Ingeniería Civil y Arquitectura

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MINISTERIO
DE ECONOMÍA
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Y COMPETITIV
VIDAD
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SECRETARÍA DE
E ESTADO
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DE INVESTIGACIÓN
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DESARROLLO E INNOVACIÓN
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SECRETARÍA GE
ENERAL
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DE CIENCIA, TEC
CNOLOGÍA
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E INNOVACIÓN
AYUDAS
S RAMÓN Y CAJAL
CONVO
OCATORIA
A 2014
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No
ombre: MENEND
DEZ GARCIA
A, MELISA
Referencia: RYC‐2014
4‐16469 Áre
ea Científicaa: Ingenieríaa Civil y Arqu
uitectura Co
orreo Electrónico: men
[email protected] Títtulo: D
DIRECCIÓN GEN
NERAL
D
DE INVESTIGACIÓN
C
CIENTÍFICA Y TÉ
ÉCNICA
S
SUBDIRECCIÓN GENERAL
D
DE RECURSOS HUMANOS
H
P
PARA LA INVEST
TIGACIÓN
Ch
haracterization of ocean and ccoastal dynamiccs. Applicationss to Coastal Enggineering Resumen de laa Memoria: Drr. Melisa Menééndez is associate researcherr of the Enviroonmental Hydrraulic Institute (IH‐Cantabria),, from the �M
Marine Climatee and Climate Change tteam� of the Institute. She received the M
Marine Science degree from th
he university off Cadiz, Spain (2
2001) and the Ph.D. de
egree in Marinee Sciences and Technologies from the univeersity of Cantab
bria, Santanderr‐Spain (2008), having obtaine
ed the Ph.D. sp
pecial aw
ward in techniccal education off the Cantabria
a university for her work "Non
n‐stationary sta
atistical analysiss of extreme va
alues of geophyysical vaariables". She w
worked as visitting scholar at Scripps 'Instituution of Oceanography' and at a 'Hydrologic RResearch Center' (California, USA, 20
007) and at the National Oceanography Centtre (Liverpool, U
UK, 2009). Her main research interests are: ccharacterization
n of marine clim
mate; asssessment of m
marine energy schemes; s
clima
ate variability aanalysis; climate change impa
act on the coasst and marine structures; extreme vaalue analysis an
nd statistical an
nd dynamic dow
wnscaling of m
marine climate. She has published on these ttopics, especially with the extreme vaalue analysis an
nd climate variaability. Recent work includes national and in
nternational projects on coasttal climate change impact, marine re
enewable resou
urces evaluation
n and the impro
ovement and heelp on design aand management of maritime works. Resumen del C
Currículum V
Vitae: Drr. Melisa Menééndez is associate researcherr of the Enviroonmental Hydrraulic Institute (IH‐Cantabria),, from the �M
Marine Climatee and Climate Change tteam� of the Institute. She received the M
Marine Science degree from th
he university off Cadiz, Spain (2
2001) and the Ph.D. egree in Marinee Sciences and Technologies from the univeersity of Cantab
bria, Santanderr‐Spain (2008), having obtaine
ed the Ph.D. sp
pecial de
aw
ward in techniccal education off the Cantabria
a university for her work "Non
n‐stationary sta
atistical analysiss of extreme va
alues of geophyysical vaariables". She w
worked as visitting scholar at Scripps 'Instituution of Oceanography' and at a 'Hydrologic RResearch Center' (California, USA, 20
007) and at the National Oceanography Centtre (Liverpool, U
UK, 2009). Her main research interests are: ccharacterization
n of marine clim
mate; asssessment of m
marine energy schemes; s
clima
ate variability aanalysis; climate change impa
act on the coasst and marine structures; extreme vaalue analysis an
nd statistical an
nd dynamic dow
wnscaling of m
marine climate. She has published on these ttopics, especially with the extreme vaalue analysis an
nd climate variaability. Recent work includes national and in
nternational projects on coasttal climate change impact, marine re
enewable resou
urces evaluation
n and the impro
ovement and heelp on design aand management of maritime works. M
MINISTERIO
DE ECONOMÍA
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Y COMPETITIV
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SECRETARÍA DE
E ESTADO
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DE INVESTIGACIÓN
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DESARROLLO E INNOVACIÓN
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SECRETARÍA GE
ENERAL
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DE CIENCIA, TEC
CNOLOGÍA
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E INNOVACIÓN
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OCATORIA
A 2014
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DIRECCIÓN GEN
NERAL
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DE INVESTIGACIÓN
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CIENTÍFICA Y TÉ
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SUBDIRECCIÓN GENERAL
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DE RECURSOS HUMANOS
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P
PARA LA INVEST
TIGACIÓN
Turno d
de acceso general
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No
ombre: BUTTIGLLIERI , GIAN
NLUIGI Referencia: RYC‐2014
4‐16754 Áre
ea Científicaa: Ingenieríaa Civil y Arqu
uitectura Co
orreo Electrónico: gian
[email protected] Títtulo: Water micropollu
utants: fate in tthe environmen
nt and in waste water treatment plants. Resumen de laa Memoria: I got g my MSc D
Degree in Enviironmental Enggineering (20044) and a PhD in Sanitary an
nd Environmenntal Engineerin
ng (2008) from
m the De
epartment of Civil and Environmental Enggineering, Polittecnico di Milaano, Italy. My formation annd research activity have bro
oadly en
ncompassed the Sanitary Engiineering field a
and, particularlyy water and waastewater treatment technoloogies at bench,, pilot and full‐‐scale tre
eatment plantss at both natio
onal (Italy, Germany and Spaiin) and internaational level. In
nterdisciplinary y approach is guiding g
my reseearch caarrier all along. In particular I aam an internationally recogn
nized expert oon water micrropollutants (pharmaceutical compounds but b also pesticcides, su
urfactants, etc.)) fate in the envvironment and in WWTPs. Sin
nce 2010, I am
m leading the research line at a ICRA on miccropollutants monitoring m
and removal in thhe environmen
nt and by means of diffferent treatmeent technologiees. Different water m
matrixes have b
been measured
d: natural wateers in scarcity area region (Spa
ain) and in conttinental climates (Germany, N
North off Italy), domestiic wastewaters, industrial wasstewaters (pharrmaceutical facctories) and, reccently, also watter from touristt facilities. Different interdissciplinary levelss have been con
nsidered: ‐ engineeering design, op
peration and co
ontrol of treatm
ment technologgies; emerging and priorityy pollutants analytical determi nation (gas, liquid chromatogrraphy, mass‐sppectrometry); ‐ ‐ evaluattion of parental compound rem
moval, (bio)deggradation/recallcitrance, solid//liquid distributtion; micropollutants metabolite searching and confirmaation in environmental and wa
astewater sampples; ‐ m
microbiologicaal analyses and a
biodiversitty (by meanss of respirom
metry, calorim
metry, biologiccal activity measurement, ‐ meta)proteomiccs, microbial community studies); (m
‐ evaluattion of micropo
ollutants� ecottoxicological eff
ffect on the biomass. he research linee has been invo
olving different treatment techhnologies: Th
‐ conven
ntional activatess sludge system
ms (CAS); long term acclimated biomass; ‐ nitrifyin
‐ ng biomass; ‐ pure sttrains cultures; ‐ membrrane bioreactorrs (MBR); ‐ constru
ucted wetlands; ‐ Fenton treatment and
d advances oxid
dation processees; on (CAS vs. MBR, wetland vss. CAS, advancced oxidation treatment t
in ccomparison and
d combination with ‐ technology compariso
ment). biological treatm
urrently, I am the scientific manager (for the entire prooject and for the t ICRA unit as well) of th e European project demEAU
Umed Cu
(D
Demonstrating integrated inno
ovative technologies for an o ptimal and safe closed waterr cycle in Meditterranean tourrist facilities); o
of the prroject ESR5a (B
Biodegradation of micropolluttants) of the EEuropean ITN SANITAS S
projecct and for the ICRA contributtion in the nattional prroject ITACA (In
nvestigación dee tecnologías de
e tratamiento, reutilización y control para la
a sostenibilidadd futura de la depuración de aaguas re
esiduales). I have h
been worrking in severall funded Europ
pean (demEAUm
med; SANITAS‐‐ITN, ITN‐28919
93; MBR‐TRAIN
N, MEST‐CT‐200
05‐021050), Spanish (IT
TACA, IPT‐20111102; Colmatar+, CTM2009‐1
14742‐C02‐0; G
GEISTTAR, CTM
M 2011‐27163; Mecapharm, ICRA IWRP) and a
Italian pro
ojects (fu
unded by the Italian Ministrry for Universiity and Researrch, the Lomb
bardy Region, Cariplo C
Foundaation) and also
o cooperating with co
ompanies and o
other entities (the private co
ompany Accionna, the Catalan
n Water Partne
ership; HERA SppA, Cariplo fou
undation, Lomb
bardy Re
egion and ARPA
A Lombardia). Resumen del C
Currículum V
Vitae: I got g my MSc in Environmental Engineering (2004) (
from th e Department of Civil and En
nvironmental EEngineering (Po
olitecnico di Miilano, PO
OLIMI, Italy) with a year trainiing period on n
nitrate removall by means of m
membrane biorreactor (MBR) aat the Joint Ressearch Centre, Ispra M
MINISTERIO
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SECRETARÍA DE
E ESTADO
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DE INVESTIGACIÓN
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SECRETARÍA GE
ENERAL
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DE CIENCIA, TEC
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OCATORIA
A 2014
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de acceso general
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D
DIRECCIÓN GEN
NERAL
D
DE INVESTIGACIÓN
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CIENTÍFICA Y TÉ
ÉCNICA
S
SUBDIRECCIÓN GENERAL
D
DE RECURSOS HUMANOS
H
P
PARA LA INVEST
TIGACIÓN
(Ittaly). In 2008 I got myy PhD in Sanitary and Enviro
onmental Enginneering from POLIMI P
(dissertation on waterr micropollutan
nts presence in
n the en
nvironment and
d removal from
m water and sludge). During m
my PhD secondm
ment, at Europa Fachhochsch ule Fresenius (Idstein, Germany), I de
elved into analyytical analyses, micropollutantts metabolite seearching and co
onfirmation in e
environmental and wastewate
er samples. Frrom 2008 to 22010 I had po
ostdoctoral con
ntracts at POLLIMI on surfacctants removal, pharmaceuticcals removal and a
compariso
on of technologies (MB
BRs and conven
ntional wastewater treatmentt plants). nce 2010 I esttablished and leading the ressearch line at ICRA on micro
opollutants (pharmaceutical, eendocrine, UV filters compou
unds) Sin
monitoring and rremoval by meaans of differentt treatment tec hnologies. nce January 2014 I am the scientific manager of the Europeean project dem
mEAUmed: �D
Demonstrating iintegrated inno
ovative technologies Sin
fo
or an optimal an
nd safe closed w
water cycle in Mediterraneann tourist facilitie
es�. I am the rresponsible of tthe project ESR
R5a (Biodegradation off micropollutan
nts) of the European ITN SAN
NITAS project aand for ICRA contribution c
in the national pproject ITACA (�Investigació
ón de tecnologías de trratamiento, reu
utilización y con
ntrol para la sosstenibilidad futu
ura de la depurración de aguass residuales�). I aam responsible for the acquisiition of research funding and projects, management and fin
nancial resourcce planning. I ha
ave been workiing in se
everal funded EEuropean (dem
mEAUmed; SAN
NITAS‐ITN, ITN‐‐289193; MBR‐‐TRAIN, MEST‐CT‐2005‐0210550), Spanish (IT
TACA, IPT‐2011
1102; Co
olmatar+, CTM2009‐14742‐C0
02‐0; GEISTTAR
R, CTM 2011‐227163; Mecaph
harm) and Italian projects (fuunded by the Italian Ministrry for Un
niversity and R
Research, the Lombardy L
Region, Cariplo Fo undation). I haave been coop
perating with ccompanies and other entitiess (the prrivate companyy Acciona, the C
Catalan Water Partnership; thhe Italian large multi‐utility company HERA SSpA, Cariplo fou
undation, Lomb
bardy Re
egion, ARPA Lom
mbardia). My research acttivity has broad
dly encompasssed the Environnmental Engine
eering field and particularly w
water and wastewater treatment technologies. I have broad expeerience at bencch, pilot and fuull‐scale treatment plants (WW
WTP) at both n ational (Italy, G
Germany and SSpain) an
nd international level. I h
have experiencce with conventtional activatess sludge system
ms, MBRs (Deciision Support S
Systems and meembrane foulin
ng), SBRs, wetlaands, Fe
enton treatmen
nt and advanceed oxidation processes. p
As itt concerns to biological treattments, I havee experience with w mixed culttures, accclimated biomass, nitrifying b
biomass and pure strains cultuures measuring the biological a
activity (micro‐‐calorimetry, prroteomics, micrrobial co
ommunity studiies). My research acttivity have resu
ulted in 21 pub
blications (18 I SI listed peer‐rreviewed journ
nal, most in thee first quartile; H‐index of 8;; 212 cittations; 2 bookk chapters and aan on‐line procceeding) and ovver 40 conferen
nce proceeding
gs. I have a con solidated experience in mentoring with the finalized
d supervision off 1 PhD thesis (and the mentooring of anotherr PhD), 13 MSc, 11 BSc final prrojects and 9 trainee activitiess.