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Chile

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Food Science & Scientific Consultant | Functional Foods, Bioactivity & Experimental Design

Profile Summary

I am a biologist and MSc in Food Science with experience in scientific writing, experimental design, bioactivity assessment, antioxidant assays, functional foods, and natural bioactive compounds. I currently work at CEUS Llanquihue, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, where I contribute to scientific articles, technical reports, project development, and research dissemination, mainly focused on medicinal plants, plant-derived extracts, antioxidant capacity, and biological activity. My research background includes in vitro antioxidant assays, phenolic-rich extracts, cytotoxicity assessment, antifungal and antimicrobial activity, and biological evaluation of bioactive compounds. I have worked with plant-based matrices and agro-industrial by-products, including studies related to Passiflora edulis peel, Buddleja globosa, Gunnera tinctoria, Ribes magellanicum, mango cultivars, and food composition/safety. My work has contributed to scientific publications and conference presentations in the areas of antioxidant capacity, biological activity, functional ingredients, and Caenorhabditis elegans models. I am also involved in the design and development of a functional fermented dairy beverage based on whey fermented with Lactobacillus helveticus and supplemented with gulupa (Passiflora edulis Sims) peel extract. This work includes product development, functional ingredient valorization, antioxidant characterization, and bioaccessibility assessment, providing experience in translating bioactive compounds into food matrices with potential health-related applications. I am currently pursuing doctoral training in Pharmacy and Health at the University of Salamanca, focusing on anthocyanins as modulators of p-Tau-associated neurotoxicity using Caenorhabditis elegans as a biological model. My current experimental work involves the assessment of functional outcomes such as chemotaxis and locomotion in a Tau-related C. elegans model. I can support researchers, startups, and companies in literature reviews, scientific writing, experimental design, functional food development, bioactivity-oriented research strategies, antioxidant and biological assay interpretation, bioaccessibility studies, and evidence-based project formulation.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Antioxidants
• ★ Food & Beverage Manufacturing
• ★ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Natural Product Chemistry
• ☆ Medicinal Plants
• ☆ Microbiological Assays
• ☆ Food Additives
• ☆ Food Chemistry
• ☆ Nutritional Analysis
• ☆ Pharmacy
• ☆ Product Design
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Grant Writing
• ☆ Nutraceuticals

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Manufacturing Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Product Evaluation, Product Validation, Manufacturing, Concept Development, Prototyping

Work Experience

Scientific Researcher

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

March 2024 - Present

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

March 2024 - Present

Education

PhD Pharmacy and Health

Universidad de Salamanca

September 2024 - Present

Certifications

• Certificate of Participation - Efecto neuroprotector de pelargonidina 3-O-glucósido y de sus principales metabolitos microbianos en cepas mutantes de Caenorhabditis elegans

  V Jornadas de Nutracéutica. Compuestos Bioactivos y Nutracéuticos (Tarragona, Spain).

  March 2026 - Present

• Certificate of Participation - Effect of the apocarotenoids α-ionone and β-cyclocitral on a β-amyloid model in Caenorhabditis elegans

  22nd World Congress of Food Science and Technology (Rimini, Italy).

  September 2024 - Present

• Certificate of Participation - Capacidad antioxidante y actividad antimicrobiana de un extracto de hoja de Gunnera tinctoria (Nalca) chilena

  Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje SENA Regional Putumayo (Puerto Asís, Colombia).

  November 2023 - Present

• Certificate of Participation - Research on the sustaintable obtaining of health-promoting carotenoid-rich products

  1st Aristotle Conference on Chemistry (Thessaloniki, Greece).

  November 2023 - Present

• Certification of Participation - - Effect of apocarotenoids on β-Amyloid model in Caenorhabditis elegans as a proxy for Alzheimer disease

  Compass Ulysseus (Helsinki, Finland).

  October 2023 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Pedro Zamorano-Aguilar, Astrid Seperiza, Benjamín Rojano (2026). Valorization of Colombian gulupa (Passiflora edulis f. edulis Sims) peel as a bioactive agro-industrial by-product: Antioxidant activity and cytotoxic assessment . BioResources.

Pedro Zamorano-Aguilar, Astrid Seperiza Wittwer, Rubén Bustos Cerda, Benjamín Rojano (2025). Capacidad antioxidante y contenido fenólico total del extracto acuoso del tallo de matico (buddleja globosa) . Revista Alfa.

Pedro Zamorano-Aguilar, Marcela Morales, Yudrum Rivillas, Juan López, Benjamín A. Rojano (2020). Antioxidant activity and cytotoxic effect of Chilean Buddleja globosa (Matico) and Ribes magellanicum (Zarzaparrilla) flower extracts . Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Hortorum Cultus.

Pedro Zamorano, Marcela Morales, Benjamín A. Rojano (2018). Composición Química Proximal, Capacidad Antioxidante y Actividad Antifúngica de Peciolo de Nalca (Gunnera tinctoria) . Información tecnológica.

Ociel Muñoz, Pedro Zamorano, Olga Garcia, José Miguel Bastías (2017). Arsenic, cadmium, mercury, sodium, and potassium concentrations in common foods and estimated daily intake of the population in Valdivia (Chile) using a total diet study . Food and Chemical Toxicology.

Zamorano Pedro, Rojano Benjamín, Morales Marcela, Magariños Haroldo, Godoy Patricio, Muñoz Ociel (2017). Biological and antioxidant activity of Gunnera tinctoria (Nalca) . Journal of Medicinal Plants Research.

Morales Marcela, Zapata Santiago, R. Jaimes Tania, Rosales Stephania, F. Alzate Andrés, Elena Maldonado Maria, Zamorano Pedro, A. Rojano Benjamín (2017). Mangiferin content, carotenoids, tannins and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) values of six mango (Mangifera indica) cultivars from the Colombian Caribbean . Journal of Medicinal Plants Research.