"Jose Manuel Lorenzo is Head of Research at the Meat Technology Centre of Galicia (CTC), Ourense, Spain and Associate Professor at the University of Vigo, Spain. He received his M.S. in Food Science and Technology (University of Vigo). He obtained his Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology (University of Vigo) in 2006. He has developed numerous projects, many related to agro-industry and meat companies, and acquired extensive experience in the field of food technology. Currently, he is involved in identifying proteomic and biomarkers associated with pastiness in dry-cured ham and their consequences for meat quality, using proteomic 2-DE techniques for protein separation and subsequent identification and quantification applying HPLC/MS/MS. He published five hundred and eighty research papers in well-recognized peer-reviewed international journals (SCI), with 60% of them in the first quartile (number of publications in Q1 is higher than 270), and 225 communications to congresses, mostly international. Sneh Punia Bangar, Ph.D., is a researcher in the Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences at Clemson University, United States. From 2017 to 2020, she worked as Assistant Professor (C) in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa. Her research interest includes the extraction and functional characterization of functional foods, starches, modified starches, biopolymers, nanocomposite films/coatings. She has presented her research at various national and international conferences. She has authored or co-authored more than 100 research/review articles, one book series, 2 authored books, 5 edited books, one reference book, 35 book chapters, 20 conference proceedings/seminars, and 6 Guest Editor of Journals special issues. She is the recipient of the GSG Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant (2022) and CAFLS Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award (2023) at Clemson University, USA. Dr. Bangar has been listed (2023) in ""World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists,"" published by Stanford University, USA."