Luís Marinheiro holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, and a Master's degree in Biological Engineering from the University of Minho, Portugal. He is a Senior Member of the Portuguese Engineers Association.
Since beginning his professional career in 1996 as an engineer, he has promoted, coordinated, and managed numerous national and international projects and service contracts. His work spans a variety of environmental fields, including waste management, wastewater collection and treatment, water abstraction and treatment, circular economy and sustainability, environmental management, odor control and treatment, and environmental planning. Throughout his career, he has held roles as a consultant, designer, advisor, coordinator, and technical director.
He is also the founder and administrator of several successful companies in the environmental sector, with a strong focus on research, development, and innovation. In academia, he has served as a lecturer in higher education, teaching environmental courses and contributing to research projects and environmental services.
He has actively participated in and chaired the organization of national and international environmental events, both as a speaker and as a member or president of organizing and scientific committees. He is the author and co-author of several articles and presentations on the profession of environmental engineering and the development and application of environmental technologies. In 2000, he was awarded the National Environmental Engineering Award by the Portuguese Engineers Association in its inaugural edition.
He has been an active member of professional associations, serving as Vice-President of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) from March 2017 to August 2021. He also chaired ISWA's Working Group on Landfill and the European Group. Between 2010 and 2016, he was President of the Environmental Engineering College of the Portuguese Engineers Association and held leadership roles in national and regional bodies, including membership in the National Council and Coordinator of the Northern Regional Council of the Environmental Engineering College from 2004 to 2016.
He is also a long-standing member of the Portuguese Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, contributing actively to waste management working groups since 2002. He currently serves as President of the General Assembly of the Portuguese Association of Environmental Engineering, where he previously held various leadership positions, including Vice-President in 2010.
Currently, he works as a Senior International Consultant in Environmental Engineering. He is the Global Market Director at AST – Solutions and Services of Environmental, Lda., and a Board Member of several European companies, including Aquasmart – Water and Wastewater Treatment Solutions, Lda., Wedotech, Lda., SLMK – Consultance, Lda., and CarbonBlue, Lda. Additionally, he serves as a Board Member for the AST Brazil.
Comments