**Jorge Loredo**

Jorge Loredo received his Degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Oviedo (Spain) in 1976, and Master's in Enviromental Engineering by Minister of Industry of Spain in 1977-1978. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mining Engineering from the University of Oviedo (Spain) in 1981, and Master's in Mining Geology by Paris School of Mines (France) in 1981-1982. He has been Senior Lecturer of Mining and Environmental Engineering at the Oviedo School of Mines of the University of Oviedo (Spain) from 1985 to 2008 and Professor since 2008. He has served as Head of the Department of Mining Engineering of Oviedo University (Spain) between 2004 and 2012. Visiting Researcher in the Department of Geology and Geophysics of the University of California at Berkeley in 1987-1988. He has been the author and/or editor of 13 books and author or co-author of more than 100 book chapters and more than 200 research papers that have appeared in international indexed reference journals and international refereed conference proceedings.
