Francisco Artés-Hernández
Agricultural Engineer and Ph.D. in Food Technology. Full Professor on Food Technology, Director of the International Doctorate School, and Head of the ‘Postharvest & Refrigeration’ Research Group of the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (Spain). My research interest is focused on the optimization of sustainable postharvest technologies to preserve / enhance quality and safety of whole, fresh-cut and minimally processed fruit and vegetables, including by-products revalorization and abiotic stresses to enhance phytochemicals. I have participated in 29 European or National Research Programs, being principal researcher in 4 of them, and in +70 R&D Projects with companies, being principal researcher in half of them. I have published +130 manuscripts in JCR-SCI listed journals with +4800 citations and H index=42, +400 papers in conferences and other journals. I have directed 17 Doctoral Thesis with high scientific production and have 4 invention patents. I have participated in several Engineering Projects, including the design and calculation of installations. I usually collaborate with international Groups, especially in R&D and teaching activities. Director of consolidated International Courses on Postharvest and Fresh-cut Technologies. Editorial board member several JCR-listed Journals like 'Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture' and 'Foods'. Awarded with ‘Isaac Peral y Caballero’ as best researcher of UPCT (2022), Covirán Foundation and Sakata Seeds SLU awards due to his R&D and Technology Transfer activity.
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Maria Cefola
Maria Cefola is graduated in Food Science and Technology; she attended the PhD in Innovation Management in the Agri-food System of the Mediterranean Region at the University of Foggia and the Department of Plant Science of the University of California (Davis) carrying out research on the application of controlled atmosphere for the preservation of vegetable products. Since 2014 she has been a CNR (National Research Council of Italy) researcher at the headquarters of the Institute of the Sciences of Food Production (ISPA) located in Bari until 2017; and subsequently at the secondary research unit of the same CNR Institute located in Foggia, where she coordinates and manages the laboratories, and the research group specialized in the topic of post-harvest of fruit and vegetable products. During her scientific career she has developed significant experience in the post-harvest sector of fruit and vegetable products, in the application of modified and controlled atmospheres to improve the storage and transport of products, in the application of treatments based on natural substances and innovative packaging to preserve the quality and extend the shelf-life of fresh and fresh-cut vegetable products, in the selection of volatile organic compounds as markers of quality or stressful storage condition, and in the application of non-destructive methods for measuring quality also through packaging. She contributed to the creation, at the Foggia research unit, of a controlled atmosphere management laboratory, equipped with six cabinets with computerized control of the atmosphere and supporting sensors and of a laboratory for image analysis of fruit and vegetable products, including packaged, through a computerized vision system. Regarding the packaging of fresh vegetable products, she participated in the development and validation of new packaging to extend the shelf-life of fresh fruit and vegetables - made by the company Cartarredo SE.MA srl and the Spin-off Nice filler - marketed respectively under the brands: NidoTech® and Cronogard®, and of an active packaging made by the company SADA Packaging. As a CNR researcher, she participated in numerous European, national and private research projects on the topic of post-harvest, and participated in numerous national and international courses and conferences on the topic of post-harvest. Over 160 printed works have been published in scientific journals, volumes, conference proceedings. In Scopus (n. 28567510000) the 85 peer-reviewed works have over 1600 citations with an h-index of 28. Since 2021 she has held the role of member of the Editorial Board in the Food Packaging and Preservation section of the scientific journal Foods – MDPI, she holds the role of referee for numerous journals of the publishing houses: Elsevier, ISHS, MDPI, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Wiley.
Luis Cisneros-Zevallos
Academic background
Dr. Luis Cisneros-Zevallos graduated as a Food Engineer from the National Agrarian
University-La Molina (Lima, Peru) in 1988. He received his Master's (1995) and Doctorate
(1998) degrees in Food Science from the University of California at Davis (USA).
Research lines
- Bioactive compound discovery from commercial and native crops for prevention and treatment of chronic diseases and their mode of action
- Pre- and Post-harvest biology and technology of horticultural crops with emphasis on the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites under stress conditions
- Use of nanotechnology in agriculture for Food Safety applications against human pathogens and for Plant protection against pests
Since 1998 Dr Cisneros has been a Professor at Texas A&M University, at the College Station Campus. He is a Faculty in the Department of Horticultural Sciences where he leads the Plant Bioactive & Bioprocessing Research Lab. He is also a Faculty in the Food Science Graduate Program and the Molecular and Environmental Plant Science Program. His research work has produced more than 130 publications in scientific journals and generated more than 22,000 citations (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TTUcRFoAAAAJ&hl=en), as well as several book chapters. He has graduated over 24 PhD and MSc., received more than 80 visiting scientists in his group, and participated in more than 60 graduate thesis. His research work has generated funds and collaboration contracts for more than $13 million dollars working with Industry, non-government agencies and Federal and State government agencies, and has given more than 120 presentations as invited speaker in conferences and institutions in the US, Latin America, Europe and Asia.
Daniel Alexandre Neuwald
Dr. Daniel Alexandre Neuwald completed his PhD in Agricultural Science at the Federal University of Santa Maria in Brazil at the age of 29. He conducted his postdoctoral studies at the University of Hohenheim in collaboration with the Lake of Constance Research Centre for Fruit Cultivation in Germany. Currently, he coordinates the workgroup for harvest, storage, and fruit quality (Postharvest Physiology and Technology). Dr. Neuwald has published over 125 papers in peer-reviewed journals and serves as an editorial board member. His research focuses on fruit storage physiology in both pre- and postharvest stages, with an emphasis on understanding the ripening process, developing storage methods, and examining their influence on the nutraceutical value of fruits.
