Irene Acosta Hernández (ORCID 0000-0001-7482-617X) is a Primary Conversion Scientist at Repsol Technology Lab, Spain. She obtained her P.h.D. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering in 2024 from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) on the "Remediation of metal-polluted mine tailings by means of enhanced bioleaching technologies". Her research interests focus on environmental and electrochemical technologies for the valorization of different types of wastes, as well as decarbonization technologies. She may be contacted at irene.acosta@alu.uclm.es.

Martin Muñoz Morales (ORCID: 0000-0002-9178-8299) is an Associated Professor from the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain. He obtained his P.h.D. on the "Development of electrochemical technologies for the treatment of liquid and gaseous effluents polluted with chlorinated hydrocarbons" from the same university in 2021. His research interest focused on environmental and electrochemical technologies applied to wastewater treatment, highlighting the study of physicochemical properties of waste-derived materials to valorize them following the principles of circular economy. He has published more 30 articles in international journals (h index = 12). He may be contacted at martin.munoz@uclm.es.

Francisco Jesus Fernandez-Morales (ORCID: 0000-0003-0389-6247) studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, where he graduated in 1998 and earned his Ph.D. degree in 2004. He was a post-doctoral researcher at prestigious universities such as the Technological University of Delft (The Netherlands), the Gdansk University of Technology (Poland), and the Higher Technical Institute of the University of Lisbon (Portugal). He has held a Full Professor position in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Castilla-La Mancha since 2019. His research is focused on the development of new and value-added applications of environmental biotechnology processes, with expertise in the frontiers between electrochemistry and biotechnology with a relevant transfer of knowledge to the industry. He is the author of more than 140 Web of Science papers (h-index 36) and 2 patents. He has supervised eight doctoral theses. He may be contacted at fcojesus.fmorales@uclm.es.

Luis Rodríguez completed his P.h.D. in Chemistry in 1998 at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain. He is a Full Professor of Environmental Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering at UCLM and is a member of the Environmental Recovery Integrated Technologies research team. His current research focuses on the characterization and treatment of polluted soils, soil restoration technologies using bio-based methods coupled with electrokinetics, and resource recovery from industrial waste. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals (h index = 24) and serves as a reviewer for several prominent journals in the field of Environmental Sciences.

José Villaseñor Camacho (ORCID 0000-0001-5865-0610) is a Full Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Castilla La Mancha (UCLM), Spain. He has worked on Environmental Engineering research projects since 1998, which have mainly focused on electrochemical–biological coupled methods for the valorization of wastewater, solid waste, and remediation of polluted soil. He has published 120 articles in international journals (h index = 32). Currently, he is the Coordinator of the Doctorate Program "Chemical and Environmental Engineering" at UCLM. He may be contacted at jose.villasenor@uclm.es.