José Alcides Peres is Associate Professor with habilitation at University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal. He graduated in Chemical Engineering at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and completed a PhD in Chemistry (UTAD) in 2002. Presently, he is the director of the Chemistry Department and member of the Chemistry Centre of Vila Real. His main research interests focus on environmental friendly strategies for pollution control, including the development of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) such as photo-Fenton processes, ozonation, ferrioxalate/solar radiation and heterogeneous photocatalysis. He also studies combined treatments (physical, chemical and biological) particularly for agro-industrials wastewater reuse, waste recycling and valorization.