Elvira Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Experience

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  CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2016

  Title: Contribution to the study of formation mechanisms of condensable by-products from torrefaction of various biomasses (INVERTO project)Experimentation: • TGA-GC-MS facility (coupling of devices: Thermogravimetric Analysis – Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry): setup and adjustment of devices, results analysis on the formation of gaseous by-products from torrefaction of various biomasses • Solid-state NMR facility (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance): characterization of various raw and torrefied biomassesModelling: • Elucidation of reaction mechanisms of torrefaction of various biomassesCollaboration: • ANR Project (French National Research Agency) – work with research partners: -Research center: CIRAD Montpellier (French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development) -University: INP-ENSIACET Toulouse (School of Engineering in Chemistry and Materials, Process, Chemical and Industrial Engineering) -Private company: PCAS Paris (Development of processes and production of complex molecules for Life Sciences and Specialty Chemicals Markets) • Work with research center CERMAV-CNRS Grenoble (Research Centre on Plant Macromolecules) Show less

  • Research Engineer PhD-contract in Environmental and Process Engineering

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2016

  • Research Engineer (internship) in Chemical Engineering

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2012
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  Food Process Engineering; Chair group of Wageningen University & Research

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  Supervisor, project manager, teacher

  RESEARCH PROJECTS: •Project Plant Meat Matters (Public Private Partnership) ‘Towards a Next Generation of Meat Analogues’: -Objective: for the next generation of meat analogues: 1) improvement of scientific basis, 2) further development of technologies and ingredients, 3) development and production of better meat analogues, ingredients, flavouring and equipment -Collaboration with research partners: companies Avril (direct collaboration), Meyn, Ingredion, Givaudan, Saturn petcare, Nutrition & Santé, De Vegetarische Slager, Unilever; research institute Wageningen Food & Biobased Research; university Wageningen University •Investigation on water-binding properties of complex food plant-based protein materials with TD-NMR (Time-Domain Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)EDUCATION: •MSc Food Technology course Food Structuring (campus and on-line): lectures recorded as knowledge clips, tutorials, Blackboard interface build-up •MSc Food Technology course Product & Process Design (campus): coaching of group work (3 groups of 6-8 students) on assignments given by companies FrieslandCampina and DanoneSUPERVISION OF THESIS: •Daily supervisor of PhD candidate in Plant Meat Matters project; promotor Atze Jan van der Goot •Supervisor/co-supervisor of 1 BSc and 2 MSc students •Examiner of 1 BSc and 3 MSc students Show less

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  CEA

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2022

  R&D engineer Project manager - Conversion of biomass via dry processing, torrefaction

  Tasks: • Projects on lignocellulosic biomass conversion via dry processing for various applications• EIT Raw Materials H2020 project DIGISER++ with companies: Tecnalia (Spain), Atlantic Copper (Spain), Digimet (Spain), research centers: CEA (France), IVL (Sweden), university: Universiteit Gent (Belgium)• Supervising MSc students, coaching

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  L'avocat de la santé

  Jan 2022 - now

  Nutrition coaching, micronutrition

  Tasks:- coaching of food habits, nutrition patterns, lifestyle in one-to-one sessions- group workshops and trainings on food habits and nutrition- coaching on food supplements, phytotherapy, essential oils- cotherapy with physicians, paramedics and therapists- writing of nutrition and health articles

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  DYNVEO

  Jan 2024 - Jan 2024

  Scientific Operations Manager

  Food supplements