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Sara González

Associate Professor

Scientific Profiles

Chemical engineer as degree (USC, 2005), she got her PhD in 2009. She is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Santiago de Compostela under the Ramón y Cajal fellowship. Her main research topics include the sustainability assessment applying life cycle assessment and carbon footprint in industrial, forestry, agricultural and food sectors. These research activities have produced 3 PhD theses (currently, she is co-director of 1 Ph.D. thesis), 100 papers published in international journals (56 as first author; 88 Q1, 10 Q2 and 2 Q3), 8 book chapters and 3 national publications. She has an H-index of 27 (with 2020 total citations by SCOPUS, 03/09/2018). She obtained the Young research award “Agustin de Betancourt y Molina” medal by Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering in November 2016.

Publications

Water-energy-food nexus ecolabel for the hotels, restaurants and catering sector
Authors-Ext: Eduardo Entrena-Barbero,
Magazine/book: Sustainable Production and Consumption
Volume: 50
Pages: 391- 404
Date of publication: 09/10/2024
Publishing house: Elsevier
Quartil: Q1
Decil: D1
DOI: link

Boosting the transition to biorefineries in compliance with sustainability and circularity criteria
Authors-Ext: Ricardo Rebolledo-Leiva
Magazine/book: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Volume: 12
Issue: 5
Date of publication: 01/10/2024
Publishing house: Elsevier
Quartil: Q1
DOI: link

Monitoring the bioeconomy: Value chains under the framework of life cycle assessment indicators
Magazine/book: Cleaner Environmental Systems
Volume: 7
Date of publication: 01/04/2024
Publishing house: Elsevier
ISBN: ISSN: 2772-8013
Quartil: 2
DOI: link
Projects

Innovative decision-making tool for defining the most suitable manure management strategies to achieve a sustainable livestock farming system during the whole value chain (NUTRITIVE)
Main researcher: Sara Gonzalez
Financial organism: HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-02
Amount 919.22€
Scope: Proyecto europeo
Partners: Medrar Smart Solutions, S.L. (Coord.),
Date of publication: 10/01/2024

Transition to sustainable agri-food sector bundling life cycle assessment and ecosystem services approaches (ALISE)
Main researcher: Sara Gonzalez
Working Group: Maite Moreira, Sara Lago
Financial organism: NextGeneration EU, Strategic Projects Oriented to the Ecological and Digital Transition. (Real Decreto 685/2021, 3 de agosto)
Reference: TED2021-130309B-I00
Amount 138000.00€
Scope: Proyecto nacional
Date of publication: 01/12/2022

Enhancing diversity in mediterranean cereal farming systems (CerealMed)
Main researcher: Sara Gonzalez
Working Group: Maite Moreira
Financial organism: Horizon 2020, PRIMA
Reference: PCI2020-111978
Scope: Proyecto europeo
Date of publication: 20/05/2020
Doctoral Theses

Embedding Life Cycle Assessment criteria and sustainability indicators of the Fisheries and Dairy Sectors in the framework of the Circular Economy in Galicia (NW Spain)
Authors: Eduardo Entrena
Date: 01/07/2024
European doctorate: X

The potential of agri-food waste in the context of biorefinery for a circular bioeconomy
Date: 15/12/2023
European doctorate: X

Transición do consumo de alimentos cara a patróns sostibles baseados en aspectos ambientais, nutricionais e socioeconómicos
Authors: Xavier Esteve
Date: 27/01/2022
European doctorate: X
Cum Laude: X
Master Theses

Cuantificación de la huella de carbon de Cádiz: comparación de metodologías
Authors: Eduardo Entrena
Supervisors: Sara Gonzalez
Date: 14/02/2020

Máster en Enxeñaría Ambiental

Patrones de consumo en España: ¿Cuánto se alejan de la dieta mediterránea?
Authors: Milena Álvarez
Date: 08/07/2019

Análise da sostibilidade da dieta atlántica dende unha perspectiva de ciclo de vida
Authors: Carmela Darriba
Date: 18/09/2017
Awards

Young Researchers Award 2016." Agustín de Betancourt y Molina" Medal
Authors: Sara Gonzalez
Date of publication: 22/11/2016

Aquaenvec. BEST LIFE Environment project 2015
Date of publication: 31/05/2016

Eco design project "Nueva Serie 900 ARCOS"
Authors-Ext: Research group Sostenipra -Inèdit-ICTA (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
Date of publication: 15/10/2013
Congresses

Second-generation bioethanol production based on apple pomace for a circular agro-industrial sector: The case of Chile
Authors-Ext: Diógenes Hernandez
Type: Oral
Magazine/book: X International Conference of Life Cycle Assessment in Latin America
Date: 24/07/2023
Organization: Red ACV Chile, Universidad Andres Bello y Red Iberoamericana de Ciclo de Vida
City: Viña del Mar (Chile)

Environmental effects of growing wheat in rotation with legumes in the Mediterranean context. A life Cycle Assessment Approach
Type: Oral
Magazine/book: CerealMed International Conference. Enhancing diversity in Mediterranean cereal farming systems
Date: 15/05/2023
Organization: University of Bari Aldo Moro, CREA-Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria (CREA-GB and CREA-CI) and University of Bologna
City: Bari (Italy)

Why does crop rotation entail environmental benefits in terms of yield, nitrogen and water use in the cultivation of lupin, wheat and potato?
Authors-Ext: Fernando Almeida-García
Magazine/book: Book of abstracts of 13th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2022 (LCA Foods 2022) On "The role of emerging economies in global food security"
Pages: 150-153
Date: 12/10/2022
City: Lima, Peru
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