Elvira ROMERO
Elvira Romero holds a position as a Senior Assistant Researcher at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Energy (IMDEA Energy, Spain) since October 2024. She joined the Biotechnological Processes for Energy Production Unit to set up a metabolic and enzyme engineering research line for the production of biofuels and biochemicals, through biotransformations of different types of waste, using mainly non-conventional yeasts.
After receiving her Biology BSc degree from Alcalá University (UAH) in 2002 (Spain), she performed her MSc (2005) and PhD (2010) at Biological Research Center Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC, Spain), which were mainly focused on the characterisation of ligninolytic enzymes. Her postdoctoral training on enzyme kinetics and mechanisms was carried out at Virginia Tech (2010-2011) and Georgia State (2012-2014) Universities (USA), while she developed her skills as an enzyme engineer for Biocatalysis during her time at Groningen University (The Netherlands, 2015-2019) and more recently at CIB-CSIC (Spain, 2023-2024). In addition, she gained industrial experience at AstraZeneca in enzyme-based late-stage functionalization of drug leads (Sweden, 2019-2022) and at 3P Biopharmaceuticals in microbial technology transfer and scale-up (2022-2023). Taking advantage of her skills in Biocatalysis, Enzyme Engineering, fermentations, and bio-transformations, her future efforts will be focused on developing cost-effective green technologies to obtain value‐added industrial products from renewable resources.
After receiving her Biology BSc degree from Alcalá University (UAH) in 2002 (Spain), she performed her MSc (2005) and PhD (2010) at Biological Research Center Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC, Spain), which were mainly focused on the characterisation of ligninolytic enzymes. Her postdoctoral training on enzyme kinetics and mechanisms was carried out at Virginia Tech (2010-2011) and Georgia State (2012-2014) Universities (USA), while she developed her skills as an enzyme engineer for Biocatalysis during her time at Groningen University (The Netherlands, 2015-2019) and more recently at CIB-CSIC (Spain, 2023-2024). In addition, she gained industrial experience at AstraZeneca in enzyme-based late-stage functionalization of drug leads (Sweden, 2019-2022) and at 3P Biopharmaceuticals in microbial technology transfer and scale-up (2022-2023). Taking advantage of her skills in Biocatalysis, Enzyme Engineering, fermentations, and bio-transformations, her future efforts will be focused on developing cost-effective green technologies to obtain value‐added industrial products from renewable resources.
