Raquel Martini is the current director of the institute, an Adjunct Researcher at CONICET, and an Adjunct Professor at UNC. She is currently working on the modification of commercial polymers with bioactive substances through grafting reactions and impregnation with supercritical fluids. Read more...

Prof. Dr. Cecilia I. Alvarez Igarzabal serves as the Deputy Director of the Institute and a Full Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, National University of Córdoba (DQO-FCQ-UNC). She is the Director of the research area of Polymeric, Hybrid, and Nanoarchitectonic Materials and leads the Polymer Materials Laboratory (LaMaP). Additionally, she is a Principal Researcher at CONICET. Her research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of functional polymeric materials with applications in controlled drug release, water decontamination, and more. She has published over 75 articles and participated in more than 150 conferences, with an h-index of 22 and over 1900 citations. Read more...

Prof. Dr. Miriam Cristina Strumia was our first director of the IPQA and currently serves as an advisor to the institute. She concluded her professional career as a Full Professor in the Department of Organic Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences, National University of Córdoba (UNC), and as a Senior Researcher at CONICET, Argentina. Her primary research area is the synthesis and chemical modification of new polymeric materials and hybrid nanomaterials with specific applications. Read more...

Dr. Agustín González is an Assistant Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). He is also a faculty member at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences. His research focuses on the valorization of by-products from the soybean oil industry by obtaining and evaluating coatings in the form of biodegradable and edible films and microcapsules based on soybean proteins, and studying their capacity to store and protect food ingredients. Read more...

Alexis Velez is an Assistant Researcher at CONICET and an Adjunct Professor at UNC. His work focuses on the study of volumetric properties of mixtures with high asymmetry in molecular weight and chemical nature, as well as on the study of reaction kinetics in supercritical reactors, specifically the transesterification reaction of vegetable oils with supercritical alcohols to produce biodiesel. Read more...

Dr. Rodríguez is a full-time researcher with experience in mathematical modeling applied to supply chains. She has collaborated with prominent international academics and participated in projects of industrial significance. With extensive teaching and research experience, she has supervised numerous students at various academic levels and has been a reviewer for renowned scientific journals. Read more...

Cesar Gerardo Gomez is an Adjunct Professor at UNC and an Adjunct Researcher at CONICET. His research focuses on the synthesis of monomers and new polymers, as well as surface modification reactions of films and other polymeric supports to develop devices with specific roles. Read more...

Ezequiel Pérez is an Associate Researcher at CONICET. He received his degree in Mechanical Engineering from UTN-Gral. Pacheco and his Ph.D. from the Faculty of Engineering at UBA. His doctoral research focused on the processing, characterization, and mechanical behavior evaluation of thermoplastic-based composites reinforced with rigid particles. Read more...

Facundo Mattea is an Adjunct Professor at FCQ-UNC and an Independent Researcher at CONICET. His activities are related to the development of polymeric materials for applications in radiomedicine, nanomedicine, controlled drug release, and more. He also has developments that employ supercritical fluids for obtaining high-value-added products, nanoparticles, and materials for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Read more...

Gerardo Oscar Pisoni is an Assistant Professor at the National University of Córdoba (UNC) and an Assistant Researcher at CONICET. His research activities focus on the development of calculation methods, algorithms, and computational tools for studying the thermodynamics of phase equilibrium in multicomponent systems, with a special orientation towards the petrochemical industry and petroleum refineries. Read more...

Ivana Magario is a Research Associate at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and Associate Professor in the Chair of Chemical Reaction Engineering at the Faculty of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences of the National University of Córdoba (UNC). Her research activities are related to the evaluation of enzymes and metal complexes as catalysts in the oxidation of substrates such as Read more...

Martín Cismondi is a Principal Researcher at CONICET. He obtained his degree in Chemical Engineering from UNC in 2000 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the National University of the South (UNS) in 2006. He has worked and conducted academic stays at various national and international institutions. His research activities primarily focus on complex phase behaviors and their modeling based on equations of state, both generally and specifically for applications in hydrocarbon production. Read more...