João Rodrigues graduated (MSc) in Chemical Engineering at IST in 2009. Since then he participated in public and private R&D projects, related to the area of ​​waste and water treatment : BGALVANIZAÇÃO - "Integrated process for the treatment and recovery of depleted pickling baths from the Galvanizing Industry", REPISO - "Recovery of tomato juice from solid residues from de tomato industry, FURNAS - Phosforus removal from Furnas Lagoon - Azores, GOMAS - Evaluation of the water quality of aquifers contaminated with drilling fluids. Currently, he is a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico and a Research Fellow at CERENA.