Chair UB Rector Francisco Buscarons Úbeda. Forensic Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
The Chair aims to promote a set of teaching, research, training and dissemination activities in the field of Forensic Sciences and Engineering, primarily in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
Director
Presentation
The chair responds to society's increasingly common request for the need to develop expert opinions to help determine the causes of incidents with judicial implications.
Forensic Science and Engineering is multidisciplinary and faces a large number of challenges. It includes topics in chemistry, physics, geology, biology and the other natural sciences. Its professionals must be able to articulate the fundamental principles and theories of science in order to draw up opinions.
Objectives
The aim of the Chair is to collaborate in the development of science and technology that allows the elaboration of expert opinions to solve legal problems. That is, to help reconstruct the less clear aspects in a story that lead to the causes of an incident with legal implications. At the same time, it contributes to advances of knowledge in Science and Engineering.
Team
Author or co-author of more than 150 articles or book chapters, most with impact index. He
has been a principal investigator in more than 90 competitive projects and contracts with
companies. Member of a research group recognized by the AGAUR. He has prepared
numerous forensic reports.
He has been Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Barcelona. Author or co-
author of numerous articles or book chapters. He has received several awards and distinctions.
He is currently the Dean of the Illustrious Official College of Chemists of Catalonia and
President of the Association of Chemists of Catalonia. He has prepared about 300 forensic
reports.
Dr. José Barbosa has been a professor since 1991 and director of the Bioanalysis group. His
research focuses on biomedicine, food safety and forensic chemistry. His contributions include
more than 250 articles, 40 books and book chapters and 300 presentations at national and
international conferences. In 2011 he was appointed Dr. Honoris causa by the Ovidius
University (Constanza).
Dr. Fernando Benavente has been an adjunct professor since 2010 and principal investigator of
the Bioanalysis group, where he leads the development of advanced analytical methodologies
and strategies to solve complex problems. His contributions include more than 100 articles,
several book chapters and 150 presentations at national and international conferences. In
2014, The Analytical Scientist magazine included him in its '40 under 40'.
Participation in technology transfer projects with companies and participation in competitive
research projects subsidized by public bodies. Publication of scientific articles published in
international journals with a high impact rate. Participation in international conferences.
Member of a research group recognized by the AGAUR.
