Numerary Member and Vice President of the Governing Board
Health Sciences: PhD in Biological Sciences
Date of admission: January 18, 2023
Admission speech: “Bioactive Compounds of Plant Origin. A New Field of Action in the ‘One Health’ Strategy”
Reply speech: His Excellency Dr Gregorio Varela Moreiras, PhD in Pharmacy
Dr. Rafael Urrialde de Andrés
- Specialist in Food, Food Safety, Nutrition and Sustainability.
Academic background:
- PhD in Biological Sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1992.
- University Specialist in Environmental Sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 1991.
- Diploma in Nutrition, postgraduate course at the School of Nutrition of the Universidad de Granada. 2006.
Teaching activity:
- Associate Professor Specialist in Plant Physiology at the Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
- Associate Professor in the Area of Nutrition and Bromatology at the Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad CEU San Pablo.
- Honorary Collaborating Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at the Faculty of Nursing, Universidad de Valladolid.
- Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Nutrition and Food, Professional School of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón UNIFE. Lima, Peru.
- Professor in various Master’s programmes at the Universities of Granada, Seville, Barcelona, Córdoba, Pablo Olavide University of Seville and Complutense University of Madrid.
Scientific activity:
- Author of more than 50 scientific publications, 10 book chapters in scientific-technical reference works, and various teaching materials focused on food education, both for health professionals and consumers.
- More than 200 lectures in training activities and communications at conferences in the field of food science and technology, food safety and nutrition, and nutritional education and information, both nationally and internationally.
- Collaborator in the development and launch of more than 20 food products, also at both national and international levels.
- Co-supervisor of 2 doctoral theses at UCM (1) and CEU USP (1), supervisor of 8 Master’s Final Projects at UCM (5) and UGR (3), and 12 Bachelor’s Final Projects at UVA (10), CEU USP (2), UCM (1) and UGR (1).
Scientific and academic memberships:
- Vice President of the Real Academia Europea de Doctores (RAED).
- Full Member of the Real Academia Europea de Doctores (RAED).
- Corresponding Member of the Academia de Ciencias, Ingenierías y Humanidades (ACIHL).
- Honorary Member of the Academia Española de Nutrición y Dietética (AEND).
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Fundación Iberoamericana de la Nutrición (FINUT).
- President of the Scientific Committee of the Sociedad Española de Medicina del Deporte (SEMED).
- Board Member of the Sociedad Española de Nutrición (SEÑ).
- Advisor to the Mediterranean Gastronomy Chair at the Universidad de Córdoba (UCO).
- Honorary Board Member for Food of the Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Farmacéuticos (CGCOF).
- Honorary Member of the Asociación Española de Enfermeras de Nutrición y Dietética (AdENyD).
- Coordinator of the Food Safety, Nutrition, Research, Development and Innovation Group of the Academia Española de Nutrición y Dietética (AEND).
- Member of various scientific societies or entities, institutions or research institutes in the field of food, food safety, nutrition and dietetics: Sociedad Española de Nutrición Comunitaria (SENC); Sociedad Española de Nutrición (SEÑ); Sociedad Española de Seguridad y Calidad Alimentaria (SESAL); Sociedad Española de Medicina del Deporte–Federación Española de Medicina del Deporte (AMEDE_FEMEDE); Governing Board of the Fundación Española de la Nutrición (FEN).
Previous professional activity:
- 1986 to 1992 Honorary Collaborator of the Chair of Plant Physiology, Department of Plant Physiology I. Faculty of Biological Sciences. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
- 1991 to 1992 Technical Collaborator at the Instituto del Frío, Vegetable Freezing Unit of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
- 1992 to 2000 Director of Food and Health at the Unión de Consumidores de España.
- 1996 to 2000 Technical Director of the Revista de Consumo Ciudadano (Governing body of 5 national consumer associations).
- 2000 to 2006 Director of Food Safety and Health Marketing at Puleva Food.
- 2006 to 2010 Deputy Director of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs at The Coca-Cola Company for Spain and Portugal.
- 2010 to 2013 Director of Health and Nutrition at The Coca-Cola Company for Spain and Portugal.
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