Luis is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Universidad de Valladolid, where he earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. He has also completed two postdoctoral research stays: one at TU Delft (2023) and another at Imperial College London (2024).

Before joining academia, he spent eight years as a process engineer at Técnicas Reunidas, a leading Spanish engineering firm specializing in EPC projects for major oil & gas, chemical, and energy companies worldwide.

• Sustainable chemical process design through process simulation, integration, and intensification.
• Nitrogen oxides (NOx) capture and valorization as feedstocks for chemical production.
• Hydrothermal conversion of biomass for the development of biorefineries and renewable products.

1. Design, simulation, and intensification of sustainable chemical processes. Development of innovative process routes for the production of low-carbon fuels and chemicals, including, for example, methanol, dimethyl ether (DME), sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), and renewable marine fuels. This research builds upon his industrial experience as a process engineer in large-scale EPC projects.
2. Capture and valorization of nitrogen oxides (NOx). Exploration of novel strategies to transform NOx emissions into valuable feedstocks for the production of chemicals, promoting a circular approach to nitrogen management.
3. Hydrothermal biomass conversion and biorefinery development. Design of sustainable processes for converting biomass into fuels, chemicals, and value-added products through hydrothermal technologies, leveraging expertise developed during his doctoral research on biomass processing in supercritical water.