ORTA LEDESMA, MA. TERESA

Areas of expertise and main lines of research

- Separation of microalgae by ozoflotation for the production of biofuels.

- Disinfection in supply water.

- Wastewater treatment for reuse in agricultural irrigation.

- Handling and integrated management of urban solid waste.

Curricular Synopsis

She obtained her degree in Chemical Engineering from the Faculty of Chemistry at UNAM, and her Master's degree in Sanitary Engineering from the Division of Postgraduate Studies at UNAM. D. in chemical sciences (advanced water treatment) from the University of Rennes I, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, France, mention très honorable and congratulations from the jury. She is a full time researcher C, has the highest level of the Academic Staff Stimulation Program and is a member of the National System of Researchers with Level II.

Dr. Orta has been awarded with distinctions and recognitions, recently she was nominated by the Institute of Engineering, UNAM to the National University Award 2019 in the area of Technological Innovation and Industrial Design. Juana Ramírez de Asbaje Award, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Recognition for the Best Technical Work in the First Inter-American Congress on Waste of the Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering. Recognition by the Mexican Academy of Sciences among the 100 successful cases of private initiative-academy for the project "Environmental Management of the Nuevo Laredo Landfill. In 2018, it won the Enrique Arsen award for the best technical work on the subject of drinking water at the 36th Inter-American Congress on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering.

She has been a member of the internal council and elected representative of researchers before the Technical Council of Scientific Research, as well as president of the academic subcommittee by field of knowledge among other institutional positions. She has also been invited by the British Council for the ATZINTLI project within the success stories of FONCICYT projects. Her wealth and knowledge has been manifested in nearly 100 reports of sponsored projects of restricted circulation in the area of Environmental Engineering. It has more than 200 publications (55 JCR indexed articles, 35 in national and international journals, 2 manuals, 3 books, 128 articles in strict arbitration reports, 6 chapters in books, 3 Engineering Institute series. It has 6 patents, 2 of which have been transferred and 4 are in the application process. He has participated in 5 Mexican standards with original contributions and has 18 technological developments. He has given 40 lectures in national and international forums and 37 courses of Continuing Education on Environmental Engineering (water treatment, leachate and solid waste management).

Recent projects

Lead researcher of the project - Interdisciplinary Research Groups. Institute of Engineering, UNAM (GII-IIUNAM). Intensification of processes for obtaining biocompounds from wastewater. Participating entities: Institute of Engineering, Institute of Renewable Energies, Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Newcastle - United Kingdom.

Teaching

He has taught subjects at the undergraduate level in the Faculty of Engineering, in the Postgraduate Environmental Engineering Program, and currently teaches the Advanced Water Treatment and Environmental Pollution courses in the Postgraduate Engineering Program.