Dr. Marta Izquierdo-Sanchis is an Associate Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Valencia, Spain. She finished her Master of Science in Environmental Engineering in 2008 at the University of Valencia and the Technical University of Valencia, and then obtained her PhD in Chemical, Environmental, and Processes Engineering at the University of Valencia. Her PhD research work was performed on heavy metal wastewater treatment by biosorption, including both experimental work and process modeling in fixed-bed columns.