Raul Lopez Grueso

Raul Lopez Grueso

Raul Lopez Grueso
Associate Professor, Department of Sports and Physical Education
University of Valencia, Spain

Biography

Raul Lopez Grueso attained degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences in 2002 at University of Granada (Spain) and my Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (2005) and he began Ph.D. in Human Nutrition (2002) with Dr. Guerra at University of Granada (Department of Nutrition and Bromatology, University of Granada). I researched about the chemical composition of Spirulina algae. Then, he was doing a Master in Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors whilst did a Dietitian practices at the Unit of Endocrinology and Nutrition (Hospital Reina Sofia, Córdoba, Spain). During this time he was a personal dietitian and trainer of various elite/amateurs athletes and teams because I like sports very much as hobby as professional aspects. he obtained a research grant (Ministry of Education and Science, Spain) for to realize Ph.D. thesis on Physiology with Dr. Vina (Department of Physiology, University of Valencia, Spain) from 2006 to 2011. Since that moment until today He has been working in different research projects with molecular biology techniques (genes and proteins expression and proteins activities, cell cultures,…), and small animals (Drosophila melanogaster, mice and rats). Actually, He was focusing researches on PET (Positron Emission Tomography) and its interest for to study the glucose metabolism (FDG) in physiological (i.e: ageing, gender, exercise, etc.) and pathological situations (i.e: Cancer, Alzheimer´s disease, etc.). I did a stay in Sevilla at the centre PET-Cartuja in 2007 where he was learning about human applications of PET technology and a second research stay in King´s College of London with Prof. G.E. Mann where he got experience in few cell cultures, oxidatives stress parameters and compounds . He was an associate professor of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and researcher in Nutrition, Physiology and Physical Activity fields the last three years until today.

Research Interest

Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyles, Physical Activity, Sport training and Exercise, Physiology, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Free Radicals, Aging, Gender, Menopause and Ovariectomy, PET (Positron Emission Tomography), Alzheimer, Cancer and associated diseases, laboratory techniques, etc.