**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Jose Mar´ıa Lagaron** received a M.S. in Chemical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Polymer Physics from the University of Valladolid, Spain. He worked for several years at DSM Research and BP Chemicals and then joined the Spanish Council of Scientific Research, where he founded the Novel Materials and Nanotechnology Group. He has published over 300 papers and is inventor of more than 50 patents, some of which relate to high-throughput electrospinning technologies.

**Sergio Torres-Giner** received in 2003 a Dipl-Ing in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain. In 2004, he achieved a MSc in Process Systems Technology at Cranfield University, England, followed by an MBA in Industrial Management in 2005 at Catholic University of Valencia 'San Vincente Martir', Spain. He was able to complete his PhD in 2010 in Food ´ Science at the University of Valencia, Spain. He is a scientist in the field of macromolecular science of application interest in food packaging technology. He has more than 15 years of experience in both public research agencies and industrial R&D organizations. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed scientific papers indexed in JCR, 10 book and encyclopedia chapters, and 4 patents. His research activity has strongly contributed to advancing the knowledge of biopolymers and to transferring it into applications and products for food-related applications.

**Cristina Prieto** graduated in Chemical Engineering (2010) at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), received a M.S. in Industrial Processes Engineering and a P.hD. in Chemical Engineering at the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain). Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher at the Novel Materials and Nanotechnology Group (Spanish Council of Scientific Research). She has received the Extraordinary Doctoral Thesis Award, the Flucomp Best Thesis Award, the UCM University Entrepreneurship Award, as well as several awards for the quality of her scientific communications. She has published more than 17 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, 1 licensed patent, 8 chapters, and 32 abstracts in international conferences. Her expertise involves emerging and conventional encapsulation technologies with application in the food and pharmaceutical industries.
