Chemical Engineer by the Universitat de València (1999) and PhD in Chemical Engineering by the Universidad Politécnica 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 participated in numerous research projects and contracts with both public bodies and private companies, having been principal researcher of three national competitive projects (RTC-2017-6049-2, CTM2017-86751-C2-1-R, CTM2014-54980-C2-1-R) and one European project (LIFE13 ENV/ES/001353). 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 been a researcher in 13 research agreements with the Generalitat Valenciana, acting as principal researcher in two of them. The development of the scientific activities listed above has resulted in several scientific publications in indexed journals and at national and international conferences and in the supervision of six doctoral theses. Since 2017 he directs the DAM Chair for Integral Management and Resource Recovery of Wastewater and since 2020.

Carlos F. Franco Viñuales is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Valencia.

He has a degree in civil engineering, a degree in environmental sciences, a master's degree in occupational risk prevention and a doctorate in business management.

His teaching and research specialization focuses on the study of quality management (ISO 9001 standard), environmental management (ISO 14001 standard) and health and safety management (ISO 45001 standard).

He has developed numerous consulting projects on issues related to the implementation of quality, environmental, health and safety, compliance systems, etc.

Javier Ortega is an associate professor in the Department of Business Management at the University of Valencia and researcher at INN4ALL <https://www.uv.es/inn4all/>, Innovation, Science and Society Research Group. He has previously worked in advanced service companies (consulting, banking and nautical), as well as in research institutions (during his pre- and post-doctoral studies). His research interests are about the inclusion of the environmental dimension in companies' strategies (eco-innovation). In addition, he has studied university-industry relationships and cooperation between agents of the innovation system in various contexts, participating in regional, national and European projects. The results of his research have been published in scientific journals such as Scientometrics, Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development and Arbor, among others. He has conducted several stays at the University of Tampere (in 2009 and 2014), with which he often collaborates, specifically with researchers from the School of Management.