Unit: Environmental Sustainability Assessment and Circularity
Group: Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis
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Languages: English, French, Spanish
I am a Biochemical Engineer with an M.Sc. and PhD in Biochemical Engineering, currently serving as a Senior Research and Technology Scientist in the Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis (LCSA) group within the SUSTAIN research unit. My work is driven by the ambition to accelerate the transition toward safe, sustainable, and circular industrial systems. I specialize in integrating LCA, ecotoxicology, SSbD, circular economy strategies, and process modelling to evaluate and improve emerging biological, chemical, and energy technologies. Over the past fifteen years, I have developed and applied sustainability assessment methodologies addressing environmental impacts, human health, resource efficiency, and eco-design. My research experience spans multiple industrial sectors, including biofuels, wastewater treatment, carbon capture and storage (CCS), metallurgy, textiles, forestry, agriculture, bio-based materials, among others. I have also worked on the assessment of chemical emissions to the environment, including the fate, exposure, and ecotoxicological effects of emerging contaminants, such as PFAS and hazardous organic compounds. My international career has taken me across Chile, Colombia, Spain, France, and Norway, including postdoctoral positions at INRIA Sophia Antipolis in France and the Industrial Ecology Programme (IndEcol) at NTNU in Norway. Throughout my career, I have contributed to numerous collaborative projects in renewable fuels, waste valorisation, bioprocesses, and prospective sustainability assessment, working closely with multidisciplinary research teams and industrial stakeholders. I currently lead the WOODCELL and BioPhenom projects at LIST as PI.
Leading research activities in national and European projects as Principal Investigator, Work Package Leader, and Task Leader, with expertise in the sustainability assessment of bio-based chemicals, LCA, harmonization of LCIA methodologies, SSbD, process modelling, and the development of ecotoxicological models to assess impacts on biodiversity and human health. Actively contributing to the acquisition of competitive funding through submissions to national and European programmes, while supporting researcher teams and fostering multidisciplinary collaboration.
Life-cycle assessment of hydrogen-based pre-reduction in ferromanganese production
<p>Gogiyev T., Morales Arancibia M.A., Werra M., Watanabe M.D.B., Tangstad M., Cherubini F.</p>
<p>Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 537, art. no. 147221, 2025</p>
<p>Penaranda D., Casagli F., Morales M., Beline F., Bernard O.</p>
<p>Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol. 29, n° 5, pp. 1568-1582, 2025</p>
