Women who changed the world 2020 - Parc Científic i Tecnològic Agroalimentari de Lleida

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Olga Martín Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain (1960) World leader in non-thermal food processing.

Pioneer in the application of electrical pulsing technology in Spain as a method of preserving liquid foods such as fruit juices and milk Doctor of Chemistry, University of Zaragoza. Vice-rector for Transfer and Promotion of Innovation and Full Professor of Food Technology, University of Lleida (UdL). Promoter of the Industrial Doctorate Programs in Spain.

Director of the research group New technologies for food processing at the UdL, which develops technologies to obtain safe, healthy and attractive food.

She is one of the most recognized researchers in her field worldwide: A Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists IFT (USA, 2015) and of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology - IAFoST (2016). She has been distinguished by the ICREA Academy Program (2008) and with the Narcís Monturiol Medal (2018).

Since 2019, she has presided over the European Federation of Food Science and Technology – EFFoST based in Wageningen (The Netherlands).

Rosa M. Poch Barcelona, España (1962) World expert in soil and water management.

President of the FAO Intergovernmental Panel on Soils, which is dedicated to the principal global soil problems such as desertification or the impacts of climate change Agricultural Engineer, UPC; Doctor in Soil Sciences, University of Ghent (Belgium); soil scientist, Full Professor of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry in the Environment and Soil Sciences Department at the University of Lleida (UdL).

She carries out her research in the Soil and Water research group of the UdL and in the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia. She investigates the genesis and micromorphology of soils, their structure and porosity, geo-archeology and the impacts of land use on soil structure and soil carbon storage.

Member of the committee of experts on Climate Change in Catalonia, she chaired the Morphology and Micromorphology of Soils Commission of the International Union of Soil Sciences -IUSS- (2010 to 2018) and currently chairs the Intergovernmental Panel of soils -ITPS- of the FAO (2018-2021), a group of 27 international experts.

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Teresa Rodrigo Almacelles, Lleida, Spain (1956 - 2020) One of the most relevant particle physicists.

She actively contributed to the discovery of the Higgs Boson, one of the greatest scientific achievements of the last 50 years, and to raising the visibility of the role of women in science She studied physics at the University of Zaragoza and was a Doctor in Experimental Physics from the Autonomous University of Madrid. She focused her career on elementary particles, and was Full Professor of Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics at the University of Cantabria. She directed the Institute of Physics of Cantabria.

She worked on experiments in hadron colliders in the field of elementary particles: the FermiLab (USA), on the Collider Detector experiment that led to the discovery of the Quark “Top” in 1995; and at CERN (Switzerland), the largest particle accelerator in the world, on the Muons Compact Solenoid (CMS) project, which led to the discovery of the Higgs Boson (2012).

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She chaired the CMS International Collaboration Council in which institutions from 40 countries participate. 1st Julio Peláez Prize for Women Pioneers of Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences and Doctor Honoris Causa from the Menéndez y Pelayo International University.

Elena Vela Lleida, Spain (1967) Expert in processing technology for fresh fermented dairy products. She is part of Danone’s global innovation team. She has participated in leading innovative projects in Europe such as the launch of the product lines Activia, Actimel, Danacol and Yopro Master’s Degree in Agricultural Engineering (Food Industry), UPC Lleida; Master of Engineering in Plant Fermentation Industrial Processing, Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands); and Master of Business Administration, UPC Barcelona.

In 1997, she joined Danone as R&D Director (Barcelona).

She has been the R&D Director for Danone in the UK & Ireland (London) and Quality and R&D Director for Danone Benelux (Brussels).

Since 2017, she has been the Director of Innovation at Danone’s International Centre for Yogurt and Fermented Plant Product Technology (SITEX) in Tres Cantos (Madrid), and is part of Danone’s global innovation team for fresh dairy and plant-based products. In the pilot plant, she provides technological solutions for innovation and optimizes the adaptation of dairy and plant based products to industrial production conditions and processes around the world. She has contributed to 5 patents related to methods of preparing dairy products.

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