POSITIONS HELD
2004- Present Co-director of Institute of Food and Nutritional Sciences (University of Navarra)
2003- Present University of Navarra (Spain) Head of Department of Physiology and Nutrition
1992- Present University of Navarra (Spain) Professor of Nutrition
1989-92 University of País Vasco (Spain), Professor
1987-1988 University of Navarra (Spain), Lecturer
1986-87 University of Santiago (Spain), Lecturer
1984-86 University of Navarra (Spain), Assistant Lecturer
1982-84 University of Nottingham (U.K), Postdoctoral Fellow

HONOURS
EUROPA Prize (1995), PHARMA COUNCIL (1999), CEPA (2000), DANONE (2002), IBEROAMERICAN ACADEMY PRIZE (2005), DUPONT PRIZE (2012). HIPOCRATES (2016)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Académico Correspondiente Real Academia de Farmacia.(Royal Academy of Pharmacy, Spain)
Secretary of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS 2003-2007)
Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food and Dieticians (president 2005-)
Member of the IUNS Council (2005-)
President-Elect of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) (2017-2021)
RESEARCH & EXPERTISE>
The research fields in which I have been involved for the last years include:
Nutritional control of metabolism: Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics
Nutritional utilization of functional foods
Evaluation of nutritional status in different populations
Nutrition and immunity
Obesity: cell, animal and human intervention and epidemiological studies
Consumer surveys
Long-distance learning.
INDUSTRIAL RELEVANCE
International nutrition
Food and agro industries
Pharmaceutical industry

NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS with ISBN> Over 600 and Peer reviewed
BOOKS AND CHAPTERS> Over 50
INVITED SPEAKER> Over 100 lectures at international and national level (selected forum)
FUNDED PROJECTS> 40 ,
H FACTOR = 56