**About the Editor**

**Angel Luis Ortega ´** is Researcher and Associate Professor of Physiology and Pathophysiology in the Department of Physiology at the University of Valencia. He received his degrees in Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Valencia, Spain, in 1999 and 2004, respectively. Here, he also completed his Ph.D. in Biology in 2004. He has ample experience in working with animal models, microscopy, biochemistry, cell culture and cellular and molecular biology, cell isolation by flow cytometry, and the use of antisense oligonucleotides in experimental therapies. In the last few years, his research activity has focused on the effects of natural antioxidants on protection against early retinal damage caused by diabetes. He serves on the Editorial Board of *Antioxidants*.
