Dr. Maria Neftalí Rojas-Valencia graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a first degree and a Master’s degree in Science and Water Resources. In 2004, she was awarded a Doctorate in Science and Environmental Engineering at the Autonomous Metropolitan University. Since 1993, she has been on the staff of UNAM’s Institute of Engineering, in the environmental engineering field. Dr. Rojas has been part of the National System of Researchers since 2005. In 2017, she was a founding member of the University Consortium of Latin America and the Caribbean. She has conducted research in Canada, Spain, and Germany. Her research topics included environmental microbiology, wastewater disinfection, and the integrated management, treatment, recycling, and disposal of solid urban waste and polymeric waste. She has developed 96 projects of investigation and 85 scientific articles, with 6 patents granted in 20 years, and she has won several awards.