Dr. Cristina Agabo-García is a Researcher of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology, Wine and Agri-Food Research Institute (IVAGRO) and International Campus of Excellence (ceiA3), University of Cádiz, and Professor at High Technical Engineering School in Algeciras. She received her PhD from the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in 2018. Her research interests include water analysis, wastewater treatment via advanced oxidation processes and anaerobic digestion, solid residue valorization via dark fermentation, enzymatic hydrolysis, and solid-state fermentation.

Dr. Muhammad Nur Cahyanto is the Head of Department at Universitas Gadjah Mada and a Lecturer of Waste Management Laboratory. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Products Technology from Gadjah Mada University, a Master’s degree in Food and Agricultural Biotechnology from Reading University, and a PhD in Biotechnology from Osaka University. His research focuses on Fermented Technology in Food and Agricultural Product Applications.

Dr. Widiastuti Setyaningsih graduated with a Cum Laude from Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia) with a Bachelor of Food and Agricultural Product Technology. She received her M.Sc. from Gdansk University of Technology (Poland), University of Barcelona (Spain), and University of Cadiz (Spain) under the framework of the European Master in Quality in Analytical Laboratories (EMQAL). She graduated with a Cum Laude doctorate in Science from the University of Cadiz (Spain) and pursued a research stay at the Department of Analytical Chemistry of Gdansk University of Technology (Poland) to attain her European PhD. Her research is focused on method development and validation for bioactive compounds in food samples as well as the development of functional food products. Currently, she is a lecturer at the Department of Food and Agricultural Product Technology (DFAPT), Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia). She is also a national committee of the Indonesian Association of Food Technologists (PATPI).

Dr. Luis I. Romero-García is a full Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology at the University of Cádiz. Since 2023, he has been the head of the research group, Applied Engineering to Bioprocesses (TEP993). His research lines include the anaerobic digestion processes focused on methane-rich biogas and bio-hydrogen production. His studies have been applied to a large number of wastewater and waste from both urban and industrial origins. Recently, he has begun work on coupling dark fermentation with the production of bioproducts, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) through reverse beta-oxidation.

Dr. Carlos J. Álvarez-Gallego holds a degree in Chemistry from the University of Cadiz in June 1996 and received a Distinction Award. He earned his PhD from the University of Cádiz in April 2005. He has been a professor at the University of Cádiz since December 2000 and a Tenured Professor since December 2016. He has been a member of the Applied Engineering to Bioprocesses research group (TEP-993) since May 2023. Previously, he was a member of the Environmental Technology group (TEP-181) of the Andalusian Research Plan since 1997. His main lines of research include biological treatment through anaerobic digestion and composting of wastewater and solid waste for the production of biomethane, biohydrogen, and volatile fatty acids. In recent years, he has begun work on a production line for bioplastic precursors (polylactic acid and polyhydroxyalkanoates) and other bioproducts from acidogenic effluents rich in volatile fatty acids.

Dr. Ana Blandino is a full professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology at the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Cádiz. Since May 2023, she has been a member of the Applied Engineering to Bioprocesses research group (InBiPro). Her research has always focused on enzyme technology, including co-immobilization of enzymes, enzyme production through solid-state and submerged fermentation, and enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass. More recently, she has begun studying the production of various value-added products, such as bioethanol, lactic acid, polyhydroxyalkanoates, and caproic acid, through the fermentation of pre-treated and enzymatically hydrolyzed biomass.