Contact details

Dr. Oihana Gordobil
Consolidated Research Group ”Materials + Technology” (GMT)
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of the Basque Country (EHU)
Faculty of Enginnering of Gipuzkoa
Plaza Europa 1, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

ORCID code: 0000-0002-2246-8291
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oihana-Gordobil?ev=hdr_xprf
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oihana-gordobil-256a63164/
Research Group: https://www.ehu.eus/en/web/gmt/oihana-gordobil
PhD programme CTA/ECT: https://www.ehu.eus/en/web/doktoregoa/doctorate-renewable-materials-engineering

Short biography

Oihana Gordobil completed her Degree in Chemical Engineering in 2011 at the University of the Basque Country and obtained the PhD Degree in the field of Renewable Materials Engineering from the same university in 2018. In 2021, she was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) to carry out the BIO4CARE project at Innorenew CoE, where she also served as Assistant Professor at the University of Primorska (Slovenia).She is currently a Ramón y Cajal researcher in the “Materials+Technologies” Group (GMT) at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of the Basque Country (EHU). Her research focuses on the sustainable valorization of lignin for the development of bio-based functional additives-ingredients, formulations, and materials. A central objective is to enhance lignin’s performance through chemical and physical modifications. Her research work includes synthesis and functionalization of lignin-based nanomaterials, design of lignin-derived formulations and materials such as emulsions, coatings, resins, and composites, development of biobased wood protection treatments, and application of non-destructive analytical techniques based on spectroscopy combined with Multivariate Data Analysis (MDA) to characterize lignin-derived systems and predict their properties. She has actively participated in 21 projects (5 as principal investigator). She has co-supervised four MSc students (from Spain, Sweden, Slovenia, and The Netherlands) and is currently co-supervising three PhD Thesis.  She has published 38 peer-reviewed scientific articles gathering more than 2000 citations in Scopus (h-index 23).

List of selected ongoing projects

• “Development of multi-resistant biobased coating for wood products protection (MULTICOAT)”
  National Reseacrh Agency (AEI), PID2024-161352OA-I00
  Principal investigator.
  Duration:   01/09/2025 - 31/08/2028

• “Development of natural wood biocides with lower environmental impact, based on circular economy principles (BIOLIG)”
  Basque Government (Hazitek Programme)
  Research team.
  Duration: 01/04/2025 -31/12/2027

• “Development and optimization of lignin-based multi-action carrier platform for bioactive compound encapsulation (LIGNOCAP)”
  University of the Basque Country. Referencia: EHU-N24/07
  Principal investigator.
  Duration: 01/01/2024-31/12/2025.

• “Fate and Impact of Plastics - from Macro to Nano - on Planetary Health (PLASTIMPACT)”.
  ENLIGHT Thematic Network ETN, European University Alliance, European Commission´s Education and Audiovisual Executive Agency. Referencia: INT-ERASMUS+23/07
  Research team (PI: Miren Cajaraville)
  Duration: 01-11-2024/31-10-2027

• “Synthesis, fate and impact of novel fluorescent biobased nanoplastics and biobased microplastics in aquatic organisms (FLUOBIOPLAST2)”
  University of the Basque Country.
  Research team (PI: Amaia Orbea)
  Duration: 01/01/2025-31/12/2026.