Dr. Beatriz A. Belmonte graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering degree at De La Salle University last February 2019 as a scholar under the Engineering Research and Development for Technology (ERDT) program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Her work focuses on developing computer models to provide decision support for using carbonized biomass as a soil enhancer and as a form of carbon sequestration. This strategy is regarded in the literature as a potentially effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The research she has been doing has led to Scopus-indexed publications in major journals and conference proceedings. In addition, her paper Optimization-based decision support methodology for the synthesis of negative emissions biochar systems has been globally recognized and listed among the 31 publications featured in the UK IChemE climate change collection last June 2020. She was among the 25 accepted scholars from 310 applicants from 9 countries that attended the 2020 Southeast Asia International Joint-Research and Training Program on Low Carbon and Green Energy held at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Hsinchu, Taiwan. She was awarded the Best Scientific Poster (Engineering Science and Technology) during the NAST 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting last July 2020. She is an Editorial Board of Carbon Research (Springer) member. She is also a Reviewer of Sustainable Chemical Process Design (Frontiers in Sustainability), Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier), BIOCHAR (Springer Nature), Education for Chemical Engineers (Elsevier), and Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (Springer). She is elected a full Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE) member. She is also a regular member and presently serves as the NRCP Division of Engineering and Industrial Research Secretary. She teaches at the Faculty of Engineering and is also a researcher at the Research Center for Natural and Applied Sciences of the University of Santo Tomas.
