Fabio Granados-Chinchilla Editor

Eduardo López-Maldonado has a BSc. in Chemical Engineering (2009) and a PhD. in Chemical Sciences (2012) from the National Technological Institute of Mexico-Tijuana, Center for Graduates and Research in Chemistry. Dr. López Maldonado, in 2013, received the opportunity to join the staff of researchers at the Center for Research and Technological Development in Electrochemistry (CIDETEQ) S.C., Tijuana Branch. There he began his career as a researcher and was responsible for projects focused on obtaining natural biopolymers and their properties as coagulating, flocculating and chelating agents. He has specialized in carrying out basic and applied science research projects with industries in the region and at the national level. He is a member of the National System of Level I Researchers. He has extensive experience as a facilitator of the Environmental Leadership Program for Competitiveness (PLAC), by SEMARNAT and PROFEPA. Dr. López has participated in national and international conferences in the form of oral presentations and posters, in the area of Polymer Chemistry, Development of innovative processes, Environment and Nanotechnology. To date, Dr. Eduardo is working as a full-time professor-researcher at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Engineering of the Autonomous University of Baja California, on the Biopolyelectrolyte Engineering Research line.

Ambar Solangi is Professor at National Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh,Jamshoro – Pakistan, since 22 Feb 2017 to date. He was an Associate Professor at National Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro – Pakistan, since 26th March 2012 to 22 Feb 2017. His research areas are Separation and determination of drugs/organic compounds using capillary electrophoresis, Adsorption/removal studies of various environmental pollutants for the treatment of contaminated water, Synthesis of nano materials/nano composites and their applications as sensors and biocatalysts.

Fabio Granados-Chinchilla is currently affiliated to Science and Technology National Research Centre, Universidad de Costa Rica as an Application chemist and researcher. His research areas include Mycotoxin and Antibiotic analysis and Feed nutritional and quality analysis. He has over 12 years of experience in food analysis including safety quality, natural products, liquid and gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.