She is Licenciate (MSs) in Chemistry (FCEN-UBA, 2007). She worked for 3 years (2006-2009) at Boehringer Ingelheim Argentina in R&D. Then, she obtained a PhD in Science and Technology, Chemistry Mention (Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental (3iA), UNSAM, 2013), under direction of Dr. Galo Soler-Illia, (GQ, CNEA) and Dr. Mariela Videla (Rhein Chemie Argentina S.A). She made a postdoc (2014-2016) with CONICET scholarship under the supervision of Dr. Alejandro Wolosiuk and Dr. Alberto Regazzoni. After, she carried out another postdoc (2016-2018) with a CNEA scholarship under direction of Dr. Alberto Regazzoni. Nowadays, she is an Assistant Researcher at CONICET, her work focuses on designing and producing hybrid mesoporous materials obtained by the aerosol method, for the concentration and immobilization of heavy metal ions of economic and/or environmental importance, aimed at their use in water of mining process and nuclear industry. She supervised a master's thesis in materials and a final project of engineer in materials, both from Instituto Sabato (CNEA-UNSAM), and she is co-supervising two PhD thesis from 3iA, UNSAM.
marialombardo (at) cnea.gov.ar