Davide Dionisi, CEng MIChemE is a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at University of Aberdeen, where he teaches courses in the areas of biochemical engineering, biological wastewater treatment and energy from biomass at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Dr Dionisi has over 15 years of experience in biological wastewater treatment and process engineering. He is the author of over 30 papers in international peer reviewed journals, over 50 contributions to conferences and 2 patents. Dr Dionisi’s papers have received over 1,400 citations and his h-index is 20. Dr Dionisi has been Principal Investigator in many projects on wastewater treatment and waste valorization. Additionally, Dr Dionisi is a Chartered Member of the IChemE and of the Engineering Council and is member of the Italian Association of Chemical Engineering (AIDIC).