**Javier Ere ˜na**

Javier Erena Loizaga graduated in Chemistry (1991, Speciality: Industrial Chemistry) at the ˜ University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain). Since 1990, the year he joined the laboratories of the Chemical Engineering Department from the University of the Basque Country, his research field has been focused on the development of catalytic processes for obtaining fuels and raw materials from alternative sources to petroleum.

In 1996 he defended his doctoral thesis within a collaboration agreement between "Catalytic Processes and Waste Valorization" research group (well established/consolidated high-performance group in the Basque Country) and the Center for Chemical Reactors from the University of Western Ontario (Canada). The objective was to obtain gasoline from synthesis gas and CO2.

Since 2000, his research work has been mainly focused on the study of the following research lines (keys for the industrial development of the concept of Bio-refinery):




Since 1996, he has been a professor at the University of the Basque Country, where he integrates his research activities and teaching in subjects related to chemical engineering.
