David Vicente-Zurdo is currently a Doctor Collaborating Professor in the area of Analytical Chemistry at the Center for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis (CEMBIO), located in the Faculty of Pharmacy of the San Pablo-CEU University, CEU University. He graduated from the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition, and Bromatology of the University of Salamanca. In 2017, he obtained a Master’s degree in Chemical Science and Technology (Instrumentation and Analysis Mode) from the Complutense University of Madrid, where he continued his doctoral studies. In 2023 he obtained the title of Doctor (excellent Cum Laude, international mention) from the UCM. Currently, his research work is focused on evaluating various species of selenium, organic molecules, and extracts of the food industry as possible drugs in the treatment of Alzheimer’s, using a linear ion trap with electrospray ionization coupled to liquid chromatography (HPLC-ESI-IT). In addition, he has carried out incubations of the beta-amyloid protein and done inhibition studies on its aggregation induced by metals involved in neurodegenerative diseases.

Esther Gómez-Mejía graduated in Chemical Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid in July 2016. During that same year, she collaborated with the “Trace Determination, Speciation, and Proteomics” group of the Department of Analytical Chemistry of said university and received a collaboration scholarship awarded by the Ministry of Education. In July 2017, she completed her Master's Degree in Chemical Sciences and Technology, completed at the same university, where she continued the line of research initiated in the Final Degree Project about polyphenolic compounds in waste from the agri-food industry. During October and November 2017, she was a fellow in the JAE-INTRO program of the CSIC, working on the determination of endocrine disruptors in foods and dietary supplements for human consumption, in the Department of Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry of the Institute of General Organic Chemistry. Currently, she is completing her training as a UCM predoctoral fellow in the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid. Her research work focuses on obtaining high-added-value compounds (polyphenols) from byproducts of the agri-food industry.

Noelia Rosales-Conrado began her teaching and research career in 2000, collaborating as a Chemistry Graduate in the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid. In 2005, after four years as a UCM predoctoral fellow, she obtained the degree of Doctor with European Doctoral Mention. During her pre- and postdoctoral training period, she carried out several research stays in Italy and Germany, focusing on the development of liquid chromatography methods for the chiral determination of compounds of environmental and agri-food interest using capillary columns and nano-columns. In recent years she has also specialized in the determination of chiral emerging contaminants, in the development of LC-LC, LC-MS, and LC-MS/MS couplings, and the optimization and analysis of data using chemometric methods. Currently, her interests and medium-long-term scientific-technical objectives focus on the implementation of analytical methods to obtain bioactive compounds from agricultural waste and their application in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries, and on the development of strategies. She has been an Associate Professor of the University since 2018. She has also carried out management tasks, currently being the Assistant Director of the Department of Analytical Chemistry.

María Eugenia León-González is Professor at the Analytical Chemistry Department, Chemistry Faculty, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She began her teaching and research career in 1985 in the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences of the UCM. In 1989 she presented her doctoral thesis on automatic methods of analysis. She undertook a postdoctoral stay at the University of Hull with Professor Alan Townsend to develop procedures for enzyme immobilization and coupling of enzyme detection systems in liquid chromatography. Upon her return to the Department of Analytical Chemistry, her research focused on methodological developments in chromatography for the analysis of compounds of interest in food and the environment. Currently, her lines of research are focused on the analysis of polyphenols using capillary LC in foods and the extraction of high-value compounds from waste products of the food industry. She has been a Professor since 2018 and has participated in management tasks at the University as Secretary or Vice-Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences, as coordinator of the Master's Degree in Chemical Science and Technology, and as a Member of the Advisory Commission for Bachelor's and Master's Degrees at the UCM.