Dr. Victor Monsalvo (Male) is Head of the Eco-efficiency Area at the Innovation and Technology Department of FCC Aqualia. He was appointed in 2019 as Chair of Research and Innovation Committee at the International Desalination Association. He got his PhD in Chemical Engineering from University Autonoma de Madrid, and got a position as Assistant Professor in Chemical Eng. Department from 2005 to 2014, and visiting researcher in different Universities: Leeds (2007), Cranfield (2009), Sydney (2011) and Aachen (2013). Then, he was appointed as Head of Technological Area – Water in Abengoa Research until 2016. Victor leads an active research team working in water treatment and reuse, biowastes and biogas management, membrane technologies and processes involved in desalination plants, and has been involved in more than 25 research projects (public and private funded). He (co) authored 6 patents (national and international), 1 utility model, around 60 journal and referred conference papers, 3 book chapters and edited 4 books. He has participated in evaluation committees in the PARTNERSHIPS Programme Joint Applied Research Projects (2011- 2014) Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport (Romania) and in the National Committee for Evaluation of “Proyectos de investigación fundamental no orientada” 2012 for the Ministry of Economy and Competiveness (Spain).