Dr. Ricardo Bello-Mendoza is an Associate Professor at the University of Canterbury, Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. He obtained his Bachelor's degree at the Instituto Tecnológico de Tapachula in 1991, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Manchester in 1997 and 1999. He served as an Investigador Titular at the El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) from 2000 to 2023, and as Senior Lecturer at the University of Canterbury from 2013 to 2023. His research interests are in the area of innovative technology for wastewater treatment and resource recovery, including anaerobic biotechnology and advanced oxidation processes. The fate of persistent organic contaminants in the aquatic environment is another field of study.