SERIDA

Senior entomologist and leader of interdisciplinary studies aimed at exploring the environmental and socio-cultural role of livestock production systems, including the relationship between livestock and biodiversity (plant-animal relationships) at different temporal and spatial scales. Research topics: arthropod biodiversity- livestock production and environmental impact – landscape dynamics – rural development.

PhD in Veterinary Sciences. Expert in Animal Breeding andGenetics as well as Molecular genetics applied to Animal Health. Nowadays, Iwork on the certification of local agro food products obtained under sustainable production systems using miRNA as biomarkers.

Scientist with recognized experience in plant protection and animal health, multitrophic relationships in agroecosystems as well as in pests’ dynamics, landscape genetics and management. Research topics: Plant Protection, Animal Health, Pest control, Biodiversity Assessment.

Senior Agronomist with expertise in different topics involved in plant production, specifically those related to horticultural production, soils, substrates, “Faba Asturiana” (local bean variety) and the cultivation of blueberries and other berries, including the evaluation of the agronomic potential of both traditional and improved plant varieties. He has actively shared and transferred the knowledge on locally adapted agronomic strategies with different stakeholders, from individual farmers to cooperatives, companies, etc. linked to the agri-food sector. Research topics: horticulture production, berry production, agronomic improvement, profitability, knowledge transfer.

Professor in the Master of Biotechnology Applied to the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Plant Resources and in the Master of Food Biotechnology. Her research lines include the evaluation of different productive, adaptive and quality traits, selection, multiplication and conservation of plant materials, the potential of industrial by-products within a circular economy and the evaluation of bioactive compounds of industrial interest. She has participated in several projects which allowed recovering and registering different cultivars.
Research topics:plant selection, conservation and multiplication, evaluation of bioactive compounds and by-products, biotic and abiotic estres.

Young chemist with expertise in Nanotechnology, materials Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry. He is currently working on the evaluation of the quality and differentiation of pastures, forages and agri-food products or by-products. Research topics: Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Applications, Spectrophotometry, Spectrometry, Analytical Chemistry Instrumentation, Instrumental Analysis, Separation Techniques.

Senior biologist with long experience on plant production (especially pastures and forages) linked to dairy production systems. She explores alternative plant varieties (including traditional ones), species and mixtures as forages, as well as novel conservation strategies, to improve animal feed, increase farm productivity while reducing its environmental footprint. Research topics: Foragem and pasture and silage production and conservation.

He explores novel farm management strategies to improve animal nutrition, and milk production and quality, based on local resources while decreasing farm environmental footprint, especially GHG emissions. Research topics: livestock nutrition, dairy production, GHG emissions, manure management.