Sergio Bordel Velasco, PhD Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden Phone: +46(0)31 772 3836 Fax: +46(0)31 772 3801 E-mail: velasco [at] chalmers.se Office: Room 3055A     Education and degrees 2003 M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering. Double degree, University of Valladolid (Spain) and ENSCP (Paris, France) 2006 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Valladolid Employments 2003-2007 PhD student, Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Spain 2007-2008 Visiting researcher, UAM, Mexico DF, Department of Biotechnology 2008-2009 Post Doc, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers Publications, Patents & Presentations Publications 2006 Bordel S, Mato R, Villaverde S. Modeling of the evolution with length of bubble size distributions in bubble columns. Chem. Eng. Sci., 61, 3663-3673.   Bordel Velasco S, Turmine M, Di Caprio D. Letellier, P. Micelle formation in ethyl-ammonium nitrate (an ionic liquid). Colloid. Surface. A, 275, 50-54. 2007 Bordel S, Muñoz R, Diaz LF, Villaverde S. Predicting the accumulation of harmful metabolic by-products during the treatment of VOC emissions in suspended growth bioreactors. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41, 5875-5881.   Bordel S, Muñoz R, Diaz, LF, Villaverde, S. A multi-step model for substrate assimilation and bacterial growth, application to benzene biodegradation by Pseudomonas putida F1. Biotechnol. Bioeng.. 97, 1098-1107.   Muñoz R, Díaz LF, Bordel S, Villaverde S. Inhibitory effects of catechol accumulation on benzene biodegradation in Pseudomonas putida F1 cultures. Chemosphere. 68, 244-252.   Bordel S, Díaz LF, Muñoz R, Villaverde S. New insights on toluene biodegradation by Pseudomonas putida F1: Influence of pollutant concentration and excreted metabolites. Appl. Microbiol. Biot. 74, 857-866. 2008 Muñoz R, Díaz LF, Bordel S, Villaverde S. Response of Pseudomonas putida F1 cultures to fluctuating toluene loads and operational failures in suspended growth bioreactors. Biodegradation. 19, 897-908.   Arranz A, Bordel S, Villaverde S, Zamarreño JM, Guieysse B, Muñoz R, Modeling Photosynthetically Oxygenated Biodegradation Processes using Artificial Neural Networks. J. Haz. Mat. 155, 51-57.   Muñoz R, Chambaud M, Bordel S, Villaverde S. A systematic selection of the non-aqueous phase in a bacterial two liquid phase bioreactor treating α-pinene. Appl. Microbiol. Biot. 79, 33-41.   Díaz LF, Muñoz R, Bordel S, Villaverde S. Toluene biodegradation by Pseudomonas putida F1: Targeting culture stability in long-term operation. Biodegradation. 19, 197-208.   Bordel S, Muñoz R, Diaz LF, Villaverde S. Mechanistic model for evaluating the performance of suspended growth bioreactors for the off-gas treatment of VOCs. Biochem. Eng. J. 38, 395-405. Book Chapters 2007 Bordel S, Colloids and Surfaces Research Trends, Nova Publishers, New York, Chapter 6. Talks 2009 Bioinformatics workshop in Umeå. Thermodynamics for the identification of bottlenecks in metabolic networks. Teaching and Tutoring Experience 2008- Co-supervisor of two PhD students at Chalmers University. Personal text After having working during my PhD on kinetic modeling of biological degradation of xenobiotic compounds I have moved my area of interest to genome-scale models and the application of thermodynamic principles to elucidate their properties. It is a very promising area and I am enjoying a lot working in this field.