nireEHU IRENE SIERRA GARCIA
- Knowledge area
- Chemical Engineering
- Department
- Chemical Engineering
- Centre
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Electronic mail
- irene.sierra@ehu.eus
BSc in Chemical Engineering (UPV/EHU, 2004) and PhD in Chemical Engineering (UPV/EHU, 2009). C1 level in Basque language (EGA) and English (Certificate in Advanced English), and B1 level in German (Zertifikat Deutsch). Nowadays, my professional career is being developed at the Faculty of Pharmacy (Vitoria-Gasteiz), where I hold a position as associate professor since 2017. I teach topics in Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science and Technology and in Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Sciences.
Member of PROCAT-VARES research group since 2004. My research is focused on catalyst deactivation and waste valorization. Participation in 13 competitive research projects. Coauthor of 19 indexed research papers, and 68 communications to conferences (including a keynote). Chairperson in an international conference.
I have attended more than 40 teacher training courses, including HASIBERRIAK (UPV/EHU, 2011-2013) and ERAGIN (UPV/EHU, 2012-13), focused on active teaching and learning methodologies, mainly Project Based Learning. 6 publications of teaching material.