- Academic background in Food Engineering, Food Science and Technology, Food Chemistry, and Biotechnology - Professional experience in the Food Industry: Senior Process Analyst, Team Leader, Production Supervisor, and Quality Control Assistent. - Track-record in writing funding/bid proposals and project management in (Horizon2020/Horizon Europe, Innovation Fund) - PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences with specialty in Nutrition and Food Chemistry - Postgraduate in Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics - Postdoctoral fellowship on the PreVineGrape project: Development of natural solution based on bioactive compounds extracted from plant by-products and bio residues against grapevine diseases. - Postdoctoral fellowship on BLUE project: Bioeconomy, People, Sustainability, Health - 28 scientific contributions published on indexed journals - Participation in funded projects - Several comunications in scientific events (invited speaker, keynote speaker) - EuChemS FCD Young Researcher Award 2023 - Co-supervision of PhD student - Guest Editor and Reviewer of several journals from Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and MDPI publishers
- Interests: R&D; Circular economy; Sustainability; Innovation; Valorization of biowastes and by-products from the agri-food industry; Alternative protein; Healthy food; plant bioactive compounds; Food enrichment techniques; Development of solutions for the food industry.
Biochemistry
Dairy Science
Food Biotechnology
Public Health and Environmental Health