Beatriz Molinuevo Salces holds a degree in Biology from the University of León and a PhD in Process and Systems Engineering from the University of Valladolid (Cum laude and European Mention). During the PhD stage, her research focused on the effect of the addition of vegetables to the anaerobic digestion of pig slurry and on the evaluation of the Anammox process and microalgae for the treatment of digestates. She was a visiting student at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU, 4 months) and at Wageningen University, The Netherlands (WUR, 3 months). After working for 4 years as a postdoctoral researcher at Aalborg University in Denmark (studying anaerobic digestion of catch crops and developing a biorefinery process to obtain high-quality proteins and biogas), she returned to Spain to work for 7 years as a Marie Curie postdoctoral researcher at IMDEA Energía, and as a researcher at the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León. During this stage, she worked as a principal investigator on several topics, including bioaugmentation of anaerobic processes, nitrogen recovery with gas-permeable membranes, and valorization of whey through the production of volatile fatty acids. In 2023, she joined the University of Valladolid as a Ramón y Cajal researcher. Her research activity focuses on the management and treatment of agro-livestock by-products, mainly on the optimization of anaerobic digestion and the development of sustainable technologies for nutrient recovery.
