Yolanda Sanz PhD

Y. Sanz has a Bachelor's degree and Ph.D. in Pharmacy, with an Extraordinary Award, from the University of Valencia (1996), and completed her postdoctorate in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands (1998-99). Other foreign centers in which he has carried out stays include the Dept. Biochemistry of the Institute of Food Research (Reading, United Kingdom), Dept. of Lactic Bacteria in the INRA (Jouy en Josas, France), Dept. Microbiology and Biotechnology of the University of Verona (Italy), Dept. of Immunology and Gnotobiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Prague) and the Division of Gastroenterology of the Dept. of Medicine of the McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada).

Currently, she is Professor of Research at the CSIC and leads the Research Group on "Microbial Ecology, Nutrition and Health" at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC). Between 2005 and 2011 she was Associate Professor of the Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Valencia and, currently, participates in various specialization courses, including the Master's Degree in Community and Personalized Nutrition and Food Quality and Safety at the University of Valencia, the postgraduate courses in Celiac Disease and Functional Foods of the University of Seville, the master's degree in Celiac Disease of the Polytechnic University of the Marche (Italy) and the graduate courses on Microbiota and Health of the EAGEN (European Association for Gastroenterology, Endoscopy and Nutrition).