National Contact Points - Spain

Mercedes Careche, CSIC, is a contact person in Spain.

She is the coordinator of the ITD 6 horizontal activity in SEAFOODplus. She works at the of Instituto del Frío, CSIC, Spain, where she is also Associate Professor in Food Science & Technology. She has been a project leader for several research projects, including projects supported by the EU. She has served as an evaluator for research boards, nationally and internationally, and has served as a member of several academic examination boards. Her work has concentrated mainly on the quality of fish and fish products ranging from quality improvement and assurance to its evaluation. She is currently working on the structural and functional changes of muscle proteins and their interactions with other food components. She is author of more than 40 refereed publications in journals and books.

 mcareche(at)if.csic.es

Begoña Pérez-Villarreal, AZTI-Tecnalia, is a contact person in Spain.

She is the coordinator of ITD Pillar 3 in SEAFOODplus. She is Director of Business of AZTI-Tecnalia, Food Research Division. She has been the project leader of more than 80 national and international projects, has 50 publications within Food and Fish Technology and is co-authoress of 5 new food product patents. She is a member of the board of the Spanish Food Microbiology Society and of different other societies and committees (AENOR, FEDIT). Further, she is an advisor and evaluator for several councils and administrations for strategic and R&D plans for the food and fish sector. She has been involved in R&D&I activities and technology transfer to the food and fish industry in the last 14 years, particularly in the SME area, concerning quality issues and product development.

 bperez(at)suk.azti.es

University of a Coruña (UDC)