Ivan Cabeza Rojas

Ivan Cabeza Rojas

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chemical Engineer. MSc Renewable Energy. PhD. Experience in industry and R&D

  • Education

    • Universidad de Sevilla

      2008 - 2012
      Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Chemical Engineering - Natural Resources and Environment International Mention, Summa cum laude

      Biofiltration of volatile organic compounds using different types of packing materials based on mixtures of MSW -Pruning Residues Composts: Monitoring by various techniques”

    • Universidad Industrial de Santander

      2000 - 2007
      Chemical Engineer GPA: 4.2/5.0 No curve grading system

      Electrolytic deposition of polylactic acid / bioglass on Ti6Al4V alloy for biomedical purposes

    • Universidad de León

      2007 - 2008
      M.Sc Renewable Energies

      Anaerobic co-digestion of primary sludge and the organic fraction of municipal solid waste

  • Experience

    • GRUPO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN CORROSIÓN GIC – UIS

      Jul 2006 - Mar 2007
      Research Fellow

      Electrolytic Deposition of Polylactic Acid / Bioglass on a Ti6Al4V Alloy for Biomedical Purposes.

    • Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)

      Aug 2006 - Dec 2006
      Teacher Assistant

      Coordinate the course called “Control of Processes”

    • Ecopetrol

      May 2007 - Aug 2007
      Junior Process Engineer

      Engineering activities to improve treatment processes amine, soda, sour and desalted water in Barrancabermeja Complex Management to ECOPETROL SA.

    • Universidad de León, IRENA

      Sept 2007 - Jul 2008
      Research Fellow

      Support to the Research. Biomethanization of primary sludge and the organic fraction of urban solid waste.

    • CSIC

      Sept 2008 - Dec 2013
      Chemical Engineer - Researcher

      Study of the Influence of the Process Conditions for Optimization of Quality Compost Production. Design and monitoring using electronic nose, GC/MS and VOCs detector of a biofiltration system. Experimental design, implementation of experiments and data treatment of results.

    • Université de Liège (ULg)

      Sept 2010 - Dec 2010
      Chemical Engineer - Academic Visitor

      Evaluation of the odours emission and its impact in the sorroundings of contamination sources like the activities related to the residues treatment.

    • CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (CNR), IBAF

      Jul 2011 - Aug 2011
      Chemical Engineer - Academic Visitor

      Improvement of biofilters by means of fungal inoculation for odor reduction in composting.

    • UNSW Global

      Sept 2011 - Dec 2011
      Chemical Engineer - Academic Visitor

      Handling of gas sampling devices (isolation chamber, chamber and wind tunnel flow) in different odoriferous sources and subsequent quantification and characterization using dynamic olfactometry, GC / MS, electronic nose, VOC detector, dispersion models gases. Statistical data treatment of the results using multivariate analysis techniques.

    • Universidad Santo Tomás

      Feb 2014 - Dec 2021
      • Graduate Professor

        Jul 2021 - Dec 2021
      • Associate Professor

        Feb 2014 - Jul 2021
    • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

      May 2015 - Jul 2018
      Postdoctoral Research Fellow

      Principal Investigator of the project: "Studies of the Scale-up process for the production of green plastics" funded by Minciencias.Instituto de Biotecnología de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (IBUN)

    • Politécnico Grancolombiano

      Jul 2018 - Dec 2021
      Research Professor
    • Universidad de La Salle

      Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
      Associate Professor
    • Universidad de La Sabana

      Jan 2022 - now
      Associate Professor
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Líder en la gestión curricular y aseguramiento de la calidad de los Programas de Posgrado

      Universidad Santo Tomás
      Aug 2019
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    • Impacto académico

      Universidad Santo Tomás
      Aug 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Tomasino Inventor

      Universidad Santo Tomás
      Jan 2022
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ivan Cabeza Rojas
      Es Tiempo de Volver Fellowship Minciencias Jul 2014
    • Awarded to Ivan Cabeza Rojas
      Funding to carry out research abroad • Science Research Council. Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain Jul 2010
    • Awarded to Ivan Cabeza Rojas
      Pre-doctoral Fellowship (JAE Predoct) • Science Research Council. Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain Sep 2008
    • Awarded to Ivan Cabeza Rojas
      Graduate scholarship in full support scheme to study the Master in Renewable Energies Fundación Carolina Sep 2007