation over a Pt-Sn-K/Al2O3 catalyst ITQ (UPV-CSIC), Valencia (Spain). 2009-2011. Post-doctoral. Topic: Development of highly-effective and stable catalytic layers for the activation of the nanostructured ceramic oxygen transport membranes (OTM’s) ATTENDANCE TO INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL MEETINGS 2ª Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores de Aragón. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. “Deshidrogenación de propano sobre Pt-Sn-K / γ-Al2O3: cinética de formación de coque”. Poster. Zaragoza (Spain) 2006. Congreso de la sociedad española de catálisis. SECAT’07. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. “Deshidrogenación de propano sobre Pt-Sn-K / γ-Al2O3 en un reactor RLFDZ”. Oral Communication. Bilbao (Spain) 2007. XXI Ibero-American Symposium of catalysis (SICAT’08). Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. ”Deshidrogenación de n-butano catalizada por Pt-Sn / MgAl 2O4 en reactor RLFDZ“. Oral Communicatio. Benalmádena (Spain) 2008. 11th Mediterranean Congress of Chemical Engineering. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. “Complete kinetic modelling of propane dehydrogenation over a Pt-Sn-K/Al 2O3 catalyst in a two-zone fluidized bed reactor”. Poster. Barcelona (Spain) 2008 11th Mediterranean Congress of Chemical Engineering. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. “Pt-Sn/MgAl2O4 as a catalyst for n-butane dehydrogenation in a two-zone fluidized bed reactor”. Poster. Barcelona (Spain) 2008 3ª Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores de Aragón. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. “Modelo cinético completo de la deshidrogenación de propano sobre Pt-Sn-K / γ-Al2O3 en un reactor RLFDZ”. Poster. Zaragoza (Spain) 2008 3ª Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores de Aragón. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. “Pt-Sn / MgAl2O4 como catalizador para la deshidrogenación de butano en reactor RLFDZ”. Poster. Zaragoza (Spain) 2008 MaCKiE-2009 Annual Seminars and International Workshops on Mathematics in Chemical Kinetics and Engineering. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Schurman, Y. Menéndez, M. “Comparison of different methods for quantitative analysis of TAP pulse-response data“. Oral Communication. Gante (Belgium) 2009 Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Catálisis (SECAT’09). Bescós, V., Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. “Oxidación selectiva de CO sobre un catalizador CuO-CeO2/ γ-Al2O3 en reactores de lecho fluidizado redox”. Oral Communication. Ciudad Real (Spain) 2009 Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Catálisis (SECAT’09). Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Schurman, Y. Menéndez, M. “Análisis temporal de productos (TAP-2) en la deshidrogenación de propano sobre Pt-Sn-K/γ-Al2O3”. Poster. Ciudad Real (Spain) 2009. 6th World Congress on Oxidation Catalysis (6WCOC). Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. “Preferential oxidation of CO in a H2-rich stream in a REDOX two-zone fluidized bed reactor”. Oral Communication. Lille (France) 2009. 8º World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE8). Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. “Two-zone fluidized bed reactor to improve dehydrogenation process”. Poster. Montreal (Canada) 2009. EuropaCat IX. Bescós, V., Navarro, J., Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Menéndez, M. “Catalytic purification of H2-rich stream by CO-PROX in a redox two-zone fluidized bed reactor”. Poster. Salamanca (Spain) 2009. EuropaCat IX. Lobera, M.P.; Téllez, C.; Herguido, J.; Schuurman, Y.; Menéndez, M. “Pt-Sn-K/γAl2O3 catalyst for propane dehydrogenation: study of catalyst behavior by TAP experiments”. Poster. Salamanca (Spain) 2009. International Conference on Inorganic Membranes (NAMS/ICIM 2010). Escolástico, S.; Lobera, M.P.; Baumann, S.; Meulenberg, W.A.; Markus, T.; Serra, J.M. “Catalytic surface activation of ceramic oxygen transport membranes based on BSFC and LSFC”. Poster. Washington D.C. (USA) 2010. International Conference on Inorganic Membranes (NAMS/ICIM 2010). Escolástico, S.; Lobera, M.P.; Serra, J.M. “Catalytic Membrane Reactors based on Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors”. Poster. Washington D.C. (USA) 2010. XXII Ibero-American congress of catalysis (XXII CICAT). Escolástico, S.; Lobera, M.P.; T.; Serra, J.M.; Melo, F. “Reactores catalíticos de membrana basados en conductores iónicos-mixtos”. Poster. Viña del Mar (Chile) 2010. Ceramic Membranes for Green Chemical Production and Clean Power Generation Summer School. Escolástico, S.; Lobera, M.P.; T.; Serra, J.M.; Melo, F. “Alkane activation in a MIEC catalytic membrane reactor”. Poster. Valencia (Spain) 2010. Ceramic Membranes for Green Chemical Production and Clean Power Generation Summer School. Escolástico, S.; Lobera, M.P.; Baumann, S.; Meulenberg, W.A.; Markus, T.; Serra, J.M. “Surface catalytic modification of BSFC and LSFC oxygen transport membranes”. Poster. Valencia (Spain) 2010. Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Catálisis (SECAT2011). Lobera, M.P.; Escolástico, S.; Serra, J.M. “Activación catalítica de membranas de transporte de oxígeno”. Oral Communication. Zaragoza (Spain) 2011. International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM-2011). GozálvezZafrilla, J.M.; Serra, J.M.; Santafé-Moros, A.; Escolástico, S.; Lobera M.P. “Study of Geometric Factor in the O2 Permeation Fluid through Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conducting Membranes by Dynamic Modeling”. Poster. Amsterdam (Holland) 2011. International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM-2011). Escolástico, S.; Lobera, M.P.; Baumann, S.; Meulenberg, W.A.; Serra, J.M. “Improvement of oxygen permeation flux through Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δ (BSFC) membranes by surface modification”. Poster. Amsterdam (Holland) 2011. International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM-2011). Balaguer, M.; Solís, C., Escolástico, S.; Serra, J.M.; Lobera, M.P. “Characterization and performance of oxygen membranes based on multivalence lanthanide (Tb and Pr) doped ceria”. Poster. Amsterdam (Holland) 2011. International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-18 conference). Serra, J.M.; Lobera, M.P.; Escolástico, S.; Baumann, S.; Meulenberg, W.A. “Optimization of oxygen permeation flux on BSCF supported membranes”. Poster. Warsaw (Poland) 2011. 12th Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECerSXII). Escolástico, S.; Lobera, M.P.; Serra, J.M.; Balaguer, M. “Catalytic surface layers for the activation of the perovskite membrane for selective oxygen separation”. Poster. Stockholm (Sweden) 2011. OTHERS Ph.D. under the European label. Attendance to the course on “Introduction to the characterization of adsorbents and catalysts” by CSIC, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Cáceres (Spain). June, 20060 Attendance to 3rd Nanomemcourse: Nano-structured materials and membranes for energy. SINTEF. Oslo (Norway) 2009. Attendance to MEM-BRAIN and NASA-OTM Summer School: Ceramic membranes for green chemical production and clean power generation. CSIC-UPV. Valencia (Spain) 2010. Master degree on “Introduction to Research in Chemical Engineering and the Environment” by University of Zaragoza. Zaragoza (Spain). November, 2006 Attendance to the course on Occupational Health and Safety by CEZ, Confederación de Empresarios de Zaragoza (Spain). August, 2005.