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United Kingdom

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Chemical and Materials Engineering Manufacturing | Product Development, Data Analysis & Scale-up | Industrial Biotech

Profile Summary

Experienced in chemical and materials engineering within manufacturing and product development environments, with a focus on process optimisation, data analysis and scale-up of technologies from laboratory to pilot and early production stages. Recent work includes development and optimisation of advanced materials and coatings, applying data-driven approaches to improve process performance, repeatability and product quality. Experience spans electrochemical processes, formulation development and validation of methods under changing raw material or process conditions. PhD research involved the design, operation and optimisation of chemical processes for material production, integrating experimental work with data analysis to enhance efficiency, stability and scalability. This included working with complex systems, controlling key process variables and ensuring reliable, reproducible outcomes. Additional experience in industrial biotechnology and sustainable systems, including bioprocess optimisation, waste stream utilisation and development of materials and products aligned with sustainable manufacturing and energy applications

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ STEM
• ☆ Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials
• ☆ Polymer Chemistry
• ☆ Biomaterials
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Chemical Engineering
• ☆ Chemical Manufacturing
• ☆ Process Chemistry
• ☆ Reactor Design
• ☆ Renewable Energy
• ☆ Industrial Biotechnology
• ☆ Process Engineering
• ☆ Research

Services

• Research
• Product Development

Research Fact Checking, Systematic Literature Review

Product Development Formulation, Product Validation, Manufacturing, Concept Development

Work Experience

Adjunct Lecturer

Universidad UTE

March 2020 - Present

Sustainable manufacturaing consultant

Independent Consultant

October 2019 - Present

Development Chemical Engineer

Munro Technology

November 2024 - January 2026

Doctoral Researcher

Bournemouth University

November 2021 - November 2025

R&D Scientist Manager

Kiandes Coffee - Ecuaport UK Ltd

June 2018 - June 2020

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant

University of Leicester

January 2019 - May 2019

Research Scientist

Ecuadorian Government Institute for Renewable Energy (INER-IIGE Ecuador)

January 2013 - May 2015

Education

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

Bournemouth University

January 2021 - November 2025

MPhil in Materials Chemistry

University of Leicester

June 2015 - January 2017

BSc Major in Industrial Biotechnology

ESPE Armed Forces University

October 2005 - January 2013

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Andrés Chico-Proano, Juan Francisco Nicolalde, Milagros Boada, Omar Bonilla, Cristina Riofrio, Juan Andrés Cueva, Francisco Rodríguez-Clavijo, Jennyfer Bolaños-Belalcazar, Carla Suárez-Beltrán, Maria A. Sandoval. R, et al. (2025). Biochar from waste coffee husk as a thermal conductivity enhancer in palm stearin BPCMs . Carbon Trends.

Sandoval R., M.A., Flores E., M.F., Narváez C., R.A., López-Villada, J.(2015). Phototrophic culture of Chlorella sp. using charcoal ash as an inorganic nutrient source . Algal Research. 11. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 368-374.