Carlos Álvarez GarcíaDr. Álvarez's research focuses on revalorizing and characterizing emerging protein sources to be used as functional and nutritional ingredients in novel food formulations and as raw material for new biodegradable plastics. Moreover, Dr. Álvarez is curently part of the European Interreg project ValuSect focused on investigating multiple aspects of edible insects including the use of food losses for insect rearing and the impact of the rearing conditions on the nutritional and safety aspects of final insect-based products when consumed as food. Dr. Alvarez has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers, participated in more than 30 national and international congresses, published more than 10 book chapters and filed 3 patents on protein processing. He is currently member of the editorial board of Food Chemistry (Elsevier). Read More Read Less