Jesus Simal-Gandara, é catedrático en ciencia dos alimentos na Universidade de Vigo, onde dirixe o Grupo de Investigaciós Agro-ambientais e Alimentarias (AA1, grupo de referencia competitiva).
As súas principais liñas de investigación son o transporte de contaminantes no sistema aire-solo-auga-cultivo e o efecto dos tratamentos post-colleita sobre os compostos antioxidantes polifenólicos.
Na actualidade traballa os proxectos: “Efecto de los fungicidas sobre la microbiota fermentativa para la obtención de vino y vinagre de uva blanca” (PID2019-105061RB-C21) do Ministerio español de ciencia e “Sustainable and cost-effective production process for the upcycling of olive, grape and nut by-products into 4 natural and healthy ingredients for nutraceutical and cosmetic applications (UP4HEALTH) concedido por H2020-BBI-JTI-2019 (2020-2023).
Entre as súas publicación destacan:
- Gomez-Zavaglia, A.; Mejuto, J.C.; Simal-Gandara, J. Mitigation of emerging implications of climate change on food production systems. Food Research International, 2020, 134, 109256; Movilla-Pateiro, L.; Mahou-Lago, X.M.; Doval, M.I.; Simal-Gandara, J. Towards a sustainable metric and indicators for the goal of sustainability in agricultural and food production. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2020.
- Jimenez-Lopez, C.; Fraga-Corral, M.; Carpena, M.; Garcia-Oliveira, P.; Echave, J.; Pereira, A.G.; Lourenço-Lopes, C.; Prieto, M.A; Simal-Gandara, J. Agriculture waste valorisation as a source of antioxidant phenolic compounds within a circular and sustainable bioeconomy. Food & Function, 2020, 11(6), 4853-4877.
- Garcia-Oliveira, P.; Fraga-Corral, M.; Pereira, A.G.; Prieto, M.A.; Simal-Gandara, J. Solutions for the sustainability of the food production and consumption system. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2020.
- Kumar, S.P.J.; Chintangunta, A.D.; Reddy, Y.M.; Rajjou, L.; Kumar, G.V.; Agarwal, D.K.; Prasad, S. R.; Simal-Gandara, J. Implications of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in seed physiology for sustainable crop productivity under changing climate conditions Current Plan Biology, 2021, 100197.
