Antonio González-Sarrías

Biography

Dr. González-Sarrías is a Research Scientist at CEBAS-CSIC (Murcia, Spain) and previously held the position of Tenured Scientist (2018-2025). He is a biologist with a PhD with honors (2009), and received the HEFAME Foundation National Prize for the best PhD on ‘Functional Foods and Health’ He completed a postdoctoral stay at the University of Rhode Island (USA) (2010-2012), before returning to CEBAS under a “Juan de la Cierva” contract (2014-2017). His scientific career has focused on evaluating the anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective and neuroprotective activities of different food bioactives, mainly polyphenols and their in vivo metabolites, under physiological conditions, in both preclinical (cell and animal models) and clinical studies, thus evaluating whether polyphenols contribute, at least in part, to the correlation between the consumption of diets rich in fruits and vegetables with a lower incidence of chronic diseases. He has authored 115+ scientific publications with an H-index of 58. Remarkably, the impact of his research led to his recognition as a highly-cited researcher in 2020 and 2021 (Clarivate, Web of Science), the Medal of Scientific Merit awarded by the Santomera City Council (2023), and the ‘Maria Moliner’ Award as best early-career doctoral tesis supervisor, granted by the CSIC (2026).

RSC journal affiliations

• Associate Editor, Food & Function