Collaborators
Meet the team
Professor Carmen Hernandez Brenes
Carmen Hernandez's current research focuses on the development and application of emerging extraction/processing technologies to improve the nutritional stability, safety, and flavour of processed foods. Her research group uses novel chemical analytical techniques, sensory evaluation, biometrics and informatics tools to improve foods and bioproducts. A parallel research line involves the development of technologies to obtain natural and commercially viable alternatives to synthetic food additives. Active projects involve the development of avocado lipids for applications in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
Professor Juan Ignacio Valiente Banuet
Juan Valiente's research interests lie in the high-tech intensive agricultural systems under field and protected horticulture conditions, precision agriculture and application of remote sensing technologies using satellite and multispectral imagery, precision agriculture and application of remote sensing technologies using satellite and multispectral imagery, application of biofertilisers and integration in organic and traditional high-tech production systems, and post-harvest physiology and processing to extend the shelf life and quality of plant products.
Dr Raul Villarreal Lara
Raul Villarreal's research interests lie in the food science area, including sensory analysis, consumer science, food emerging technologies, food safety, molecular and system bioengineering, and technology-based entrepreneurship.
Dr Victoria Figueroa Bustos
Victoria Figueroa's research interests include crop physiology, abiotic stress, food production and food quality.
Dr Arturo Mayorga Martinez
Arturo Mayorga's research interests include physiology of fruits, and non-destructive approaches (e.g., computer vision, acoustic-mechanical methods, sensors) to model their freshness and inner quality, from which the Agroindustry may be benefitted. He has been involved as well in the development of tools to improve the design of nutrition-sensitive Agriculture (NSA) interventions.