Ana Cristina Mellinas graduated in chemical sciences from the University of Alicante, in 2012, and earned a master's degree in Quality Management, with a specialty in production, between the University of Valencia and the University Jaume I (Castellón), in 2013. From June 2013 to April 2015, she worked as a senior technician in the Research Group for the Analysis of Polymers and Nanomaterials, of the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Alicante. Afterwards, she began her doctoral studies within the same research group that ended in February 2021, thus obtaining the title of doctor with international mention with an outstanding cum laude qualification. Her research line focuses on the formulation of new polymeric-based materials for active food packaging (antioxidants and antimicrobials) as well as the revaluation of agro-industrial waste for its incorporation as active agents in said materials. In addition, she is working on the green synthesis of nanoparticles, using extracts obtained from agro-industrial waste as a stabilizing and reducing agent.