Title: Enhancing the use of PET bottle waste through the reinforcement with nanoclays

Biography: Carol Lopez de Dicastillo is a pHD on Chemistry and Food Science nd Materials Technology. She is a experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of working with food packaging issues and development of new polymeric materials with funcional and/or improved properties. Nowadays centered mainly on applied food packaging projects focused on recycled polymers and active packaging. The development of new antimicrobial nanostructures is my second main topic of research. Skilled in Materials Science, Nanomaterials, Spectroscopy, Nanotechnology, and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Strong professional with a Materials and Food Science pHD focused in Doctoral degree on Food Science Technology and Materials Science from Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.