Miguel Angel Bartorila is a full-time professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico, where he leads the group "City, Territory, and Project Research." He has a PhD in Urban Planning and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Architectural Design from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain. He holds an Architecture degree from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. He is a member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico and received the Research Award from the 6th Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urban Planning. His area of expertise is the coevolutionary process of the natural ecosystem and urban artifacts and their potential connections with urban well-being and efficiency. His recent publications cover the revitalization of cities, sustainability and added value, and urban ecotones.