Esbeydi Villicaña-García is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Environmental Process Engineering Department, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico. She obtained her PhD and master degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo in Mexico in 2023 and 2019 respectively. She is a member of the National Research System of Mexico. The research interests of Villicaña- García are the energy system, supply chain, sustainable design, and population behaviour. She has published more than 10 papers and 2 book chapters.Edgar Geovanni Mora-Jacobo received his Master's and Ph.D. degrees in the Chemical Engineering Department at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. His academic career includes the publication of four scientific papers and the presentation of his research at several conferences. The areas of focus and interest of Mora-Jacobo are process optimization, strategic planning, sustainable energy, and the analysis of environmental metrics.Thelma Posadas-Paredes is a Master’s Fellow at the Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (Mexico). Posadas-Paredes has published 2 journal papers, her main areas of interest are sustainable energy and strategic planning.Aurora de Fátima Sánchez-Bautista is a Professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. She received her Master's and Ph.D. degrees in the Chemical Engineering Department at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico in 2020. Her academic career includes of five scientific papers and the presentation of her research at several conferences. The main areas of interest are sustainable energy, circular economy, and optimization.César Ramírez-Márquez is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Chemical Engineering Department of the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Guanajuato, Mexico, in 2020. His current research focuses on the production of materials for the solar energy industry and base chemicals in the chemical industry. He has published more than 55 journal papers, six book chapters, presented his work at over fifteen international and regional conferences, and holds four patents. José María Ponce-Ortega is a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. He earned his Ph.D. and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Technology of Celaya, Mexico, in 2009 and 2003, respectively. He completed postdoctoral research at Texas A&M University, USA, and served as a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Dr. Ponce-Ortega is a full professor and a member of the National Research System of Mexico. His research focuses on the optimization of chemical processes, sustainable design, energy, mass, water, and property integration, and supply chain optimization. He has published more than 310 papers, five books, and 60 book chapters. He has supervised 30 Ph.D. students and 50 Master’s students and secured funding for 15 research projects totaling approximately $1,000,000. Dr. Ponce-Ortega serves on the editorial boards of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy and Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, and is a subject editor for Sustainable Production and Consumption, as well as associate editor in Frontiers in Chemical Engineering
