Paula Montserrat Torres

PhD Student

Fundamental research for sustainable, clay-based building materials and their stabilization using MgO-based binders. Understanding of the rheology, hydration reactions, phase assemblage, strength development and microstructure of clay minerals in presence of admixtures and MgO-based cement.

PhD student at ETH Zürich, Institute for Building Materials (IfB); Associated PhD student at the chair of Sustainable Construction, Institute of Construction and Infrastructure Management (IBI), ETH Zürich; M.Sc. in Earth Sciences: Environmental and Resource Geochemistry at the University of Bern