Dr. Eduardo Leiva is a shared-vacancy academic of the Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering and the Faculty of Chemistry, teaching courses in environmental engineering and chemistry for engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He completed his PhD studies at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2013. Between 2013 and 2015, he did a postdoctorate in the Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering working on the development of biotechnological applications for the treatment of water contaminated with acid mine drainage. From 2018 to 2019, he was a visiting professor and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Notre Dame (USA), developing research in nitrogen compounds' removal processes with microorganisms. His main lines of research are related to water management and reuse, the treatment and removal of organic and inorganic contaminants, the applications of nanomaterials to the recovery and restoration of environmental systems and environmental education.