Research output per year
Research output per year
Professor, Professor, FIoP, FHEA, MRIA
Shore Road, Jordanstown Campus
BT37 0QB Newtownabbey
United Kingdom
Research activity per year
Professor of Environmental Engineering of the School of Engineering at Ulster University (UK). Previously Head of Group at Plataforma Solar de Almería of CIEMAT (Spain). My research focuses on low-cost technologies for water purification, photochemical and advanced oxidation processes for the removal of microbiological pathogens and hazardous chemical contaminants from water, and decentralized technologies for drinking water in developing communities.
Published 182 peer-reviewed publications (H = 60, total citations > 12,000 Scopus). Participated in 22 EU-funded research projects. Co-investigator in the AHRC-Grenn Transition Ecosystems, GCRF-UKRI SAFEWATER and SAFEWATER-TRANSLATE. Principal investigator on two H2020 projects, REWATERGY and PANIWATER (EU-India collaboration), and a Royal Society International Collaboration Award with the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil).
Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Fellow of the Institute of Physics-UK and Ireland, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy-UK. Member of the Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee of the Royal Irish Academy and the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland. Ireland representative of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics(IUPAP), committee C13 (physics for development).
Regional Editor for Europe of the Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, A: Chemistry, associate editor for the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Elsevier. Finalist in the WISE awards 2019 on gender balance in STEM. Distinguished Research Awards 2021 University Champion.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
PhD, Applied physics, University of Granada
1 Mar 1996 → 4 Feb 2004
Award Date: 4 Feb 2004
Bachelor, Theoretical physics, University of Granada
1 Sept 1989 → 30 Jun 1994
Award Date: 30 Jun 1994
Head of group & Senior researcher, CIEMAT
1 Jan 2012 → 31 Dec 2016
Senior researcher, CIEMAT
9 Oct 2009 → 31 Dec 2016
Research Fellow, CIEMAT
1 Jun 2003 → 8 Oct 2009
Project Manager, SERSA, SAU
1 Jun 2000 → 30 May 2003
Research scholarship, University of Almeria
3 Mar 1997 → 30 May 2000
Research assistant, University of Granada
1 Oct 1995 → 30 Jun 1996
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (Recipient), 4 Nov 2021
Prize
Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (Recipient) & Polo López, M. I. (Recipient), 19 Jun 2020
Prize: Other distinction
Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (Recipient), 12 Aug 2019
Prize: Other distinction
Duffy, A. (Organiser), Gault, A. (Participant), Pourshahidi, K. (Participant), Golden, S. (Participant), Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (Participant), Byrne, J. (Participant), McIlhagger, A. (Participant), Campbell, E. (Organiser & Speaker), Keeffe, G. (Speaker), Cullen, S. (Participant), Flood, N. (Participant), Mulholland, C. (Participant), Zheng, Y. (Participant) & McConnell, R. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Byrne, J. (Chair) & Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Byrne, J. (Chair), Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (Chair), Tretsiakova, S. (Organiser), Brandoni, C. (Organiser), Chakrabarti, S. (Organiser), Porter, P. (Organiser), McMichael, S. (Member of programme committee), Kamkari, B. (Organiser) & Skillen, N. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (Chair)
Activity: Membership › Membership of board
Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (Chair)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Magee, J. (PI), Bates, J. (CoI), Folli, R. (CoI), Keeney, D. (CoI), Montgomery, I. (CoI), Power, S. (CoI), Dixon, B. (CoI), Parkin, A. (CoI), Gault, A. (CoI), Melki, H. (CoI), Fleming, K. (CoI), Dargie, S. (CoI), Quigley, T. (CoI), Chen, Y. (CoI), Logan, D. (CoI), Meakin, E. (CoI), Brolly, R. (CoI), Dunlop, P. (CoI), Moore, P. (CoI), Mc Ginn, M. (CoI), Golden, S. (CoI), Lyons, F. (CoI), O'Connor, K. (CoI), Fomin, M. (CoI), Pourshahidi, K. (CoI), Charles, D. (CoI), Mc Garrigle, C. (CoI), Quinn, J. (CoI), McIlhagger, A. (CoI), Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (CoI), Byrne, J. (CoI), Forsythe, W. (CoI), O'Neill, P. (CoI), Jackson-Smyth, J. (CoI), Duffy, A. (CoI), Yazirlioglu, L. (CoI), Morgan, B. (CoI) & Newell, K. (CoI)
1/10/23 → 30/09/25
Project: Research