Dr. Daniel Álvarez

- Management of R&D projects in the biotechnology sector. - Support to SMEs internationalization. - Identification of funding and calls. - Advocacy of cluster's activities at national and international level. - Establishment of collaborations with national and international partners. - Organization of commercial missions and participation in sectorial fairs.

- Analysis of innovations, markets and consumer trends in the food and beverages industry. - Establishment of links with technology and business partners. - Support in the management of R&D and innovation projects. - Coordination of communication activities of European projects to promote circular economy. - Support in the development of new business models and internationalization plans.

Coordinator of HarvestPlus' Nutrition Unit: - Team management and budget administration - Supervision of research activities on iron, zinc, and provitamin A enhanced crops. - Coordination of healthy food products development. - Conduction of consumer sensory acceptability studies. - Management of HarvestPlus' Food Technology and Analytical Chemistry laboratories. - Proposals writing. - Advocacy for nutritionally enhanced crops with public and private sector, NGOs and IOs.

Management of clinical trials documentation to assist more accurate and rapid trials.

Investigation of biochemical and genetic regulatory mechanisms for provitamin A production and stabilization in plants. Major achievement: Novel strategies developed to enhance provitamin A production in staple crops to improve human nutrition

Conditions optimized for the biotechnological production of the anticancer drug Paclitaxel.

Analytical method developed for oleoyl-estrone, used in Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity treatments

Management and sales of Fairtrade.

Pflanzenbiotechnologie, Agrarwissenschaften, Nachhaltige Entwicklung

Pharmazeutische Biotechnologie

Lebensmittelwissenschaft und Biotechnologie, Ernährung