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About
Encarna Aguayo Giménez
Agronomic Engineer. Full Professor.
I hold a PhD in food technology from UPCT. My pre-doctoral training was at CSIC, and I completed two postdoctoral stays. The first was at UC Davis in California, USA, and the second was at the Plant and Food Research Centre in Auckland, NZ. During these stays, I specialized in fresh-cut products and studied the relationship between oxidative stress and apoptosis. My research centres onpost-harvest technology, fresh-cut products, and the implementation of new technologies to enhance bioactive compounds, control and regulate the overall metabolism of fruits and vegetables. Additionally, I am researching the design of new food products from by-products or agro-waste. This is particularly important in an overpopulated world where a third of all food produced for human consumption is wasted each year, amounting to around 1,300 million tonnes. The circular economy concept has resulted in the creation of a technology-based company (EBT) called BIODIVERSO COSMETIC. Their aim is to produce natural cosmetics using fruit, vegetables, and their by-products, which enrich the skin with bioactive compounds. BIODIVERSO COSMETIC is the result of the fusion between scientific research and entrepreneurial creativity.
I am Head of the Food Quality and Health Unit of the Institute of Plant Biotechnology of the UPCT and member of the Post-harvest and Refrigeration Group. Member of the National Scientific Integrity Committee and the Gadea Foundation for Science.
I have completed four Spanish accredited research periods with the most recent being in 2022. Additionally, I have participated in 30 publicly funded research projects, including three European projects (European of the '7th Framework Programme' FP7-KBBE, DCI-AFS/2013/320-339 and OLK1-CT-2002-707917), three of which I was the Principal Researcher (PR) (AGL2010-19201-C04-02 -AGR, RTI2018-099139-B-C21 and 4666/16 IAEA). Furthermore, I have been involved in 24 teaching research projects. I have participated in 36 R&D contracts with private companies, acting as the PR in 26 of them. Additionally, I am a co-author of 9 research patents and have supervised 11 doctoral theses, two of which have received European Mention. Furthermore, I have published 97 scientific papers in SCI journals, resulting in an H-index of 30 according to Scopus. I have published 26 articles in non-SCI journals, 17 book chapters, and 23 publications in Acta Horticulturae. Additionally, I have presented more than 153 papers at congress communications, including 86 international congresses, 53 national congresses, and 14 educational congresses. I have also served as a member of the organizing and/or scientific committee for eight of these congresses or symposia. Furthermore, I am a reviewer for JCR journals and serve on the editorial board of Applied Science (index = 2.84) and Journal of Food Quality (index = 3.3).
I teach various subjects in the field of Food Technology at different levels, including the first and second cycle, as well as Masters, Degree and Doctoral Programmes with ANECA Mention of Quality. As a university manager, I am responsible for coordinating the Vice-Rectorate of Innovation at UPCT (2016-2019). Additionally, I have been the Erasmus coordinator for 4 international universities since 2004. I am also the director of the MARNYS-UPCT research chair (2017-2021). This role has resulted in significant R&D contracts and graduate involvement in R&D tasks.
'Simplicity is the greatest refinement-Leonardo Da Vince.
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Teaching
Abbreviation list
- BS: Basic course
- B: Required course
- O: Elective course
- A: Year-long
- 1Q: 1st half
- 2Q: 2st half
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Master's degree in Advanced Techniques for Agricultural Alimentary Research and Development
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Master's degree in Advanced Techniques for Agricultural Alimentary Research and Development
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