He completed his B.S. in Chemical Engineering at University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez and his M.S. in Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University. He has a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental engineering from ASU, researching microbial electrochemical cells (MXCs). Dr. Torres's main research interest is kinetics of various microbiological and electrochemical processes. He focuses on basic understanding of fundamental phenomena that can lead to better engineering designs or processes. In the MXC research, Dr. Torres combines concepts of microbial kinetics, transport phenomena, and electrochemistry to characterize anode respiring bacteria (ARB) and their role in MXC technologies. Torres lab website