David Vinicio Carrera Villacrés is a Civil Engineer who graduated from the Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE specializing in environmental and hydrosanitary studies, and with 21 years of professional experience. The Organization of American States (OAS) awarded him a scholarship to study his Master of Science in the Hydrosciences Program of the Postgraduate College in Mexico, specializing in water quality for irrigation. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (SRE) awarded him another scholarship to study his Doctorate in Sciences in the same program, specializing in the agricultural quality of soils and the metamorphosis of natural waters. He is a member of the Technology and Innovation Foundation for sustainable development, Innovaiyayku. To date, he has published 38 articles indexed in Scopus, two in Science Direct, and 58 articles in Latindex in conjunction with conferences in Ecuador and elsewhere. In 2017 and 2022 he published the books 'Thermal Springs of Ecuador' and 'Soil Science, Characterization and Conservation in Ecuador', respectively. He has carried out research stays at the University of Bern in Switzerland and the Federal University of Ceará in Brazil. He is currently Coordinator of the Environmental Pollution Research Group (GICA), Principal Professor Level 1 of the ESPE, and Associate Professor Level 3 of the Central University of Ecuador.