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.