Kikaru Tabata

Bio and research interests
Kikaru Tabata received her college degree in chemical engineering at the Simón Bolívar University of Venezuela in April 2022. She was involved in the electrochemistry branch, specifically in the research project “Hydrogen evolution on copper modified carbon electrodes”. In the cause of the project she was able to electrodeposit copper on carbon foams and evolve hydrogen, an energy vector of interest. Additionally she was working on her thesis “Kinetics in a photoelectrochemical cell: oxidation of pollutants with the generation of electricity or H2”. Both projects were tutored by Dr. Ronald Vargas. Currently, she is attached to the physics and optic department in the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) – Castellón – Spain, as a predoctoral trained personnel, where she will generate knowledge about "Efficient photo- and electrocatalytic transformations to obtain high-added value products" under the supervision of Dr. Francisco Fabregat-Santiago and Dr. Elena Mas Marzá. Her research interest primarily focuses on the electrochemical production of clean energy from organic or waste components, generating double benefits for the environment.