Xavier Felipe
Xavier Felip Cuyàs holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine in 1991 from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a PhD in Veterinary Medicine from the same university, in 2000.
Since 1992 he has been working in R & D & I in the dairy sector, both in the preparation of cooperative research projects with companies, in European research projects, and in confidential product development contracts for companies. He also carries out consultancy work related to the industrial production of food.
He is currently the main researcher in the field of dairy industry at IRTA where, in collaboration with different Spanish companies, he has promoted the construction and management of the pilot dairy plants of this institution (liquid foods in general), as well such as the development of new dairy products and applications.
Its main lines of work are related to the development of new processing technologies (high pressures, radio frequency heating, membrane separation, etc.) applied to the dairy sector. It also excels in the development of new products and concepts (with patents in foods such as vegetable smoothies and fresh frozen beaten cheese) and, in general, in liquid foods. In recent years, he has worked on the development and application of new technologies related to improving energy sustainability, water consumption and the revaluation of co-products.
Marta Garrón
She is an agricultural engineer, specializing in agri-food industries from the UPC (2000), with a degree in Food Science and Technology from the UAB (2002) and a Master’s in Food History and Culture from the UB (2011). He specializes in the dairy and cheese sector.
For 12 years he has developed his professional experience in the private food and dairy company. He has worked in the beer industry (DAMM) in the development and implementation of industrial and dairy projects in different Catalan and French dairies. He has taught cheese in Agricultural Schools (EA Pirineus and EA Empordà), in the “artisanal cheese” course organized by the Lluçanès Consortium and the Catalan Employment Service (SOC) and in the IRTA Cheese Making Course . Forma part d’un grup d’anàlisi sensorial del formatge i ha participat en diferents tasts de formatges de concursos d’àmbit català, espanyol i mundial.
Since 2013 he has been a research technician specializing in dairy and cheese at IRTA, developing research projects and contracts with private companies. She also develops different dairy training and is the coordinator of the IRTA Cheese Making Course.
Brigitte Martínez
Course coordinator
Brigitte Martínez holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering (2001) from the University of Vic and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, a degree in Food Science and Technology from the University of Girona (2005) and a Master's in Human Nutrition and Food Quality from the University of Balearic Islands (2010). Specialist in the application and improvement of discontinuous heat treatments on different food matrices, to increase their useful life and sensory quality. In addition, it works on the application of new conservation technologies (microwaves, high pressure and radio frequencies) to obtain new products or processes adapted to consumer demands. He has extensive experience in contractual research activities with companies in the food sector and in dissemination activities, participating in the conferences and courses on thermal processes that have been carried out at IRTA since 2012.
