**About the Editor**

**Josefina Aleu** studied Chemistry at the University of Cadiz, where she graduated in 1991. ´ After working with Prof. J. R. Hanson at Sussex University for several months in 1995, she then completed her Ph.D. degree in 1996 under the supervision of Prof. Collado on the design of selective fungicides. She then worked for 15 months as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. C. Fuganti at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) on the biocatalytic synthesis of flavors. She is currently Senior Lecturer of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cadiz, and her current research interests are directed towards ´ the biocatalytic synthesis of bioactive molecules, design of selective fungicides, and studies of the metabolism of marine microorganisms.
