GOMEZ GARCIA, RICARDO

Ricardo holds a PhD in Biotechnology from the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP 2022), he graduated as Chemical Engineer (2016) at the School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdeC), Mexico. He started his Scientific career at the Food Research Department from the UAdeC and he has over 10 years of expertise in areas of Food Engineering and Technology, Food Chemistry and Biotechnology. Currently, his research is focused on the development of innovative and sustainable biorefinery processes within the context of zero-waste and circular economy approach for the identification and obtention of functional bioactive compounds with industrial interest from fruit by-products employing them as raw materials for their reincorporation into the industrial value chain. In 2023 he was awarded with the Individual Scientific Employment Stimulus Contest (https://doi.org/10.54499/2023.08203.CEECIND/CP2855/CT0004) by FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, in Portugal. Gómez-García R. is (co)author of more than 40 articles in index journals, 20 chapters in books and 3 books editions of international circulation in prestigious publishers (Apple Academic Press (AAP) and Springer). He also serves as a Guest Editor of several special issues in areas related to solid fermentation, green polymers, and food waste valorisation (MDPI) as well as a reviewer for several high impact journals (ELSEVIER, Springer & MDPI). Additionally, he was involved in two patent applications one European (P977-5WO-2022) and one Portuguese (PT116954-2020) related with bioactive compounds (polyphenols and proteins), bioactivity and extraction. He has participated in more than 35 international congress communications in areas related with Biotechnology, Food Science & Technology and Bioengineering and Functional Foods. Since 2019, he has been participating in several national and international entrepreneurship programs in Portugal (ANI & BGI) and from the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT FAN, Food & Climate-KIC) and currently he is co-founder and CTO of Molecule Message Unipessoal Lda (AgroGrIN Tech).