Molecules Webinar | Recent Advances in Food Chemistry
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36th Molecules Webinar
Recent Advances in Food Chemistry
On behalf of the organizing team, I am pleased to welcome you to the upcoming Molecules webinar entitled "Recent Advances in Food Chemistry", to be held on October 24, 2025. This online event will bring together leading researchers in the field to present and discuss recent findings related to food chemistry, including topics such as food analysis, bioactive compounds, functional ingredients, and sustainable food systems. As food science continues to play a crucial role in addressing global health and environmental challenges, this webinar aims to highlight innovative research and foster scientific exchange. We are delighted to feature two distinguished speakers: Dr. José Pinela (INIAV, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal), who is an expert in food quality, safety, and the valorization of agri-food by-products; and Dr. Ana Novo Barros (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri-Food Production (Inov4Agro), Portugal), whose research focuses on phytochemicals and the circular use of high-value natural compounds in the agri-food sector. We look forward to your participation in what promises to be an insightful and dynamic exchange on the future of food chemistry.
Date: 24 October 2025
Time: 2:00 pm CEST | 8:00 am EDT | 8:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 854 4014 3519
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. José Pinela
National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research (INIAV, I.P.), Vairão Innovation Hub, Portugal
CIMO, La SusTEC, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal;
José Pinela is an Assistant Researcher at INIAV, I.P., and at CIMO/LA SusTEC–IPB, Portugal. He holds a PhD in Sustainable Chemistry (2017) and has international academic experience in Slovenia (ERASMUS) and Spain (European Doctorate). His research focuses on food quality and safety and the valorization of agri-food by-products into novel food ingredients. He is an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Nutrition, an Academic Editor of Food Science and Engineering, and a member of the editorial boards of Molecules and Exploration of Foods and Foodomics. He has edited two books and several Special Issues, and has authored 117 articles and 10 book chapters, among other publications. He is also co-inventor of one granted patent (No. 117256). He has experience in R&D projects, the supervision of students at all academic levels, teaching in higher education, and the evaluation of book and project proposals. He has participated in numerous scientific events, received academic and scientific awards, and he has organized scientific and outreach activities.
Dr. Ana Novo Barros
Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri-Food Production (Inov4Agro), Portugal;
Ana Novo Barros is an Associate Professor with Habilitation from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro. She has been the Director of the Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB) for 5 years (May 2017-July 2022) and of the Institute for Innovation, Capacity building and Sustainability of Agri-Food production (Inov4Agro) for one year and half (January 2021-July 2022).
She is responsible for the Phytochemicals Laboratory, and she is the Coordinator of the Agri-Food Quality Group. Her research targets are mainly on the identification, separation, and recovery of functional molecules from different natural products, as well as their implementation as ingredients and bioactive compounds in food, pharma and cosmetic industries, with an ultimate goal to extract high added-value molecules and re-use them in the circular economy and industrial symbiosis concepts.
In the last few years, she was awarded several prizes and distinctions. She has published more than 150 scientific documents, including research articles, reviews, and editorials, within the highest impact factor journals in the Food Science and Technology field (38 h-index, SCOPUS, August 2025). She has registered 9 national and international patents. She has international collaborations and is a PI and member of several financed research projects with different typologies (in the last 5 years). She is the coordinator of the European project WASTELESS|TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-08. Her scientific work has raised interest and has led to the supervision of post-doc (3 concluded, 1 ongoing), PhD (12 concluded and 7 ongoing), master’s (50 concluded and 7 ongoing) and bachelor’s (46 concluded) students. She has been a member of organizing committees of scientific conferences, presented invited lectures at international and national conferences, and has presented >400 oral/poster communications, including papers in conference proceedings.
In this section, you will find the recordings of this webinar to watch, re-watch and share with your colleagues!
30th Anniversary of Molecules—Recent Advances in Food Chemistry
Guest Editors: Dr. Ana Novo Barros and Dr. Marta Coelho
Deadline for submission: 31 December 2025
Application of Analytical Chemistry in Food Science
Guest Editors: Dr. Sabrina Moret, Dr. Sabrina Moret and Dr. José Pinela
Deadline for submission: 31 March 2026
Advances in QuEChERS-Based Methodologies for Multiresidue Analysis
Guest Editors: Dr. Mikel Añibarro-Ortega and Dr. José Pinela
Deadline for submission: 31 March 2026