Food Research Department. School of Chemistry – Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila

About us

The Biorefinery research group was established since 2013 and is a part of the Food Research Department, School of Chemistry at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.

The image condenses, through a simple graphic icon, the fundamentals of the project – “Biorefinery”: Energy and Nature (Biomass) = forming a SPARK of Bioenergy  


We have national collaboration with the following Mexican institutions: Different research groups in the Autonomous University of Coahuila, CINVESTAV – Guadalajara Unit, Autonomous University of Nayarit, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN), Metropolitan Autonomous University – (UAM-I), Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada (CIQA), Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C. (CICY), Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C. (IPICYT), Instituto de Biotecnología y Ecología – Universidad Veracruzana, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (CIATEJ), Instituto Tecnológico de Durango, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Campus Monterrey), Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (Veracurz), Instituto de Ingeniería – Unidad Académica Juriquilla – UNAM, Universidad de Guanajuato, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León – Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Iberoamericana  (IBERO, CDMX),  Instituto de Energías Renovables- UNAM, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología – UNAM.


International collaboration with the following institutions: Technical University of Denmark (Denmark), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Wageningen University (The Netherlands), University College London (UK), University of British Columbia (Canada), University of Kansas (USA), University of Leeds (UK), Lund University (Sweden), Washington State University (USA), Purdue University (USA), Jiangsu University (China), University of Minho (Portugal), Hamburg University of Technology (Germany), Jacobs University (Germany), Federal University of Sergipe (Brazil), Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR) (Brazil), Auburn University (USA), University of Jaen (Spain), Federal University of Paraná (Brazil), University of Vigo (Spain), University of Liège (Belgium), Industrial University of Santander (Colombia), The University of Passo Fundo (UPF) (Brazil), Universidad de la República (Uruguay), National Laboratory for Energy and Geology (LNEG) (Portugal), Sadar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy (India), State University of Santa Cruz (UESC) (Brazil),  Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR) (Brazil), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), Umeå University (Sweden), CIEMAT- Renewable Energy Division, Biofuels Unit (Spain), Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo – CEBAL (Portugal), Federal University of Ceará (Brazil), Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Portugal), Institute of Materials of Misiones (IMAM) (Argentina),  State University of Campinas (Brazil), Dalian Polytechnic University (China),   INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Portugal),  Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), Univeristy of Concepción (Chile), Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (India), University of Florida (USA), CVR-Centre for Waste Valorisation (Portugal), CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST) (India), University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).


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