Andrés R AlcántaraProf. Andrés R. Alcántara is a Full Professor at the Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Pharmacy Faculty at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He obtained his Degree and his Ph. D. in Chemistry at the University of Códoba (Spain). He spent his postdoctoral stage at the University of Kent Canterbury (UK), returning to the Complutense University where he was Associate Professor from 1993 until 2018, when he gained Full Professorship. His research has been focused on Biotransformations and Applied Biocatalysis in Organic Chemistry, more specifically, in the preparation of enantiomerically pure compounds as chemical drug precursors, using mainly proteases, lipases and alcohol dehydrogenases, either native or immobilized. On the other hand, his work fits perfectly within Sustainable Chemistry, since he has applied these biocatalysts mainly in sustainable bio-solvents, which generates a very beneficial synergy from the point of view of the sustainability of the processes. All this has led him to publish more than 120 scientific papers, reviews, monographs and book chapters (35 publications in Q1, index h = 29, Web of Science and Scopus. h: 32 Google Scholar) and more than 100 communications to national and international Congresses. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of ESAB (European Society of Applied Biocatalysis) and ESAB delegate inside the Board of SusChem, the European Platform of Sustainable Chemistry. Read More Read Less