Foaming Power and Foam Stability of Several Alkyl Polyglycosides

Vicente Bravo Rodríguez, with a masters in Chemical Sciences at the University of Granada (Spain) in 1974 and PhD in Chemical Sciences in 1978, earned full professorship at the University of Granada in the Department of Chemical Engineering, He directs the research group Engineering of Interfaces and Biochemical Technology. The research lines followed at present include: hydrolysis of cellulose waste and obtaining bioproducts by fermentation; desulphuring of combustion gases; enzyme kinetics and enzyme deactivation; and formulation of detergents of enzymatic bases. He is the author of three textbooks: Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering, and Basic Operations of Chemical Engineering.

Encarnación Jurado Alameda was born in 1951 and graduated from the University of Granada in 1975. She obtained her PhD in 1980 and became full professor of Chemical Engineering in the Science Faculty at the same University in 1996. Her main research areas are: enzymes, kinetic enzymatic, biodegradation of surfactants, emulsions, and the physical chemistry and applications of surfactants. At present, she is head of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Granada. She has published over 60 papers in different fields.

Ana Isabel García López, born in 1966, graduated in Chemical Sciences at the University of Granada (Spain) in 1990 and earned a PhD in Chemical Sciences in 1997. Since May 2001, she has been a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Granada. At present, she belongs to the research group Engineering of Interfaces and Biochemical Technology, pursuing research primarily in the field of physico-chemical characterization of surfactants.

Antonio Gálvez Borrego with a masters in Chemical Sciences at the University of Granada (Spain) in 1987 and PhD in Chemical Sciences in 1993, earned full professorship at the University of Granada in the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1998. In addition, since 1999, forming part of the Surfactants, Emulsions, and Enzymes research group. He is the co-author of three textbooks: Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering, and Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering.

Antonia Reyes Requena earned a master's degree in Chemical Sciences at the University of Granada (Spain) in 1979, and a PhD in Chemical Sciences in 1997. Currently, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, she is a member of the research group Surfactants, Enzymes, and Emulsions. She carries out research on Enzyme Kinetics and Deactivation as well as the Formulation of Detergents with Enzymatic bases.

Nadia Sabahi, born in 1975, MSc. In Chemical Sciences at the University Mohamed I of Oujda (Morocco) and PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Granada in 2004. She belonged to the research group Engineering of Interfaces and Biochemical Technology, pursuing research primarily in the field of physico-chemical characterization of surfactants, specially foaming properties.

Juan Francisco Martínez Gallegos, born in 1975, MSc. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Granada (Spain) in 1999, PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Granada (Spain) in 2005. He was granted with a post-doctoral fellowship at the Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering of the Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal) in 2006. Since 2007 he is assistant professor at the University of Granada in the Department of Chemical Engineering, At present he belongs to the research group Engineering of Interfaces and Biochemical Technology, pursuing research primarily in the field of physico-chemical characterization of surfactants, enzymatic based detergents, low environmental impact detergents. Another research areas of interest: nanoparticles, nano-micro-emulsions.