Biography:Dr. L.M. Pérez obtained his Biotechnology Grade at the National University of Rosario (2003, Argentina). After completed his PhD (2007) at the Institute of Experimental Physiology (IFISE-CONICET, UNR) he worked as postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Sanitary and Environmental Microbiology (2008-2010) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-campus Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain). Afterwards, he worked as Research Associate (2012-2017) at the Rosario Chemistry Institute (IQUIR-CONICET). In 2015, he joined as Associate Professor at the Fac. of Chemistry and Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), and later as Assistant Manager of the Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Sustainable Biomaterials (Bio&TecMA, UCA-CONICET) at the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Chemistry and Applied Biotechnology (INGEBIO-UCA). Dr. Pérez has been involved in numerous both national and international projects, leading to a significant number of scientific publications including peer reviewed articles, technical reports and other scholarly communications on Microbiology, Food Technology and Environmental Sciences. He is also interested in communicating Science; hence he has been involved in educational programs at elementary and High-School, and also participated as speaker in several Workshops for Science Education and Promotion. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4125-3536 Research Fellow at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Researches (CONICET, Argentina). Lab. of Environmental Biotechnology & Sustainable Biomaterials (Bio&TecMA, UCA-CONICET); Institute of Environmental Engineering, Chemistry and Applied Biotechnology (INGEBIO-UCA). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leonardo_Perez4 Research Associate at the Laboratory of Sanitary and Environmental Microbiology (MSM-Lab) & member of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainability-Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC, Barcelona), Spain. UNESCOSOST-Argentina (Rosario Office). https://es.unescosost.org/copia-de-unescosost-1 Associate Professor at the Fac. of Chemistry and Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA-campus Rosario), Argentina. Assistant Professor at the Analytical Chemistry Department, Fac. of Biochemical and Pharmacological Sciences, National University of Rosario (UNR), Argentina. Research interests & activities: • Bioremediation/phytoremediation of industrial wastewaters by engineered microbial consortia and/or native plants species.• Evaluation of constructed wetlands systems to remove microbial and chemical pollutants from urban and industrial wastewaters.• Development of sustainable plastic biomaterials made from natural polymers.• Prevention of foodborne pathogens dissemination during food packaging and storage