Please join us in welcoming Santiago Builes to MATGAS as a Research Assistant.

Santiago Builes is a Chemical Engineer from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (2007 Medellín, Colombia). He is currently doing his PhD in Materials Science at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain). He started his PhD work in November 2007 with a grant from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). He has joined MATGAS in November 2010 through a Talent grant awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya. 

For his PhD Santi will continue working on molecular simulations to predict the behaviour of adsorption of greenhouse gases under the supervision of Dr Lourdes Vega.

Welcome to MATGAS, Santiago!

Please join us in welcoming Gabriel Blejman to MATGAS as a Research Assistant. Gabriel joined Matgas at the end of February 2011.

Gabriel holds a degree in Biology from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina, and a Master’s degree in environmental studies, industrial ecology line, from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Before joining MATGAS he worked in several NGO’s, related to environmental protection and education, as well as for the University Ramon Llull, where he was in charge of developing the sustainability plan of the institution. He also  worked for Lavola as a consultant in the area of Life Cycle Assessment.

Over the years, Gabriel has developed a great interest in the innovation and developing of new sustainable processes, and most of all in the environmental impact of their whole life cycle, reason why he is currently pursuing his PhD in MATGAS on “Life Cycle Analysis of new sustainable industrial processes”.

Welcome, Gabriel!

Please join us in welcoming Xavi Calvo to MATGAS as Reception and Maintainance Staff. Xavi joined MATGAS in February 2011 as a MATGAS employee.

Xavi completed his studies in Electricity in 2004 at the Escola del Treball in Barcelona as  part of a formative cycle in electrotecnical  installations.
Since then he  has been working in the area of electrical maintainance in industrial buildings and installations as an authorized specialist installer in low voltage systems. 

Welcome, Xavi!

The project Tanergy has been awarded as the best proposal that anticipates the future city, given its commitment to ecological and sustainable future, with the first prize of the "smart mind future awards," a competition organized by the Smart brand.