Estación Experimental del Zaidin CSIC. Granada. España

Alfonso Clemente is senior scientist of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). He carried out postdoctoral stays at Institute of Food Research (1999-2000), John Innes Centre (2001-2002) and Sainsbury Laboratory (2003-2004) in UK. Alfonso Clemente is currently President of the Spanish Legume Association (AEL, www.leguminosas.es), member of the scientific committee of the International Legume Society and Board member of the Spanish Society of Probiotics and Prebiotics (www.sepyp.es).