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Maria Sancho Fernández

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Industrial Engineer (PhD) from Universitat Politécnica de València (UPV) in 2002, having carried out her doctoral thesis on the treatment of radioactive liquid waste of hospital origin using membrane technologies.

She is currently a full professor in the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering of the UPV, being attached to the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineering, and teaching in the degrees of Chemical Engineering (Degree and Master) and Industrial Engineering (Master). As a researcher, she is linked to the University Institute of Industrial, Radiophysical and Environmental Safety (ISIRYM) of the UPV, where she is part of the research group of Membrane Processes, Liquid Effluent Treatment and Optimization (PROMETEO). Her research has mainly focused on the application of membrane processes for the treatment of liquid effluents and for the purification of water.