Dr. Trevino has been involved in mathematical modelling and technology assessment since his graduate work in the 1970s. He is the author of Climate Change – By the Numbers (2022), and co-author of four books: Métodos Numéricos Aplicados a Ingeniería Química (1974), Petrochemical Technology Assessment (1981), The Impact of New Catalytic Developments on the Chemical Industry (1985) and The Microkinetics of Heterogeneous Catalysis (1993). He earned a BS in Chemical and Industrial Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) in Monterrey, Mexico, an MS in Computer Science and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and has been providing international consulting services since 1980.

Dr. Trevino has also been active as an entrepreneur, co-founding several small companies through the years. He is currently the President and owner of Energy Saving Technologies Inc., in Madison, Wisconsin. He became interested in climate change after realizing that many professionals were not well informed, and an assessment of the underlying data from a practical point of view was needed.

His book "Climate Change: By the Numbers" was published in 2022.