Editorial Board Member
Editor in Chief
Alejandro Cifuentes, PhD
Head of the Laboratory of Foodomics and Director of the Metabolomics Platform (International Excellence Campus CSIC + UAM), Madrid, Spain; Full Research Professor at the National Research Council of Spain (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Email: a.cifuentes@csic.es
Elena Ibáñez, PhD
Full Research Professor at the Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL) belonging to the CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
Email: elena.ibanez@csic.es
Associate Editors
Carlo Bicchi, PhD
Interests: food and natural products; analysis of volatiles; sample preparation; gas cromatography (GC) and gas cromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS); chiral recognition
Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
José S Câmara, PhD
Interests: foodomics; food volatilomics; food safety and quality; functional foods; valorisation of agri-food waste; food bioactive compounds; biological activities
Professor of Food Chemistry at the Chemical Department, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering, University of Madeira, Madeira Island, Portugal.
Francesco Capozzi, PhD
Interests: NMR spectroscopy; metabolomics; food structure; biological kinetics; molecular descriptors
Full Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Agro-food Research (CIRI-AGRO) of the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Vincenzo De Feo, PhD
Interests: food plants; aromatic plants; secondary metabolites; biological activity; nutraceuticals
Full Professor at University of Salerno, ssd BIO/15 – Pharmaceutical Biology, Salerno, Italy; Research Associate at CNR, Institute of Food Sciences, Avellino, Italy.
Sandra R. S. Ferreira, PhD
Interests: high-pressure process; food biomass valorization; biological activities; supercritical fluid extraction; biorefinery
Professor at Chemical and Food Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Mohsen Gavahian, PhD
Interests: emerging food processing technologies; food processing; ohmic heating; ultrasound; cold plasma
Professor at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, China.
Rafael Gavara, PhD
Interests: food packaging; smart packaging; modified atmpsphere packaging; biopolymers; mass transfer
Professor at Packaging Group, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA-CSIC), 46980 Paterna, Spain.
Andrea Gomez-Zavaglia, PhD
Interests: food science and technology; circular economy; probiotics; functional ingredients; delivery systems; spectroscopy
Director of Center for Research and Development in Food Cryotechnology (CIDCA CONICET), La Plata, Argentina.
Miguel Herrero, PhD
Interests: food bioactivity; bioactive compounds extraction;foodomics; advanced analysis, hyphenated techniques, mass spectrometry,
Tenured researcher at the Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Marcello Iriti, PhD
Interests: functional foods; nutraceuticals; mediterranean diet; nutritional therapy; pharmaconutrients; phytotherapeutics; bioactive phytochemicals; medicinal and food plants; food security
Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology at the Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy.
Amit Jaiswal, PhD
Interests: food processing technologies; food packaging; biobased chemicals; waste valorization; nutraceuticals
Lecturer in Food Technology & Industrial Biotechnology at the School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University Dublin-City Campus, Dublin, Ireland.
Guoliang Li, PhD
Interests: food safety and quality; food authenticity; food toxicology; analytical chemistry; bio/nanosensing technologies
Dean of School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Shaanxi, China.
Esther Lopez-Garcia, PhD
Interests: development of population; diet and dietary habits; physical dysfunction and disability; diet and aging outcomes; general and nutritional epidemiology
Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Medical School, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
José Manuel Lorenzo, PhD
Interests: meat quality; natural antioxidant; emerging technologies; shelf-life; oxidation; active packaging; functional foods; bioactive compounds; nutrients
Head of Research at Food Science and Technology Department, Centro Tecnológico de la Carne de Galicia, Galicia, Spain.
Jose Antonio Mendiola, PhD
Interests: supercritical fluids; gas expanded liquids; green processes; green chemistry metrics; life cycle assessment
Academic researcher at the Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, PhD
Interests: food safety; mycotoxins; emerging contaminants; risk assessment; food toxicology; advanced analytical techniques
Faculty Member at Halal Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Faculty Member at Iran Food and Drug Administration (Iran FDA), Ministry of Health, Tehran, Iran.
Charles Odilichukwu R Okpala, PhD
Interests: sustainable global food systems; agri-food processing/production/quality; consumer safety/food protection; foodservice industries
County Extension Agent (Assistant Professor cadre) with the UGA Cooperative Extension, University of Georgia Athens-GA, USA.
Jesus Olivero Verbel, PhD
Interests: environmental toxicology; in silico toxicology; natural products; microbiology; parasitology; biodiversity
Professor of Environmental Toxicology at the University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.
Luca Rastrelli, PhD
Interests: sample preparation; biomarkers; functional foods; clinical nutrition; food chemistry
Full Professor of Food Chemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
Josep Rubert, PhD
Interests: gut health; gut microbiota; gut microbial metabolites; metabolomics; intestinal organoids
Professor at Division of Human Nutrition and Health (Nutritional Biology) & Food Quality and Design, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Gloria Sanchez Moragas, PhD
Interests: food safety; foodborne viruses; molecular techniques; wastewater basead epidemiology; emerging pathogens
Researcher at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Paterna, Spain.
Gloria Sanchez Moragas, PhD
Interests: food safety; foodborne viruses; molecular techniques; wastewater basead epidemiology; emerging pathogens
Researcher at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Paterna, Spain.
Ana Sanches Silva, PhD
Interests: food science; food safety; food contaminants; food bioactives; active food packaging
Researcher at the National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research, Vairão, Vila doConde, Portugal; Invited Professor at the Pharmacy Faculty of University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Georgios Theodoridis, PhD
Interests: LC-MS; TOF-MS; GC-MS; chromatography; metabolomics; biomarker discovery; nutritional biomarkers; one health; food characterisation
Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Di Wu, PhD
Interests: food integrity; analytical chemistry; mass spectrometry; SERS; food protein
Newton International Fellow (IGFS) at Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Editorial Board Members
Minhaz Uddin Ahmed, PhD
Interests: analytical chemistry; food chemistry; food bioengineering; biosensors; nanobiotechnology
Associate Professor at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam.
Dong-uk Ahn, PhD
Interests: meat quality; egg; lipid oxidation; food chemistry; functional components of foods; protein separation; non-thermal processing
Professor of Animal Science Depart, Iowa State University, Ames, United States.
Ammar Mohammed Hamood AL-Farga, PhD
Interests: food chemistry; nutritional epidemiology; food safety; metabolomics
Professor of Food Biochemistry in Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Jameel Mohammed Al-Khayri, PhD
Interests: plant biotechnology; plant tissue culture; genomics; mutagenesis; food security; molecular biology; date palm
Professor of plant biotechnology affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
Ammar B Altemim, PhD
Interests: food safety; antioxidants; antimicrobial; food processing
Professor of Department of food sciences, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq.
Ryszard Amarowicz, PhD
Interests: food analysis; analytical chemistry; phenolic compounds; antioxidant activity of natural antioxidants; antioxidant activity of protein hydrolysates; antimicrobial activity of phenolic compounds; chromatography of natural compounds
Head of the Group of Chemical and Physical Properties of Food, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland.
Majid Asadi-Samani, PhD
Interests: medicinal plants; ethnobotany; phytomedicine; biomedical sciences; cancer
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences (Medical Immunology), Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Zhaojun Ban, PhD
Interests: fruit quality; postharvest science; edible coating; bio-based food active packaging; food science
Professor of School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China.
Noureddine Benkeblia, PhD
Interests: physiology; metabolomics; biochemistry; crops
Professor of the University of Life Sciences, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica.
Zuhaib F Bhat, PhD
Interests: meat biochemistry; non-thermal processing; protein digestion; bioactive/edible packaging; meat quality; natural antioxidants
Senior Assistant Professor at Livestock Products Technology, SKUAST-Jammu, Jammu, India.
Jinfeng Bi, PhD
Interests: drying; browning; pectin; flavor; texture
Lead Professor of Department of Fruits & Vegetable Processing, Institute of Food Science and Technology, CAAS, Beijing, China.
Zongwei Cai, PhD
Interests: mass spectrometry; metabolomics; environmental toxicology; food analysis; human health
Professor at State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hongkong, China.
Katrina Campbell, PhD
Interests: nanomaterials; sample preparation; mass spectrometry; chromatography; protein purification
Professor at School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Wei Cao, PhD
Interests: food engineering; foodomics; functional food; polyphenols; bee products
Vice dean of Collage of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Shaanxi, China.
Esra Capanoglu, PhD
Interests: antioxidants; high-performance liquid chromatography; natural product chemistry; antioxidant activity
Professor of Department of Food Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Yi Chen, PhD
Interests: CE; SPR/SPRi; MS; Sample pretreatment; Separation materials
Professor at Insitutte of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Professor at Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai’an, Jiangsu, China.
Salvatore Fanali, PhD
Interests: electromigration; capillary electrochromatography; food analysis; analytical chemistry ; nano-liquid chromatography; enantiomers; drug analysis
Senior Researcher at Institute of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Tbilisi State University, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia.
Vicente Ferreira, PhD
Interests: aroma; chemistry; perception; chromatography; metabolomics; wine
Full Professor of Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
Markus Fischer, PhD
Interests: food authentication (food profiling, genome, metabolome and isotopolome analyses); development of aptamers for analytical, medical diagnostic and therapeutic applications; authentication of written artefacts (artefact profiling)
Professor (W3) of Institute of Food Chemistry at Universität of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Vincenzo Fogliano, PhD
Interests: functional food; maillard reaction; food design; gut metabolites
Chair of the Food Quality & Design group at Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Cristina Garcia Viguera, PhD
Interests: phenolic compounds; food; health; glucosinolates; quality
Professor at LabFAS (Lab Fitoquimica y Alimentos Saludables), Food Science and Technology Dept, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain.
Younes Ghasemi, PhD
Interests: bioprocess and fermentation; protein purification; in silico biotechnology; nanobiotechnology; probiotics & prebiotics
Head of Phramaceutical Sciences Reseach Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Janet Alejandra Gutiérrez Uribe, PhD
Interests: functional foods; nutraceuticals; obesity; legumes; sustainable food production; phytochemicals
Professor at the Institute for Obesity Research, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Puebla, Mexico.
Robin Joshi, PhD
Interests: metabolomics; lipidomics; proteomics; spatial biology; food science and technology; analytical chemistry; mass spectrometery
Senior Research Investigator at the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States.
Romdhane Karoui, PhD
Interests: food quality; food authenticity; food analysis; shelf-life; fluorescence spectroscopy; infrared spectroscopy; food structure
Professor of Food Science at Artois University, Arras, France.
Christos Kontogiorgis, PhD
Interests: targeted drug delivery; pharmaceutics; epidemiology; nanoparticles; epigenetics
Associate Professor of Hygiene, Department of Medicine at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
Bruno Lemos, PhD
Interests: ICP-MS; chemical speciation by HPLC-ICP-MS; arsenic in rice; trace elements in food; risk assessment by foo consumption
Full Professor and Head of the Laboratory EnvironMetalsBR at the Federal University of ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
Xianhua Liu, PhD
Interests: food safety and quality; food toxicology; biosensor; metabolomics; microplastics
Vice head of the marine ecological environment research Center, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Luisa Mannina, PhD
Interests: food chemistry; NMR spectroscopy; metabolomics; structure identification; matrix composition
Full Professor of Food Chemistry (CHIM/10), Department of Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Paula Martins-Lopes, PhD
Interests: authenticity; PCR; biosensor; wine; olive oil
Associated Professor with Habilitation at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.
Fernanda Mozzi, PhD
Interests: biotechnology of lactic acid bacteria; functional foods, fermented foods; nutraceutical compounds
Principal Researcher at CERELA-CONICET, San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina.
Filomena Nazzaro, PhD
Interests: biofilm; antibacterial; bio-preserving agents; essential oils; natural extract; food biochemistry and biological activity
Director of Research at the Institute of Food Sciences, CNR, Via Roma 64, 83100, Avellino, Italy.
Cristobal Noe Aguilar, PhD, MD
Interests: food biotechnology; fermentation; agroindustrial waste valorization
Director of Research and Professor in the School of Chemistry at the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Coahuila, Mexico.
Jose Pinela, PhD
Interests: food chemistry; food processing; bioactive ingredients; food safety; food contaminants
Researcher at National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research, Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal; Collaborator at Mountain Research Center (CIMO) and Associated Laboratory for Sustainability and Technology in Mountain Regions (SusTEC) of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal.
Amnart Poapolathep, PhD
Interests: mycotoxins; antimicrobials; mycotoxicology; residues; food and feed analyses; food safety
Full Professor at the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Charalampos Proestos, PhD
Interests: food chemistry; food antioxidants; foodomics; functional foods; food analysis
Full Professor in Food Chemistry, Director of Food Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Luis Puente Díaz, PhD
Interests: emerging technologies; dehydration; by-products valorization; functional foods; bibliometrics
Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Chile.
Dilip Rai, PhD
Interests: phytochemicals; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; antioxidant; waste valorisation
Sr. Research Officer at Teagasc Food Research Centre Ashtown, Dubin, Ireland.
Ángel Ríos, PhD
Interests: analytical chemistry; chemical sensors; screening methods; nanom aterials; food analysis
Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Castilla, La Mancha, Spain.
Gabriele Rocchetti, PhD
Interests: metabolomics; dairy science; meat science; bioactive compounds; shelf-life; food quality; food traceability
Professor of Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition (Diana); Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Piacenza and Cremona Campus), Italy.
Maria Teresa Russo, PhD
Interests: food biotecnology; agricultural science; food chemistry; food safety
Deputy Rector for University Major Projects and Research Infrastructures at University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Celestino Santos-Buelga, PhD
Interests: food; polyphenols; flavonoids; phenolic metabolites; biological activity; health implications
Full Professor of Food Science and Head of the Polyphenols Research Group (GIP-USAL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Maria Fernanda Silva, PhD
Interests: green analytical chemistry; sample preparation; food chemistry; natural deep eutectic solvents; separation techniques
Associate Professor at Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, National University of Cuyo (FCA-UNCuyo), Chacras de Coria, Mendoza, Argentina.
Ivone Vaz-Moreira, PhD
Interests: bacterial ecology; antibiotic resistance; metagenomics; water; bacteria taxonomy
Researcher at Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal.
Gavin Walker, PhD
Interests: particle/powder technology; process modelling; pharmaceutical engineering
Bernal Chair in Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemical Sciences and Chemical Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Gökhan Zengin, PhD
Interests: antioxidant activity; biotechnology; phytochemicals; natural product chemistry; chromatography
Full Professor of Selcuk University, Science Faculty, Konya, Turkey.
Zhaowei Zhang, PhD
Interests: food safety; chemical contaminate; analytical chemistry; prevention and control; environment and food
Professor at Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China.