member · Faculty · Biofuels, Bioreactor design, Biorefineries, circular bioeconomy, Enzymatic hydrolysis, Hydrothermal processing, Macroalgae, Microalgae, Photobioreactors, Process intensification, Xylooligosaccharides
Dr. Héctor A. Ruiz
Contact: contact@biorefinerygroup.com
Phone: (+52) 844 416 12 38
Biorefinery lab
Dr. Héctor A. Ruiz is a Full Professor in the School of Chemistry at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila since 2013
Education
Ph.D., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Centre of Biological Engineering – Universidade do Minho, Portugal, 2011
B.S., Chemical Engineering (with Honours), Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico, 2004
Postdoc, Universidade do Minho (Portugal) and Universidad de Vigo (Spain), 2012
Industry Experience
Chemical Production Engineer and Senior Operations Engineer in the manufacturing of high-purity magnesium oxide specialities for industrial applications at Magnelec Industries (part of the Chemical Division of Industrias Peñoles, Mexico). Period: Feb 2005- Sep 2007.
Honors and Awards
-Member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNII), SECIHTI (SNII-3 distinction), 2024
-Research Award for Young Scientist in Engineering and Technology from the Mexican Academy of Sciences, 2021
https://n9.cl/1fwxu https://amc.mx/Premios_folletos/FolletoPremiosAMC2021.pdf
-Researcher of the Year Award at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, 2022
-Member of the Academy of Engineering, Mexico, 2023. https://www.ai.org.mx/web/academico?perfil=1209
– President: Specialty Commission: Environmental. Academy of Engineering, Mexico. Period 2025-2026. https://www.ai.org.mx/web/consulta-comision?comision_id=AMBIENTAL
-Young Scientist Award at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, 2019
-Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, 2019. https://amc.mx/amc/membresia/INGENIERIA2024.pdf
-Editor-in-Chief of BioEnergy Research Journal, Springer, period October 2018- June 2025.
-Prize “Dr. Carlos Casas Campillo” of the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2016
https://smbb.mx/premios/premio-carlos-casas-campillo/
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=36618033800
Scholar Google: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aPtCZMoAAAAJ&hl=en
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0917-0324
Biography:
Dr. Ruiz is currently Full Professor in the School of Chemistry, founder of Biorefinery Group. Dr. Ruiz was the coordinator of the biomass pretreatment stage in the Cluster of Bioalcoholes in the Mexican Centre for Innovation in Bioenergy (Cemie-Bio) from the Secretary of Energy in Mexico [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXcR9xoC2WE].
Dr. Ruiz works to advance lignocellulose and algal (micro-macro) biomass biorefining science and technology for the production of high added-value compounds and biofuels (bioethanol), biomass fractionation using hydrothermal and high-pressure processing (steam explosion, liquid hot water, CO2), Sugar platform approaches to biomass conversion using biological systems engineering and bioreactor design.
Dr. Ruiz has conducted several research stays and technical visits: at University of North Texas (USA), Federal University of Sergipe (Brazil), Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory-CTBE (Brazil), in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia (Canada), CIEMAT- Renewable Energy Division, Biofuels Unit (Spain), University of Jaén (Spain), Sadar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy (India), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), Univeristy of Concepción (Chile), Umeå University (Sweden), National Laboratory of Energy and Geology – LNEG (Portugal), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), Stan Mayfield Biorefinery Plant (USA), CSIR- NIIST (India), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Piacenza (Italy), University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy),
University of Michigan (USA).
Research Interests
Biorefinery, Biological Systems Engineering, Biomass, Microalgae and Cyanobacteria Cultivation and Bio-based Products, Biofuels (Bioethanol production), Hydrothermal Processing, Photobioreactors and Bioreactor Design
Teaching in the School of Chemistry
• Undergraduate Courses in Chemical Engineering: Food Biotechnology, Industrial Instrumentation, Digital Process Control, Process Dynamics and Control, Reactors 1, Reactor Desing 2, Bioenergy Systems, Catalysis in Biorefining
• Postgraduate Courses: Food Engineering, Biotechnology of Fermentations, Experimental Design, Seminar III (Master Program), Seminar IV (Master Program), Seminar VI (PhD Program)
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