Dr. Clementina Rita Ramírez Cortina is a professor and researcher at the Department of Energy of the Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco Campus.

She has a European Doctorate in Process Engineering, graduated from the National Institute of Applied Sciences INSA in Toulouse, France (1997). In addition, at the same institution, she did a Postdoctorate (2004-2005) and Advanced Studies in Water Treatment and Purification (1992-1993). At UNAM (1990), she obtained a Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering and at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering (1976).

Professor Ramírez Cortina has taught various Teaching-Learning Units (UEA) in the Degree in Environmental Engineering, such as Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering, Water Quality Analysis Workshop, Physicochemical Processes in Environmental Engineering, Water Reuse, Limnology and Sanitation of Currents, Treatment of Industrial Liquid Waste, among others. In the postgraduate course in Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the UAM Azcapotzalco Campus, her courses are Control of Water Pollution, Design of Wastewater Treatment Plants, Environmental Research Projects, and Selected Topics in Environmental Sciences and Engineering.

As a researcher, her publications amount to a number of 80 in total as of November 2018. She published a Textbook on Industrial Wastewater Treatment (1992). She also has a patent title related to the use of agave bagasse (2014). She has served as Director of Thesis and Degree Integration Projects on 34 occasions and as Director of 15 Postgraduate Theses in Sciences and Environmental Engineering.

Concerning her relevant academic activities at the UAM Azcapotzalco Campus, she has been a Member of the Water Thematic Group (2006-2010), Member of the Water, Soil and Solid Waste Thematic Group (2013-2017), Coordinator of the Environmental Engineering Thematic Group (2013-2019), Member of the Master's Committee in Environmental Sciences and Engineering (2013 – 2017) and Member of the Doctoral Commission in Sciences and Engineering (2017 -2018).