Prof. Dr. Jose Maria (Chema) LAGARON is Group Leader and Founder of the group Novel Materials and Nanotechnology for Food Related Applications at the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) located in Valencia, Spain. He is also Lecturer of Materials Science at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Design (ESID), Polymers Group of the Area of Materials of the University Jaume I in Castellón, Spain.

JM Lagaron is also Founder of the technology based companies NanoBioMatters Industries S.L., Bioinicia S.L. and Ocenic Resins S.L. 

Other highlights:

- MSc in Chemistry at the University of Valladolid (Spain)
- PhD in Polymer Science (Polymer Physics) at the University of Valladolid (Spain)
- Worked for several years for DSM Research and BP Chemicals as Research Fellow
- He has published more than 270 peer reviewed papers, several books and over 50 patents
- President of the Spanish Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers-SPE
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal J. Appl. Polym. Sci.
- Vocal of the Executive Board of the "Royal Spanish Society of Physics and Chemistry (Polymers Group)"

- Vocal of the Biotechnology Industries Association "BIOVAL"