Alba Dieguez Alonso studied Industrial Engineering at the University of Vigo (Spain) and earned her PhD from Technische Universität Berlin (Germany) in 2015. She then continued at TU Berlin as a postdoctoral researcher and group leader (2015 – 2020). During this time, she did two scientific stays at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (California, USA) in 2016 and 2017. In September 2020, she was appointed Junior Professor at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany), where she led the Heat and Mass Transfer group. Since November 2023, she is Professor at TU Dortmund University, heading the Laboratory of Transport Processes at the Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering.

		Wednesday 10/06, 09:00– 09:30
		Progressive development of the understanding of transport–reaction interactions in pyrolysis over the years and current challenges associated with plastic waste conversion