Assessment and diagnosis of soil and water contamination by pesticides, toxic elements and other emerging organic pollutants in agricultural areas and development of physicochemical technologies for pollution prevention based on the immobilization of contaminants or the stablishment of remediation strategies. Future challenges in Agricultural Sciences: 1. Monitoring-digitisation and prevention of pollution , and modelling of pollutant dynamics in agricultural soils through sustainable management practices in a climate change scenario. 2.

Development of new strategies for the prevention and control of animal parasites and parasitic zoonoses based in new diagnosis and vaccination tools, on the basis of a deep molecular understanding of parasites and their relationships with the host.

Development of sustainable and eco-innovative processes and systems for the use of raw materials, recovery of critical metals, post-consumer waste and emerging waste through sustainable processes. It develops a scientific and technological activity related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): 1 (Clean water and sanitation); 7 (Affordable and non-polluting energy); 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructures); 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and 13 (Climate Action) as demonstrated in its trajectory since 2003.

The objective of the Group is the design, processing and study of alloys for structural applications at room and high temperatures. The materials studied are intermetallic , amorphous and nanocrystalline Al and Mg alloys and high entropy alloys. We have experience in techniques oriented to the design of nano / submicron structures such as rapidly solidification, mechanical alloying and ECAP, in electron microscopy (SEM, TEM, EBSD), X-ray diffraction and synchrotron and neutron diffraction. Our lines are: 1.

The ACUTE team carries out research in the field of quantitative studies of science and technology, with special interest in the development of bibliometric indicators suitable for the study of the research process and the analysis of the activity of researchers, teams and centres in different disciplines. Likewise, methodological advances relating to the treatment of information and the design of indicators constitute an essential transversal line in the group's activity.

The research group focuses on identifying chlorophylls, carotenoids, and bioactive components in foods to advance knowledge on food composition. Investigations into chlorophyll catabolic pathways during tissue maturation contribute to sustainable agriculture amid climate change. In vitro and in vivo models estimate assimilation, enhancing health claim credibility and aiding companies in nutri-functional food development. The group studies digestibility of micronutrients in human milk and infant formulas, aiming for new lipid-related nutritional recommendations.

The activity of our group is organized around the fermentation of table olives and other vegetable products. The setup of starters to improve the quality and security of this lactic acid fermentation has been the objective of our research in the past, including the isolation and characterization of microbial strains producing bacteriocins, being resistant to phenolic compounds, able to grow under alkaline and high salt concentrations conditions, among other characteristics.

The intake of animal products, especially meat products, constitutes a considerable and important part of our diet. The consumption of these products entails the intake of the lipids associated with them. This lipid fraction is not only characteristic of the animal species in question, but undergoes modifications during the elaboration processes of these meat products or their derivatives. Special attention is paid to products derived from the Iberian pig.

Relationship between chemical composition and flavour. Emergent techniques for food characterization.