Jordi Manes
University of Valencia, Spain
Biography
Jordi Manes is full Professor of Nutrition and Bromatology of the Public Health Department of the University of Valencia (Spain) after 30 years, now director of Food Sciences Doctorate and coordinator of Erasmus exchange. He was Vice-Dean (6 years) and Dean (6 years) of the Faculty of Pharmacy and member of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (5 years). He has participated in more than 200 scientific articles and close to 200 conference communications, mostly internationally disseminated. His research work has dealt with the determination of anthropogenic and natural contaminants in food and his research in recent years has been focused on the mitigation of mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi in food through biocompatible methods and sustainable nutrition, especially using lactic acid bacteria fermentations on waste products from the food industry. Specifically, he directs the project “Biopreservation of sliced bread with fermented whey against mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi- Safety of use in the presence of carotenoids”.