Diego
Walter
Allgaier
Díaz
was
born
in
Santa
Cruz
de
Tenerife,
Spain,
in
1992.
He
has
graduated
as
an
environmentalogist
in
the
Degree
of
Environmental
Sciences
at
the
Universidad
de
La
Laguna
in
2017
and
subsequently
obtained
the
Master's
Degree
in
Pollution,
Toxicology
and
Environmental
Health
from
the
Universitat
de
Valencia
in
2018,
within
the
specialty
of
environmental
toxicology.
He
also
has
a
Certificate
of
Higher
Education
in
Environmental
Chemistry.
His
Final
Degree
Project
as
well
as
his
Master's
Degree
Final
Project
dealt
with
the
determination
of
emerging
contaminants
using
high
or
ultra
high
resolution
liquid
chromatography.
Currently,
he
is
starting
the
PhD
in
the
Doctoral
Program
of
Chemistry
and
Chemical
Engineering
at
the
Universidad
de
La
Laguna,
with
focus
on
synthesis
and
use
of
innovative
environmentally
sustainable
materials
for
later
application
in
different
miniaturized
techniques
of
extraction
and
analysis.
His
Doctoral
Thesis,
directed
by
Dr.
Juan
Ayala
Díaz
(Department
of
Analytical
Chemistry;
ULL)
and
Dr.
David
Díaz
Díaz,
is
centered
on
the
preparation,
chemical
modification
and
characterization
of
hydrogels
and
biopolymers,
as
well
as
their
incorporation
into
analytical
chemistry strategies.