M. Pilar Ruiz joined SPT Group at the University of Twente in June, 2017. She has a Ph. D. Degree in Chemical Engineering, obtained from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) in 2008. M. Pilar Ruiz occupied for four years a position as Research Assistant at the University of Oklahoma (USA). Later she joined Abengoa, an international company on renewable energy, to develop research in the areas of bioenergy, water and hydrogen. Her expertise is focused on development of sustainable processes for biomass conversion and chemical recycling of plastics.
Expertise
Chemistry
- Catalyst
- Biomass
- Pyrolysis
- Oil
- Chemical Reaction Product
- Lignin
Chemical Engineering
- Nanohybrid
- Water
Organisations
Publications
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2025
Cleared for Take Off?: Technoeconomic Analysis for the Conversion of Furfural to Sustainable Aviation Fuel via Aldol Condensation (2025)Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 64(43), 20805-20819. Baldenhofer, R., Jansen, L., van der Ham, A. G. J., Lange, J. P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5c02229Short reaction times for hydrogenolysis of polyolefins by overcoming mass transfer limitations (2025)Reaction chemistry & engineering, 10(10), 2238-2242. Van Daatselaar, E., Van der Ham, A. G. J., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1039/d5re00239gFully Bio-Based Epoxy Resins from Liquefied Wood for Chemically Recyclable Wood Coatings (2025)Advanced functional materials, 35(38). Article 2502689. Hu, Q., Martinho, R. P., Azhdari, S., Lange, J.-P., van Drongelen, M., Ruiz, M. P. & Wurm, F. R.https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202502689Taking off with furfural: The missing link in the production of high-performance bio jet fuel (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Baldenhofer, R.Furfural: Enhancing production via boronate esters (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. van der Wal, P. J.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036566629A Career in Catalysis: Daniel Resasco (2025)ACS catalysis, 15(9), 7613-7645. Resasco, J., Albanese, J. F., Alvarez, W., Crossley, S., Haller, G. L., Jacobs, G., Lercher, J., Li, G., Lobban, L., Noronha, F. B., Ruiz, M. P., Sooknoi, T. & Wang, B.https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c00759Continuous extraction of xylose to Dowtherm A via esterification with 1-napthalene boronic acid from bagasse acid hydrolysate (2025)Journal of environmental chemical engineering, 13(1). Article 115226. van der Wal, P. J., Lange, J.-P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.115226Aqueous and Biphasic Coupling of Furfural and Cyclopentanone for the Synthesis of Bio-Jet Fuel Precursors (2025)ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 13(1), 681–691. Baldenhofer, R., Lange, J.-P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c09269Pyrolysis of Polyethylene: Chemical Kinetics, Mass Transfer, and Reflux System (2025)Energy & fuels, 39(1), 1015-1025. Zairin, D. M., Ruiz, M. P. & Kersten, S. R. A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c05204
2024
Furanic jet fuels – Water-free aldol condensation of furfural and cyclopentanone (2024)Biomass & bioenergy, 190. Article 107410. Baldenhofer, R., Smet, A., Lange, J. P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2024.107410Lignocellulosic biomass to glycols: Simultaneous conversion of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin using an organic solvent (2024)Biomass & bioenergy, 187. Article 107307. Di Sabatino, R., Kersten, S. R. A., Lange, J.-P. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2024.107307Furfural to Cyclopentanone – a Search for Putative Oligomeric By-products (2024)ChemSusChem, 17(12). Article e202400108. Baldenhofer, R., Lange, J.-P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202400108Kinetics of Furfural Formation from Xylose via a Boronic Ester Intermediate (2024)ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 12(6), 2412-2420. van der Wal, P. J., Lange, J.-P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c07390Pyrolysis of Real Packaging Plastic Waste Streams in a Fluidized-Bed Pilot Plant (2024)Energy & fuels, 38(3), 2188–2199. Genuino, H. C., van Eijk, M. C. P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c04114
2023
On the intrinsic reaction rate of polyethylene pyrolysis and its interplay with mass transfer (2023)Chemical Engineering Journal, 469. Article 143886. Ruiz, M. P., Zairin, D. M. & Kersten, S. R. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.143886Polyurethane Recycling: Thermal Decomposition of 1,3-Diphenyl Urea to Isocyanates (2023)Polymers, 15(11). Article 2522. Zamani, S., van der Voort, S. H. E., Lange, J.-P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15112522Process Development on the High-Yielding Reactive Extraction of Xylose with Boronic Acids (2023)Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 62(20), 8002-8009. van der Wal, P. J., Kersten, S. R. A., Lange, J.-P. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00364Tar Cracking Reactor Design for Biomass Gasification Processes (2023)[Thesis › EngD Thesis]. University of Twente. Iannizzotto, E.Pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste: Predicting the product yields (2023)Waste management, 156, 208-215. Genuino, H. C., Pilar Ruiz, M., Heeres, H. J. & Kersten, S. R. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.11.040
2022
Polyurethane Recycling: Conversion of Carbamates—Catalysis, Side-Reactions and Mole Balance (2022)Polymers, 14(22). Article 4869. Zamani, S., Lange, J.-P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14224869Do not forget the classical catalyst poisons: The case of biomass to glycols via catalytic hydrogenolysis (2022)Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 16(5), 1274-1283. te Molder, T. D. J., Kersten, S. R. A., Lange, J. P. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2372Pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste (DKR-350): Effect of washing pre-treatment and fate of chlorine (2022)Fuel processing technology, 233. Article 107304. Genuino, H. C., Ruiz, M. P., Heeres, H. J. & Kersten, S. R. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2022.107304Cellulosic glycols: Identification and Prevention of Catalyst Deactivation (2022)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. te Molder, T. D. J.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036553643Fractional Condensation of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil to Improve Biocrude Quality towards Alternative Fuels Production (2022)Applied Sciences, 12(10). Article 4822. Mati, A., Buffi, M., Dell’orco, S., Lombardi, G., Ruiz Ramiro, P. M., Kersten, S. R. A. & Chiaramonti, D.https://doi.org/10.3390/app12104822Catalysis at the Solid–Liquid–Liquid Interface of Water–Oil Pickering Emulsions: A Tutorial Review (2022)ACS Engineering Au, 2(4), 295-319. Ruiz, M. P. & Faria, J. A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsengineeringau.2c00010
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