Description

Juan Arturo RAGAZZO-SANCHEZ, Ph.D. is originally from Tecolutla, Veracruz, México. is a Professor-Researcher at Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Tepic, in the Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Department of Food Science. He supervises research of ungraduated/graduate students and visiting scholars and works closely with local and global research, education, and International Programs (CYTED, European Union) and partnerships with the private sector. He is Chemical Engineering and MSc in Biochemical Engineering, from Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz. Later, he received Ph.D. in “Food Sciences” from the Doctoral School of Biological and Industrial Sciences and Processes (University of Montpellier –France). He also has done research stays at different institutions such as Novel Materials and Nanotechnology Group of IATA-CSIC under Prof. Jose Maria Lagaron; at the Department of Génie Biologique et Agroalimentaire - UMR IATE – Université de Montpellier, France; under the tutelage of Mme. Prof. Dominique Chevalier-Lucia; at Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, the University of Alberta With Marleny D.A. Saldaña, Ph.D.

The major theme in Dr. Ragazzo's research is the utilization of different strategies to improve the extraction of high-value biological compounds (HVBC) from vegetable sources with anti-cancer properties and their protection by encapsulation. These strategies include the use of different extraction methods, and micro and nanoencapsulation processes, as well as the development of new biopolymer material obtained from naturals sources to be used in encapsulation processes of HVBC, such as secondary metabolites, enzymes, and antagonistic microorganisms to obtain bioformulation which are used in the pathogenic control in pre and postharvest stage in agriculture. Since 2019 he is Co-Coordinator of the DESEAAR- CYTED Network, 319RT0576 (Desarrollo sostenible en Agroalimentación y Aprovechamiento de residuos industriales). Ragazzo-Sanchez has published 115 peer-reviewed research papers, 14 book chapters, edited 1 book, led more than 50 research projects, 5 patents and many other reviews and abstracts. He has supervised 20 Doctorate theses, 43 Master's theses and 13 Biochemical Engineering.