Researcher CONICET Argentina
María Victoria Santos is a distinguished researcher and educator from Argentina, known for her significant contributions to the fields of chemical engineering and numerical simulation. Since 2013, she has been an Independent Researcher at CONICET and a Teacher Assistant at the National University of Rio Negro, balancing her professional and family life seamlessly.
Profile
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Education
🎓 María Victoria Santos earned her PhD in Engineering from the National University of La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2005-2010). Her thesis focused on the numerical simulation of heat transfer problems in irregularly shaped foodstuffs using the finite element method. Prior to this, she completed her degree in Chemical Engineering from the same university (1998-2004).
Experience
💼 With a robust background in chemical engineering and numerical simulations, María Victoria Santos has been an Independent Researcher at CONICET since 2013. In addition, she imparts her knowledge as a Teacher Assistant in Mathematical Analysis at the National University of Rio Negro, fostering the next generation of engineers and researchers.
Research Interests
🔬 María Victoria Santos is passionate about heat transfer modeling, cryopreservation, and the development of biopolymers from industrial waste. Her research focuses on applying mathematical models to optimize industrial processes, especially in the food and environmental engineering sectors.
Awards
🏆 María Victoria Santos has received numerous accolades, including the prestigious Senior Moulton Medal in 2021 for the best research paper in chemical engineering. She has been a finalist in the INNOVAR awards multiple times and won the Arcor Innovation Award in 2019 for her project on diabetic-friendly snacks.
Publications
📚 Below are some of María Victoria Santos’s key publications, along with their hyperlinks and citation details:
- Applying a heat transfer mathematical model for the cryopreservation of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) sperm: Cryobiology, 2024
- Brewers spent grain drying: Drying kinetics, moisture sorption isotherms, bioactive compounds stability and Bacillus cereus lethality during thermal treatment: Journal of Food Engineering, 2024
- The adaptation of rainbow trout to warmer water: oxidative damage in the germinal line: Aquaculture and Fisheries, 2023
- Experimental study and modelling of an azo colorant dynamic adsorption onto functional crosslinked chitosan/ ceramic particles in a fixed bed column: The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023
- Performance of Oxalic Acid-Chitosan/Alumina Ceramic Biocomposite for the Adsorption of a Reactive Anionic Azo Dye: Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021
- Synthesis, characterization and application of cross-linked chitosan/oxalic acid hydrogels to improve azo dye (Reactive Red 195) adsorption: Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2020
- Nanoferulic: from a by-product of the beer industry towards the regeneration of the skin: Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2020
- Processing Of Pre-Cooked Frozen Brussels Sprouts: Heat Transfer Modelling As Related To Enzyme Inactivation And Quality Stability: Food and Bioproducts Processing, 2019
- Effect of the desiccation tolerance and cryopreservation methods on the viability of Citrus limon L. Burm cv. Eureka seeds: Cryobiology, 2019
- Computational fluid dynamics analysis on natural convective heating of bottled liquid food: Journal of Food Process Engineering, 2019