Position: Postdoctoral researcher

Group Member Since: 2023

Nationality: Spanish

Email: ngrava@unizar.es

Research Interests: Antimicrobials, Polyoxometalates, Microbiology, Food packaging, Biodegradable Polymers, Micro/Nano Plastics.

He completed the Biotechnology degree in 2017 and his Master’s degree in Food Technology at The University of Zaragoza in 2018. In 2019, he joined GUIA group of Prof. Cristina Nerín at the Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón . He did his PhD in Analytical Chemistry between UNIZAR and the Université de Pau (France), being supervised by Prof. Cristina Nerín, Prof. Ahmed Allal and Dr. Filomena Silva (2020-2023). The thesis focused on the development of antimicrobial and antioxidant active food packaging using nanomaterials, like polyoxometalates and cyclodextrin nanoesponges. In 2023 he joined BionNanoSurf group at the Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (CSIC-Unizar) as a Postdoctoral Researcher on the “BMRex” EIC Pathfinder Open project by Dr. Jonas Garauskis and Dr. Scott Mitchell. His research is focused on the degradation of micro-nanoplastics in wastewaters using enzyme-functionalised polyoxometalate-ionic liquids.

Hobbies: In my spare time I enjoy writing stories, workout and reading historical or science fiction novels.

Publications:

Developing ethyl lauroyl arginate antimicrobial films to combat Listeria monocytogenes in cured Ham, Gracia-Vallés, N., Ruiz-Torrubia, F., Mitchell, S. G., Nerín, C., & Silva, F. Food Control, 2022, 141(November), 109164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109164

Mechanochemically Scaled-Up Alpha Cyclodextrin Nanosponges: Their Safety and Effectiveness as Ethylene Scavenger, Rupérez, D., Gracia-Vallés, N., Clavero, E., Silva, F., & Nerín, C. Nanomaterials, 2022, 12(17), 2900 https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12172900

Antimicrobial activity of biocomposite films containing cellulose nanofibrils and ethyl lauroyl arginate, Silva, F., Gracia, N., McDonagh, B. H., Domingues, F. C., Nerín, C., & Chinga-Carrasco, G. Journal of Materials Science, 2019, 54, 12159–12170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03759-3