Bio

Before becoming Director EIT Food CLC South, she was the Interim Director of Innovation at EIT-Food. Since 1987 she has been involved in R&D&I activities and technology transfer to the food industry, particularly in the SME area, concerning quality issues and product development. Her research interest the last years has been focused on authentication, traceability and sustainability of the food chain. She has been the Business Director of the Food Research Division at AZTI for 15 years and a management team member of 15 European projects and external evaluator in the Food, Nutrition & Health area for DG Research-European Commission and Coordinator of two European projects of the 7FP. She has been the chair of the Executive Board of the European Association for Food Safety formed by 15 research organisations (www.safeconsortium.org), and is member of several EU Technological Platforms: European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform (EATIP); European Fisheries Technology Platform (EFTP). She has been responsible for 100 research projects, has published 75 articles dealing with research in food and fisheries and is co-author of 5 new food products patents. She collaborates with different organizations and governments departments on strategic plans for R&D for the food industry and is member of different scientific committees: Spanish Society of Microbiology, European Sensory Science Society.