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Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

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Almudena Hospido


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Almudena Hospido

Associate Professor

Scientific Profiles

Born in Santiago de Compostela (1976), where she lives now with her daughter (2008) and her son (2012). Chemical engineer as degree, she got her PhD on Chemical and Environmental Engineering in 2005 and achieved her position as Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering in 2013. Her research interests are related to the application and development of Life Cycle Thinking, i.e. Life Cycle Assessment (both from a product and territorial perspective) and Environmental Footprints, with special focus on the water and wastewater sector and on the food production and processing industry. Besides, she has also worked on methodologies for energy efficiency analysis within the wastewater sector where she successful coordinated the ENERWATER project (CSA - H2020: 2015 - 2018), in which a methodology for the evaluation and improvement of energy efficiency in wastewater treatment plants was developed. The ENERWATER methodology received a very positive reception by the CEN technical committee responsible for water and wastewater engineering (CEN/TC165) resulting in the approval and publication of the CEN/TR 17614 Standard method for assessing and improving the energy efficiency of wastewater treatment plans.

Her CV includes more than 80 documents, of which 65 are peer-reviewed papers in international journals (H-index=37, and more than 4,200 citations). Besides, she is the subject editor responsible for the "Wastewater treatment and management" section of the "International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment" and of the "circular economy and water sensitive cities" section of IWA Open Water Journal.

Finally, she was Vice-Rector for Internationalization of the USC (01/09/2015-4/06/2018), being responsible for the first internationalisation strategic plan of the university, CEO of Cursos Internacionales de la USC (27/10/2015-22/06/2018) and Coordinator of Foreign Relations of the USC (01/09/2013-24/04/2014)..

Publications
An integrated approach to assess the sustainability progress
Authors: Almudena Hospido
Authors-Ext: Carmen Teodosiu, Silvia Fiore
Editors: Almudena Hospido
Teodosiu, Silvia Fiore
Magazine/book: Assessing progress towards sustainability: Frameworks, tools and case studies
Pages: 1-8
Chapter: 1
Date of publication: 02/04/2022
Publishing house: Elsevier
ISBN:   978-0-232-85851-9
How can we validaate the environmental profile of bioplastics? Towards the introduction of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) in the value chains
Authors-Ext: Alba Roibás-Rozas, Giulia Zarroli, Silvia Fiore
Editors: Almudena Hospido
Carmen Teodosiu, Silvia Fiore
Magazine/book: Assessing progress towards sustainability: Frameworks, tools and case studies
Pages: 405-420
Chapter: 20
Date of publication: 02/04/2022
Publishing house: Elsevier
ISBN:  978-0-232-85851-9
Fostering the valorization of organic wastes into carboxylates by a computer-aided design tool
Website: Minerva Link
Magazine/book: Waste Management
Volume: 142
Pages: 101-110
Date of publication: 01/04/2022
Publishing house: Elsevier Ltd.
ISBN: 0956-053X
Impact Index: 7.15
Quartil: Q1
Decil: D2
DOI: link
Projects
Predictive mOdelling Tools to evaluate the Effects of Climate change on food safety (PROTECT)
Main researcher: Almudena Hospido
Working Group: Miguel Mauricio, Paola Guzmán
Financial organism: European Commission. Horizon 2020 Programme. Innovative Training Networks (ITN). CALL: H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018
Reference: EU project 813329, MSCA-ITN-ETN
Amount 210384.00€
Partners: U. College Dublin (Coordinator), U. of Malta, KU Leuven, ONIRIS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, U. of Nottingham, CREME, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United, Danone, Feiraco, NIZO Food Research, Nestlé, ARLA Foods
Date of publication: 01/04/2019
Facing the treatment/recovery of saline wastewater to assure future water availability (TREASURE-TECHNOSALT)
Main researcher: Anuska Mosquera, Almudena Hospido
Working Group: Almudena Hospido, Angeles Val
Financial organism: Agencia Estatal de Investigación. Spanish Government
Reference: CTQ2017-83225-C2-1-R
Amount 229900.00€
Scope: Proyecto nacional
Partners: Universidad de Granada
Date of publication: 01/01/2018
Standard method and online tool for assessing and improving the energy efficiency of waste water treatment plants (ENERWATER)
Main researcher: Almudena Hospido
Working Group: Miguel Mauricio
Financial organism: European Commission
Reference: 649819 (H2020-EE-2014-3-MarketUptake)
Amount 230125.00€
Scope: Proyecto europeo
Coordinator: Almudena Hospido
Partners: Stefano Longo
Date of publication: 01/03/2015
Contracts
Asistencia técnica en el proceso de actualización y revisión detallada de los estudios de Análisis de Ciclo de Vida del atún en conserva
Main researcher: Almudena Hospido
Reference: (2013-CE168)
Amount 26630.00€
Partners: Luis Calvo Sanz, S.A
Date of publication: 10/06/2013
Doctoral Theses
Assessment of energy efficiency in wastewater treatment plants. Turning data into useful information
Authors: Stefano Longo
Date: 14/12/2018
European doctorate: x
Application and refinement of Territorial Life Cycle Assessment to the calculation of the carbon footprint and the normalization factors of Galicia
Authors-Ext: Laura Roibás
Supervisors: Almudena Hospido
Date: 13/07/2018
European doctorate: x
Evaluación del desempeño operacional y ambiental de la digestión anaerobia de lodos provenientes del tratamiento de aguas servidas incluyendo pre-tratamiento mediante ultrasonido e hidrólisis térmica
Authors-Ext: Patricio Alejandro Neumann Landong (Universidad de Concepción, Chile)
Supervisors: Almudena Hospido
Supervisors-Ext: Gladys Vidal
Date: 24/01/2018
Master Theses
Importance of extraction methods in the polyhydroxyalkanoates production sustainability
Authors: Mateo Saavedra
Date: 19/02/2020
Combinación de la Evaluación Ambiental y Social del Ciclo de Vida del Sector Pesquero.
Authors-Ext: García Carballa, Ana Isabel
Date: 01/07/2012
Perfil ambiental del sector cárnico vacuno gallego: ¿ternera gallega o ternera ecológica?
Authors-Ext: Regueiro Rubio, Lorena
Supervisors: Almudena Hospido
Date: 01/02/2012
Congresses
Applying a systematic scenario methodology within a prospective LCA: a case study of PHA production
Authors-Ext: Bernhard Steubing
Type: Poster presentation
Magazine/book: Abstract book of SETAC EUROPE 32ND ANNUAL MEETING
Pages: 578 (733)
Date: 16/05/2022
ISBN: ISSN 2310-3043
City: Copenhague (Dinamarca)
Handling multifunctionality within a prospective LCA of a biobased emerging process: a case study of PHA production
Authors-Ext: Bernhard Steubing
Type: Poster presentation
Magazine/book: Abstract book of SETAC EUROPE 32ND ANNUAL MEETING
Pages: 586 (733)
Date: 16/05/2022
ISBN: 2310-3043
City: Copenhage (Denmark)
Computer-aided design tool for efficient decision making in volatile fatty acids production as precursors to PHA
Type: Oral Presentation
Magazine/book: 7th Mixed microbial culture PHA, properties and applications workshop
Date: 21/09/2021
City: Valencia (Spain)