José María LAGARON

Dr. Jose Maria (Chema) LAGARON is currently Founder and Group Leader of the group Novel Materials and Nanotechnology for Health Applications at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA) of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) located in Valencia, Spain. He is also Head of the CSIC-University Jaume I Join Unit in "Polymer Technology". According to Scopus he is author in 363 peer reviewed publications, inventor in 75 patents and has an h-index of 78.

JM LAGARON has been project-leader for the institution in, among others, the FP6 and FP7 European Projects SUSTAINPACK, FRISBEE, POLYBIOSKIN, ECOBIOCAP and NEWBONE, and Coordinator of the H2020 EU Projects YPACK and USABLE PACKAGING, related to the development of innovative nanotechnologies and biomaterials for packaging, encapsulation, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and biomedical applications. He is also in the Editorial Board of several scientific journals, Vocal in the Board of Directors of the Specialised Group on Polymers of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics and Chemistry, Vicepresident of the Association of Companies and Entities in the BIO sector that encompasses Biotechnology, Biomedicine and Bioeconomy, and which constitute the cluster of the Valencian Community (BIOVAL), etc...

Finally, he is Founder and Owner of several nanobiotech spin-offs such as Bioinicia Group S.L. (Fluidnatek SL, Bioinicia Fibre Manufacturing SL, Proveil (TM), Capsultek (TM), Bioinicia Cosmetics (TM) and BioNanoPharma SL).