Juana Frías Arevalillo

Pharmaceutical Doctor from the University of Alcalá de Henares (1993). Since 2010, I lead the GRAINS4HEALTH research group whose main line of research is the production, characterization and validation of biologically active ingredients from legumes and other grains of food interest through sustainable biotechnological processes. I performed my PhD studies at the Institute de Industrial Fermentation (CSIC) and I completed my postdoctoral stage at the Food Research Institute and at the John Innes Institute (Norwich, UK) (1994-1996). My scientific career begins in addressing nutritional aspects of legumes and the effect of processing on their constituents (1990s). Later, it was intensified in the identification of bioactive compounds and their technological and functional quality to be, further, complemented with the development of new sustainable strategies for the production of functional ingredients and the mechanisms of action involved in maintaining health. Since 2009, I am the Spanish Delegate in the Food Chemistry Division working group of the European Chemical Society (EuCheS) and I have been a member of organizing and scientific committees of international conferences. From March 2015 to April 2019 I have been Deputy Director of ICTAN-CSIC and since April 2019 to date I am its Director, a function that I combine with my research career.