Bioprocess Engineering for Carboxylate Production: bridging experiments and mechanistic modeling

Marta Carballa is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and researcher of CRETUS (Cross-disciplinary Research Center in Environmental Technologies). She holds a PhD in Chemical and Environmental Engineering by the University of Santiago de Compostela and completed two postdocs at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile) and at Ghent University (Belgium). Her research has focused on advancing anaerobic digestion technologies and the removal of emerging contaminants in wastewater and sludge treatment processes. Over the past decade, she has been leading a research line aimed at the selective production of volatile fatty acids from waste streams -reframing waste as a valuable feedstock within the circular bioeconomy