Vladimir Valle, received his MSc in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain and Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden. He is currently a researcher at Centro de Investigaciones Aplicadas a Polímeros−Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador. His research fields are material processing, bio-based polymers, and greater durability composites based on agroindustry wastes