**About the Editors**

**Jos´e P´erez Sestelo** (Professor of Organic Chemistry) was born in Vigo (Spain) in 1966. He studied Chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he got his Ph.D. degree (1994) under the supervision of Prof. A. Mourino and L. Castedo. After postdoctoral studies at ˜ the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Prof. Amos B. Smith III and at Boston College with Prof. T. Ross Kelly, he joined at the University of A Coruna in 1997 where he is now full ˜ Professor. His current research interests include indium- and transition-metal-catalyzed reactions in organic synthesis and new methodologies for the synthesis of biologically active compounds.

**Luis A. Sarandeses** (Professor of Organic Chemistry) was born in Lugo, Spain in 1963. He studied chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain and obtained his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. L. Castedo and A. Mourino (1989, Excellence Award). After a postdoctoral ˜ stay at the University Joseph Fourier de Grenoble, France with Dr J.-L. Luche (1990–1991), he joined the University of A Coruna, Spain as an assistant professor, where he became full professor in 2009. ˜ His research interests include the utilization of transition metals in organic synthesis and the synthesis of natural products and pharmacologically active compounds.
