José Canga Rodríguez, born in Oviedo (Spain) in 1976, studied Chemical Engineering at the universities of Oviedo (Spain) and Magdeburg (Germany). In 2003 he finished an MSc in Environmentally Sustainable Process Technology at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Sweden).

After five years working at Voith Paper in different positions (R&D and commissioning engineer for stock preparation lines in board and paper mills and product manager for anaerobic wastewater treatment) he joined EnviroChemie in 2008 as technical assistant to the CEO. EnviroChemie is a leading company in the field of water and wastewater treatment technology. Since 2011 he is responsible as key account manager providing the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry with a customised portfolio of water and wastewater solutions for industrial and research facilities.