Fernan David Martinez Jimenez , Ph.D.

Research Interests

Dr. Fernan Martinez`s research focuses on mathematic modeling and simulation of bioprocess with physical, chemical, and biological interactions. Dr. Martinez also has experience in programming with Python and Matlab. His main research interests are mathematical modeling, simulation process, computational fluid dynamics, membranes, and biotechnological science.

Selected Publications

Fernan Martinez-Jimenez, Marcelo Perencin de Arruda Ribeiro, Cintia Regina Sargo, Jaciane Lutz Ienczak, Edvaldo Rodrigo Morais, and Aline Carvalho da Costa Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2021 60 (38), 13822-13833 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02299
L.E. Biazi, F.D. Martínez-Jimenez, C.I.D.G. Bonan, L.B. Soares, E.R. Morais, J.L. Ienczak, A.C. Costa,
A differential evolution approach to estimate parameters in a temperature-dependent kinetic model for second generation ethanol production under high cell density with Spathaspora passalidarum,
Biochemical Engineering Journal, Volume 161, 2020, 107586, ISSN 1369-703X, https://doi.org 10.1016/j.bej.2020.107586
Fernan D. Martinez-Jimenez, Maria Paula Macie Pinto, Ackmez Mudhoo, Thiago de Alencar Neves, Mauricio A. Rostagno, Tânia Forster-Carneiro, Influence of ultrasound irradiation pre-treatment in biohythane generation from the thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of sugar production residues,
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 5, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 3749-3758, ISSN 2213-3437, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2017.07.030.

Education

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas, Brazil, 2021
M. Sc. Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Brazil, 2016
B. S. Food Engineering, University of Valle, Colombia, 2013

Awards

Best student in the Food Engineering Program, University of Valle, Santiago de Cali, Colombia, 2013

KAUST Affiliations

Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC)
Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE)

Research Interests Keywords

Mathematical modeling Simulation process Biotechnological science Mechanistic and not-mechanistic models Python Matlab Julia C Java