Biography
Miryam is currently working within the Proteins and Peptides Research group in UL. She did her PhD in the Research Institute of Food Science (CSIC, Spain) and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). She was awarded with a prestigious grant of Research in Food, Nutrition and Health from the Danone Institute to develop a 2-year project in the Institute of Food Science Research and in the Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (CSIC) studying protease inhibitors and phenolic compounds. She was also awarded with the postdoctoral Fellowship JAE-Doc of the Spanish National Research Council and the European Union. In 2015, she moved to Ireland to work for the Food for Health Ireland (FHI) and the Dairy Processing Technology Centre programmes in relation with the nutrition and bioactivity of dairy proteins. Currently, she conducts research in relation with seaweed proteins and peptides. She has published 35 articles, 3 book chapters, supervised MSc and PhD students, participated in more than 30 international conferences.Research Interests
Miryam's main research interests are food ingredients (peptides and polyphenols) with bioactive properties. She is particularly interested in understanding the relationship between food and health. She is currently working within the Biodulse project at the University of Limerick. She conducts research on the extraction and characterisation of seaweed proteins and derived peptides and evaluates their bioactivity and technofunctional properties.Professional Activities
Employment
- 2014 Instituto de la Grasa (IG, CSIC, Spain, www.ig.csic.es) - Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
- 2011 Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Alimentos y Nutricion (ICTAN, CSIC, Spain, www.ictan.csic.es) - JAEdoc Post-Doctoral Researcher
- 2010 Instituto de Investigacion en Ciencias de la Alimentacion (CIAL, UAM-CSIC, Spain, www.cial.uam-csic.es) - Instituto Danone Post-doctoral Fellow
- 2007 Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales (IFI, CSIC, www.ifi.csic.es) - FPI Pre-doctoral Fellow
- 2005 Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales (IFI, CSIC, www.ifi.csic.es) - Pre-doctoral Scholarship
Patent
- 2011 WO2013004873-A1 - Product that comes from coffee husks useful as antioxidant and/or a natural preservative for preventing physiological aging processes, comprises coffee husk powder, or coffee husk extract
Award
- 2010 - Recognition of the most cited articles in the period 2008-2010
- 2010 - Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Nutrition
Education
- 2009 Universidad Autonoma de Madrid - Doctor of Science
- 2007 Universidad Autonoma de Madrid - Masters by research
- 2004 Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Bachelors Honours Degree.
- 2002 Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Bachelors Honours Degree.
Language
- Spanish
- English
- Italian
Outreach
- Participation and Collaboration carried out experimental demonstrations and science divulgation in the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) "Week of Science" (http://www.semanadelaciencia.csic.es/) and Opern doors days for general public and Secondary Schools (2005-2010)
- Collaboration in the newsletter editorial board of the project CONSOLIDER-INGENIO: New Functional Food Ingredients for Health Improving FUN-C-FOOD 25506 (http://www.alimentosfuncionales.org/eng/)