Emilio Martinez

EMILIO MARTÍNEZ DE VICTORIA

Professor of Physiology and of the School of Nutrition at the University of Granada. Director of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology of the University of Granada (2004-2013). Academic founder of the Spanish Academy of Nutrition and Food Sciences (AEN). Nutrition, functional foods and gastrointestinal system specialist. Animal experimentation expert. Expert in databases of food composition and nutritional assessment of populations, groups and individuals. Member and Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the AESAN (2011-2014). Adviser in the total diet study of Spain (ENIDE). President of the BEDCA Association (Spanish Food Composition Database).

Author of over 150 scientific papers in international journals and books and book chapters in the area of digestive physiology and nutrition. Coordinator of the European Network of Excellence EuroFIR at the University of Granada. Science expert in laboratory animals. Member of the scientific committee of the European Journal of Nutrition. Consultant for various companies dedicated to food and nutrition. Vice President of the Spanish Society of Nutrition Community. President of the Organizing Committee of the 10th International Food Data Conference, INFOODS of the FAO, Granada 2013. Member of the Organizing Committee of the 20th International Congress of Nutrition, Granada 2013. Commissioner of the Temporary Exhibition of the Granada Science Park: Nutrition, life force. June 2013-August 2014. Elected President of the Spanish Society of Physiological Sciences. Member of the Scientific Committee of the FINUT. José Mataix Verdú AEN Award for Lifetime Achievement in Nutrition.