News
José David Estrada Sotomayor obtuvo una calificación de sobresaliente en su Trabajo Fin de Grado titulado ‘Development of bioplastics derived from biomass for their possible application in packaging’, realizado bajo la dirección de Danila Merino y Haritz Sardon, docentes de la Facultad de Química de la UPV/EHU.
Danila Merino and Matías Picchio, have been honored with the prestigious title of Ikerbasque Research Fellows. This recognition, awarded by the Ikerbasque Foundation, highlights their dedication and excellence in scientific research.

David Sotomayor has successfully defended his master’s theses
David has successfully graduated with a Master’s in Chemistry from UPV/EHU. Well done, David!

Dr. Merino is one of the awardees of the Fellows Gipuzkoa Programme
Four new high-level researchers have joined the Gipuzkoa R&D ecosystem through the Fellows Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia – Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa grants program for the year 2023.

Dr. Merino was appointed member of the Community Board of Materials Horizons
The Materials Horizons Community Board provides an invaluable link between the editorial office and emerging chemistry. To learn more about the new members visit the journal’s blog here.

Danila Merino wins the EMAKIKER 2023 grant
The EMAKIKER grant, which POLYMAT awards every year, is intended for excellent post-doctoral researchers who wish to explore high-risk, high-return creative avenues.
Read more here.

New Publication
The new issue of the Food-Hub Magazine, “Exploring the Circular Economy of Food Systems” is out!
Danila Merino contributed to the article “Circularity in the food supply chain: discarded food by-products and their Use for active food packaging”.
Download the magazine here.