Manuel A. Rodrigo was born in Plasencia (Spain) in 1970 (ORCID: 0000-0003-2518-8436; Scopus Author ID: 34868498800; WoS ResearcherID: I-6112-2013; Google scholar: Manuel Andres Rodrigo).

He studied Industrial Chemistry at at University of Valencia, where he graduated with the Extraordinary Award in 1993 and obtained his PhD (Chemical Engineering Program) in 1997, with a doctoral thesis on the automation of biological nutrient removal processes. In 1996, he joined UCLM as an Assistant Professor, starting a research line in Electrochemical Engineering within the Department of Chemical Engineering. In this initial stage, the research mainly focused on studying the treatability of industrial effluents using electrolytic technology. After a first postdoctoral stay at EPFL (Switzerland), he began working with electrically conductive diamond electrodes. In 2000, he obtained a position as Associate Professor and started working on electrocoagulation, as well as PEM fuel cells and electrocatalysis (for which he did a second stay at EPFL). Subsequently, his interests centered on the electrolytic production of oxidizing agents, electrokinetic remediation of contaminated soils, and bioelectrochemical systems. In 2009, he won a professorship in Chemical Engineering at UCLM and, from that moment, has been consolidating all the previously mentioned research lines with the aim of creating a competitive international research group in electrochemical engineering with expert knowledge at the electrochemical-energy-environment frontier, and with involvement in knowledge transfer to the industrial sector, demonstrated by strong consulting activity with numerous companies in the energy and environmental sectors. A pioneer in numerous topics, he is currently opening new fields such as electrochemically assisted reactive absorption, electro-refinery, and the development of high-efficiency electrochemical cells using 3-D printing. He has a strong sensitivity towards the training of young researchers. He collaborates with different research groups worldwide, especially promoting collaborations with groups in Latin America. He has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Paris East – Marne la Vallée (France) and collaborates in teaching activities with UPV. He has been responsible for Div. 5 (Engineering and Technology of Electrochemical Processes) of the International Society of Electrochemistry (22-24) and was vice-president in the period 15-16. He has been president of the Working Group on Electrochemical Engineering of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (11-18), still active in the group as well as in the Energy Section (18-). He has been an adjunct to the Chemical Technology area of ANEP (07/15-01/17) and a collaborator in the CTQ/IQM area of AEI (01/17-06/20). He is the Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Technologies at UCLM (21-), having been Vice-Dean between 07-15 and Coordinator of the Degree in Chemical Engineering (04/09-02/16). In 2020, he received the Career Award from the Chemical Engineering Group of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry and in 2022 the 2021 Research and Innovation Award from the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (Engineering and Architecture Section). Member of the Science Advisory Council of CLM (2022-).

General indicators of quality of scientific production. (According to SCOPUS) Four research periods (1995-2000; 2001-2006; 2007-2012; 2013-2018) and one transfer period (2000-2007) successfully evaluated. 645 scientific papers. 51.4% are international collaborations and 0.2% with companies. 89.8% of the works published in first-quartile journals and 69.4% included in the first quartile of the most cited worldwide. h-index 84. FWCI (Field-Weighted Citation Impact) index 1.38. Total number of citations: 30,562. Strong social involvement of the research carried out, considering the number of articles that align with the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). In the last six years (2019-2024), he has published 255 scientific works. Additionally, he has written more than 90 scientific-technical reports for companies and is the author of 5 patents. He has presented over six hundred conference communications, more than 60% of which are oral communications and 10% plenary or invited lectures. He has supervised 28 doctoral theses, 13 of them in the 2019-2024 period. He has led or is leading 21 competitive projects (€2962.52k), 3 infrastructure projects (€819.91k), 23 R&D contracts with companies (€1203.89k), and has also participated within the Research Group he leads (Electrochemical and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, E3L) in another 30 competitive projects (€5781.00k), 12 infrastructure projects (€2221.29k), and 21 R&D contracts with companies (€713.50k). He was editor of the Journal of Electrochemical Science & Engineering from 2011 to 2016 and currently serves on the Editorial Board of the journals Separation & Purification Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, and Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. He has been a guest editor for 10 special issues of WoS-indexed publications.