Andreu Arbella, Teresa
Associate Professor
Catalysis, energy and environment
Teresa Andreu is senior lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Physical Chemistry and holds a degree in Chemistry (UB, 1999) and a PhD in Materials Science and Technology (UB, 2004). She has been part-time lecturer at the Dept. of Materials Science of University of Barcelona (2014-17) and Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2017-19). After a period in industry as researcher in MacDermid Inc, she has been deputy group leader at the Catalonia Energy Research Institute (2009-20), and is now a member of the consolidated Materials for Surface Engineering (MES) group, and the principal investigator of the Sustainable Electrochemical Processes group at the Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTC). Her research focuses on the use of green electricity for the sustainability of the chemical industry, with the development of materials and reactors for hydrogen production, carbon dioxide conversion and waste valorization using (photo)electrochemical or plasma-catalytic technologies. Throughout her career, she has participated in and led several national, European and industrial projects.
She has participated in the definition of the Catalan Hydrogen Roadmap for 2030-2050 and is currently an active member of the Catalan Hydrogen Network H2CAT (Home – Xarxa H2CAT) and of the Executive Committee of the Hub of Global Sustainability of the University of Barcelona. She has been member of EMIRI (the energy materials industrial research initiative), the Spanish Technological Platform of CO2, PTECO2 (CCU group), and is currently member of the Real Sociedad de Quimica-grupo Electroquimica, the International Society of Electrochemistry, European Materials Research Society and Societat Catalana de Química (SCT). From 2024, she is appointed as SCT representative in the Physical Chemistry division of the European Chemical Society (EUCHEMS).
She is professor of Materials for Energy at the Master of Renewable and Sustainable Energies. She has mentored several postdoc researchers, supervised more than 10 TFMs and 10 PhD thesis in renewable energy-related subjects. Among the graduate doctors, most of them continue their scientific or technological career. Now, 4 thesis are in progress at UB. T. Andreu has authored 4 patents and more than 100 scientific articles. Her h-index is 48 (Scopus, april 2025).