Carlos David Grande-Tovar is a full professor in the Basic Sciences Faculty at the University of Atlántico. He completed his Ph.D. studies in Chemistry at the University of Valle in 2010. He joined the Basic Sciences Faculty at the University of Atlántico after his postdoctoral training at the University of Houston, Case Western Reserve University, and the University of Valle. His research interests include tissue engineering, acrylic cement for bone biomedical applications, chitosan–essential oil composites for food preservation, scaffolds for antimicrobial and tissue engineering applications, chitosan beads and hydrogels for adsorption contamination, and the valorization of food waste. His group is working in biopolymers and nanocomposites for tissue engineering and the extension of the shelf life of food. He has 86 publications with 1,712 citations and an h-index of 22 (Scopus, 5 December 2023).