Alvaro Sarabia-Vallejo is a graduate student enrolled in the Medicinal Chemistry Program at the School of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid. He earned his Degree in Pharmacy at the Complutense University in 2020 and is currently working as a teaching and research assistant at the Unit of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the School of Pharmacy at the same university.
María del Mar Caja holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). She worked both as a predoctoral and a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Industrial Fermentation (IFI,
CSIC, Spain). In addition, she performed a two-year postdoctoral stay at the Julius Maximilians Universität of Würzburg (JMU, Germany). In 2009, she joined the European University of Madrid (UE, Spain) where she became a tenured Professor in the field of analytical chemistry. She combined her teaching activity in the Pharmacy Degree with Final Degree Project coordination and External Internships coordination. She also took part in relevant working groups such as the academic Think Tank and the self-assessment group for the EFQM 500+ recognition. Currently, she is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the
Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, Spain). She has two six-year research periods recognized and her research interests focus on the development of analytical methods in the analysis of bioactive compounds by using hyphenated instrumental techniques.
Ana I. Olives is a Lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). She received her Ph.D. in Pharmacy (1996) from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Complutense University. Her research focused on the determination of trace levels of heavy metals in river water and their environmental impact. She joined the Institute of Organic Chemistry (C.S.I.C.) (Spain) as a postdoctoral researcher, working on the development of a method based on LIF-CE for amino acids and protein analysis. Her research interests include analysis of environmental indicators, food analysis, and development of environmentally friendly LC- and fluorescence-based analytical techniques to study heterocycles of biological interest. She is currently working on spectroscopic and chromatographic analysis of pharmacological, toxicological, food, and environmental interests, as well as fluorescent sensors and their analytical potential, cyclodextrins in analytical chemistry and nanomedicine, sustainable analytical methodologies, and in vitro studies of the interactions between compounds with potential pharmacological activity and macromolecules of biological interest. She has been Vice Dean of Innovation at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Complutense University of Madrid (2007-2008) and Head of Departmental Section of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy of the Complutense University of Madrid (2014–2016). She received awards from the Royal Academy of Pharmacy in 2008 and 2014.
