Sandra Contreras Iglesias
- Serra-Hunter Professor
- Coordinator of the Master Program in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Energy
- Avda. Països Catalans, 26. 43007, Tarragona
- Office 303
- +34977559680
- sandra.contreras(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat
- Research group web page
- Keywords / Research areas: Environmental engineering, water treatment and reuse, advanced oxidation processes, catalysis
Bio
Sandra Contreras (Barcelona, 1975) graduated in Chemical Engineering at Universitat de Barcelona in 1998, where she also completed a PhD in Chemical Engineering in the field of Advanced Oxidation Processes (2003). From 2003 to 2005 she was in charge of the management and promotion of the CEQAP Innovation Centre from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Universitat de Barcelona. In 2005 she joined the ASCAMM Foundation Technology Center as European Project Manager, also conducting research, development and technology transfer to SMEs in the plastic and metal processing industry. She joined the Chemical Engineering Department at Universitat Rovira I Virgili in 2007 as Ramon y Cajal Researcher, becoming Serra-Húnter Associate Professor in 2015 and Full Professor in 2025. In 2022, she completed a Fulbright-funded research stay at the University of Southern California, focusing on AOPs for potable water reuse. From 2015 to 2023 she coordinated the Master's program in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Energy (2015-2023). She received the Serra Húnter Award for Scientific Dissemination in 2025. She is co-author of 69 indexed articles, with ca. 4500 citations and an H index of 34 (SCOPUS, May 2026). Her current research interests are in water and wastewater treatment and reuse, advanced oxidation processes, heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis, photocatalytic hydrogen production, biomass valorization, microplastics characterization and removal, and life cycle assessment.
ResearcherID: C-8980-2015
Scopus Author ID: 7005598731