Rafael Boluda graduated in Pharmacy from the University of Valencia (UV) in 1981 and earned his PhD in 1988. His research spans Soil Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Ecotoxicology, and Waste Utilization. He has organized and participated in international conferences, including roles in the Mediterranean Group for Pesticide Research and the Spanish Network of Composting. He evaluates projects for ANEP (Spain) and AGAUR (Catalonia) and reviews articles for Elsevier and Springer journals. As a visiting professor, he worked at the University of Florida (1995) and the University of São Paulo (1993, 1996, 1997). From 1996–2003, he researched at the CSIC-UV-GVA Desertification Research Centre (CIDE). He has led 18 of 43 R&D projects, secured €600K+ in funding, and published 175+ works (58 in high-impact journals). His Web of Science H-index is 30. Since 1983, he has taught at UV in Pharmacy, Biology, and Chemistry, rising from Assistant to Full Professor (2007). He directs UV’s Master in Waste Management (since 2014) and has supervised 11 PhD theses. He leads UV’s Soils, Wastes, and Environment Research Unit and belongs to key societies like the Spanish Soil Science Society, European Composting Network and International Union of Soil Science.