Francisco Jose Alguacil is a Professor at the National Center for Metallurgical Research (CENIM), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and the Head of the Raw Materials and Recycling Department of CENIM. He works on hydrometallurgical operations and their application to the environment, liquid membranes, nanoadsorbents, materials recycling, and effluent treatment. He received his Ph.D. in 1985 from the Department of Metallurgy of Complutense University of Madrid and carried out postdoctoral research at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, UK. In 1987, he joined the scientific staff of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). In 2001, he reached the rank of Scientific Researcher and in 2002 he was promoted to Research Professor. In addition, he was Scientific Co-responsible for the Chemical Analysis Laboratory of CENIM (2009-2024)..