Dr. Luis Cartuche is currently the Head of the Bioassay Laboratory in the Chemistry Department at Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), Ecuador. He received a Master’s degree in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Pharmacology from Universidad de La Laguna in 2013 and 2021, respectively. His research keywords include essential oils, plant extracts, GC-MS, LC-MS, natural products, marine actinomycetes, enzyme inhibitors, antimicrobials, antioxidants, and nutraceutics.