Fitxa persona

Chemical Engineer by the Universitat de València (1999) and PhD in Chemical Engineering by the Universitat Politècnica de Valencia (2003). He began his teaching activity in 2001 in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Valencia, where he currently holds the post of University Professor. His research work has focused on the environmental field, specifically in two main areas: wastewater treatment and coastal water quality assessment. Within the area of wastewater treatment, his scientific activity revolves around issues related to: anaerobic digestion of sludge; the application of membrane technology for energy recovery of organic matter from wastewater and the minimization of sludge produced; the use of microalgae for the treatment of urban wastewater; and the recovery of nitrogen and phosphorus. In this area, he has co-directed five doctoral theses, has been principal researcher of three national competitive projects (RTC-2017-6049-2, CTM2017-86751-C2-1-R, CTM2014-54980-C2-1-R), of two European projects (LIFE13 ENV/ES/001353, H2020-869496) and has two patents (ES2315178B2 and EP3225596B1) and a utility model (ES1156783U). Within the area of coastal water quality assessment, his scientific work has focused on the coordination, implementation and evaluation of different monitoring campaigns of coastal and transitional waters in relation to the presence of priority substances with the aim of analysing the impact of human activity on the appearance of these substances and proposing the relevant corrective measures to ensure a good chemical and ecological status of coastal waters. In this area, he has co-directed two doctoral theses and has been a researcher in thirteen research agreements with the Generalitat Valenciana, acting as principal researcher in two of them. From 2017 to 2024 he directed the DAM Chair for Integral Management and Resource Recovery of Wastewater and since 2020, he is the Director of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Universitat de València.