AFRIKA OLABE DURICH

Presentation

Afrika Olabe is a Chemical Engineering undergraduate at UPV/EHU (Leioa) with a strong interest in the energy transition and sustainable technologies.

To broaden her hands-on laboratory experience, she completed a research stay at Hasselt University (Belgium), where she worked on the synthesis and characterization of polyurethanes as part of a project on biobased building blocks.

In 2026, she join CIC energiGUNE to carry out her Bachelor’s thesis on sustainable and cost-effective iron current collectors for next-generation batteries.

Scientific interests

  • Materials for energy storage
  • Electrochemistry applied to batteries
  • Surface engineering

Scientific career

  • BSc in Chemical Engineering (Leioa, UPV/EHU, 2022–present)
  • Internship stay at Hasselt University (Belgium, 2025)

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