The group has extensive experience in food preservation processes (thermal and non-thermal) and development of new foods as well as in the detection, identification and rapid quantification of food pathogens (viruses and bacteria) based on PCR and next generation sequencing (NGS), all focused on the achievement of food safety through application of microbiological risk assessment.

Nanotechnology in the Food Area Nanocomposite Materials Development, Characterization and Processing Bioplastics for Coatings and BioPackaging Biotechnology Routes to Derive Sustainable Materials Food Quality and Safety Micro and Nanoencapsulation of Bioactives, Control Release and Cell Viability Studies Active and Bioactive Nanostructured Materials Based on Natural Products

Our group studies the physical and sensory properties of foods to find out how they are related to quality, perceptions and acceptability to consumers. We try to develop new formulations through an understanding of the contribution that each ingredient/component makes to the food's rheological, thermal and mechanical properties and the relations between these and its structure. We investigate the technological functionality of ingredients, the changes that take place during different types of processing and storage, and their relation to sensory properties.

Development of new materials, mixtures, structures and coatings for packaging applications that improve food stability and reduce environmental impact. Characterization of the functional properties of packaging materials with especial attention to food/package interaction issues (permeation, sorption, scalping, migration, release). Study, development and design of new packaging technologies including Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and active and intelligent packaging (smart packaging).

This research group focusses on the philological analysis, study and interpretation of Greek and Latin texts from the Antiquity to the Early Modern period, in two main areas: 1. Greek Philology and Lexicography, and 2. Latin Philology and Biblical Studies. Reference works (critical editions, translations, commentaries, dictionaries, bibliographies) together with studies on Greek and Latin linguistics, lexicography, textual criticism, epigraphy, literature, classical reception, etc. form its main scientific output.

The group approaches the study of Jewish and Islamic societies in their Mediterranean context, focusing on the impact of both religious cultures in their surrounding social and intellectual milieu through the study of their written and material manifestations. Both cultures have kept in distinctive varieties a complex symbiotic relationship including convergences and divergences. This has been partially determined by their physical proximity from the medieval period to this day.

This group works mainly on Papyrology and Diplomatics. We pay special attention to the edition, analysis, and study of Ancient and Medieval texts. However, our main and distinctive focus lays on the holistic study on the materiality of these crucial “residues” preserved in Mediterranean societies. In this way, we are especially interested in the analysis of the writing materials and their production, but also on the process of writing, reading and transmitting their contents.

The ancient civilizations of Egypt and Syro-Mesopotamia are the foundations of our modern world. To discover and understand these unique cultures constitute an intellectual challenge. It was more than five thousand years ago in the valleys of the Nile and the Euphrates where humanity learned to live in cities, invented writing, and where the first civilizations developed.

This Group studies links between music and its social environment, positioning Hispanic repertory within the international context and within the framework of Digital Humanities, global music histories, and cultural history.