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Professional situation: Full Professor on Food Technology. Superior Agronomical Engineering School (ETSIA) ¿ UPCT, Spain. Head of Postharvest & Refrigeration Group . Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/Q-2663-2019 ; ORCID Code: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0689-7301 ; Scopus Author ID: 55894452200
Academic degree: Agronomical Engineer 1998 (Valencia, Spain). PhD 2004 (UPCT)
Research interest areas: Improvement and development of eco-friendly postharvest technologies to preserve / enhance quality and safety of whole, fresh-cut and minimally processed fruit and vegetables during shelf life.
University Management experience: Coordinator of the Official Master (2011-2015) and Doctorate Programs (2011 to present) in `Advanced Techniques for Research and Development in Food and Agriculture (TAIDA)¿. Director of the Research Chair G`s España - UPCT (2014 to 2020).
Research activity: I have participated or I´m participating in 26 Research Projects funded in public announcements of Spain or the EU. I have been or I am the Principal Researcher at those granted by the MEC (AGL2007-63861/ALI), MINECO (AGL2013-48830-C2-1-R) and SENECA FOUNDATION (20849/PI/18). I have participated in more than 70 R&D contracts with private companies from the EU and USA (Principal Researcher in half of them). I have directed 12 Doctoral Thesis with high scientific production. I have published more than 85 articles in high impact journals listed in the JCR-SCI, of which around 80% are in the first quartile (Q1) of their category, being in around 70% of them the first, second or last / corresponding author, which gives an idea of the active participation conducted. My papers have been cited more than 2000 times in ISI manuscripts, with an H index of 25. I have also published more than 30 articles in scientific journals not listed in the JCR-SCI, 30 book chapters and more than 300 papers and presentations at conferences. In 10 of them, I was a member of the organizing / scientific committee, and in 8 of them, I was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee (WIA). I´m Associate Editor of the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (JSFA) and a regular reviewer of several JCR journals. I have been evaluator of scientific Projects and Professors promotion in Italy, Israel, Slovenia and several certifications agencies.
R&D Awards: `Isaac Peral y Caballero¿ awards (2009, 2016 and 2018). `Fundación Coviran¿ award to innovation for the development of a broccoli hummus (2018),
Professional activity: participation in 6 company Engineering Projects highlighting the design and calculation of installations of Primaflor SAT, Toñifruit SL and El Limonar of Santomera.
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