Dr. Luis Alejandro Diaz Aldana is an electrochemical engineer researcher at Idaho National Laboratory with over 10 years of experience in electrochemical engineering, electroanalytical techniques, electrocatalysts, and modeling of electrochemical systems. He received his doctorate in chemical engineering from Ohio University, and his master’s and bachelor’s in chemical engineering from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. At INL he has been involved in electrochemical recovery of critical and value metals from electronic waste and lithium-ion batteries, as well as electrochemical processes to enable cobalt recovery from domestic sources. He is co-inventor in five awarded patents, with three of them related to electrochemical recycling. He has been an active principal investigator focusing on the development of intensified electrochemical process for the valorization of waste streams. His work has been recognized with a Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) far West Awards in the category of Outstanding Technology Development, one Idaho Innovation Award, one Tech Connect Innovation Award, and two R&D 100.