Dr. Paulo Baptista, is a chemical engineer with a Ph.D in Biotechnology. He is a Director of P&B and it is also an Associated Professor in the Universidade Lusófona do Porto, where he has been lecturing in the Environmental Engineering and Environmental Science degrees the courses of Water Resources and Water Chemistry. Through P&B he has been acting for several years as a technical auditor for a Portuguese certification body (APCER) in water treatment and distribution companies and in wastewater treatment companies. He has supported Portuguese companies, R&D organisations and universities in the establishment or development of research activities in environmental subjects in more than 10 EU projects.