Sebastián Sánchez was a professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Granada (Spain). Since 1993, he has been a full professor of the Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering of the University of Jaen (Spain). From September 2017 to June 2021, he was the director of the ‘Center for Advanced Studies of Olive Groves and Olive Oil’. His research interests are in the areas of ‘Olive oil technology’, ‘Use of by-products and residues from olive oil industry’, ‘Gas absorption in system with chemical reaction’, and ‘Biofuels production’ at the University Institute of Research in Olive Grove and Olive Oils. He has extensive experience in the production of virgin olive oils and management of by-products. From 1993 to the present, Professor Sánchez has been the head of the Research Group ‘Bioprocesses’ (TEP-138, Andalusia Government, Spain).