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OKSANA HORODYTSKA
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Oksana holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alicante. Between 2016 - 2020 she developed her PhD thesis in the Engineering for the Circular Economy research group focused on the study of the challenges faced by the plastics recycling sector exacerbated by the implementation of the Circular Economy in the sector such as improving the efficiency of mechanical processes, identifying contaminants that can be dangerous for consumers and studying the environmental impacts of recycling processes. The results of the research are collected in her doctoral thesis entitled "Plastics recycling: new challenges in the age of the circular economy" (http://rua.ua.es/dspace/handle/10045/111009), , as well as in 4 scientific articles published in high impact international journals and 2 book chapters.
- Plastic flexible films waste management – A state of art review. Horodytska, O.; Valdés, F.J.; Fullana, A. Waste Management Journal. 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.04.023 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X18302447?via%3Dihub)
- Centrifugal dewatering performance in plastic films recycling. Horodytska, O.; Valdés, F.J.; Fullana, A. Waste Management Journal. 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.09.015 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X18305579?via%3Dihub)
- Upcycling of printed plastic films: LCA analysis and effects on the circular economy. Horodytska, O.; Kiritsis, D.; Fullana, A. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020. DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122138 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620321855?via%3Dihub)
- Non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in recycled plastics. Horodytska, O.; Cabanes, A.; Fullana, A. Chemosphere Journal. 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126373 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004565352030566X?via%3Dihub)
- Applications and Future of Recycling and Recycled Plastics. Horodytska, O.; Cabanes, A.; Fullana, A. Composites Science and Technology. Book chapter. 2021. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-3627-1_15 (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-3627-1_15).
- Plastic Waste Management: Current Status and Weaknesses. Horodytska, O.; Cabanes, A.; Fullana, A. Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Book chapter. 2022. DOI: 10.1007/698_2019_408 (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/698_2019_408).
In 2018 she carried out a research stay at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, in the ICT for Sustainable Manufacturing (https://www.epfl.ch/labs/ict4sm/) where she carried out a study of the environmental impacts of different plastic waste treatment processes applying life cycle analysis methodology.
In 2021 she received the prize for the best doctoral thesis that can be the basis of an innovative business project awarded by the entrepreneurship centre of the University of Alicante (UA:Emprende)(https://web.ua.es/es/actualidad-universitaria/2021/abril2021/26-30/la-ua-entrega-los-premios-ua-emprende-a-trabajos-de-fin-de-grado-master-y-tesis-que-apuestan-por-modelos-de-negocio-innovadores.html)
In addition, as a researcher Oksana was involved in the development of a process for decontamination of recycled plastic for high value-added applications which has been patented (https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/es/detail.jsf?docId=WO2021123475).
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