Félix A. López (1958) received his Ph.D. in
Chemical Sciences from the University of Valladolid, Spain (1987). He was a
lecturer in the Dept. of Geochemistry at the same university from 1983 to 1984,
and in 1985, he joined the CSIC. His work topics include obtaining raw materials via
physical-, hydro-, and pyrometallurgical techniques, the treatment of residues
via stabilizing/solidification techniques, remediation, pyrolysis, and the
production of secondary raw materials and recycled products. He was Technical Deputy
Director of the CENIM (CSIC) from 2000 to 2005; from 2013 to 2016, he was Deputy
Director of Training and Communications; and from 2017 to 2021, he was Deputy
Director of Communications and Transfer Technology of the institution. He is
also the founder and promoter of B_Circular, a CSIC spin-off devoted to
exploiting technologies for the recycling of end-of-life wind turbines and
wastes from the aeronautical industry; he is currently the company’s Director
of R&D +i. Finally, he was the recipient of the 2012 R Prize for the best
innovative project in the area of materials recycling and was a finalist in the
IV and V Calls from the Repsol Foundation Entrepreneurs’ Fund competition (2014
and 2015). In 2020, he received the Enel Challenge Open Innovability Award.
Félix A. López (1958) received his Ph.D. in
Chemical Sciences from the University of Valladolid, Spain (1987). He was a
lecturer in the Dept. of Geochemistry at the same university from 1983 to 1984,
and in 1985, he joined the CSIC. His work topics include obtaining raw materials via
physical-, hydro-, and pyrometallurgical techniques, the treatment of residues
via stabilizing/solidification techniques, remediation, pyrolysis, and the
production of secondary raw materials and recycled products. He was Technical Deputy
Director of the CENIM (CSIC) from 2000 to 2005; from 2013 to 2016, he was Deputy
Director of Training and Communications; and from 2017 to 2021, he was Deputy
Director of Communications and Transfer Technology of the institution. He is
also the founder and promoter of B_Circular, a CSIC spin-off devoted to
exploiting technologies for the recycling of end-of-life wind turbines and
wastes from the aeronautical industry; he is currently the company’s Director
of R&D +i. Finally, he was the recipient of the 2012 R Prize for the best
innovative project in the area of materials recycling and was a finalist in the
IV and V Calls from the Repsol Foundation Entrepreneurs’ Fund competition (2014
and 2015). In 2020, he received the Enel Challenge Open Innovability Award.