**About the Editors**

## **Eva E. Rufino-Palomares**

Eva E. Rufino-Palomares graduated in Biology from the University of Granada (UGR). In 2005, she obtained a pre-doctoral scholarship in public competition with which she obtained a PhD degree in 2009. Later, she had a research contract (2009-2011) and, finally, she obtained the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I of the UGR (2011). Currently, she is Senior Lecturer. She has a total of 35 scientific contributions. She has been on the research team in 12 long-term research projects and 3 as principal. She presents important contributions. She presents a university teaching experience of 14 years. She has directed 3 doctoral, 20 final master projects, and 14 final degree projects, and has been responsible for 11 research initiation scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate students. She has directed two teaching innovation projects, and she is secretary of the academic commission of the biochemistry degree.

#### **Jos ´e Antonio Lupi´a ˜nez**

Jose Antonio Lupi ´ a´nez was born in Almer ˜ ´ıa (Spain). He studied Biology at the University of Granada between 1967 and 1975, obtaining a BSc degree in 1972, a MSc degree in 1973 and a PhD degree in 1975. In 1973, he spent a semester as a predoctoral fellow at Cardiff University. In 1978, he obtained a postdoctoral Fulbright Fellowship in the Pharmacology department of the Indiana University School of Medicine under the supervision of professor S.R. Wagle. Upon his return to Spain, after two years, he obtained a position as Associate Professor and founded the research group "Drugs, environmental toxics and cellular metabolism". In 1990, he received the position of Full Professor. He has directed a score of doctoral theses, and is the author of over 200 publications. He is a member of different scientific societies, the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, European Society of Biochemistry, New York Academy of Sciences and American Chemical Society. In October 2018, he was appointed as Permanent Professor Emeritus.
