She obtained a degree in Chemistry from the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (2007). She worked for three years (2006–2009) in the Research and Development area at Boehringer Ingelheim Argentina. She subsequently obtained her PhD in Science and Technology, with a specialization in Chemistry (2013), at the Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental (3iA) de la Universidad Nacional de San Martín, under the supervision of Dr. Galo J. A. A. Soler-Illia (GQ-CNEA) and Dr. Mariela Videla (Rhein Chemie Argentina S.A.). She carried out postdoctoral research with a CONICET fellowship (2014–2016) under the supervision of Drs. Alejandro Wolosiuk and Alberto Regazzoni, followed by a second postdoctoral position with a CNEA fellowship (2016–2018) under the supervision of Dr. Alberto Regazzoni. She is currently an Assistant Researcher at CONICET and Head of the Surface Physicochemistry Division at CNEA. Her research focuses on the design and synthesis of mesoporous and hybrid mesoporous materials via spray drying, using environmentally friendly, water-based methodologies. These materials are applied in a range of areas, including the capture and immobilization of heavy metal ions of economic and environmental relevance in process waters from the mining and nuclear industries, the photocatalytic conversion of CO₂ into value-added products, and their use as electrolytes in solid-state fuel cells. She has supervised one Master’s thesis and one undergraduate final project at Instituto Sabato. She is currently supervising one Master’s thesis at the same institution and co-supervising three PhD theses: two at 3iA (UNSAM) and one at UTN.
marialombardo (at) cnea.gob.ar