Claudio Sáez Avaria

I am a Professor at University of Alicante, Spain; Environmental Engineer and PhD in Marine Sciences at University of Plymouth, UK. I specialize in environmental management and monitoring of coastal ecosystems. My group has years of experience in identifying biological responses and traducing those in the development of environmental biotechnology tools, mostly related to the surveillance of the desalination plants. I have led research projects funded by public agencies principally in Latin America and the European Union (over US $5M) and am currently advisor of different desalination companies (from design to operation), water associations (e.g. IDA, AEDYR, ALADYR, EDS, ACADES), and usual scientific referent for international media in the matter. I account for more than 60 publications in high impact scientific journals, with more than 1200 citations, leading the most globally renowned and productive research group in academia regarding studies on the environmental sustainability of the desalination industr