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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)

  • 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).

  • Pilar Gómez Cortés, PhD. Tenured Scientist. Lipids Group.

  • M. Mar Villamiel Guerra, PhD. Director of CIAL. Leader of the Chemistry and Functionality Group of Carbohydrates and Derivatives (Prebioin).

  • Dolores del Castillo Bilbao, PhD. Tenured Scientist. Leader of the Food Bioscience Group.

  • Lidia Montero García, PhD. Postdoctoral Researcher. Foodomics Group.

  • Vanessa Sánchez Martín, PhD. Postdoctoral Researcher. Food Bioscience Group.

  • Samuel F. Paterson Moreno, PhD student. INNOVAPROT and Lipids Groups.

  • Blanca Pardo de Donlebún Iglesias, PhD student. INNOVAPROT and Lipids Groups.

  • Alba Domínguez Encinas, PhD student. INNOVAPROT and Lipids Groups.

  • Marta M. Majchrzak, PhD student. INNOVAPROT and Lipids Groups.

  • Víctor Manuel Amador Luna, PhD student. Foodomics Group.

  • Marta Beatriz Lopez Parra, PhD student. Food Bioscience Group.

  • Virginia da Cunha Borges, PhD student. Healthy Food Ingredients Group.

  • Esther Rodríguez González, PhD student. Healthy Food Ingredients Group.

International Scientific and Organizing Committee Members:

  • Cristina Martínez Villaluenga, PhD,Tenured Scientist, Department of Technological Processes and Biotechnology, Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN, CSIC), Madrid Spain.

  • Diana Martín García, PhD, Full Professor, Healthy Food Ingredients Group, Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL, CSIC-UAM), Spain.

  • Diego Luna Vital, PhD, Professor, School of Engineering and Sciences and the Institute for Obesity Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico.

  • Valeria Anahi Tironi, PhD, Researcher, Center for Research and Development in Food Science and Technology (CIDCA), Argentina.

  • Miryam Amigo Benavent, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Limerick, Ireland.

  • Andrea M. Liceaga, PhD, Professor, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, USA.

  • Alexander Haslberger, PhD, Professor, Department for Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

  • Marcello Iriti, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy.

  • Debasis Bagchi, PhD, Professor, Departement of Biology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA.

  • Mahendra Bishnoi, PhD, Professor, Nutritional Sciences and Technology, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Punjab, India.

  • Alan Javier Hernández Álvarez, PhD. Professor. School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, UK.