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My research activities focus on the valorization of fishery by-products and underutilized marine species (including halophytes coastal plants) to obtain bioactive molecules of interest as functional ingredients. These activities includes the identification and also the evaluation of bioactivity in vitro (including in cell lines) and in experimental animals, together with the evaluation of the quality of the products after the incorporation of the bioactive ingredient (encapsulation). I also focus my research on the extraction of molecules of technological interest from these sources and their effect on the quality of fish products (sensory properties, antioxidant capacity, inhibition of melanosis in crustaceans, antimicrobial activity, etc.). My main interest in the medium/long term is to deepen in the best ways of valorization of underutilized fishery resources in a sustainable way.
My main achievements include obtaining extracts from underutilized marine species and coastal plants with applications in functional foods, and the identification of different molecules with bioactive or technological properties. It includes the integral valorization of these species in a Circular Economy Framework. In addition, they include the use of bioactive molecules in feeds that confer good quality to aquaculture fish without affecting their welfare. Nowadays, I am focus my attention on the search for bioactive molecules from marine invertebrates, leading two projects.

PA4 - Blue Bioresources

I am interested in joining a project on the valorization of underutilized raw materials, mainly of coastal or marine origin. This involves the valorization of by-products from seafood processing, underutilized marine invertebrates such as copepods, ascidians or echinoderms, or even coastal plants. This field includes not only the study of bioactive properties, but also the extraction of bioactive molecules in an environmentally friendly approach, their identification, and the utilization of the whole animal in a circular economy.

bioactivity, invertebrates, seafood, halophytes, circular economy, deep eutectic solvents, nutraceutics, functional, marine food, aquaculture

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