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Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Alcalá, Madrid

I received master’s degrees with honours in Chemistry and in Business Administration and PhD degree in Chemistry from the University of Oviedo with distinguished dissertation award. Prior to joining the University of Alcalá I held a position as Assistant Professor at the University of Oviedo. Since 2003 I have been Full Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Alcalá.

I have participated in over 50 projects and research contracts and have authored or co-authored two hundred scientific articles, most of which are indexed in Scopus and published in high-impact journals. I regularly serve as evaluator for several national and international funding agencies including the EU Research Executive Agency, the European Innovation Council, the European Science Foundation and the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency. I am Associate Editor/Editorial Board Member of RSC Advances, Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering (Springer), Microplastics and Toxics (MDPI), Results in Chemistry (Elsevier), as well as Associate Chief Editor of Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics (OAE).

My research lies at the intersection of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry

My publications include articles in Journal of Hazardous Materials, Water Research, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Science: Nano and Environmental Pollution among others as well as book chapter contributions in scientific books.

Some recent articles can be found here, and a full list of publications with full-text access is available through the link below.

Publications

Scopus: H-index 55

over 10,000 citations; average of the last three years: 1368 citations/year; average of the last five years 1198 citations/year

Publications and conferences

198 Scientific Publications and 175 contributions to National and International Conferences

Research projects

Participation in 42 funded projects; Principal Investigator in 11 projects funded in competitive calls

PhD supervision

Supervision of 22 PhD students in 4 universities

Publications, citations, impact


Scopus ID

6701481735

Contact

Room 2D25, Edificio Polivalente, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, University of Alcalá

roberto.rosal[at]uah.es

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