Laura Talens and Helen Cole receive a UAB Talent Scholarship
ICTA-UAB researchers Laura Talens and Helen Cole are two of the five researchers to have been awarded a Talent UAB 2021 - Santander Research Grants.
With these grants, the UAB wishes to continue its initiative to capture and retain research talent and promote research activities in the different areas of knowledge of the UAB.
Given the current difficulties to provide stable jobs for researchers, as a result of imposed replacement limitations, the UAB decided to establish calls for the capture and retention of research talent in 2017 and 2018 with temporary contracts, which it aims to convert into permanent contracts whenever possible.
The latest call will allow the signing of five new contracts, two of which have been awarded to Laura Talens and Helen Cole, who will carry out their research at ICTA-UAB.
Dr Laura Talens Peiró is researcher and responsible for the research line "Resource management for a circular economy" of the Sostenipra group at ICTA-UAB. She studied chemical engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València and the University of Teesside, and holds a PhD in environmental studies from the UAB. She is expert in the field of circular economy and environmental tools such as Ecodesign, material flow analysis (MFA), life cycle assessment (LCA), and exergy analysis. These tools were used in most cases for the study of the metabolism of scarce metals and electrical and electronic equipment.
Dr Helen Cole holds a PhD in Public Health from the City University of New York Graduate Center, an MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education, and Certificate in Global Health from the University of North Carolina. Bridging the fields of public health, urban planning and environmental justice, her work explores whether, and how, healthier cities also may be made equitable, placing urban health interventions in the context of broader urban social and political environments.