Félix A. López (1958) received his Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences from the University of Valladolid, Spain (1987). He was a lecturer in the Dept. of Geochemistry at the same university from 1983 to 1984, and in 1985, he joined the CSIC. His work topics include obtaining raw materials via physical-, hydro-, and pyrometallurgical techniques, the treatment of residues via stabilizing/solidification techniques, remediation, pyrolysis, and the production of secondary raw materials and recycled products. He was Technical Deputy Director of the CENIM (CSIC) from 2000 to 2005; from 2013 to 2016, he was Deputy Director of Training and Communications; and from 2017 to 2021, he was Deputy Director of Communications and Transfer Technology of the institution. He is also the founder and promoter of B_Circular, a CSIC spin-off devoted to exploiting technologies for the recycling of end-of-life wind turbines and wastes from the aeronautical industry; he is currently the company’s Director of R&D +i. Finally, he was the recipient of the 2012 R Prize for the best innovative project in the area of materials recycling and was a finalist in the IV and V Calls from the Repsol Foundation Entrepreneurs’ Fund competition (2014 and 2015). In 2020, he received the Enel Challenge Open Innovability Award.