Iarima Mendonça is a researcher in the field of Water Technology at HZ University of Applied Sciences. She achieved her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at PUC Minas University, in Brazil, in 2019. Iarima started at HZ by participating in the Living Lab Biobased Brazil programme, in which she assisted the study of an Ion Exchange lab-setup; a collaborative project between HZ and Evides Industriewater.
Iarima joined the research group in 2020 and is currently working on the NEREUS (New Energy and Resources for Urban Sanitation) project, by studying resource recovery and the modeling and optimization of the related processes. Along with this research, Iarima is also involved in assisting students in the current assignments.