Jorge Barros Velázquez
University of Santiago de Compostela

Biography
Since 2007, Jorge Barros Vel谩zquez has been a professor of food technology at 乐天堂app下载 University of Santiago de Compostela, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science. Jorge obtained his PhD in food microbiology in 1992. His post-doc experience includes 乐天堂app下载 National Food Biotechnology Centre (Cork, Ireland) and 乐天堂app下载 Institute for Marine Research (Vigo, Spain).
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RSC affiliations
Editor-in-Chief, Sustainable Food Technology