Education

Ainara Sangroniz Agudo earned her BS in Chemistry  in 2014 and a MSc in Polymer and Chemistry in 2015, from the University of the Basque Country.

She earned her PhD (2020) in Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Agustin Etxeberria and Prof. Marian Iriarte. The work of her thesis was focused on the development of sustainable polymeric materials for packaging applications. During the PhD she did an internship at Colorado State University under the supervision of Prof. E.Y.X. Chen.

She has obtained several grants: collaboration grant from the Basque Government (2013), MSc grant from the University of the Basque Country (2014), PhD grant from the Basque Government (2016) and internship grant from the Basque Government (2018).

Research

Her main research interest is the design of sustainable materials for packaging applications focusing on the physical characterization, especially on transport properties. With this goal she has developed polymer blends, nanocomposites and chemically recyclable polymers.

In 2020 she joined the Innovative Polymers Group of POLYMAT as a post-doctoral researcher, where she is working in the synthesis of sustainable materials for packaging applications.

 

Innovative Polymers Group

Publications