Dr. Leo Gutierrez specializes in electrochemistry, resource recovery, physicochemical treatment of water, brine management, and selective separation. Currently, he focuses on the recovery of valuable compounds, such as phenolic compounds, NPKs, amino acids, and volatile fatty acids, from waste urban/industrial streams for valorization. Dr. Leo Gutierrez obtained his MSc and PhD in the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Also, he followed a Post-Doc stay at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and a Research Fellow position at Curtin University of Technology at Australia.