Juan M. Menéndez-Aguado is a full professor of Mineral Processing Technology at the University of Oviedo and has been a supervisor of more than 25 Ph.D. theses. He is a participant in more than 120 projects financed by private and public institutions (research, technology transfer, and academic) and has more than 80 scientific publications (+50 in indexed reviews). He has been a visiting professor at more than 10 universities in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. He has been a member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME/AIME) and a member of the Society of Mining Professors (SOMP) since 2013. His primary research interests include Comminution, Concentration, Mineral Processing, Mining Engineering, and Recycling.