Ingrid Aguiló-Aguayo
Ingrid Aguiló-Aguayo. Researcher Ramón y Cajal from the Institute for Agri-Food Research and Technology (IRTA) of the IRTA Post-Harvest Program, based at the Fruitcentre in Lleida. Her main line of research is based on Innovation in transformation processes for the development of high quality plant products. It focuses its activity on the improvement of technological processes, strategies for the recovery of surpluses from primary production and the use of by-products, the development of innovative plant products with high added value and the exploration of alternative protein sources. He has participated and / or directed several competitive projects at European and national level, as well as various private contracts with companies in the sector. He has a large number of publications in scientific and popular journals and has participated in various transfer activities in the field of processed fruits and vegetables.
Josep Comaposada
Josep Comaposada holds a degree in agricultural engineering (1994) and a doctorate in industrial engineering (1999) from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He is a researcher and has been the director of IRTA’s subprogramme for new process technologies in the food industry (2009-2017). Since 2009 his main research topics have been related to the study of new process and control technologies. He has led the development of the IRTAsim application for drying simulation. He has participated in different European projects, holds 5 patents and is the co-author of 54 scientific publications. Since 2004 he has been a professor at the University of Girona and has supervised two thesis students.
Alicia Estévez
Degree in Biology from the Complutense University of Madrid. PhD in Fisheries from the University of Kagoshima (Japan), with two post-doctoral stays at the University of Stirling (NERC Unit of Fish Nutrition) and Kyoto. At IRTA since 2000, focused mainly on larval culture of new species of fish, study of nutritional requirements, especially fatty acids, larvae and juveniles, and in recent years on the search for new ingredients for feed (flour of insects, by-products of the industry, etc). Member of the European Expert Group on Organic Production (EGTOP) since 2013.
