Delia Rodriguez Amaya

Delia Rodriguez Amaya is Emeritus Professor of UNICAMP and Emeritus Researcher of CNPq. She has a Bachelors degree in Food Technology from Araneta Univ. (Philippines), most outstanding graduate of the entire university, Magna Cum Laude; M.S. in Food Science from Univ. of Hawaii, East-West Center (EWC) grantee, awarded the EWC Professional Award for high scholastic achievement; Ph.D. in Agricultural Chemistry, Univ. of California, Davis, Board of Regents Fellow; post-doctorate, Univ. of Rhode Island, National Institute of Health fellow. As professor of UNICAMP (1977-2010), she taught undergraduate and graduate Food Analysis and Food Chemistry; was honored professor of 4 graduating classes of Food Engineering. She was adviser of 24 Masters theses, 24 Doctoral theses and 15 undergraduate research projects; supervised postdoctoral fellows (from Argentina, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the Philippines) and researchers (from Chile, Mexico, Panama, Portugal and Canada). She was Chairman of the Dept. of Food Science, General Coordinator (3 terms) of the Graduate Programs and Coordinator of the Academic Council (4 terms) of the School of Food Engineering. She authored 276 scientific publications (books, chapters, reviews, and research papers in indexed journals), several of which got into the lists of the most cited papers of international journals. Her publications have been cited 18,044 times in the international literature (Google Scholar, 15/06/2024). She presented 285 research papers in international conferences held in 28 countries; gave 254 invited lectures/seminars in 31 countries and specialization courses for professors/researchers in Brazil and in various countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, sponsored by FAO and HarvestPlus. She coordinated 25 projects, financed by international and Brazilian foundations, including two interuniversity projects funded under the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology's Program for Research Centers of Excellence (PRONEX); she was research fellow of CNPq in the highest category for 20 years.She participated in FAO-WHO Expert Consultation Meetings (held in Rome, New Delhi, São Paulo, Reading and Belgrade) and ad hoc technical advisory committees of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. She was coordinator of the Brazilian Ministry of Educations Commission for Higher Education in Food Science and Technology and a member of the Advisory Committee on Food Science and Technology of CNPq (2 terms). She was also known for organizing highly successful international conferences. She received numerous awards, including the Presidential Award Philippine Heritage (2012), EWC Distinguished Alumni Award (2010), UNICAMPs Zeferino Vaz Recognition Award 3 times (1994, 1997, 2003), SBCTAs Andre Tosello Award (2005), Philippine Association of Food Technologists 50th Anniversary Recognition Award (2010), Araneta Univ. Outstanding Alumna Award (2016) and the 2021 IUFoST Lifetime Achievement Award. She was president of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology, member of IUFoST Governing Council and Scientific Council, Scientific Adviser of the International Foundation for Science (Sweden), Visiting Senior Professor of the Univ. Federal da Fronteira Sul. She was a member of the Editorial Boards of 11 international journals (e.g., Curr. Opin. Food Sci., Plant Foods Hum. Nutr., Food Control, npj Sci. Food J. Food Compos. Anal., Trends Food Sci. Technol. J. Funct. Foods) and 6 Brazilian journals. She is the sole author of the book Food Carotenoids: Chemistry, Biology and Technology (IFT Press-Wiley Blackwell, 2016). She is also co-editor and main author of most of the chapters of the book Chemical Changes during Processing and Storage of Foods. Implications for Food Quality and Human Health (Elsevier-Academic Press, 2021). In 2015, she was among the 100 Most Influential Filipino Women in the World and in 2020 one of the Stanford 100,000 Most Influential Scientists in the World. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)