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CNIE Research Fellow (Theme 4)
Email: c.boruntea@ucl.ac.uk
Research
Renato performed an international industrial PhD between Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ) Polytechnic University of Valencia, UPV-CSIC, (Valencia, Spain) and Haldor Topsoe A/S, (Lyngby, Denmark) which he defended in 2020. His PhD thesis focused on the design, synthesis and characterization of small-pore zeolites for industrial environmental applications. He then worked for more than 2 years at Engie Fabricom (Antwerp, Belgium) as a project engineer, contributing to the low-carbon energy transition.
He joined the Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering in November 2021 working on Ecosystems, Networks and Modularity.
Education
Master’s Degree, Micro and Nanomaterials, Polytechnic University of Timisoara (Timisoara, Romania), 2013 (Master’s thesis written at Institute of Technology, Linköping University, Linköping Sweden)
Bachelor’s Degree, Chemistry and Engineering of Organic Substances, Petrochemistry and Carbochemistry, Polytechnic University of Timisoara (Timisoara, Romania), 2011
Publications
Further information on Renato's publications can be found her:
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