Background
Ballesteros, Antonio was born on September 11, 1940 in Pozoblanco, Córdoba, Spain. Son of Francisco Ballesteros and Francisca Olmo.
Ballesteros, Antonio was born on September 11, 1940 in Pozoblanco, Córdoba, Spain. Son of Francisco Ballesteros and Francisca Olmo.
Master of Chemistry magna cum laude, University Seville, Spain, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry magna cum laude, Complutensis University, Madrid, 1966. Master of Pharmacy, Complutensis University, Madrid, 1972.
Research professor biocatalysis department Institute Catalysis Spanish Research Council, Madrid, since 1991. Foreign visiting professor Japan's Ministry of Education, Osaka University, 1989. Spanish delegate European Federation of Biotechnology Working Party on Applied Biocatalysis, since 1981.
Visitor British Council, London and Birmingham, England, 1974. Program chairman, executive secretary EUCHEM Conference on Homogeneous and Enzymatic Catalysis, 1975. Member science committee Symposium Biocatalysis in Organic Media, 1986, EUCHEM Conference on Industrial Applications of Immobilized Catalysts, 1986.
Member European Community Delaware to Southeast Asia for Cooperative Research, 1991.
Member Royal Spanish Society Chemistry, Spanish Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (treasurer 1984-1988), National Institutes of Health Alumni Association, Spanish Society Microbiology, Bio-chemical Society United Kingdom, American Society Microbiology, Spanish Society Industrial Chemistry, Spanish Society Biotechnology (founder, treasurer 1988-1994), New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Lina Garcia, October 4, 1967. Children: F. Javier, Anabel, Marimar, Juan Antonio.