Chemical Engineer & University Lecturer, Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Dr. Martí Puig is a Chemical Engineer with fifteen years of professional experience in the areas of research and teaching. His research has focused on environmental aspects of risk; particularly in the environmental management of seaports.
Dr. Martí Puig graduated as a Chemical Engineer from the School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (ETSEIB) of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). In 2009, he moved to the University of Cardiff (Wales, United Kingdom) to carry out the Final Degree Project, framed within the European mobility program ERASMUS.
After graduation, on the years 2010 and 2011 he worked at Cardiff University as a researcher in the PPRISM (Port Performance Indicators: Selection and Measurement) project. This project aimed to determine indicators that would demonstrate the impact of the port sector on society, the environment and the economy. In June 2012, Dr. Puig was awarded an MPhil Master at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the Cardiff University (United Kingdom), with the title ‘Selection and implementation of Environmental Performance Indicators for sustainable port operations’.
Then, in September 2012 he returned to Barcelona and began his doctoral thesis at the UPC. The thesis was entitled Methodology for the selection and implementation of environmental aspects and performance indicators in ports and aimed to develop a methodology that would help port authorities identify and evaluate the environmental aspects and indicators most appropriate for them. As part of his PhD., Dr. Puig successfully developed two online tools, TEAP and TEIP, which are available and freely accessible (www.eports-upc.cat). Dr. Puig graduated in November 2016 with the rating of Excellent Cum Laude.
During the completion of the thesis, Martí worked as an associate researcher in several EU-funded projects. The most prominent projects are PERSEUS (Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research in the Southern EUropean Seas) and PORTOPIA (Port Observatory for Performance Indicator Analysis). The first was to evaluate the impacts of human activity in the Mediterranean and Black seas; the second one was to define and integrate port sector indicators in a digital platform (Service Cloud). As part of the completion of the thesis and the development of projects, Dr Puig visited several European port terminals and analyzed their environmental management and monitoring programs.
During the development of the thesis, Martí also collaborated as an assistant lecturer in the subject ‘Control, Verification and Audit’ taught in the Master of Chemical Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).
Between 2017 and 2023, Martí worked as an environmental consultant in Alenta medio ambiente, leading the environmental risk analysis department. He carried out a large number of Environmental Risk Analysis (ARMAs) for industrial facilities in the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, gas and waste management sectors, among others. Martí also led environmental audits in port terminals and undertook other port-related projects.
From September 2018 to July 2023, Martí also worked in the UPC as Associate Lecturer, teaching the subject Environmental Technology and Sustainability in the Industrial Engineering degree. In September 2023, Dr. Puig joined the UPC as a Lecturer, developing teaching and research in the Chemical Engineering Department of the UPC. As part of his academic responsibilities, Dr. Puig is currently supervising a PhD candidate whose research focus lies in the field of port environmental management. He also has participated in the supervision of several final degree and final master project.
Currently, Dr. Puig serves as a scientific coordinator of Ecoports, an EU initiative promoted by ESPO. In this role, he writes periodic reports analyzing the environmental performance of EU ports and contributes annually as an author of the ESPO Environmental Report.
Martí is the author of 10 scientific articles, 2 book chapters, and 3 articles in sector magazines, as well as more than 20. communications in conferences and congresses.
