Luis Javier López-Giraldo is a chemical Engineer, with a Ph.D. in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Food Science, director of the Centre for Research in Food Science and Technology (CICTA) of the Universidad Industrial de Santander and categorized as a Senior Researcher of Minciencias. He has experience in the management of research projects in the production chain of different plant matrices, such as cocoa, mango and cassava. He has extensive experience in the biotechnological treatment of agro-industrial and agro-forestry by-products in order to obtain higher value-added products. In his academic life, he has published more than 35 articles in indexed journals and has participated in more than 40 papers at national and international conferences. In 2009, he received the thesis award from the French Association for the Study of Lipids, for his work on the enzymatic modification of antioxidants and its effect on the preservation of lipid oxidation. In 2017, he received the XXIV National Award for the direction of the best undergraduate work in chemical engineering 2017, Professional Council of Chemical Engineering of Colombia.