Gonzalo Blanca

Position

Researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change

Qualifications

Bachelor in Environmental Sciences (URJC)
Master in Sustainable Waste Management (UPM)
Complementary studies in Integrated Systems of Management and Quality

Biography

Blanca-Alcubilla holds his PhD thesis, directed by Dr Pere Fullana i Palmer, at the UNESCO Chair in the Life Cycle and Climate Change and within the PhD Program of Environmental Engineering at UPC. The thesis, which deals with the "Life Cycle Analysis of waste management in cabin in the aviation sector" is part of the competitive project LIFE+Zero Cabin Waste.

He has recently worked in Ecoembes in the area of ecodesign and associated companies. Collaborated with Ecovidrio in the project "Current situation and analysis of the recycling of glass in the HORECA channel". After completing his degree, he collaborated in the research project "Duero River Basin: Water resources, water accounts and target sustainability indices" at CEIGRAM (Center for Studies and Research for Agrarian and Environmental Risk Management, integrated in the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineers of the UPM).