CIIAL 2024

Pablo E. Hegel graduated in Chemical Engineering (2003) and did his PhD (2008) at Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina), focusing on the application of high-pressure technologies for the processing of vegetable oils. He also was Postdoctoral researcher at ENSIACET (France), where he explored the extraction of lipids from yeast using supercritical CO₂.  Pablo E. Hegel is currently Professor at the Universidad Nacional del Sur in the Department of Chemical Engineering and works as Independent Researcher at PLAPIQUI (CONICET). His main field of research is the development of sustainable processes using supercritical fluids and pressurized liquid solvents, an area that he skillfully complements with the experimental determination of thermophysical properties under extreme conditions. In particular, Dr. Hegel has extensive experience in developing ad-hoc experimental laboratory equipment to investigate the thermodynamic properties of high pressure and supercritical extraction processes.