Dr Valeska Gonzalez

Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation Executive, Engineering

Valeska is an executive in the engineering team. Valeska works on the assessment, protection, and commercialisation of Intellectual Property. She manages the invention portfolio arising from Materials, Chemical Engineering and Earth Sciences and Engineering.

Valeska has a degree in Chemical Engineering, a MSc in Petroleum Refining System Engineering and a PhD in Chemistry sponsored by BP from the University of Surrey.

Prior to Imperial, Valeska was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Surrey and Associate Technology Transfer Executive at Imperial Innovations within the Engineering Intellectual Property Team. She also spent some years in industry as a plant engineer.

Valeska's portfolio

Upcycling plastic waste into high-capacity sodium-battery anodes

Upcycling plastic waste into high-capacity sodium-battery anodes

Plastic waste upcycling into high-performance battery anodes for the next-generation of fast-charging and low-cost sodium-ion batteries (NIBs). Find out more

A catalyst for electrocatalytic oxidation of HMF to industrially valuable chemical products

A catalyst for electrocatalytic oxidation of HMF to industrially valuable chemical products

A catalyst to electrocatalytically oxidise HMF (2-hydroxy methylfurfural) into FDCA (2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid). Find out more

Lipid Nanoparticle Technologies: Thermostable RNA Formulations

Lipid Nanoparticle Technologies: Thermostable RNA Formulations

Novel lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for targeted delivery of RNA-based vaccines and therapeutics, with improved long-term (12 months) thermostability at ambient temperatures (as high as 40 °C), in aqueous liquid or lyophilised form. Find out more

A novel dry electrode manufacturing technology

A novel dry electrode manufacturing technology

A binder-less, fully dry, room temperature electrode manufacturing technology  — a sustainable, cost-effective, and efficient alternative. Find out more

DyeRecycle – an Imperial spinout: giving dyes and colours a second chance using green chemistry

DyeRecycle – an Imperial spinout: giving dyes and colours a second chance using green chemistry

A green chemistry solution to give discarded fabric a second chance, salvaging their dyes through dye recycling Find out more

IonMembrane Technologies: Next-generation ion exchange membranes for energy applications

IonMembrane Technologies: Next-generation ion exchange membranes for energy applications

A new generation of ion exchange membranes for electrochemical energy conversion and storage applications. Find out more

PET plastic upcycling into clean H2 and valuable chemicals

PET plastic upcycling into clean H2 and valuable chemicals

A technology that transforms plastic waste into green H2 and high value, sustainable chemicals at low cost. Find out more

A noise-reduction protocol for EPR/NMR and quantum sensing

A noise-reduction protocol for EPR/NMR and quantum sensing

A novel cooling technique to improve the speed and sensitivity of RF measurements. The technique allows quantum measurements to be performed with room-temperature equipment, as well as more sensitive and quicker EPR and NMR measurements. Find out more

Room-Temperature MASERs for Ultra-low noise devices

Room-Temperature MASERs for Ultra-low noise devices

Masers operable at room temperature and in ambient conditions. Find out more

A novel targeted drug delivery system

A novel targeted drug delivery system

Red blood cell-derived vesicles (RBCVs) for use in targeted delivery of thrombolytic drugs to blood clots. Find out more

Graphene Fluidic exfoliation

Graphene Fluidic exfoliation

A novel approach to liquid exfoliation to achieve more efficient and cost-effective production of 2D materials at any scale. Find out more

In-situ measurement for 2d-material exfoliation

In-situ measurement for 2d-material exfoliation

An online monitoring system that can monitor layered 2D material production in a liquid dispersion, in real time. Find out more

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