Bioactive Compounds and Functional Foods: Key Drivers in
Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Management
34th International Conference of FFC - 22nd International Symposium of ASFFBC
Conference and EXPO at Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL) on September 24-26, 2025, in Madrid, Spain (In-Person and Virtual/Live Online Event)
We expecting more than 5000 registered attendees (in-person and virtual) at this conference and we are welcoming representatives from over 125 countries.
Conference Committee Members
Committee Chair/Co-Chairs
- Danik Martirosyan, Conference Chair, PhD, President, Functional Food Center (Dallas, TX, USA); Functional Food Institute, San Diego, CA, USA
- Blanca Hernández Ledesma, Conference co-chair, PhD, Department of Bioactivity and Food Analysis, Spanish National Research Council, Institute of Food Science Research, CIAL, Madrid, Spain
- Pilar Gómez Cortés, Conference co-chair, PhD, Department of Bioactivity and Food Analysis, Spanish National Research Council, Institute of Food
Science Research, CIAL, Madrid, Spain
Local Organizing Committee from the Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL, CSIC-UAM)
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Blanca Hernández Ledesma, PhD. Tenured Scientist. Head of the Department of Bioactivity and Food Analysis. Leader of the Development and Innovation in Alternative Proteins Group (INNOVAPROT).
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Pilar Gómez Cortés, PhD. Tenured Scientist. Lipids Group.
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M. Mar Villamiel Guerra, PhD. Director of CIAL. Leader of the Chemistry and Functionality Group of Carbohydrates and Derivatives (Prebioin).
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Dolores del Castillo Bilbao, PhD. Tenured Scientist. Leader of the Food Bioscience Group.
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Lidia Montero García, PhD. Postdoctoral Researcher. Foodomics Group.
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Vanessa Sánchez Martín, PhD. Postdoctoral Researcher. Food Bioscience Group.
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Samuel F. Paterson Moreno, PhD student. INNOVAPROT and Lipids Groups.
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Blanca Pardo de Donlebún Iglesias, PhD student. INNOVAPROT and Lipids Groups.
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Alba Domínguez Encinas, PhD student. INNOVAPROT and Lipids Groups.
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Marta M. Majchrzak, PhD student. INNOVAPROT and Lipids Groups.
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Víctor Manuel Amador Luna, PhD student. Foodomics Group.
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Marta Beatriz Lopez Parra, PhD student. Food Bioscience Group.
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Virginia da Cunha Borges, PhD student. Healthy Food Ingredients Group.
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Esther Rodríguez González, PhD student. Healthy Food Ingredients Group.
International Scientific and Organizing Committee Members:
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Cristina Martínez Villaluenga, PhD,Tenured Scientist, Department of Technological Processes and Biotechnology, Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN, CSIC), Madrid Spain.
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Diana Martín García, PhD, Full Professor, Healthy Food Ingredients Group, Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL, CSIC-UAM), Spain
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Diego Luna Vital, PhD, Professor, School of Engineering and Sciences and the Institute for Obesity Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico.
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Valeria Anahi Tironi, PhD, Researcher, Center for Research and Development in Food Science and Technology (CIDCA), Argentina.
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Miryam Amigo Benavent, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Limerick, Ireland.
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Andrea M. Liceaga, PhD, Professor, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, USA.
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Alexander Haslberger, PhD, Professor, Department for Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Marcello Iriti, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy
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Debasis Bagchi, PhD, Professor, Departement of Biology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA
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Mahendra Bishnoi, PhD, Professor, Nutritional Sciences and Technology, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Punjab, India
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