Luis M. Gandía
Born in 1965 (San Sebastián – Donostia, Spain), Luis M. Gandía received the M.Sc. degree in
Chemistry and the Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of the Basque
Country, San Sebastián, Spain, in 1988 and 1993, respectively.
He joined the Department of Applied Chemistry, Public University of Navarre (UPNA),
Pamplona, Spain, in 1993, as an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering. In 2010, he
became Professor of Chemical Engineering. He leads the Chemical Reactors research group at
UPNA and he is also a member of the Hydrogen Group of this University. At present he is also
the head of the Applied Chemistry Department.
He is member of several associations such as the Spanish Society of Catalysis (SECAT), Spanish
Hydrogen Association (AEH2), American Chemical Society (ACS), American Institute of
Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE).
Currently, Luis M. Gandía is active in the following research fields:
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Hydrogen Energy. Renewable hydrogen production and applications: hydrogen from
water electrolysis and alcohols reforming. Hydrogen use in internal combustion
engines.
Biofuels: biodiesel production from vegetable oils and wastes. Bioglycerol valorization.
Heterogeneous Catalysis. Catalysis for environmental end energy applications.
Catalytic microreactors. Microchannel reactors.
GTL (gas-to-liquids) processes. Natural gas reforming. Biogas valorization.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for chemical reactor analysis and design.
In 2013 he coedited the book “Renewable Hydrogen Technologies. Production, Purification,
Storage, Applications and Safety” (ISBN: 978-0-444-56352-1), published by Elsevier.