Associate ProfessorCristina Pozo-Gonzalo

A/Prof. Pozo-Gonzalo is a CSIC Principal Researcher, working at the Carboquimica Institute (Spain) and an honorary Associate Professor at Deakin University (Melbourne). She received her PhD degree in from the University of Manchester (United Kingdom) on the electrochemical synthesis of Conducting Polymers. Her current research interest focuses on energy, recovery of critical raw materials from waste using safe and unexpensive methods, and redesign of materials for energy. During her research career, she has authored and co-authored 118 peer-review international publications, 3 book chapters and holds 5 patents, in the areas of electrochemistry, materials, circular economy and energy storage.

She has supervised 11 Postdoctoral Research Fellows and 12 PhD students to completion. She has led a total of 38 projects, 14 of them with industry partners, and 5 prestigious European funded projects within different calls STRP-FP6, FP7-NMP, RISE, MSCA.