Fitxa persona

Chemical Engineer awarded with the Bachelor's Extraordinary Prize and Best Final Project Award (2004), and a PhD in Chemical Engineering with "Cum Laude" distinction (2009) from Universitat de València. Recipient of two pre-doctoral scholarships, including an FPU grant with a 4-month research stay at Ghent University, and three postdoctoral contracts. Nearly two years as a PhD researcher at FCC Aqualia and four years as Assistant Professor at Universitat de València (UV). Since 2020, Associate Professor at UV and accredited as Full Professor (2025), with three recognized six-year research periods (ANECA).

Over 20 years of experience in the wastewater treatment sector, with 66 publications in high-impact journals (h-index of 31, Scopus), more than 90 contributions to international and national conferences (including 6 as scientific committee member, 1 as organizing committee member, and 1 keynote), and participation in 23 research projects (3 European, 2 regional as Principal Investigator, and 2 national as PI). Led 36 technology transfer works, 3 patents, and 6 software intellectual properties (most under exploitation).

Supervised 3 completed PhDs (2 international, awarded), and currently supervising 3 more PhDs and 11 Master’s theses. Active member in the creation and coordination of the AnMBR Action Group within the European Innovation Partnership for Water and the Innovation Deal on sustainable wastewater treatment combining AnMBR and water reuse. Core member of two IWA Task Groups: “MeDaR” (Metadata and Data Reliability) and “MBR Modelling and Control”. Leads a working group in the COST Action CA23104 “Water4Reuse” and is part of the management committee of the ICA Specialist Group (IWA).

Since 2007, teaching experience at UV and UPV across undergraduate and Master’s programs, including roles as FPU researcher, postdoc, assistant, and associate professor. Authored a book, participated in 8 teaching innovation projects (1 as PI), published 3 JCR papers, and contributed to 10 conferences. Specialized in anaerobic membrane bioreactors for urban wastewater and food waste co-digestion, and membrane-based systems such as photobioreactors for microalgae cultivation. Current research focuses on sustainable technologies for waste/wastewater valorization, WWTP monitoring and optimization, metadata, and life cycle analysis.