Pedro Puente

Pedro Puente is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University's College of Integrated Science & Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering (2025) and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering (2015) from the University of Michigan, along with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (2013) from San Francisco de Quito University.

• Research Focus: Resource recovery from organic waste streams via anaerobic digestion, ADM1 modeling, and sustainability evaluation using LCA and TEA.
• Experience: Graduate Research Assistant (2020-2025), Graduate Student Instructor (2021, 2022), Full-time Lecturer at Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas, Ecuador (2017-2020), and Public Policy Analyst in Ecuador (2015-2017).