Luis M. Botana is a full professor of pharmacology at the University of Santiago de Compostela Spain. His group is a world reference in research on marine toxins, their toxicity, methodological detection, and mechanism of action. Dr. Botana has published more than 200 international papers, 30 doctoral theses, 25 patents, and several international projects in the field (PharmaSea, Pharmatlantic, Atlantox, Biocop, Detectox, Conffidence, Ciguatools, Beads, µAqua, Aptafood, and Bammbo).