Prof. Mario Aranda is a Full Professor at the Pontifical CatholicUniversity of Chile. Following his PhD studies in Germany, he established theLaboratory for Research on Food and Drugs. His research interests encompass arange of areas including Food Science, Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals, FoodContaminants, Food Biotechnology (Bioprocesses), and the development of novelanalytical methods for evaluating various types of molecules in food products.