L Orejuela Escobar

Biography

Lourdes Orejuela is a chemical engineer graduated in the Politechnic Institute of Bucharest, Rumania (MSc 1984 in Organic Chemistry Technology). She achieved a MSc degree in Virginia Tech (Wood Science) in 1995. She was appointed as professor in Universidad Central del Ecuador in 1995, in Escuela Politecnica del Ejercito in 1997 and since 1999 is professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. She currently is pursuing a PhD degree in Virginia Tech (Depatment of Sustainable Biomaterials) in the Macromolecular Science and Engineering. Her interest is to develop integrated processes for the utilization of biomass and biomass waste. Lourdes Orejuela is a chemical engineer graduated in the Politechnic Institute of Bucharest, Rumania (MSc 1984 in Organic Chemistry Technology). She achieved a MSc degree in Virginia Tech (Wood Science) in 1995. She was appointed as professor in Universidad Central del Ecuador in 1995, in Escuela Politecnica del Ejercito in 1997 and since 1999 is professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. She currently is pursuing a PhD degree in Virginia Tech (Depatment of Sustainable Biomaterials) in the Macromolecular Science and Engineering. Her interest is to develop integrated processes for the utilization of biomass and biomass waste.

Research Interest

Her Research of interest is to develop integrated processes for the utilization of biomass and biomass waste.