Senior postdoctoral researcher dedicated to adsortptive gas separation through microporous materials, including CO2 capture, and light hydrocarbons industrial purification.

Great speaker and scientific divulgator.

ANECA accreditation: “Profesor Contratado Doctor".

An Engineer between chemists

Background

2020-Present (Valencia; Spain)

PhD Candidate at CE (TU Delft)

2014-2019 (Delft; The Netherlands)

Guest Researcher at RIKILT-WUR

2013 (Wageningen; The Netherlands)

Chemical Engineering at UNIZAR

2006-2013 (Zaragoza; Spain)

Postdoctoral Researcher at CEL (ICMol-UV)

Research Interests

Microporous Materials

Development of Novel Adsorbents

Material Characterization

Textural and Adsorption Properties

ALBA synchrotron measurements

Methane (natural gas) stream enrichement

Alkenes/alkanes equimolar mixtures separation

C1-C4 light hydrocarbons analysis capture

Hydrocarbon Purification

CO2 Capture

CO2 Capture Technology Development

Nitrogen/Methane mixtures streams

Industrial & Safety applications

Engineering Design

ABR & IGA (HIDEN Isochema)

TriStar (Micromeritics) BELSORP (Bel Japan)

Design, operation, modification & construction

Academia

Co-direction of 5 Master and 1 Bachelor thesis

Co-direction of 1 "prácticas de empresa" student

Teaching in 1 Master and 3 Bachelor courses (TU Delft: 2015-2017; VIU: 2022)

Upcoming

Novel publications

Industrial collaborations

Academia colleagues

Remarkable collection:

PUBLICATIONS

1) L. Gan†, E. Andres-Garcia†, G. Minguez Espallargas*, J. Planas*, “Adsorptive separation of CO2 by a Hydrophobic Carborane-Based Metal-Organic Framework under Humid Conditions". ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15(4), 5309–5316. († equal contribution)

(DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c20373)

2) A. Luna-Triguero†, E. Andres-Garcia†, P. Leo, W. Rook, F. Kapteijn, “Guest-induced structural deformation in Cu-based metal-organic framework upon hydrocarbon adsorption”. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2023, 360, 112699. († equal contribution)

(DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2023.112699)

3) I. Abánades Lázaro, E. Mazarakioti, E. Andres-Garcia, B.J.C. Vieira, J.C. Waerenborgh, I. Vitorica-Yrzebal, M. Giménez-Marqués, G. Minguez Espallargas*, “Ultramicroporous iron-isonicotinate MOFs combining size-exclusion kinetics and thermodynamics for efficient CO2/ N2 gas separation". J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11(10), 5320–5327.

(DOI: 10.1039/D2TA08934C)

4) N. Monni, E. Andres-Garcia, K. Caamaño, V. Garcia-Lopez, J.M. Clemente-Juan, M. Giménez-Marqués, M. Oggianu, E. Cadoni, G. Minguez Espallargas*, M. Clemente-León*, M.-L. Mercuri*, E. Coronado, “A thermally robust and easy regenerable anilato-based ultramicroporous 3D MOF for CO2 uptake and separation”. J. Mat. Chem. A, 2021, 9(44), 25189-25195.

(DOI: 10.1039/D1TA07436A)

5) E. Miguel-Casañ, E. Andres-Garcia, J. Calbo, M. Giménez-Marqués, G. Mínguez Espallargas*, “Selective CO2 Sorption Using Compartmentalized Coordination Polymers with Discrete Voids”. Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27(14), 4653-4659.

(DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.12380099.v1)

6) M. Etxeberria-Benavides*, T. Johnson, S. Cao, B. Zornoza, J. Coronas, A. Sabetghadam, X. Liu, E. Andres-Garcia, F. Kapteijn, J. Gascon, O. David*, “PBI mixed matrix hollow fiber membrane: influence of ZIF-8 filler over H2/CO2 separation performance at high temperature and pressure”. Sep. Pur. Tec., 2020, 237, 116347.

(DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116347)

7) X. Wang*, Y. Zhang, X. Wang, E. Andres-Garcia, P. Du, L. Giordano, L. Wang, Z. Hong, X. Gu*, S. Murad, F. Kapteijn, “Xe Recovery by DD3R Zeolite Membranes - Application in Anaesthetics”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 43, 15518-15525. (10.1002/anie.201909544)

8) E. Andres-Garcia*, J. Lopez-Cabrelles, L. Oar-Arteta, B. Roldan-Martinez, M. Cano-Padilla, J. Gascon, G. Minguez-Espallargas and F. Kapteijn*, “Cation Influence in Adsorptive Propane/Propylene Separation in ZIF-8 (SOD) topology”. Chem. Eng. J., 2019, 371, 848.

(DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.04.094)

9) E. Andres-Garcia*, A. Dikhtiarenko, F. Fauth, J. Silvestre-Albero, E. V. Ramos-Fernández, J. Gascon, A. Corma, F. Kapteijn*, “Methane Hydrates: Nucleation in Microporous Materials”. Chem. Eng. J., 2019, 360, 569-576.

(DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.11.216)

10) E. Andres-Garcia*, L. Oar-Arteta, J. Gascon and F. Kapteijn*, “ZIF-67 as silver-bullet in Propane/Propylene Adsorptive Separation”. Chem. Eng. J., 2019, 360, 10-14.

(DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.11.118)

Publication records

Dr. Andrés-García is co-author of 15 publications in Q1 international journals (12 of them in D1 journals, such as Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., or Chem. Eng. J.), including five first and three corresponding author papers (all in D1). He appears indexes as 10-h, with over 400 citations.

SciVal parameters display a 1.54 FWCI (Field-Weighted Citation Impact), 83.3 % of International collaboration and 75% of top citation perceptible. He is an active reviewer for J. Chem. Eng. (ElSevier), ChemComm, RSC Advance (RSC) and Catalysts (MDPI), since 2018.

Supporter of Open Access Science, and DORA initiative.